initiator: G. patriarcha Hierosolymitanus apostolicae sedis legatus, P. Caesariensis archiepiscopus, N. Nazarenus archiepiscopus, N., Narbonensis archiepiscopus, P. Wintoniensis episcopus, W. Exoniensis episcopus, magister Hospitalis sancti Johannis, magister domus militiae Templi and magister Hospitalis Teutonicorum
text: Oct. 1-31. Acre. G. patriarcha Hierosolymitanus apostolicae sedis legatus, P. Caesariensis archiepiscopus, N. Nazarenus archiepiscopus, N., Nar-bonensis archiepiscopus, P. Wintoniensis episcopus, W. Exoniensis episcopus, magister Hospitalis sancti Johannis, magister domus militiae Templi and magister Hospitalis Teutonicorum write a letter for general circulation. They stress their needs, report that the emperor has not crossed to Syria as he had promised and that on the news that the emperor was not coming 40000 returned on the ships in which they had arrived. Almost 800 of the milites who remained delivered the ultimatum that either the truces with the Muslim be broken or they would depart; The dux de Lemburgo, who had been appointed their leader by the emperor, held a council with the Hospitallers of St John, the Knights Templars and the Hospitallers of St Mary of the Germans. The debate was long between those who argued that the truce should be broken and those who said it would be perilous to do so. In the end it was decided to fortify Caesarea and Jaffa during the period before the August passage. The peregrini were called on to be prepared to advance towards Caesarea on 2 November and they enthusiastically responded.Oct. 1-31. Acre. G. patriarcha Hierosolymitanus apostolicae sedis legatus, P. Caesariensis archiepiscopus, N. Nazarenus archiepiscopus, N., Nar-bonensis archiepiscopus, P. Wintoniensis episcopus, W. Exoniensis episcopus, magister Hospitalis sancti Johannis, magister domus militiae Templi and... more
sources: Roger of Wendower 4:145-8 (RRH no. 984)
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Correspondence/envoy
2079
year: 1227
initiator: King Henry III of England
recipient: Coradinus, the sultan of Damascus
text: (1227). Westminster. King Henry III of England thanks Coradinus, the sultan of Damascus, for the presents he has sent and which have been brought by Juselinus de Jenue Malonn. He asks the sultan to free his Christian captives.(1227). Westminster. King Henry III of England thanks Coradinus, the sultan of Damascus, for the presents he has sent and which have been brought by Juselinus de Jenue Malonn. He asks the sultan to free his Christian captives.
sources: Rymer, Foedera 1:296-7 (RRH no. 985)
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Correspondence/envoy
2080
year: 1227
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: al-Mu‘azzam of Damascus
text: Dec. 22. 1226 - Dec. 11. 1227. The emperor Frederick II writes to al-Mu‘azzam of Damascus demanding the return to the Christians of all the coastlands conquered by Saladin.Dec. 22. 1226 - Dec. 11. 1227. The emperor Frederick II writes to al-Mu‘azzam of Damascus demanding the return to the Christians of all the coastlands conquered by Saladin.
sources: Amari, Biblioteca 2:245-6 (RRH no. 992)
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Eleemosynary grant
Purchase
Permission/licence/authorization
2081
year: 1228
initiator: Bohemond IV, prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli
recipient: Hermannus, master of the Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Jan. 1-31. Bohemond, per la grace de deu prince d’Antioche et coms de Triple, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to frere Hermant, honorable maistre de la sancta maison de nostre dame de l’hospitau des Alamans, his convent and brothers. He gives a mill outside the walls of Antioch, situated on the river fer, below the patriarch’s mill, which he had bought and repaired. The mill has 3 millstones [peires] and the Hospital of St Mary of Germans has licence to install a fourth. The mill’s dependencies include a fishery [pescherie]. Bohemond adds the gift of a vineyard, which he had planted near the mill, and the winepress [pressoir] in it. Witnesses: Boemont li sires del Botron; Guiscart de l’Isle; Bertran Porcelet; Amauri Saleman; Pierre de Scandalion; Raimund Arra; Manssel de Gibel; Auberi de Ranquerole.Jan. 1-31. Bohemond, per la grace de deu prince d’Antioche et coms de Triple, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to frere Hermant, honorable maistre de la sancta maison de nostre dame de l’hospitau des Alamans, his convent and brothers. He gives a mill outside the walls of Antioch, situated on the... more
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, p. 50, no. 61 (RRH no. 979)
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Eleemosynary grant
2082
year: 1228
initiator: Balianus dominus Sydonis
recipient: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Feb. 11. Balianus dominus Sydonis makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans during the mastership of frater Hermannus de Salza. He gives a garden, called the iardinum comitisse, a vineyard and 1 carrucate [ad aratrum unum] of land, part of the terra coci, before the city of Sidon. The garden is bordered on the east by a road leading to Gasia and on the west by a straight road which runs between the gardens and the land of dominus Raulus Januensis. On the south it touches a great field, which is a sugar plantation [magnus campus ubi fit canimel]. On the north it borders the road and the olive trees of dominus Guillelmus de Lye. The vineyard borders on the east the public road [commune strata et publica] and on the west a straight road that goes between the gardens as far as the river that flows by Sidon. On the south are olive trees of the Knights Templar and on the north the olive trees of dominus Brixus. The land has on the east the road which runs from Sidon directly to Sarepta and on the west the coastal road [via maritima]. On the north there is a field which adjoins the garden of dominus Egidius. There is no clear boundary on the south, other than the land’s limits. Balianus also gives a great mahumeria, situated between 2 of the gates of the city of Sidon, from which the road goes to Tyre. Witnesses: dominus Daniel de Terremunde; dominus Hugo de Mazelria; dominus Baldovinus marescalcus; dominus Ioffridus de Scimle; dominus Ioffridus de Vilier; dominus Michael Egidius; and others.Feb. 11. Balianus dominus Sydonis makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans during the mastership of frater Hermannus de Salza. He gives a garden, called the iardinum comitisse, a vineyard and 1 carrucate [ad aratrum unum] of land, part of the terra coci, before... more
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, pp. 50-1, no. 62 (RRH no. 986)
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Dispute/arbitration
2083
year: 1228
initiator: Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate
recipient: Bishop of Acre and the Hospitallers
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Mar. 4. Rome. Cardinal Pelagius of Albano rules on conflicting interpretations of his arbitration between the bishop of Acre and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem of 1-31 May 1221. On the orders of the pope, who has intervened, the bishop and frater Rodericus procurator Hospitalis have sought Pelagius’s arbitration, promising to abide by his judgement. (1). The conventual prior and chaplains [prior et capellani] of the Hospital can confer penance, viaticum and extreme unction on those who at the time of their death choose burial in the Hospital, and they can say the Office of the Dead for them, but those who should choose burial with the Hospital in their lifetime are not exempted from the jurisdiction of the bishop and should receive all the sacraments from him and pay their parochial dues, except at the moment of death. The Hospitallers should take care not to persuade with promises, prayers and other means, parishioners whom they receive into confraternity to choose burial with them, but they should leave them to make their own choice freely. Nor should they receive women for Purification after childbirth. (2) The conventual prior and the chaplains of the Hospital cannot advertise in advance certain days specifically or generally on which they will preach to the people. (3) The Hospitallers are forbidden to withhold tithes if a dispute arises with the bishop. Any unresolved issue should be submitted to the judgement of arbitrators or representatives chosen by both parties. The Hospitallers have refused to pay the bishop tithes for the casalia of Beroeth and Coketh. They should not withhold them unless they can demonstrate that the tithes have been remitted by the bishop or that there is some other reason or that there is a legitimate exception allowing them to pay less. (4) The chaplains of the Hospital are accused of carrying away dead persons from the parishes for burial without proving that they had chosen burial with them, in spite of the prohibitions of the parish priests. The dead should be buried at the churches of which they were parishioners unless it can be demonstrated by the testimony of confessors or the wills of the dead, or it can be proved by other lawful witnesses, that they chose burial at the Hospital. (5) Sugar-cane is now grown on some lands which at the time of the agreement of 1221 were planted with wheat or barley. The Hospitallers have been refusing to pay tithes because, according to the tenor of the agreement and custom, tithes are not payable on sugar-cane. Pelagius rules that with respect to those lands which at the time of the agreement were sown with wheat or barley and are now sugar-plantations, the bishop should be paid the tithes he had been accustomed to receive when they were sown with wheat and barley.Mar. 4. Rome. Cardinal Pelagius of Albano rules on conflicting interpretations of his arbitration between the bishop of Acre and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem of 1-31 May 1221. On the orders of the pope, who has intervened, the bishop and frater Rodericus... more
initiator: Bohemond IV, prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli
recipient: Hermannus, master of the Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans and the brothers of the Hospital
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Jun. 1. Bohemond, per la grace de deus prince de Antioche et conte de Triple, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to freire Hermant maestre de la chavalarie de la sainte maison de Nostre dame de l’hospital des Alamans and his brothers, to further the work on the castle they are building in support of Christianity against the Sarrazins. He gives the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans an annual rent of 100 besants en assisa, payable in 3-monthly instalments and assigned on his asize on the fonde and the chaene of Acre. Guarantors: Boemon sire deu Botron; Mansel de Gibel; Ugue Dalmas; Bonacors; Raimont de Mareclee; Raimunt Arra; Perre de Scandalion; Guiscart de l’lsle; Renaut Faisant.Jun. 1. Bohemond, per la grace de deus prince de Antioche et conte de Triple, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to freire Hermant maestre de la chavalarie de la sainte maison de Nostre dame de l’hospital des Alamans and his brothers, to further the work on the castle they are building in support of... more
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, p. 53, no. 64; cf. p. 125 (RRH no. 989)
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Grant
2085
year: 1228
initiator: Beatrix wife of Thomas constabularius Tripolis
recipient: Thomas constabularius Tripolis
text: Mar. - Jul. R. episcopus Tripolitanus informs King Louis VIII of France that Thomas constabularius Tripolis, the son of the late Girardus de Hanis, a subject of the king of France, and Beatrix his wife came into his presence and that of his chapter. Beatrix made over to Thomas and to his son Girardus whatever dowery rights [jus quodcumque ad eam spectabat nomine dotalicii] the late Girardus, the father of Thomas, had in the land and feudum in France.Mar. - Jul. R. episcopus Tripolitanus informs King Louis VIII of France that Thomas constabularius Tripolis, the son of the late Girardus de Hanis, a subject of the king of France, and Beatrix his wife came into his presence and that of his chapter. Beatrix made over to Thomas and to his son... more
sources: Marsy, ‘Documents’, pp. 160-1, no. 2 (RRH no. 988)
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Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2086
year: 1228
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Bishop of Acre
text: [Jun. - Jul.? Perugia. Pope Gregory IX encourages the bishop of Acre to assist Cardinal R. of Sant’Angelo, the papal legate, in promoting peace [in France] through preaching.[Jun. - Jul.? Perugia. Pope Gregory IX encourages the bishop of Acre to assist Cardinal R. of Sant’Angelo, the papal legate, in promoting peace [in France] through preaching.
sources: Gregory IX, Le Registres 1:145, no. 236. Calendar entry].
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Sale
2087
year: 1228
initiator: Thomas de Ham constabularius Tripolitanus
recipient: Queen Blance of France
text: Jul. 1-31. Thomas de Ham constabularius Tripolitanus records under seal that he has sold estates in France to Queen Blanche of France for 1500 librae parisienses.Jul. 1-31. Thomas de Ham constabularius Tripolitanus records under seal that he has sold estates in France to Queen Blanche of France for 1500 librae parisienses.
sources: Marsy, ‘Documents’, p. 161, no. 3 (RRH no. 990)
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