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RRR: 3066
year: 1255
text: April 11. Naples. Pope Alexander IV writes to the bishop and chapter of Acre (Acconenses), describing the abuse whereby insatiable greed has resulted in ten or more people having been accepted as canons and brothers in their church on papal or legatine authority without there being any vacant prebend. Taking into consideration the fact that their church has only eight prebends, as is asserted, and so many people expecting a prebend is scandalous, horrible, and dangerous to their souls, the pope has ordained that only the two of those expecting a prebend who have temporal priority (qui sint tempore potiores) shall remain, the one received on papal authority having preference for a prebend over the other, but if both have been received on papal authority, obtaining the prebends shall be according to the law. The pope completely annuls the receptions of the others and frees the addressees from any obligation toward them.
sources: Bourel de La Roncière, Les registres, 1:90, no. 324
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RRR: 3067
year: 1255
text: April 11. Naples. Pope Alexander IV writes to King [Alphonse X] of Castile, describing the sorry state of the Holy Land at length in emotional but vague terms, except he mentions the incursions of the Khwarazmians (Coresmini ), Turkomen (Turquemani), and Saracens (Sarraceni). The situation is extremely precarious, according to the prelates, nobles, and masters of the religious houses, unless help arrives. Thus the pope implores the king to send military assistance, for reverence of God, his salvation, and the honour of the Christian name, and to induce others to do the same, arranging with them a fitting time for this help to reach the Holy Land.
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 24, f. 51r-v, no. 344; calendar entry in Bourel de La Roncière, Les registres, 1:126-27, no. 416
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RRR: 3068
year: 1255
text: April 12. Naples. Pope Alexander IV writes to the archbishops, bishops, and cathedral chapters of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, describing the abuse whereby insatiable greed has resulted in five or more people having been accepted as canons and brothers in every one of their churches on papal or legatine authority without there being any vacant prebend. Taking into consideration the fact that each of their churches has only eight prebends, as is asserted, and so many people expecting a prebend is scandalous, horrible, and dangerous to their souls, for the peace and tranquillity of their overburdened churches, the pope has ordained that in each church only the two of those expecting a prebend who have temporal priority (qui sint tempore potiores) shall remain, the one received on papal authority having preference for a prebend over the other, but if both have been received on papal authority, obtaining the prebends shall be according to the law. The pope completely annuls the receptions of the others and frees the addressees from any obligation toward them.
sources: Haluscynskyj and Wojnar, Acta Alexandri IV, p. 17, no. 14
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RRR: 3069
year: 1255
text: April 22. Naples. Pope Alexander IV writes to the abbot and convent of St Sabbas in Acre (Acconensis), relating that, in response to the requests of the Commune of Genoa, he orders the addressees to sell, rent permanently for an annual sum, or give through an exchange to the Commune of Genoa the house that they possess in Acre (Acconensis) on the Street (vico) of the Chain, next to the house of the commune, with the proviso that they use the money received from a sale for an equivalent house and not for anything else, and that any right the king of Jerusalem may have in the house they now possess is preserved.
sources: Bourel de La Roncière, Les registres, 1:116, no. 390
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RRR: 3070
year: 1255
text: April 22. Naples. Pope Alexander IV writes to the prior of St Lawrence in Acre (Acconensis) and the cantor of Tyre (Tyrensis) concerning the above, relating that, if the abbot and convent fail to carry out the pope's instructions, he orders the addressees to warn and induce them to do so. If they do not wish to acquiesce to these warnings, the addressees are to force them via ecclesiastical censure, appeal removed, with the proviso that the monastery suffers no loss and they use the sale price to purchase another and for nothing else.
sources: Bourel de La Roncière, Les registres, 1:116-17, no. 391
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RRR: 3071
year: 1255
text: April 27. Acre. Domina Agnes de Ronay, mother of Guido and Nicholaus, confirms their gift to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in a charter of 19 March 1255 [to which this statement is a codicil] and renounces any rights she may have there by gift or dower and the Auxilium Velleianum. Witnesses: presbiter Fridericus, Matheus de Pignano and Petrus Frogerius. Her confirmation is made with the advice of Aliottus judex et notarius.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Les Archives, pp. 186-87, no. 83; RRH 1232
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RRR: 3072
year: 1255
text: *April 1 – 30. John l'Aleman (Jean Laleman), lord of Caesarea, and Marguerite his wife, the daughter of the late Jean lord of Caesarea sells the Hospitallers the casal of Châtillon – it takes its name from a former owner: Gautier de Châtillon – for an annual rent of 50 besants. Known in Arabic Le Meseraa it is in the territory of Caesarea: to the east is the Hospitaller casal of Hautefié, to the west it extends to the sea except for the road de la marine; to the north is the Templar casal named Caferlet and to the south it is bordered by the river Saluh. Jean appends his seal; witnessed by the homes of the lordship: Guillaume de Pinqueigni, Symon de Treies, Amauri de S. Bertin, André del Bez, Elyes Charles, Johan Oquede.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:776, no. 2725 – partial edition only; RRH 1233
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RRR: 3073
year: 1255
text: May 1. Ind. XIII. Acre. John l’Aleman (Johannes Alemannus), lord of Caesarea, in the presence of Jocelinus, archbishop of Caesarea, ecclesiae Hierosolymitanae vicarius, in recognition of the Order’s charitable work and for the salvation of his soul and those of his relatives, grants in free alms to the Hospitallers as represented by Hugo Revel magni praeceptor his entire heritage – lands, houses, oven, mill, and other buildings and all the associated revenues – which he has in Acre in the place called Rabattum within these borders: to the south it abuts the houses of S. Margarite Graecorum and Johannes scriba and the houses of Belfar scriba which he rents from the Hospital; to the north is the street which is called ‘de Furno’ or ‘Rabbato’, the house of Mercorus who sells beans, and the house of Johannes son of Amicus; to the north are the house of Theodore the Greek, a road, my houses and the houses of Johannes Barba, Ayse chiamellator, Maria Maygotte, Constantine frater Mangiantis, Johannes Barberius, Johannes Rahu, and the house that was Michael de Cantone’s which the lady Benevenuta now holds; to the west is the main road. John, lord of Caesarea, transfers to Hugo all rights to be held in perpetuity. Each year the Hospitallers are to pay a priest 40 Saracen besants to celebrate mass in the church of St Nicholas in the Acre cemetery; another priest 40 Saracen besants to celebrate mass in the chapel of St Mary in the Church of the Holy Cross in Acre; and a further 40 Saracen besants for a priest to celebrate mass at the altar of St Peter in the Holy Sepulchre when the city of Jerusalem shall be in the hands of Christians. Each year there shall be a further 20 besants paid annually for the anniversary, 10 besants the clergy of the Holy Cross of Acre, 5 to the clergy of the Holy Sepulchre and 5 to the clergy of St Nicholas in the Acre cemetery. In addition, the Hospitallers are to pay Ysabella de Adelone 600 Saracen besants for as long as she shall live, just as the lord of Caesarea had paid her. Both parties requested Aliottus, judex et notarius publicus to draw up this document at the request of the archbishop of Caesarea and vicar of the Church of Jerusalem who added his seal. Witnesses: Jacobus Vitalis knight; Guarnerius and Rainerius, juris periti; Symon, the archbishop’s chaplain; Fr. Henry hospitalarius; Fr. Johannes de Malienc, Fr. Petrus Begas, Fr. Vitalis.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:779-81, no. 2732; RRH 1234
comments: Note: Isabella of Adelon was John of Caesarea’s sister-in-law, the widow of his brother Hugh.
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RRR: 3074
year: 1255
text: *May 1. Mathieu du Bourg, knight, assigns to Hugues Revel, grand commander of the Hospital, the half of a house that he shares with the Order.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:781, no. 2733; RRH 1234a
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RRR: 3075
year: 1255
text: May 11. Naples. Pope Alexander IV writes to the master and brothers of the house of the knighthood of the Temple of Jerusalem, in a long arenga praising their efforts for the Holy Land and emphasizing their subordination to the pope alone. Answering their prayers, following the example of Pope I[nnocentius IV], the pope grants that no prejudice or loss can be generated for them or their subjects via graces, indulgences, or letters to be granted by the Apostolic See to any churches or individuals in any form if they do not mention the addressees' house, their subject houses, their brothers, and their order.
sources: Bourel de La Roncière, Les registres, 1:142, no. 482
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