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RRR: 3236
year: 1258
text: March 20. Wednesday (mercredi) Julien seignor de Seete et Biaufort records under seal that in his court Johan de la Tor conestable de Seete and his wife Ysabeau conestablesce de Seete make an eleemosynary grant to frere Anne maistre and the brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans of Jerusalem. They give in alms the casale called Caffar-facouh in the territory of Sschouff, freed from service or any dues, with all its lands, rights; men, women and children, and roadways, for which they acknowledge they have received from the maistre and brothers of the Hospital of St Mary 4,000 Saracen besants in Acre weight. Guarantors: Phelippe de Biaufort: Jofroi de Viliers; Macayre; Gile; Berteleme Meinebuef: Eude de Creel; Andre Taillevent; Johan de Fenjon; Gui de Renay; Hue de Viliers.
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, pp. 96-97, no. 114; RRH 1265
comments: Note: In 1258, 20 March was indeed a Wednesday. This would strongly support the idea that for the lords of Sidon, as for many others in the East, the year began on 25 March.
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RRR: 3237
year: 1258
text: March 21. (or 1257) Nicosia. Addressing Thiebaut [V] par la grace de Dieu noble roi de Navarre, de Champagne et de Brie conte palazin, Henriz, son of the late prince of Antioch, and Isabeau his wife, daughter of the late King Hugh [I] of Cyprus, state the land that Isabeau’s mother Alice (Aalix), late queen of Cyprus, held in Champagne and Brie consequent on the concord between Thiebaut’s father and the queen has passed by escheat to our nephew Jehan, son of conte Gautier (V) de Brene, in a settlement agreed by Henry (Henri) [I], the late king of Cyprus, and ourselves. They also record their approval of the concord made between Alice and Thiebaut’s father.
sources: Mas Latrie, Histoire, 2:69-70; RRH 1266
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RRR: 3238
year: 1258
text: April 13. Bisane. Nicolaus Grillus, son of the late Iacobus Grillus, declares to have as pledge from Torellus Basterius et Sena Basterius, 97 balls of copper, that is about 2 cantars at the cantar of Montpellier and 54 balls of tin (stagnum) that is about 2 cantars of Montpellier. He promises to deliver copper and tin in Acre within two months after being asked, against the payment of 2,000 Saracen besants (saracinales), free of any tax; he also has to be reimbursed for the expenses incurred in bringing them from Montpellier to Acre. Genoese witnesses.
sources: Balletto, ‘Fonti notarili’, pp. 252-35, no 2
comments: Note: The previous document of the same date in Balletto shows that the copper and tin in question were only a small part of a much more important cargo of the same commodities that the Florentine merchants Melioratus Basterius, Torellus Basterius and Sena Basterius in their own name and in the name of their associates Iacobus Basterius, Foresa Orlandi and Rusticus Basterius sold to Laurencius de Willelmus and Nicolaus Grillus, being 700 cantars of copper and 600 cantars of tin.
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RRR: 3239
year: 1258
text: June 3. Viterbo. The Genoese ambassadors at the papal court report to the podestà, the captain of the people and the anciani on the progress of peace negotiations with Venice and Pisa. They report inter alia (p. 114) that letters from their consul overseas reached them at Viterbo saying that the ‘barones ultramarini’ who had sworn to side with the Genoese had broken faith and attached themselves to the queen of Cyprus (Plaisance) and the prince of Antioch (Bohemond VI) and their other opponents. That affects their legation as they had instructions that any peace, truce or composition would need the consent of these barons.
sources: Musarra, ‘Un’inedita corrispondenza’, doc. 2, pp. 112-14
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RRR: 3240
year: 1258
text: June 6/7. Viterbo. The Genoese ambassadors at the papal court report to the podestà, the captain of the people and the anciani on the progress of peace negotiations with Venice and Pisa. They report inter alia (p. 117) that, three or four days after the letter arrived about the barons who had sworn to side with the Genoese, they learnt that the barons had made fealty to the queen of Cyprus and her son (Hugh II); they understand that the queen has the whole land and all the barons obey her as has been reported to the Venetians, ‘sicut dicunt’.
sources: Musarra, ‘Un’inedita corrispondenza’, doc. 3, pp. 115-17
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RRR: 3241
year: 1258
text: June 11. Juliens seignor de Seete et de Biafort confirms under seal the lease by Jehan de Schuf of 2 fiefs to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans (see 1-30 November 1256, RRR 3172).
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, pp. 97-98, no. 115; RRH 1267
comments: Note: It is recorded in the margin that this is not valid, because of another contract.
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RRR: 3242
year: 1258
text: June 18. Genoa. The podestà of Genoa and the captain of the people inform their ambassadors at the papal court that they are preparing to send our aid to support the Holy Land (‘succursum nostrum mittere ad subsidium Terre Sancte’) as fast as possible of up to 40 galleys ‘et tutum navigium quod habemus’.
sources: Musarra, ‘Un’inedita corrispondenza’, doc. 7, p. 121; also copy of the same document: doc. 8, p. 122
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RRR: 3243
year: 1258
text: Undated – end of June. [Viterbo.] The Genoese ambassadors at the papal court report to the podestà and the captain of the people that they have received their instructions saying that if the Venetians and Pisans send arms to the East, so will the Genoese. The ambassadors report the proposal that the fortifications of all three communes in Acre shall be entrusted to the Holy See while solution is achieved. There then follows description of arguments concerning the towers in Acre, with the suggestion that, if the Genoese cannot have one, the Venetians and Pisans should forgo theirs.
sources: Musarra, ‘Un’inedita corrispondenza’, doc. 9, pp. 123-26
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RRR: 3244
year: 1258
text: July 6. Viterbo. Pope Alexander IV writes to the podestà, captain, council, and people of Pisa [concerning the war of St Sabas], relating with sorrow that he once heard that the hatred between them and the citizens of Genoa had grown into a destructive war, which could lead among other things to the extreme desolation of the already miserable Kingdom of Jerusalem. Thus the pope sent Archbishop [Giovanni Colonna] of Messina to them, and the Pisans sent to the curia ambassadors and nuncios with sufficient mandate to discuss the matter of the discord and war with Genoa, for the good state of the kingdom and the increase of the orthodox faith. This resulted in a papal arrangement, outlined in a public instrument. The pope asks, warns, and urges the Pisans to observe the peace with the Genoese, proclaiming the peace publicly within three days of receiving this letter. He orders that in the coming passagium in August or earlier they send via their nuncio special letters to the Pisan consuls, admirals, or captains and other Pisans in Outremer and elsewhere informing them of the arrangement, telling them that a papal legate or nuncio will be sent quickly to Outremer for solidifying the peace and settling disputes, and having them observe the peace. The pope also wants the Pisans to have their nuncios or procurators with sufficient mandate meet the legate or nuncio in the city of Acre (Acconensis) when he arrives, to discuss the peace arrangements. For this purpose, the Pisans are not to send any fleet to Outremer, and they should send quickly the pertinent papal letter with their own to the Genoese, Pisans, and Venetians living in Outremer, thus fulfilling the papal mandate.
sources: Calendar entry in Bourel de La Roncière, Les registres, 2:807, no. 2608; C. Rodenberg, Epistolae saeculi XIII e regestis pontificum Romanorum selectae, Berlin, 1894, 3:446-48, no. 482
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RRR: 3245
year: 1258
text: September 12. Ind. II. Messina. Manfredus, king of Sicily rex, addresses the podestà, council and commune of Genoa, devotis suis. Uguezonus de Arezio, citizen of Messina, complains that, following the death of Merulus Sechininus, a Genoese citizen of Messina in Acre, Jacobus Frixonus and his colleague, the Genoese consuls in Acre, took possession of all the money that Merulus had, namely 1410 libri, and paid into the Genoese chamber although Uguicionus, procurator of Dulce, wife and heir of Merulus, with letters of the late Petrus de Calabria, our traitor (proditoris nostri) who was then acting as our vicar in Sicily, stating the money should have been given to her. Manfred requires the money to be given her. Sealed with Manfred’s seal.
sources: I Libri jurium, I/4 ed. Dellacasa, no. 739, pp. 228-30; RRH 1268. Contained in a document dated April 30 1259, q.v.
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