text: *†Early Aug. [Jerusalem]. Godfrey of Bouillon establishes 20 secular canons with prebends in the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Their prebends will be supplemented with offerings from the faithful.*†Early Aug. [Jerusalem]. Godfrey of Bouillon establishes 20 secular canons with prebends in the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Their prebends will be supplemented with offerings from the faithful.
sources: Chanson de Jerusalem, laisse 161, p. 157; Riant, ‘Inventaire critique’, pp. 199-200, no. 141 (RRH no. 27)
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RRR:
Establishment/foundation document
12
year: 1099
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Church of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: *Aug. 1-8 or 14-31. [Jerusalem]. Godfrey of Bouillon establishes canons with prebends in the Templum Domini in Jerusalem.*Aug. 1-8 or 14-31. [Jerusalem]. Godfrey of Bouillon establishes canons with prebends in the Templum Domini in Jerusalem.
sources: Albert of Aachen, p. 454; William of Tyre, p. 431; Mayer, UKJ 1:97-8, no. 1
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RRR:
Establishment/foundation document
13
year: 1099
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Templum Domini
institution: Templum Domini
text: *Aug. 1-8 or 14-31. [Jerusalem]. Godfrey of Bouillon establishes canons with prebends in the Templum Domini in Jerusalem.*Aug. 1-8 or 14-31. [Jerusalem]. Godfrey of Bouillon establishes canons with prebends in the Templum Domini in Jerusalem.
sources: William of Tyre, p. 431; Mayer, UKJ 1:98, no. 2
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RRR:
Grant
14
year: 1099
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Aug. 1-8 or 14-31. [Jerusalem]. Godfrey of Bouillon gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem the village [casale] of Hessilia and two ovens in the city of Jerusalem.*Aug. 1-8 or 14-31. [Jerusalem]. Godfrey of Bouillon gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem the village [casale] of Hessilia and two ovens in the city of Jerusalem.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:98-9, no. 3
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RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
15
year: 1099
initiator: Tancred Marchisius
recipient: Roger Borsa, duke of Apulia
text: †End of Aug. Before Ascalon. Tancred [Marchisius] informs Roger Borsa, duke of Apulia, of the Christian victory in the battle of Ascalon. †End of Aug. Before Ascalon. Tancred [Marchisius] informs Roger Borsa, duke of Apulia, of the Christian victory in the battle of Ascalon.
text: Sept. 1-30. Latakia. Daibert, archbishop of Pisa, and other bishops, together with Godfrey [of Bouillon], dux, gratia Dei ecclesiae S. Sepulcri nunc aduocatus, Count Raymond of St Gilles and all the army of God which is in the land of Israel, inform Pope Urban II of the success of the crusade.Sept. 1-30. Latakia. Daibert, archbishop of Pisa, and other bishops, together with Godfrey [of Bouillon], dux, gratia Dei ecclesiae S. Sepulcri nunc aduocatus, Count Raymond of St Gilles and all the army of God which is in the land of Israel, inform Pope Urban II of the success of the crusade.
sources: Hagenmeyer, Die Kreuzzugsbriefe, pp. 167-74, no. 18 (RRH no. 29)
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RRR:
Privilege/exemption
17
year: 1099
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Genoese
text: *†Jul. 22 – Autumn. Godfrey of Bouillon grants the Genoese the privileges of paying no levy in Jerusalem and of having their own consul and court, reserving to himself only justice of blood. Wherever the Genoese have assisted the king with 40 or more men they will enjoy half of all rights.*†Jul. 22 – Autumn. Godfrey of Bouillon grants the Genoese the privileges of paying no levy in Jerusalem and of having their own consul and court, reserving to himself only justice of blood. Wherever the Genoese have assisted the king with 40 or more men they will enjoy half of all rights.
sources: Francesco Amadi, pp. 25-6; Mayer, UKJ 3:1462-3, no. App. II/3
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RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
18
year: 1099
initiator: Henricus Castellanus episcopus and Johannes Michael, commanders of the Venetian fleet
recipient: Arnulf, patriarch of Jerusalem, Godfrey of Bouillon, Count Raymond of St Gilles, Bohemond of Taranto and other princes
text: *c. Nov. 1. Rhodes. Henricus Castellanus episcopus and Johannes Michael, commanders of the Venetian fleet on its way to the Holy Land, inform Patriarch [Arnulf] of Jerusalem, Godfrey [of Bouillon] [rex], Count Raymond [of St Gilles], Bohemond [of Taranto] and other princes of their approach. *c. Nov. 1. Rhodes. Henricus Castellanus episcopus and Johannes Michael, commanders of the Venetian fleet on its way to the Holy Land, inform Patriarch [Arnulf] of Jerusalem, Godfrey [of Bouillon] [rex], Count Raymond [of St Gilles], Bohemond [of Taranto] and other princes of their approach.
sources: Monachus anonymus Littorensis, ‘Historia de translatione sanctorum magni Nicolai’, p. 257. See Riant, ‘Inventaire critique’, p. 204, no. 145 (RRH no. 30)
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RRR:
Grant
19
year: 1099
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Saturninus Lastier from Artajona in Navarre
text: †Jul. 22 – Dec. 24. Jerusalem. Godfrey of Bouillon, res [sic] Jerosolimitani, gives the crusader Saturninus Lastier from Artajona in Navarre a painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary, made by Nicodemus, and earth from the Holy Sepulchre. †Jul. 22 – Dec. 24. Jerusalem. Godfrey of Bouillon, res [sic] Jerosolimitani, gives the crusader Saturninus Lastier from Artajona in Navarre a painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary, made by Nicodemus, and earth from the Holy Sepulchre.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1463-5, no. App. II/4
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RRR:
Grant
Confirmation/renewal of grants
20
year: 1099
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Patriarch Daibert of Jerusalem
text: *Dec. 25. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Godfrey of Bouillon grants Patriarch Daibert the possessions held in the past by the Greek patriarchs of Jerusalem and confirms all new acquisitions.*Dec. 25. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Godfrey of Bouillon grants Patriarch Daibert the possessions held in the past by the Greek patriarchs of Jerusalem and confirms all new acquisitions.
sources: William of Tyre, p. 440; Mayer, UKJ 1:99-101, no. 4
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