RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
284
year: 1130
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Dec. 25 1129 – Jun. 12 1130. Jerusalem. In the royal palacium. At the request of Gelduinus abbas, his relation [consanguineus], Baldwin, dei gratia rex Ierusalem Latinorum secundus, confirms all that has been given to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat in the reigns of his predecessors and in his own reign. Duke (dux) Godfrey and his brother King Baldwin I gave an oven, mills, houses and gardens inside Jerusalem and lands and vineyards outside, the Pool of Siloam together with mills, a ditch [fossa] and gardens, and two parts of the casale of Bethsau. Comes Guarnerius gave a casale called Ascar and this was later confirmed by King Baldwin I, who gave 2 carrucatae of land in the territory of Jaffa. Tancred gave a casale called Tymini, situated on the side of Mt Carmel, and houses, an oven and lands within and outside the castle [castrum] of Haifa. King Baldwin I gave a house in Acre and a casale called Cassera in the mountains; at Sidon a viridarium, a machomeria outside the city and a casale called Cafarabra, with the agreement of Eustachius Granerius; at Beirut houses, an oven, a mill and a viridarium inside the city and 2 carrucatae of land outside. Eustachius Granerius gave a casale called Betalla in the territory of Caesarea and a house in the city of Caesarea, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Pisellus vicecomes gave a casale called Meschium and lands by the road that leads to the River Jordan, and in the territory of Belcha across the river a casale called Bessura, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Rogerius Rammensis episcopus gave a casale called Saphoria and within the castle [castrum] of Lydda [Sanctus Georgius] a house and 4 carrucatae of land, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Ado de Cherisio, his wife Richildis and his son Warmundus gave a casale called Chorat in the mountains around Toron, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Teobaldus de Nigella gave a casale called Zebezeb, situated in terra Sueti, with the agreement of King Baldwin I and Wilelmus de Buris. Lambertus, a cliens of Wilelmus de Buris, gave a casale called Soesme beyond the River Jordan, with the agreement of Wilelmus de Buris and Gozelinus princeps Tybiadis. Wilelmus de Buris gave a casale called Ierraz, situated in territorio Gor, and a house in Jerusalem. Walterius Machumet gave a casale called Jamaruara, situated in the valley of Clin, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Wilelmus de Buris gave 4 carrucatae of land and houses at Ligium, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Wido de Miliaco gave half of a casale called Betemar in the territory of Jerusalem, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. King Baldwin I freed from census and navalis exactio all the ships [naves] of the abbey of St Mary which should enter or leave all the ports of the kingdom of Jerusalem. Letardus vicecomes gave 4 carrucatae of land and olive groves, together with a house in the casale of Hubertus de Pazi which is called Siph, and outside the casale a garden. Of the donations made in his own reign, King Baldwin II has given a casale called Beteri in the territory of Nablus and a house in Nablus; a casale called Beffella in the mountains in the territory of Tyre, another casale called Sardanas, and houses and a viridarium within Tyre. Lord Gozelinus gave a casale called Cafrielme in the territory of Tiberias with the agreement of King Baldwin II. Hugo dominus Iope gave a casale called Machoz in the territory of Ascalon and in Ascalon the greater machomeria and one of the better viridaria. Hugo also gave the land which had belonged to Framericus in the territory of Jaffa and a casale called Saphe in the land of Nablus, with the agreement of King Baldwin II. Barisanus the constabularius of Hugo gave a casale called Dargeboam in the lands near Jerusalem, with the agreement of Hugo his lord and King Baldwin II. Romanus de Podio, his wife Richildis and their heirs gave 2 casalia called Bessura and La, situated in terra Belcha. Wilelmus de Buris gave 2 casalia across the Sea of Galilee [ultra mare Tybiadis] called Sanctus Georgius and Sanctus Iob. The charter was drawn up by Hemelinus cancellarius. Witnesses: Willelmus archiepiscopus Tiri; Gaudentius archiepiscopus Cesariensis; Ansellus Betlehemita episcopus; abbas de Latina; Willlmus prior Sepulcri Domini; Arnaldus prior Montis Syon; Balduinus Sancti Abrahᶒ; Roardus; Goffridus de Parentea; Hulricus Neapolis vicecomes; Petrus his brother; Robertus de Franco Loco.
Dec. 25 1129 – Jun. 12 1130. Jerusalem. In the royal palacium. At the request of Gelduinus abbas, his relation [consanguineus], Baldwin, dei gratia rex Ierusalem Latinorum secundus, confirms all that has been given to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat in the reigns of his predecessors and in his... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:276-80, no. 116 (RRH no. 134)
year: 1130
initiator: Willelmus prior sancti Sepulcri
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Dec. 25 1129 – Jun. 12 1130. Willelmus prior sancti Sepulcri, in the presence and with the approval of Patriarch Stephen and with the agreement of his entire chapter, seals an agreement with St Mary of the Valley of Jehosaphat, represented by Gelduinus abbas. He surrenders an oven in that part of Jerusalem called the Iudearia to St Mary, renouncing all disputes over it. He remits the tithe owed on land called Plata petra, by the road that leads to the river. He grants the tithe of a casale called Darchiboam. He renounces all other claims made against St Mary. Witnesses: of the priests, Petrus Barchinonensis subprior; Ansellus precentor; Gislebertus; Petrus Bernardi; Petrus Calvus; Gosbertus; Balduinus; Hugo prepositus; of the deacons, Guido; Radulfus; Wulgrinus; Richardus; of the subdeacons, Gyraldus; Galterius; Moyses; of other churchmen, Willelmus archiepiscopus Tyri; Gaudentius archiepiscopus Cᶒsariensis; Anselmus Bethleemita episcopus; Richardus Sanctᶒ Mariᶒ latinᶒ abbas; Arnaldus prior Montis Syon; Henricus prior Montis Oliveti: of lay persons, rex Balduinus; Willelmus dapifer Templi; Hugo comes Trecensis; Balduinus de Sancto Abraham; Rohardus; Jofridus de Parenteo; Holricus vicecomes Neapolitanus. Patriarch Stephen confirms the agreement and has his seal attached to it.
Dec. 25 1129 – Jun. 12 1130. Willelmus prior sancti Sepulcri, in the presence and with the approval of Patriarch Stephen and with the agreement of his entire chapter, seals an agreement with St Mary of the Valley of Jehosaphat, represented by Gelduinus abbas. He surrenders an oven in that part of... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart. St-Sépulcre, pp. 347-8, App. no. 1; Mayer, UKJ 1:275-6, no. 115 (RRH no. 133)
year: 1130
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Aug. 29/30 1124 – Jun. 12 1130. King Baldwin II gives houses and a viridarium in Tyre to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
*Aug. 29/30 1124 – Jun. 12 1130. King Baldwin II gives houses and a viridarium in Tyre to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:274-5, no. 114
year: 1130
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Apr. 14 1118 – Jun. 12 1130. King Baldwin II gives a house in Nablus to the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
*Apr. 14 1118 – Jun. 12 1130. King Baldwin II gives a house in Nablus to the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:274-5, no. 114
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
321
year: 1134
initiator: Princess Alice of Antioch
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Jul. 1-31. Latakia. In the palatium. Alice, Balduini regis Hierosolymitani Latinorum secundi filia, uxor quondam domini Boamundi, Magni Boamundi filii, excellentissime Antiochenorum principissa, makes and seals an eleemosynary grant to benefit, among others, her daughter Constantia. She gives the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat 2 carrugae of land, which are next to the land that once belonged to Bonus Homo, in the territory of Gibellum. Witnesses: Hugo Iopensis; Gualterius de Surdaualle constabularius; Robertus eius filius; Hugo de Buleirre; Radulfus de Fontanellis; Mansellus; Georgius dux.
Jul. 1-31. Latakia. In the palatium. Alice, Balduini regis Hierosolymitani Latinorum secundi filia, uxor quondam domini Boamundi, Magni Boamundi filii, excellentissime Antiochenorum principissa, makes and seals an eleemosynary grant to benefit, among others, her daughter Constantia. She gives the... more
sources: Mayer, Varia, pp. 113-14, no. 2 (RRH no. 151a)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
325
year: 1134
initiator: Franco Iherapolitanus archiepiscopus
recipient: Monks of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Dec. 25 1133 – Sept. 23 1134. During the government of the principality [principatus] of Edessa of Joscelin II, son of Joscelin the Great, Franco Iherapolitanus archiepiscopus makes an eleemosynary grant to the monks of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat serving in the castles [castra] in the diocese of Hierapolis. He gives them all tithes of wheat, barley, vines, oil and other things for which they have use. Witnesses: Benedictus canonicus Iherapolitanae ecclesiae; Vbertus presbiter eiusdem ecclesiae; Remigius presbiter eiusdem ecclesiae; Leo capellanus Gozelini comitis.
Dec. 25 1133 – Sept. 23 1134. During the government of the principality [principatus] of Edessa of Joscelin II, son of Joscelin the Great, Franco Iherapolitanus archiepiscopus makes an eleemosynary grant to the monks of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat serving in the castles [castra] in the... more
sources: Mayer, Kanzlei 2:892-3, no. 4 (RRH no. 153a)
year: 1135
initiator: William de Baronia
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: (1135) [46] William de Baronia gives the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat in perpetuity the gastina of Julian, situated in the territory of Baronia.The gift is sealed by his ‘pater karissimus’, Radulfus archiepiscopus Mamistranus. Witnesses: Radulfus egregious episcopus; Galfridus canonicus; Hugo Blesensis Sancti Pauli Antiochiae monachus; Walterius presbiter, Baroniae capellanus; Stephanus miles; Willelmus de Brion.
(1135) [46] William de Baronia gives the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat in perpetuity the gastina of Julian, situated in the territory of Baronia.The gift is sealed by his ‘pater karissimus’, Radulfus archiepiscopus Mamistranus. Witnesses: Radulfus egregious episcopus; Galfridus... more
sources: Kohler, ‘Chartes de Josaphat’, p. 130, no. 21) (RRH no. 161a
year: 1139
initiator: Rogerius Ramathensis episcopus
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Nov. 18. With the consent of his chapter [capitulum Sancti Georgii] and at the request of Patriarch Arnulf of Jerusalem and King Baldwin I, Rogerius Ramatensis episcopus had given St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat a deserted casale called Cephrie. The abbey’s possession of the casale had been challenged by the heirs of Radulfus de Septem Molis, but they have been persuaded to concede the casale to the abbey in the presence of Patriarch William of Jerusalem. Their names are: Gofridus filius Radulfi, Hugo his brother, Mazelina their sister with her husband Arnulfus de Aria, and their mother Agnes. Witnesses: Willelmus patriarcha; Robertus archidiaconus; Balduinus cancellarius; Amelius; Balduinus canonicus Sancti Georgii; of the laymen, Wulferius; Milo camerarius; Rogerius Carnotensis; Ernaldus pincerna; Stephanus dispensator; Petrus Lemovicensis. Rogerius episcopus, with the consent of his chapter and barones, confirms the agreement, which is sealed with the patriarchal seal, but retains half the tithes and his jurisdiction over the chaplain [in the casale]. Witnesses: of the canons of St George [Lydda/Ramla], Willelmus Thuroldi; Jordanus; Balduinus; Gislebertus; Hugo; of others, Constantinus; Jacob; of laymen, Wulferius; Willelmus, nepos patriarchae; Normandus; Johannes Golafres; Helgotus; Petrus vicecomes; Gislebertus; Bernardus de Caco.
Nov. 18. With the consent of his chapter [capitulum Sancti Georgii] and at the request of Patriarch Arnulf of Jerusalem and King Baldwin I, Rogerius Ramatensis episcopus had given St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat a deserted casale called Cephrie. The abbey’s possession of the casale had been... more
sources: Delaborde, Chartes de Josaphat, pp. 49-50, no. 20 (RRH no. 190)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
394
year: 1140
initiator: Pope Innocent II
recipient: Guido abbas of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: May 20. Lateran. Pope Innocent II confirms for Guido abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat the abbey’s possession of the church of Ligio with parochial rights and tithes, and the tithes of Thanis, given by Bernardus episcopus Nazareth to support a hospital, and properties in Sicily.
May 20. Lateran. Pope Innocent II confirms for Guido abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat the abbey’s possession of the church of Ligio with parochial rights and tithes, and the tithes of Thanis, given by Bernardus episcopus Nazareth to support a hospital, and properties in Sicily.
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 159-60, no. 45
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
393
year: 1140
initiator: Pope Innocent II
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: May 18. Lateran. In response to a request from Guido abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Pope Innocent II confirms the abbey’s possessions in Sicily and southern Italy, together with its tithes and burial privileges and its right to admit confratres.
May 18. Lateran. In response to a request from Guido abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Pope Innocent II confirms the abbey’s possessions in Sicily and southern Italy, together with its tithes and burial privileges and its right to admit confratres.
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp.156-9, no. 44 (RRH no. 196)