year: 1133
initiator: Hugh, lord of Jaffa
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Dec. 25 1132 – Dec. 24 1133. Hugo Joppe dominus, with the agreement of his wife Emma, makes an eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and to Raimundus magister Hospitalis. He gives a casale called Bulbus. He confirms the donation by Gofridus de Parentei and his wife of the mills of Tres Pontes, with the whole island and 10 carrucatas ad seminandum et garretandum. Raymundus and the Hospitallers make a counter-gift to Hugo of 100 besants and a mule. Witnesses: Dominus Balianus; Girardus Aree; Gerulfus Asnerii; Paganus Osche; Robertus Crassus; Gibertus Piscis; Halelmus dapifer; Odo Caravanna; Rainaldus, nepos episcopi; Hugo marescalcus; Odo cancellarius; Romanus de Podio inscriptionis textor; Garinus filius Bartholomei; of the brothers of the Hospital, Petrus Galatianus presbiter; Pontius presbiter; Girardus clericus; Girardus Job; Barro; Thomas; Garinus.
Dec. 25 1132 – Dec. 24 1133. Hugo Joppe dominus, with the agreement of his wife Emma, makes an eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and to Raimundus magister Hospitalis. He gives a casale called Bulbus. He confirms the donation by Gofridus de Parentei and his wife of the mills... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:86-7, no. 97 (RRH no. 147)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
443
year: 1144
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
additional institution: Saint Lazarus in Bethany
text: Mid Apr. – Sept. 23. Baldwin, dei gratia sanctᶒ Iherusalem rex Latinorum quartus, confirms the exchange made by King Fulk and Queen Melisende with the canons of the Holy Sepulchre to establish temporalities for the church of St Lazarus at Bethania. He confirms the canons’ possession of the casale of Thecua, with all its lands, villani and Beduini, and the right of the residents of Thecua to collect bitumen, vulgarly called catran, from the Dead Sea and salt from its shores. He confirms under seal the gifts made by Patriarch William of Jerusalem, Petrus prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre to Abbess Matilda and the nuns at St Lazarus of Bethany of buildings [ędificia], beneficia and houses outside and in Jerusalem and of the following casalia with their villani, Beduini and other appurtenances: Benehatiᶒ, Benehabeth, Ragabani and Romah. Witnesses: Guillelmus Iheruslem patriarcha; Balduinus archiepiscopus Cesariensis; Robertus archiepiscopus Nazareth; Helias episcopus Tyberiadensis; Rogerius Ramathensis episcopus; Reinerius Sebastensis episcopus; Gaufridus abbas Templi Domini; Sehebrandus abbas Sanctᶒ Mariᶒ Latinᶒ; Petrus Dominici Sepulcri prior; Henricus Montis Oliveti prior; Raimundus Hospitalis magister; Petrus Guillelmi; Stephanus de Capella; Guillelmus Fauco; Gaufridus Fulcherii frater Templi Salomonici; Godefridus thesaurarius ᶒcclesiᶒ Sepulcri Domini; Guillelmus prepositus; Petrus Bernardi; Petrus Barchinonensis; Nicholaus; Lambertus Grossus; Bertrandus de Podio; magister Bᶒda; Obertus; Gamaliel; Giraldus Bastardus; Moyses; Bonefacius; Eurardus; Robertus Achconensis; Guillelmus Berithensis; Guillelmus Anglicus; and of the barones, Balianus; Rainerius Ramathensis; Ioscelinus de Cortenai; Galterius Berithensis; Rohardus vicecomes; Sado marescalcus; Bernardus Uacherius; Gaufridus Acus; Tosetus; Imbertus de Bar.
Mid Apr. – Sept. 23. Baldwin, dei gratia sanctᶒ Iherusalem rex Latinorum quartus, confirms the exchange made by King Fulk and Queen Melisende with the canons of the Holy Sepulchre to establish temporalities for the church of St Lazarus at Bethania. He confirms the canons’ possession of the casale... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:390-3, no. 210 (RRH no. 226)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
471
year: 1146
initiator: Baldwin III, Queen Melisende and brother Amalric
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jul. 4. Nablus. Baldwin, dei gratia in sancta Ierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, his mother Melisende, eadem gratia eorundem regina, and his brother Amalricus make a sealed eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. They give Altum Casale and they promise to give 2 casalia nearer to Altum Casale in exchange for 2 nearby casalia in valle Suech, which Gunfredus de Turre Dauid and his wife Yda gave to the Hospital. They also confirm all gifts made by Kings Baldwin I, Baldwin II and Fulk, and all made by their subjects [homines]. Witnesses: Robertus archiepiscopus Nazarenus; Gaufridus abbas Templi Domini; Elinandus Tyberiadensis; Guido Berytensis; Manasses constabularius; Reinerius Ramatensis; Henfredus de Torono; Girardus Sidoniensis; Galterus Cesariensis; Roardus vicecomes Ierosolimitanus; Phylippus Neapolitanus; Gualo vicecomes Tyberiadensis; Geruasius Burgundio; Gualterus Maledoctus; Johannes Geroman; Robertus de Frandolio; Maingodus de Gemuino; Paganus de Uoh; Tebaldus Nazarenus; Hubertus de Legione; Hugo de Bethsan; Adalardus Recestensis; Giraldus vicecomes Achonensis; Mainardus.... The charter was drawn up by Radulfus regius cancellarius.
Jul. 4. Nablus. Baldwin, dei gratia in sancta Ierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, his mother Melisende, eadem gratia eorundem regina, and his brother Amalricus make a sealed eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. They give Altum Casale and they promise to give 2 casalia nearer to... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:350, 402-4, nos. 173, 216; 2:504, no. 274 (RRH no. 245)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
498
year: 1149
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Raymond du Puy, master of the Hospital
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jan. 1 – Aug. 31. Melisende, dei gratia Ierosolimorum regina, with the agreement of her son Baldwin rex Jerusalem, records that she has made a sealed eleemosynary grant, exchanging property with Raimundus Hospitalis pauperum Christi provisor. The Hospital of St John of Jerusalem has made over to her a bath house in the vicus of St Leonard in Acre. In return Melisende has given a logia before the doors of the basilica of St John the Baptist and houses that had belonged to Franco castellanus Acconensis, which Melisende had claimed and had reverted to the crown. Melisende also adds to the exchange land [terra] on the right side of the road that runs from Acre to Casale Album, belonging to the camerarius. The other three sides of the land are bounded by Casale Album, Disderum and the property of Suriani. Melisende, together with King Baldwin, confirms under seal a purchase made on behalf of the Hospital by the aforesaid Raimundus, tutor pauperum, of a house with a tower adjacent to it, which had belonged to Robertus vicecomes Acconensis. The purchase was legitimately made in the presence of Clarembaldus vicecomes Acconensis, with the agreement of Agnes, the wife of Robertus and the mother of Clarembaldus. Melisende confirms a purchase made by the aforesaid Frater Raimundus for the use of the poor and the hospital [xenodochium] of a casale called Assera from Johannes domnus de Bethsan, although Johannes has retained the rustici. Witnesses of the exchange: Geraldus de Valentia vicecomes, who presided over the exchange; Menardus de Portu; Deauratus and others. Witnesses of the purchase of Assera: Ysaac, dapifer regie curie; Hugo, uncle of Johannes de Bethsan; Thomas and his wife, who had been in possession of the casale and agreed to its sale; Gualterius Caesarie; Eustachius, his son, to whose feudum the casale belonged; Oddo Strabo.
Jan. 1 – Aug. 31. Melisende, dei gratia Ierosolimorum regina, with the agreement of her son Baldwin rex Jerusalem, records that she has made a sealed eleemosynary grant, exchanging property with Raimundus Hospitalis pauperum Christi provisor. The Hospital of St John of Jerusalem has made over to... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:351-4, 405, nos. 175, 218 (RRH no. 256)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
524
year: 1152
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Apr. 1 - 20. Melisende, divina largiente clementia Iherosolimorum regina, with the consent of her sons King Baldwin III and Amalricus Ioppensium comes, renounces under seal her claims against the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, with respect to the villani of Bethsuric, namely Selmen filius Maadi; Habderahmen; Selim; Hasem; Nasen; Mekedem/Melpedem/Melpeclem; Seleemen; Sade; Brahin; Kannet; Nasser; Ariz; Mahmut; Zafer; Demsis; Resselem; Tameh; Rosec; Sahe; Salem filius Sade and the others, and the land in the casale. The canons are to have these as freely as they did in the time of Duke Godfrey [of Bouillon]. Melisende confirms the canons’ rights over the Suriani of Kalandria called Cosmas, Semhan/Seimahian, Samuel, Ihanna, Meferreg and Gerges, in exchange for a statio, which had belonged to Willelmus Bastardus, and the shares the canons had in 2 tables of money-changers [mensae nummulariorum] so that Melisende could construct a new ruga in Jerusalem. Melisende also renounces claims she had had on Suriani of Ramathes, called Bolferag, Jacob, Brahim and Ysaac, and on a vineyard that domna Geltidis, the wife of the lord Rohardus had left as an eleemosynary gift on her death. Witnesses: of those who had assembled to consider the case, Rohardus; nepos ejus Radulfus; Johannes de Ualencienes; Babinus; Fulco; Salem; Bencelinus; Tosetus; of others, Rorches de Nazareth; Ermenaudus; Helias frater ejus; Nicolaus camerarius; Odo de Turcame/Turcarme; Radulfus Le Fanchenirs; Herbertus de Regiteste.
Apr. 1 - 20. Melisende, divina largiente clementia Iherosolimorum regina, with the consent of her sons King Baldwin III and Amalricus Ioppensium comes, renounces under seal her claims against the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, with respect to the villani of Bethsuric, namely Selmen filius Maadi;... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:366-9, 412, nos. 184, 225; 2:505, no. 278 (RRH no. 278)
year: 1158
initiator: Amalricus comes Ascalonis
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Nov. 14. Ascalon. Amalricus comes Ascalonis makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, confirming for the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, represented by Hugo dictus de Tharso, decanus Joppensis, the sale for 52 besants to Hugo of a pecia, consisting of two parts of a vineyard, by a Surianus called Naym. Amalricus gives the third part of the vineyard, which had belonged to him, to the decanus and brothers of the Holy Sepulchre, to which he adds whatever belonged to him in the vineyard of the Surianus Menferretus. The 2 pecię were next to the vineyard of the Holy Sepulchre on the eastern side. In return for this Hugo makes a counter-gift to Amalricus of 100 besants. Witnesses: Jocelinus de Samusac; frater eius Balduinus; Garcio; Iordanus Bestia; Raphael; Poncius; Thomas Turchię; sororius eius Herbertus; Lambertus Galiota. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus cancellarius.
Nov. 14. Ascalon. Amalricus comes Ascalonis makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, confirming for the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, represented by Hugo dictus de Tharso, decanus Joppensis, the sale for 52 besants to Hugo of a pecia, consisting of two parts of a vineyard, by a Surianus called Naym.... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:523-4, no. 296 (RRH no. 334)
year: 1159
initiator: Arnaldus Dominici Sepulcri prior
recipient: Burgenses of Mahumeria
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: 1158 - 1159. Arnaldus Dominici Sepulcri prior, with the agreement of his chapter, records exchanges made at Mahumeria with certain burgenses of the village [villa]. (1). An agreement made with Guibertus Papasius, with the consent of his wife Usanna, in which he exchanges the vineyard next to the cemetery and church of Mons Gaudii, inherited by Usanna, for a part [pars] at the far end [extrema pars] of the great vineyard that is next to the upper road [via superior] and adjoins another vineyard belonging to Guibertus on which he owes decima et terraticum. Tithes will be owed on Guibertus’s acquisition. [2]. An agreement with Gauterius Carpentarius, who exchanges a vineyard adjoining the one that had belonged to Guibertus Papasius for a vineyard in another part of the great vineyard, next to the high road [magna via], for which he will owe tithes. (3). An agreement with Ainardus Cavallom, who exchanges part of a vineyard, next to that which had belonged to Gauterius Carpentarius for another part of a vineyard in the great vineyard, this also being next to that of Gauterius Carpentarius. Tithes will be paid. Ainardus, impelled by poverty and having nothing with which to feed and bring up his wife and children, has sold this part to Martinus Carpentarius of Mons Gaudii for 26 besants with the consent of his lord and the court [curia]. (4). An agreement with the daughters of Pontius Faverius and their husbands. They exchange 30 jugera of cultivated land in the territory of Kalandria, owing decima et terraticum, for 2 petiae of a vineyard in valle Sancte Marie, one of 4 jugera, the other of 2 jugera, which had belonged to frater Petrus de Rametis, for which they will give tertia et decima. (5). The prior gives Stephanus Pastinace the vineyard that had belonged to frater Arnaldus on condition that he cultivates the wasteland and pays medietas et decima annually. (6) An agreement made with Helyas and Amicus, his relation [gener], in which they exchange part of their garden which is next to the berquilium, for a pars of uncultivated land that had come to the canons in their agreement with Robertus de Retest and adjoins land belonging to Helyas. (7). An agreement with the hospitale at Mahumeria in which the hospitale exchanges part of a garden that stretches between the berquilia of the Holy Sepulchre and the hospitale for 2 jugera of the vineyard that had belonged to frater Stephanus Ortalis. Tithe will be owed for this. (8). Frater Robertus Porcarius gave himself and all his possessions to the Holy Sepulchre [on becoming a confrater]. This was confirmed at Mahumeria by domnus A. prior, assisted by the burgenses of the village [villa] in plenarie curie, to whom Robertus handed a staff [baculum], giving everything to the Holy Sepulchre. Robertus enumerated his possessions, specifying land next to that of Robertus Ungarus, which had been given by Prior Giraldus to him and his wife, previously married to Umbertus, but which he had abandoned because he had not been able to cultivate it; some adjoining land given by Prior Petrus, who later became archbishop of Tyre, to Robertus in an exchange for land he had bought from Galterius Bela; and land nearby which Prior P. had given and on which was owed terraticum et decimam. (9). Prior Arnaldus and domnus Robertus de Retest came to Mahumeria and agreed on the boundaries of their respective territories. They chose an elderly Sarracenus called Pes Tortus, a homo rusticus of Robertus, to provide evidence of the boundary. This survey took place in the presence of the following canons of the Holy Sepulchre: domnus Petrus elemosinarius; domnus Bernardus Antiochenus; frater Pisanus; Petrus Judaeus; Johannes interpres; Arbertus; Stephanus. The son of the aforesaid Robertus [de Retest] was also present.
1158 - 1159. Arnaldus Dominici Sepulcri prior, with the agreement of his chapter, records exchanges made at Mahumeria with certain burgenses of the village [villa]. (1). An agreement made with Guibertus Papasius, with the consent of his wife Usanna, in which he exchanges the vineyard next to the... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 244-7, no. 121 (RRH no. 340)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
658
year: 1160
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Amalricus comes Ascalonis
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: *Aug. 12 1153 - Nov. 29 1160. King Baldwin III confirms an exchange [made by his brother Count Amalric of Ascalon] with the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, in which after the capture of Ascalon the canons were given a mahumeria there, called by the Sarraceni Cathara and by the Latins ‘Green’.
*Aug. 12 1153 - Nov. 29 1160. King Baldwin III confirms an exchange [made by his brother Count Amalric of Ascalon] with the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, in which after the capture of Ascalon the canons were given a mahumeria there, called by the Sarraceni Cathara and by the Latins ‘... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:474-5, no. 259
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
761
year: 1166
initiator: Hugo, Cesaree Palestine dominus
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Dec. 25 1165 - Apr. 29 1166. [106] Hugo dominus Cesaree Palestine, with the agreement of his wife Isabella and his homines, makes an eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by Girbertus prior Hospitalis magister. He gives a casale called Hadedun and 2 guastinae. The boundaries are as follows: to the west dunae….. of dominus Hugo Feustellus; to the north the land stretches as far as the river [flumaria] by way of an old berchile and ends [at] S. Michaelis… casale…of Engelbertus; to the east the boundary ends, by way of a bechile, with the casale of the [canons of the] Templum Domini; to the south by way of the turon Bufali it ends….with the land of Seraphia belonging to the archbishop, as far as a large lake [lacus]. Hugo adds to his gift a curtile that had belonged to Urricus Tendilla and the salt pans [salina] of Gervasius, with as much land as is needed to produce salt fully and to build houses for colonists [incolae]. In return for Hadedun he receives from the Hospital 2000 besants in charity. Petrus Perrez, his wife Maria and his children Paganus and Mathalia surrender the casale of Hadedun, in exchange for a rent [assisia] given by Hugo de Cesarea, and confirm the grant. Witnesses: Petrus Costi vicecomes Cesaree; dominus Robertus de Cozi; dominus Bertinus; dominus Rainerius de Galenie; dominus Carlus; dominus Rogerius Gualez; dominus Ernaldus filius Heri; Petrus de Fossato vicecomes Calenzun; dominus Paganus de Calenzun; dominus Gervasius Cesaree; Rohardus Rufus; Petrus de S. Germano and many others; and dominus Johannes Costi, who was absent at first, but was afterwards a witness.
Dec. 25 1165 - Apr. 29 1166. [106] Hugo dominus Cesaree Palestine, with the agreement of his wife Isabella and his homines, makes an eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by Girbertus prior Hospitalis magister. He gives a casale called Hadedun and 2 guastinae. The... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:243-4, no. 350 (RRH no. 426)
year: 1171
initiator: King Amalric
recipient: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus in Jerusalem
institution: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus
text: Feb. 4. Jerusalem. Amalric, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Ierusalem Latinorum rex quintus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the leprosary of St Lazarus of Jerusalem and its sick. He confirms a rent of 72 besants, taken from the royal revenues from David Gate and payable in 4 instalments of 18 besants each at Easter, the Nativity of St John the Baptist, Michaelmas and Christmas. The rent is made up in the following way. The king has given 50 of these besants for the maintenance of one leper in perpetuity. Added to this is a rent of 10 besants, drawn from the money fief [assisia] attached to the pincernatus, which was given by Odo de Sancto Amando, and a rent of 12 besants was given by the king in exchange for a house next to the macellum in Jerusalem, which the brothers of St Lazarus surrendered to him. Witnesses: Hanfredus constabularius; Rainaldus Sydoniensis; Willelmus marescallus; Milo dapifer; Giraldus de Pogi; Amalricus de Franli; Anselmus de Brigida; Roardus de Ioppe; Barisanus frater eius; Iohannes de Ualencinis; Adam Niger; Fulco frater eius. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus episcopus Bethleem regisque cancellarius.
Feb. 4. Jerusalem. Amalric, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Ierusalem Latinorum rex quintus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the leprosary of St Lazarus of Jerusalem and its sick. He confirms a rent of 72 besants, taken from the royal revenues from David Gate and payable in 4 instalments of... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:605-6, no. 347 (RRH no. 487)