RRR: Agreement/treaty
1930
year: 1222
initiator: Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate
recipient: Queen Alice of Cyprus, her son Henry, verus dominus et heres regni Cipri, his barones, milites and homines, and E. archiepiscopus Nicosiensis, M. Paphensis episcopus, R. Nimociensis episcopus and C. Famagustensis episcopus and their chapters
text: Sept. 14. Famagusta. Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, makes a further sealed ruling on the agreement of 1-31 October 1220 that resolved discord between Queen Alice of Cyprus, her son Henry, verus dominus et heres regni Cipri, his barones, milites and homines, and E. archiepiscopus Nicosiensis, M. Paphensis episcopus, R. Nimociensis episcopus and C. Famagustensis episcopus and their chapters. More issues have arisen, which Pelagius on a visit to Cyprus, assisted in his mediation by the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John, now resolves. The queen, barones, milites and homines of the kingdom of Cyprus will pay the prelates tithes on all their lands, animals and revenues, according to the customs of the kingdom of Jerusalem. The chevalia and dimi owed to the crown by the rustici of the prelates and their churches are remitted. All Greek priests and deacons are freed from the payment of chevagia or labour services [angariae], provided they profess obedience to the prelates in whose dioceses they reside, according to the form followed by Greek priests and levites in the kingdom of Jerusalem since the Latins ruled there. Greek priests and deacons should remain in the casalia and lands in which they reside at present. A Greek villanus can only be ordained with the agreement of his lord and if the prelates permit such an ordination, they must replace the villanus with another. Greek villani who leave the island to be ordained without their lords’ knowledge will be forcibly returned to villeinage should they return. Greek bishops who ordain without licence are to be suspended. Greek priests and deacons can move from one casale to another as long as they have permission and do not have children. Greek abbots should be elected canonically and confirmed by the Latin diocesan. They cannot be removed. They should profess obedience to the local diocesan according to the custom of the kingdom of Jerusalem. Greek churches and abbeys can enjoy their endowments and possessions. The number of monks in Greek monasteries has been limited and no one can replace a dead monk except from the district in which the monastery is situated. There should be 4 Greek bishops, obedient to the Roman church and the Latin prelates according to the customs of the kingdom of Jerusalem. They will reside in Sulam in the diocese of Nicosia, Archinum in the diocese of Paphos, Lefkara in the diocese of Limassol and Carpasium in the diocese of Famagusta.
Sept. 14. Famagusta. Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, makes a further sealed ruling on the agreement of 1-31 October 1220 that resolved discord between Queen Alice of Cyprus, her son Henry, verus dominus et heres regni Cipri, his barones, milites and homines, and E. archiepiscopus... more
sources: Coureas and Schabel, The Cartulary, pp. 216-18, no. 83 (RRH no. 938)
RRR: Agreement/treaty
2083
year: 1228
initiator: Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate
recipient: Bishop of Acre and the Hospitallers
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Mar. 4. Rome. Cardinal Pelagius of Albano rules on conflicting interpretations of his arbitration between the bishop of Acre and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem of 1-31 May 1221. On the orders of the pope, who has intervened, the bishop and frater Rodericus procurator Hospitalis have sought Pelagius’s arbitration, promising to abide by his judgement. (1). The conventual prior and chaplains [prior et capellani] of the Hospital can confer penance, viaticum and extreme unction on those who at the time of their death choose burial in the Hospital, and they can say the Office of the Dead for them, but those who should choose burial with the Hospital in their lifetime are not exempted from the jurisdiction of the bishop and should receive all the sacraments from him and pay their parochial dues, except at the moment of death. The Hospitallers should take care not to persuade with promises, prayers and other means, parishioners whom they receive into confraternity to choose burial with them, but they should leave them to make their own choice freely. Nor should they receive women for Purification after childbirth. (2) The conventual prior and the chaplains of the Hospital cannot advertise in advance certain days specifically or generally on which they will preach to the people. (3) The Hospitallers are forbidden to withhold tithes if a dispute arises with the bishop. Any unresolved issue should be submitted to the judgement of arbitrators or representatives chosen by both parties. The Hospitallers have refused to pay the bishop tithes for the casalia of Beroeth and Coketh. They should not withhold them unless they can demonstrate that the tithes have been remitted by the bishop or that there is some other reason or that there is a legitimate exception allowing them to pay less. (4) The chaplains of the Hospital are accused of carrying away dead persons from the parishes for burial without proving that they had chosen burial with them, in spite of the prohibitions of the parish priests. The dead should be buried at the churches of which they were parishioners unless it can be demonstrated by the testimony of confessors or the wills of the dead, or it can be proved by other lawful witnesses, that they chose burial at the Hospital. (5) Sugar-cane is now grown on some lands which at the time of the agreement of 1221 were planted with wheat or barley. The Hospitallers have been refusing to pay tithes because, according to the tenor of the agreement and custom, tithes are not payable on sugar-cane. Pelagius rules that with respect to those lands which at the time of the agreement were sown with wheat or barley and are now sugar-plantations, the bishop should be paid the tithes he had been accustomed to receive when they were sown with wheat and barley.
Mar. 4. Rome. Cardinal Pelagius of Albano rules on conflicting interpretations of his arbitration between the bishop of Acre and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem of 1-31 May 1221. On the orders of the pope, who has intervened, the bishop and frater Rodericus... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:382-3, no. 1911 (RRH no. 987)