RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
37
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon decrees general alms-giving in Jerusalem to commemorate each year the liberation of the city.
*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon decrees general alms-giving in Jerusalem to commemorate each year the liberation of the city.
sources: John of Würzburg, p. 124; Mayer, UKJ 1:116, no. 15
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon endows the church of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon endows the church of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
sources: Hiestand, PK, p. 117-19, no. 14; Mayer, UKJ 1:117-18, no. 16
RRR: Establishment/foundation document
39
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon settles monks in the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon settles monks in the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
sources: William of Tyre, p. 431. See Mayer, UKJ 1:117-18, no. 16 [5]
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
40
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Latins
institution: Saint Mary of the Latins
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon confirms the possessions in his realm of the abbey of St Mary of the Latins in Jerusalem.
*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon confirms the possessions in his realm of the abbey of St Mary of the Latins in Jerusalem.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:119, no. 17
RRR: Establishment/foundation document
41
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Abbey of Mount Tabor
institution: Mount Tabor
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon establishes the property rights of the abbey of Mt Tabor.
*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon establishes the property rights of the abbey of Mt Tabor.
sources: Hiestand, PK, p. 97, no. 5; Mayer, UKJ 1:119-20, no. 18
RRR: Privilege/exemption
42
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Suriani, Greeks, Armenians, Jacobites and Nestorians
text: †Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon frees all Suriani, Greeks, Armenians, Jacobites and Nestorians from the services they had to pay the Muslims [Saraceni]. But on all imports and sales they will pay 4 per cent – or one carat in each besant.
†Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon frees all Suriani, Greeks, Armenians, Jacobites and Nestorians from the services they had to pay the Muslims [Saraceni]. But on all imports and sales they will pay 4 per cent – or one carat in each besant.
sources: Francesco Amadi, p. 25; Mayer, UKJ 3:1467, no. App. II/6
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
43
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
text: *Dec. 25 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. [6] Godfrey of Bouillon prohibits the dismemberment of fiefs without proportionate sharing of the services owed for them [assise du démémbrement de fief].
*Dec. 25 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. [6] Godfrey of Bouillon prohibits the dismemberment of fiefs without proportionate sharing of the services owed for them [assise du démémbrement de fief].
sources: Philip of Novara, Le Livre, p. 155; Grandclaude, ‘Liste’, p. 335
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
44
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
text: *Dec. 25 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. To prevent the [Latin] settlers returning home, Godfrey of Bouillon decrees that occupation of a property for a year and a day is necessary for legal possession [assise de la tenure d’an et jour].
*Dec. 25 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. To prevent the [Latin] settlers returning home, Godfrey of Bouillon decrees that occupation of a property for a year and a day is necessary for legal possession [assise de la tenure d’an et jour].
sources: William of Tyre, p. 446; Grandclaude, ‘Liste’, p. 338 [7]
RRR: Privilege/exemption
35
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon promises the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem property in every city or castle taken by the Christians, to be allotted especially from inheritances for which no legitimate heir can be found.
*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon promises the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem property in every city or castle taken by the Christians, to be allotted especially from inheritances for which no legitimate heir can be found.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:114-15, no. 13 [3]
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
34
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: †Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon confirms an eleemosynary gift he had made in 1094 of a hospital at Coudenberg in Brussels to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, which he had visited after Jerusalem had been taken. Arnouls de Uisemale; Lois Asbanie avocat; Henri de Eural; Benoit de Sainte Enai; Frofin le Boc; Frisons de Glaboque and many others.
†Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon confirms an eleemosynary gift he had made in 1094 of a hospital at Coudenberg in Brussels to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, which he had visited after Jerusalem had been taken. Arnouls de Uisemale; Lois Asbanie avocat; Henri de Eural; Benoit... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:109-14, no. 12