year: 1187
initiator: Roger de Moulins, master of the Hospital
recipient: Bertrand de Margat; Richard de Bilie
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Mar. 1-29. [206] Roger de Moulins master of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem confirms a gift Bertrand de Margat had made to Richard de Bilie of the casale of Berbelearf and 2 charruées of land for the service of a mounted man.
*Mar. 1-29. [206] Roger de Moulins master of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem confirms a gift Bertrand de Margat had made to Richard de Bilie of the casale of Berbelearf and 2 charruées of land for the service of a mounted man.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:497, no. 786 (RRH no. 650a)
year: 1187
initiator: Roger de Moulins, master of the Hospital
recipient: Regnaud, lord of Margat; Martin de Nazareth
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Mar. 1-29. [207] Roger de Moulins master of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem confirms for Clarisse the gift Rainaud seigneur de Margat had made to Martin de Nazareth of several casalia and properties in return for the service of 1 knight [chevalier] and 1 turcoplier.
*Mar. 1-29. [207] Roger de Moulins master of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem confirms for Clarisse the gift Rainaud seigneur de Margat had made to Martin de Nazareth of several casalia and properties in return for the service of 1 knight [chevalier] and 1 turcoplier.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:497, no. 787 (RRH no. 650b)
year: 1188
initiator: Corradus, son of the marquess of Montferrat
recipient: Pisans of the societas Vermiliorum
text: May 1-31. Tyre. In the castellum. Conradus marchionis Montisferrati filius records under seal that he has confirmed for the Pisans of the societas Vermiliorum, who were in the city of Acre, all their houses, a bath house, an oven, the church of St Peter and all the empty land between the funda regis and the Gate of Jofredus Tortus in Acre. The land stretches [on one side] along the public way that runs in a straight line by the funda regis to the gate of the city near the cemetery and on the other as far as the sea. Conradus has also given: [a rent of] 2000 besants to be drawn each year from the funda and catena of Acre in the instalments established for assisia; outside Acre a water mill [molendinum aque] near the city, together with a good garden; in the region of Acre, casale Sancti Georgii, which had belonged to Henricus Bufalus, and Castellum Novum Regis, which had belonged to comes Iozelinus. These grants are made with the freedom to treat them in the Pisanorum curia or establish their boundaries as the societas wishes. They are freed from all talia, tributum and servicium, because of the service already rendered in the defence of Christianity and Tyre. Witnesses: Domnus Paganus de Caypha; Obertus Nepos; Lovellus quondam Tyri castellanus; Bernardus de Templo tunc Tyrensis vicecomes; Bellamutus; Obertus Orgioli.
May 1-31. Tyre. In the castellum. Conradus marchionis Montisferrati filius records under seal that he has confirmed for the Pisans of the societas Vermiliorum, who were in the city of Acre, all their houses, a bath house, an oven, the church of St Peter and all the empty land between the funda... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:877-82, no. 523 (RRH no. 674)
year: 1189
initiator: Guy of Lusignan and Queen Sibylla
recipient: Pisan commune
text: Nov. 19. In the siege camp before Acre. Guy, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex VIIIus, and his wife Queen Sibylla confirm under seal for the Pisan commune its possession of land in Acre with houses, churches, ovens, a bath house and all buildings established between Caput Furoris as far as the door of [the church of] St Andrew and outside the door as far as the tarsana, the sea and the cathena, and on the other side from the water of the port as far as shore of the burgus novus along the road [via] that runs from the Caput Furoris, past the house of Guidotta in a straight line as far as the shore of the burgus novus and as far as the commandery [domus] of the Knights Templar, saving the rights of the Templars, the Hospitallers and the church of St Anne. Guy and Sibylla also give the commune of the Pisans all the houses it possesses in the burgus novus and in any other part of Acre; in the neighbourhood of the city, Cabor, a garden which belonged to Antelmus, and a second mill on the river of Acre, which is next to the Gate/church [partem] [225] of St Nicholas. They concede to the Pisans and their commune in Acre the right to use weights and measures [statera et pensae et modia et mensurae] for wine and oil and all other things in sales to other persons. They also confirm for the commune of the Pisans in Acre freedom of entry into and departure from the kingdom of Jerusalem by land and sea, and a free curia. All Pisans and those leased houses by them, whether scapuli, burgenses, milites, comiti or of any lay condition whatever, should be judged in the Pisan curia, except for cases involving feoda or assisiae, which should be judged in the curiae of the lords [domni]. Otherwise no Pisan shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the royal curia in Acre or elsewhere throughout the kingdom. The Pisan consuls can exact talia on the houses of Pisan burgenses situated outside the Pisan quarter [extra honorem Pisani communis] and the king cannot exact it; nor can he impose tersaria or any other dues [dricture] because of military or other needs. Guy and Sibylla concede to the Pisans the right to have a vicecomes or consul to run their curia in Acre, the right to place their own men in the catena, funda and gates of the city of Acre to look after Pisans and those who rent properties from them, who are to be free from any attempt by king’s men or those of any baro to tax them on entry and departure. The Pisans are to be free from charges on shipwreck and from any charge on houses, ovens, the bath house, casalia, mills and weights and measures [statera, et pensae et modia et mensurae] in Acre. The heirs of Pisans who die can recover their feoda and assisiae. The Pisans have the right to have their own churches and their liberties and Guy and Sibylla promise at assist them in any dispute with other churches in Acre. These concessions are to remain in force as long as the Pisans favour the rights of Guy and Sibylla and they will in future be freed from all servicia for the gifts that have been made to them. Witnesses: Domnus Gaufridus de Lesegnan; domnus Gazellus de Tyro; domnus Aimericus, regius conestabulus; domnus Balianus de Ibelino; domnus Hugo de Tabaria; domnus Wuillelmus de Tabaria; domnus Gaufridus Tortus; filius ejus Gaufridus; domnus Galganus de Cheneche. The charter was drawn up by domnus Petrus regius cancellarius et Tripolitane ecclesie archidiaconus.
Nov. 19. In the siege camp before Acre. Guy, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex VIIIus, and his wife Queen Sibylla confirm under seal for the Pisan commune its possession of land in Acre with houses, churches, ovens, a bath house and all buildings established between Caput... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:804-8, 854, 981, nos. 476, 512, 601 (RRH no. 684)
year: 1193
initiator: Henricus de Trecis comes pallatinus et Terre Hierusalem domnus
recipient: Commune of Genoa in Tyre
text: May 5 - Dec. 24 1192 or Mar. 27 1193. Acre. Mindful of the magnificent contribution the city of Genoa made to the liberation of the eastern regions, the defence of Tyre and the siege of Acre, and with the consent of his wife domna Ysabella regis Amalrici filia, Henricus Trecensium comes palatinus makes a sealed grant to the Genoese commune of Tyre, represented by Nicholaus Cartofigus and Vgo Lercarius Ianuensium consules. He gives the Genoese a free curia in the city of Tyre, freedom to come and go by sea or land, to buy and sell in the funda of Tyre, but on the following condition. If the Genoese come by sea to Tyre in the kingdom of Jerusalem from the land of the Sarraceni, Barbary [Barbaria] or Egypt, or if they come by sea to Tyre from Constantinople by way of the land of the Sarraceni, or come by land from the territory of the Sarraceni, they will pay dues [consuetudines] on the merchandise they sell, but will be exempted from dues on merchandise they do not sell. They are confirmed in their freedom from prosecution for any crime except homicide, theft and rape, and from imprisonment. Henricus confirms for the Genoese their freedom to use their own weights and measures [cantarii, buzae et modii] in Tyre. He confirms their possession of casale Sancti Georgii, Oraca, a large garden belonging to the queen and small gardens situated under the castelletum and within the city wall near the castellum, and a large mill that belonged to the king; the bath house before the house of Fulco de Falesia, in which both men and women bathe, the oven in the burgus novus with a volta adjacent to it, a macellum with 3 houses, a platea that stretches as far as the house of Habraha piscator, and all the houses in 2 insulae which are in front of the macellum, extending on one side as far as the house of Theobaldus aurifex and on the other to the house of magister Petrus Ianuensis, as contained in the charter from Count Raymond [III] of Tripoli; a third part of the proceeds of the cathena of Tyre, after expenses have been deducted; and the house of Opicio Lumbardus situated over the port of Tyre, which is bounded by the house of Obertus de Sandala, the house of Gandulfus Saonensis, the public way and a private road [via privata], together with all the houses and tenement held by Opicius behind his house and beyond the private road. Witnesses: Balianus de Ybelino; Reginaldus Sydoniensis; Hugo Tiberi[adensis]; Guillelmus frater eius; Galterus Durus: Milo Brebanz; Antelmus de Luca: Bernardus de Templo. The charter was drawn up by domnus Ioscius Tyrensis archiepiscopus regni cancellarius. Authenticated [notarized] by Radulfus.
May 5 - Dec. 24 1192 or Mar. 27 1193. Acre. Mindful of the magnificent contribution the city of Genoa made to the liberation of the eastern regions, the defence of Tyre and the siege of Acre, and with the consent of his wife domna Ysabella regis Amalrici filia, Henricus Trecensium comes palatinus... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:916, 936-40, nos. 541, 570 (RRH no. 707)
year: 1193
initiator: Henricus de Trecis comes pallatinus et Terre Hierusalem domnus
recipient: Commune of Genoa in Acre
text: †May 5 - Dec. 24 1192 or Mar. 27 1193. Acre. Mindful of the assistance of Genoa in the conquest of the land of Jerusalem and its aid to him and his predecessors, Henricus de Trecis comes pallatinus et Terre Hierusalem domnus and his wife Isabella regis Amalrici filia make a sealed grant, confirming the commune of Genoa in its possessions in Acre and other maritime cities. They specify a church, the right to use weights and measures [cantaria et pondera et mensurae], an oven, a bath house, a stall [bancus] on which the Genoese can sell each other meat, and a rua with houses and properties in Acre and in all the maritime cities of the kingdom, and the right to come and go, sell and buy without payment of dues. In return for the part Genoa played in the relief of Jaffa they give a casale on the plain of Jaffa called Deldoc with all its rustici and a rent [in assisa] of 400 Saracen besants assigned on the fundum of Jaffa, payable in 4 instalments. If this rent fails it will be made up from other rents in or outside Jaffa and Acre. Challengers to these gifts will be excommunicated as is conceded by Patriarch Conradus of Jerusalem and Ioscus archiepiscopus Tirensis. Witnesses [barones]: Radulfus Tiberiade regni senescalcus; Raimondus Sydonensis; Guauterius Cesariensis; G. de Arsuro; Beardus Caiphe; Girardus Hatefort; Guido de Gibelletto; Balduinus de Betha; Helias de Nazareth; Aymardus de Mongisardo; Milo Brebans; Guibertus de Sancto Dinisio; Gualterius de Berito; Rogerius de Waurin; and many others.
†May 5 - Dec. 24 1192 or Mar. 27 1193. Acre. Mindful of the assistance of Genoa in the conquest of the land of Jerusalem and its aid to him and his predecessors, Henricus de Trecis comes pallatinus et Terre Hierusalem domnus and his wife Isabella regis Amalrici filia make a sealed grant, confirming... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:916, 933-6, nos. 540, 569
year: 1196
initiator: Pope Celestine III
recipient: Alanus Nicosiensis archiepiscopus and the church of Cyprus
text: Dec 13. Lateran. Pope Celestine III takes Alanus Nicosiensis archiepiscopus and the church of Cyprus under papal protection. He confirms the possessions of the church of Nicosia, specifying: the place in Nicosia where the church is situated; the 2 casalia of Ornithia and Ascendia, given by King Aimery of Cyprus; the tithes of Nicosia and of its properties throughout Cyprus; La Solie, La Thomasie, La Tremecossie, Le Quit, La Quercherie, Cherin, Lapiton, Melyas, Maratha, Syuorie, Cambi, Xindac, the fief [feodum] of Briem, Asquia, Pigui and Prastroue. He establishes the suffragan bishoprics of Paphos, Limassol and Famagusta. He grants the archbishop the pallium and lists the feasts and other occasions on which it can be worn. He refers to rights of procuration and the processional cross, but dwells on the archbishop’s obligations. He forbids the proprietary possession of graveyards and eclesiastical benefices. He draws attention to rights of authorization of churches and oratories, and to the canonical election of the archbishop’s successors.
Dec 13. Lateran. Pope Celestine III takes Alanus Nicosiensis archiepiscopus and the church of Cyprus under papal protection. He confirms the possessions of the church of Nicosia, specifying: the place in Nicosia where the church is situated; the 2 casalia of Ornithia and Ascendia, given by King... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:97-102, no. a-2
year: 1198
initiator: Aimery of Cyprus
recipient: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: †Feb. 8. (1197) Acre. With the agreement of his wife domna Ysabella regis Amalrici filia, Aimery, per dei gratiam rex Ierusalem nonus et rex Cipri, records under seal that he has sold the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans a casale in the region of Acre called Aguille with its villani and gastinae for 3000 Saracen besants. He adds the following gifts: the right to take a rotula of sugar each day from the sugar press [masarium] in his casale called Fiergio for the needs of the sick in the hospital; in Casale Vmberti and his other casalia in the region of Acre the right to take each year 1 clicha of wheat and 1 clicha of barley from every worked carruca, to be provided by the rustici; 5 carrublae paid by the rustici for every 100 goats wintering in Aimery’s land, and 2 out of the 10 carrublae which Aimery levies for every 10 goats; 3 karrublae provided by the rustici for every carrucata owing Aimery 2 besants. Aimery confirms the eleemosynary gifts and old freedom [francisia] granted to the hospital in Cyprus by King Amalric. Witnesses: Rainaldus Sydoniensis; Radulfus Tiberyadensis senescalcus regni; Iohannes de Ybelino conestabulus regni; Terricus de Orca; Iohannes marescalcus regni; Terricus de Terremonde; Rohardus de Cayphas; Raimundus de Gibeleto; Balduinus de Bethan; Nicholaus de Nazareth. The charter was drawn up by Ioscius archiepiscopus regnique Ierusalem cancellarius.
†Feb. 8. (1197) Acre. With the agreement of his wife domna Ysabella regis Amalrici filia, Aimery, per dei gratiam rex Ierusalem nonus et rex Cipri, records under seal that he has sold the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans a casale in the region of Acre called Aguille with its villani and gastinae... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:920-1, 983-6, nos. 554, 609 [258] (RRH no. 733)
year: 1200
initiator: Paulus and his brother, the sons of Theodericus de Sarepta
recipient: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Aug. 1-31. Acre. Aimery, dei gratia rex Ierusalem nonus et rex Cipri, records that Paulus and his brother, the sons of Theodericus de Sarepta, came into his presence and that of his curia and also of the curia of his iurati, and renounced their claims to a house with a garden in Tyre, which the brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans had been given in a charter by comes Henricus and his wife domna Isabella, regis Amalrici filia. At Aimery’s request the brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans give Paulus and his brother 200 besants. With the agreement of his wife the Lady Queen Isabella, Aimery confirms under seal the brothers and the sick of St Mary of the Germans in possession of the house and garden. Witnesses: Raynaldus Sydoniensis; Iohannes de Ybelino regni conestabulus; Balduinus de Betsan; Vilanus de Alneto; Terricus de Tenero Monte; Iohannes regius marescalcus; Adam Coste; Willelmus de Petra; Aimon Daus. The charter was drawn up by Ioscius Tyrensis archiepiscopus regnique cancellarius.
Aug. 1-31. Acre. Aimery, dei gratia rex Ierusalem nonus et rex Cipri, records that Paulus and his brother, the sons of Theodericus de Sarepta, came into his presence and that of his curia and also of the curia of his iurati, and renounced their claims to a house with a garden in Tyre, which the... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:923-4, 1005-7, nos. 563, 620 (RRH no. 774)
year: 1206
initiator: Vitalis Faletro
recipient: Doge Petro Ziani and the commune of Venice
text: May 1-31. Rivoalto. Vitalis Faletro, resident de confiniis S Moysi, hands over to the doge Petro Ziani and the commune of Venice the casale called Metessele in the Venetian third of the territory of Tyre, situated on the border between Tyre and the region of Scandelion, which had belonged to Dominicus Batiauro and had been given and enfeoffed to Vitalis by his brother the late Leo Faletro, who was prelatus of the Venetian third of the city. The boundaries of the casale are described in a charter issued in April 1171 by the doge Vital Michele. If Vitalis Faletro or his heirs should ever challenge this, he promises to pay the commune 5 auri librae. Venetian witnesses and notary.
May 1-31. Rivoalto. Vitalis Faletro, resident de confiniis S Moysi, hands over to the doge Petro Ziani and the commune of Venice the casale called Metessele in the Venetian third of the territory of Tyre, situated on the border between Tyre and the region of Scandelion, which had belonged to... more
sources: Tafel and Thomas, Urkunden 2:11-13, no. 166 (RRH no. 813)