RRR: Privilege/exemption
31
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Venetians
text: *mid. Jun. – early Jul. Jaffa. Godfrey of Bouillon reaches agreement with the Venetian fleet. In return for service from 24 Jun. to 15 Aug. the Venetians will receive a church, a market place [platea convenientia ad forum] and immunity from dues on commerce in every city by the sea or inland that the Franks [Francigenae] have taken or will take. The spoil, gathered from every city which is taken jointly, will be divided, with one-third going to the Venetians and two-thirds to the Franks [Francigenae]. If Tripoli should fall, the spoil shall be equally divided with half going to St Mark, unless the Venetians surrender part to Jerusalem each year in recognition of its sanctity. Local lords will not demand rights of shipwreck if a Venetian vessel should founder.
*mid. Jun. – early Jul. Jaffa. Godfrey of Bouillon reaches agreement with the Venetian fleet. In return for service from 24 Jun. to 15 Aug. the Venetians will receive a church, a market place [platea convenientia ad forum] and immunity from dues on commerce in every city by the sea or inland that... more
sources: Monachus anonymus Littorensis, pp. 272, 274; Mayer, UKJ 1:105-7, no. 9 (RRH no. 31)
year: 1101
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Tancred Marchisius
text: *c. Mar. 8. King Baldwin I reaches an agreement with Tancred Marchisius, now ruling Antioch, according to which Tancred hands back the lordships of Haifa and Tiberias, on condition that if Tancred returns from Antioch within fifteen months the benefices will be restored to him.
*c. Mar. 8. King Baldwin I reaches an agreement with Tancred Marchisius, now ruling Antioch, according to which Tancred hands back the lordships of Haifa and Tiberias, on condition that if Tancred returns from Antioch within fifteen months the benefices will be restored to him.
sources: Albert of Aachen, pp. 552-4; Mayer, UKJ 1:123, no. 19
year: 1108
initiator: Tancred, prince of Antioch
recipient: Pisans
text: Mar 25? - Aug. Tancred, Dei gratia Antiochenus princeps/dux et princeps Antiochenus qui tunc orientali, Deo favente, dominabitur regioni, comes to an agreement with the Pisans. They will help him take Latakia from the Greeks, who have unjustly seized that city by force. If God grants him Latakia he promises the Pisans free occupation of a vicus called the Voltae Prodromi, which runs in one direction as far as [the church of] St Nicholas and in the other to the seashore and Iron Well [puteus ferreus]. He allows their ships [naves et galeae] to visit the port of Latakia. The Pisans can enter and leave whenever they wish without paying any dues or customs. He also gives the Pisans the vicus Sancti Salvatoris in the city of Antioch and general freedom throughout all his land and ports. The agreement is confirmed by: B. Antiochiae patriarcha; R. archiepiscopus Tarsensis; R. archiepiscopus Mamistensis; T., sancti Pauli abbas; and by the following barones: R. Fulconis filius; Engellerius; R. Sancti Laudi.
Mar 25? - Aug. Tancred, Dei gratia Antiochenus princeps/dux et princeps Antiochenus qui tunc orientali, Deo favente, dominabitur regioni, comes to an agreement with the Pisans. They will help him take Latakia from the Greeks, who have unjustly seized that city by force. If God grants him Latakia he... more
sources: Müller, Documenti toscane, p. 3, no. 1 A and B [17] (RRH no. 53)
year: 1108
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Tughtigin of Damascus
text: *End of year. A four-year truce is agreed in writing between King Baldwin I and Tughtigin of Damascus, including a convention on the division of the revenues of Sawad and Jabal ‘Awf. [18]
*End of year. A four-year truce is agreed in writing between King Baldwin I and Tughtigin of Damascus, including a convention on the division of the revenues of Sawad and Jabal ‘Awf. [18]
sources: Ibn al-Qalanisi, p. 92; Ibn al-Athir, The Chronicle, 1:142
year: 1109
initiator: William Jordan and Bertrand of Saint Gilles
text: *Apr.1-30. Before Tripoli. Following King Baldwin I’s advice, William-Jordan of Cerdagne and Bertrand of St Gilles divide the territories of Tripoli between them. William Jordan will hold Arcas/Archis and Tortosa. Bertrand will hold Tripoli, Mont Pèlerin and Biblium.
*Apr.1-30. Before Tripoli. Following King Baldwin I’s advice, William-Jordan of Cerdagne and Bertrand of St Gilles divide the territories of Tripoli between them. William Jordan will hold Arcas/Archis and Tortosa. Bertrand will hold Tripoli, Mont Pèlerin and Biblium.
sources: Albert of Aachen, p. 782; William of Tyre, pp. 507-8; Mayer, UKJ 1:152, no. 33
year: 1109
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Tughtigin of Damascus
text: *Aug.-Sept. A written agreement is drawn up between King Baldwin I and Tughtigin of Damascus on the division of the revenues of the Biqa‘.
*Aug.-Sept. A written agreement is drawn up between King Baldwin I and Tughtigin of Damascus on the division of the revenues of the Biqa‘.
sources: Ibn al-Qalanisi, p. 106
year: 1110
initiator: Pope Paschal II
recipient: Baldwin I
text: Jun. 9. Lateran. Because of the perils facing the Latin settlement, Pope Paschal II agrees to the request of Baldwin [gloriosus Ierosolimitanorum rex] that the cities he takes from the infidel should be subject to the patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Jun. 9. Lateran. Because of the perils facing the Latin settlement, Pope Paschal II agrees to the request of Baldwin [gloriosus Ierosolimitanorum rex] that the cities he takes from the infidel should be subject to the patriarchate of Jerusalem.
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp.107-8, no. 9 (RRH no. 60)
year: 1111
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Tughtigin of Damascus
text: *Early Jul. A truce is agreed between King Baldwin I and Tughtigin of Damascus, dividing the revenues of Jabal Awf, Sawad and al-Jabaniya.
*Early Jul. A truce is agreed between King Baldwin I and Tughtigin of Damascus, dividing the revenues of Jabal Awf, Sawad and al-Jabaniya.
sources: Ibn al-Qalanisi, p. 113
year: 1114
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Tughtigin of Damascus
text: *Summer. A truce agreed between King Baldwin I and Tughtigin of Damascus.
*Summer. A truce agreed between King Baldwin I and Tughtigin of Damascus.
sources: Ibn al-Qalanisi, p. 147
year: 1116
initiator: Constantius, Sancte Quarantenae servus, and Willelmus
recipient: Eustachius Granerius and his wife
institution: Sancta Quarantena
text: May 5. Constantius, Sancte Quarantenae servus, and Willelmus state that they had asked Eustachius Granerius and his wife to return land inhabited by some resident peasants [habitatores] of Sanctissima Quarantena. Eustachius and his wife agreed and through the offices of Patriarch Arnulf returned the land, together with a mill for which the monks of Sancta Quarantena could make use of water once a fortnight. Witnesses: domnus Arnulfus patriarcha; Anselmus de Turre; Hugo de Nellis; Ardonetus; Azo de Drouino; Aimericus de Fraisna; Aaluns de Belram; Arnulfus vicecomes Jherico.
May 5. Constantius, Sancte Quarantenae servus, and Willelmus state that they had asked Eustachius Granerius and his wife to return land inhabited by some resident peasants [habitatores] of Sanctissima Quarantena. Eustachius and his wife agreed and through the offices of Patriarch Arnulf returned... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 211-12, no. 94 (RRH no. 82)