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: 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)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1362
year: 1195
initiator: Henricus de Trecis comes pallatinus et Terre Hierusalem domnus
recipient: Commune of Pisa
text: Jan. 1-31. [250] Tyre. With the consent of his wife domna Ysabella regis Amalrici filia, Henricus, Trecensium comes palatinus confirms for the commune of the Pisans the oven and bath house in Acre which it used to hold. Witnesses: Hugo Tyberiadis; Raginaldus Sydonis; Radulfus Tyberiadis regni senescalcus; Terricus de Tenero Monte; Galterius Cesariensis; Galterius de Betsan; Amalricus de Betsan. The charter was drawn up by domnus Ioscius Tyrensis archiepiscopus regnique cancellarius.
Jan. 1-31. [250] Tyre. With the consent of his wife domna Ysabella regis Amalrici filia, Henricus, Trecensium comes palatinus confirms for the commune of the Pisans the oven and bath house in Acre which it used to hold. Witnesses: Hugo Tyberiadis; Raginaldus Sydonis; Radulfus Tyberiadis regni... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:919, 961-3, nos. 550, 579 (RRH no. 721)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1366
year: 1195
initiator: Henricus de Trecis comes pallatinus et Terre Hierusalem domnus
recipient: Commune of Genoa
text: Sept. 1-30. Acre. Mindful of the magnificent contribution the city of Genoa made to the liberation and defence of the eastern regions and the siege of Acre with milites, pedites, balistarii and sagittarii, and siege engines, and with the consent of his wife domna Ysabella regis Amalrici filia, Henricus, Trecensium comes palatinus Tyri et Accon domnus, makes a sealed grant to the commune of Genoa and its citizens, represented by Gafforius victoriosi stolii Ianuensium amiratus. He confirms their free curia in the city of Acre. They are confirmed in their freedom from prosecution in any curia or in the cathena of Acre for any crime except homicide, theft and rape, and from imprisonment. They are free to come and go by sea or land, to buy and sell in the fundicum or the cathena without the payment of dues. Henricus confirms the Genoese possession of the ruga beati Laurentii in Acre and the freedom of the inhabitants from prosecution. He licenses the Genoese to build a tower in their ruga, should they wish to do so. He gives them the right to complete the building of the church of St Laurence in Tyre and he confirms all their rights in Tyre described in their charter. He promises to return the possessions of Ellena, the daughter of the late Rogerius de Insula, and her husband Ansaldus Bonivicinus within the next 8 days. Henricus, Ysabella, domnus Radulfus de Tabaria regni Ierosolimorum senescalcus, domnus Hugo de Tabaria and domnus Raginaldus Sydoniensis swear to be guarantors of this grant, as do the senescalcus domus militie [Templi] and the magister domus Hospitalis and their chapters. Witnesses: Radulfus Tyberiadensis regni senescalcus; Terricus de Orca; Terricus de Tenero Monte; Iohannes de Guelinie. The charter was drawn up by domnus Ioscius Tyrensis archiepiscopus regnique cancellarius.
Sept. 1-30. Acre. Mindful of the magnificent contribution the city of Genoa made to the liberation and defence of the eastern regions and the siege of Acre with milites, pedites, balistarii and sagittarii, and siege engines, and with the consent of his wife domna Ysabella regis Amalrici filia,... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:919, 955-60, nos. 549, 578 (RRH no. 724)