year: 1161
initiator: Johannes Gothmannus
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Dec. 3. Jerusalem. Moved by the urgent necessity of providing for his redemption from captivity by the pagani, Johannes Gothmannus, with the consent of his wife Amandala, his son Ancherius, who has assisted in the matter, Stephania the wife of Ancherius, Helisabeth, the daughter of Iohannes and the wife of Hugo dominus Cesariensis, sells the casalia of Bethaatap, Derhassen, Derxerip, Culi and Vastinam Leonis to the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, free from all servitium, exactio and dominium, for 1400 besants. King Baldwin III, from whom the feodum is held, has assented to this and has sealed his confirmation of it. Witnesses: Odo de Sancto Amando Turris David castellanus; Marmio; Radulfus Bornio; Adam Niger; Fulco frater ejus; Thomas Patricius; Petrus Hermenius; Baharam; Gaufridus Turonensis senescalcus domni Amalrici patriarche; Brictius/Briccius; Rainaldus Sicherius; Geraldus Aldenarius; Albertus Lombardus; Willelmus Beraldus; Arbertus Tortus; Willelmus Normannus.
Dec. 3. Jerusalem. Moved by the urgent necessity of providing for his redemption from captivity by the pagani, Johannes Gothmannus, with the consent of his wife Amandala, his son Ancherius, who has assisted in the matter, Stephania the wife of Ancherius, Helisabeth, the daughter of Iohannes and the... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 201-3, no. 88; Mayer, UKJ 1:489-90, no. 265 (RRH no. 369)
year: 1163
initiator: Morage Raiz
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Dec. 25 1143 - Feb. 10 1163. With the agreement of the king [Baldwin III] and his heirs and relations, Morage Raiz, forced by the need to meet debts to the king, sells the canons of the Holy Sepulchre part [pars] of his house, in which he used to have a mill [molendinum], for 120 besants and 12 modii of grain. The canons bought the house to add to their stationes next door, which they had acquired in an exchange with the Hospital of St John. They will have the right to make improvements, by inserting pillars and vaultings and by closing up doors, windows and water pipes.
Dec. 25 1143 - Feb. 10 1163. With the agreement of the king [Baldwin III] and his heirs and relations, Morage Raiz, forced by the need to meet debts to the king, sells the canons of the Holy Sepulchre part [pars] of his house, in which he used to have a mill [molendinum], for 120 besants and 12... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 231-2, no. 111; Mayer, UKJ 1:490-1, no. 266 (RRH no. 265)
year: 1164
initiator: Rogerius de Caifa and his brother Johannes
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Before Jul. 16. Rogerius de Caifa and his brother Johannes give the canons of the Holy Sepulchre 6 carucate terre, 3 on this side of the river of Haifa [flumen de Cayfa] near the springs [fontanae] and the other 3 across the river and situated on its bank. They are freed from all exactions and customs. The carucatae are defined in terms of the capabilities of pairs of oxen in a system of 2-year rotation [quantum sex paria boum laborare et excolere poterint per omnes sationes, scilicet tres ad seminandum et alias tres ad garantandum]. Witnesses: Hernesius Cesariensis archiepiscopus; Bonefacius Cesaree canonicus et Cayphe capellanus; Willelmus regis marescalcus; Willelmus de Montegisart; Johannes frater ejus; Henricus de Gilebeleth; Kogh filius Manasse; Hunbertus miles Pagani; Vivianus vicecomes; Clemens dapifer domini Cayfae.
Before Jul. 16. Rogerius de Caifa and his brother Johannes give the canons of the Holy Sepulchre 6 carucate terre, 3 on this side of the river of Haifa [flumen de Cayfa] near the springs [fontanae] and the other 3 across the river and situated on its bank. They are freed from all exactions and... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 260-1, no. 134 (RRH no. 377)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
731
year: 1164
initiator: Vivianus dominus de Cayfa
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Before Jul. 16. [101] Vivianus dominus de Cayfa, with the consent of his wife Beatrica, his son Paganus, and Hodierna the wife of Paganus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, giving them a locus in a deserted villa, situated between Cayfa and Palmarea. The property [extends] next to the upper road [superior via] from the ancient gate of the villa facing Palmarea as far as a stone, establishing a boundary beyond the middle of the villa [ultra mediatatem ville pro termino fixum], and from that stone as far as a stone, inscribed with a cross, over the carob tree plantation [carublerium]. It then runs from the stone with the cross over a hill as far as a cava [per collem usque ad fundum cave]. There are ancient tombs within these boundaries. He gives all the land and its level ground from the villa along the public road as far as 2 carob trees, recognizing that the land has been ill-used and is invaded by thorns and denser carob thickets, as far as the large cava from which water flows into Palmarea. His gift is bounded in a straight line from the great cava to the other cava in the deserted villa near the canons’ building, and as far as the top of the mountains. Vivianus adds the gift of a garden within Palmarea, which contains 2 cisterns. His gifts will be freed from all exactions and customs. The canons are free to buy or sell moveables or take out or bring in necessities for their house wherever they are without the payment of customs or tax [consuetudinaria aut premium], but they cannot buy houses and lands without the lord’s licence and they must retain gifts ‘for a year and a day’. Witnesses: Amalricus patriarcha; Hernesius Cesariensis archiepiscopus; Bonefacius Cayfe capellanus; Rogerius de Cayfa; Johannes frater ejus; Willelmus, regis marescalcus; Giraudus de Conins; Henricus de Gilebelet; Balduinus consanguineus Rogerii; Clemens Rufus dapifer domini Cayfe; Vivianus vicecomes.
Before Jul. 16. [101] Vivianus dominus de Cayfa, with the consent of his wife Beatrica, his son Paganus, and Hodierna the wife of Paganus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, giving them a locus in a deserted villa, situated between Cayfa and Palmarea. The... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 268-9, no. 137 (RRH no. 418)
RRR: Dispute/arbitration
819
year: 1168
initiator: Willelmus Acconensis episcopus
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
additional institution: Saint Mary of the Latins
text: (c.1168). Willelmus Accon[ensis] episcopus, appointed [judge] delegate by Pope Alexander III to resolve a dispute in which the canons of the Holy Sepulchre and the monks of St Mary of the Latins both claimed the tithes of a casale called Montoble, finds that when the dispute had previously arisen in the presence of Patriarch Fulcher, Amilius abbas de Latina had surrendered his abbey’s claims. Willelmus therefore finds for the canons of the Holy Sepulchre. Witnesses: dominus Hernesius Cesariensis archiepiscopus; dominus Iubaldus Bibliensis electus; Daniel cantor; Rufinus thesaur[arius]; magister Monacus; magister Rogerius; Guido canonicus; Willel[mus] presbiter; Petrus presbiter; Girardus diaconus; Robertus diaconus; Bernoldus diaconus; Fulco diaconus; Guido de Meniers; Manesserius de Cesarea; Rorgus de Nazar[eth]; Godecalcus; Amalricus de Cesarea; Aicaldus; Raimundus; Pandulfus Pysanus.
(c.1168). Willelmus Accon[ensis] episcopus, appointed [judge] delegate by Pope Alexander III to resolve a dispute in which the canons of the Holy Sepulchre and the monks of St Mary of the Latins both claimed the tithes of a casale called Montoble, finds that when the dispute had previously arisen... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 255-6, no. 96 (RRH no. 435)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1512
year: 1203
initiator: Aimery of Cyprus
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: *c. Apr. King Aimery of Jerusalem agrees to the postulation by the canons of the Holy Sepulchre of Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis as the new patriarch of Jerusalem.
*c. Apr. King Aimery of Jerusalem agrees to the postulation by the canons of the Holy Sepulchre of Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis as the new patriarch of Jerusalem.
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 6:217, no. 129; Mayer, UKJ 2:1010, no. 622
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1533
year: 1204
initiator: Aimery of Cyprus
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: *Summer or autumn. King Aimery of Jerusalem agrees to the postulation by the canons of the Holy Sepulchre of Bishop Albert of Vercelli as the new patriarch of Jerusalem.
*Summer or autumn. King Aimery of Jerusalem agrees to the postulation by the canons of the Holy Sepulchre of Bishop Albert of Vercelli as the new patriarch of Jerusalem.
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 7:394, no. 222; Mayer, UKJ 2:1011-12, no. 623
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2329
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. The canons of the Holy Sepulchre have been spreading the fiction that the Holy Fire, which descends on the tomb of Christ during the Easter Vigil, also falls on the site of the Prison of Christ in the church of the Holy Sepulchre and are charging pilgrims as a result. Pope Gregory IX forbids this venal practice to continue.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. The canons of the Holy Sepulchre have been spreading the fiction that the Holy Fire, which descends on the tomb of Christ during the Easter Vigil, also falls on the site of the Prison of Christ in the church of the Holy Sepulchre and are charging pilgrims as a result. Pope Gregory... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:917, no. 4151. Calendar entry].