year: 1238
initiator: King Henry III of England
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Jan. 1. Guildford. King Henry III of England gives 500 marks to the master of the Knights Templar to help with the payment of the ransom of Knights Templar captured by the Saracens between the castles of Gastun/Gastum and Tripeshak/Trepeshac in the land of Antioch.
[Jan. 1. Guildford. King Henry III of England gives 500 marks to the master of the Knights Templar to help with the payment of the ransom of Knights Templar captured by the Saracens between the castles of Gastun/Gastum and Tripeshak/Trepeshac in the land of Antioch.
sources: Calendar of patent rolls. Henry III 1232-1247, p. 207. Calendar entry
year: 1238
initiator: Walter, count of Brienne
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Apr. 1-30. Acre. Walter, count of Brienne, makes a grant of property in France to the Knights Templar. Witnesses: Eustorgius archevêque de Nicosie; Otton de Montbèliard connétable du royaume de Jérusalem; Balians seigneur de Sidon.
[Apr. 1-30. Acre. Walter, count of Brienne, makes a grant of property in France to the Knights Templar. Witnesses: Eustorgius archevêque de Nicosie; Otton de Montbèliard connétable du royaume de Jérusalem; Balians seigneur de Sidon.
sources: Arbois de Jubainville, ‘Catalogue’, p. 174, no. 171. Catalogue entry] (RRH no. 1080)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2317
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that between Caesarea and Jaffa Sarraceni are attacking Christian pilgrims, who wish to visit the church of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Gregory IX orders the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar to patrol the region and assure the pilgrims’ saftety. He orders G. comes de Brenna, who has received from every pilgrim 2 Turonenses towards the expenses of securing the route, to see that it is guarded for 5 years.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that between Caesarea and Jaffa Sarraceni are attacking Christian pilgrims, who wish to visit the church of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Gregory IX orders the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar to patrol the region and assure the pilgrims’ saftety. He orders G. comes... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:912, nos. 4129-30. Calendar entries
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
2378
year: 1240
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Feb. 9. Lateran. Because their habits impede their use of arms, Pope Gregory IX permits the Knights Templar to wear large surcoats, with the sign of the cross on the front, when they find themselves in dangerous situations.
[Feb. 9. Lateran. Because their habits impede their use of arms, Pope Gregory IX permits the Knights Templar to wear large surcoats, with the sign of the cross on the front, when they find themselves in dangerous situations.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 3:181-2, no. 5058. Calendar entry].
RRR: Agreement/treaty
2387
year: 1240
initiator: Leaders of the crusade in Palestine
recipient: Sultan of Damascus
institution: Templars
text: Mid Summer. A truce, negotiated by the Knights Templar, is agreed with the sultan of Damascus and sworn by the leaders of the crusade in Palestine. It involves the return to the Christians of all land west of the River Jordan and an offensive alliance against Egypt.
Mid Summer. A truce, negotiated by the Knights Templar, is agreed with the sultan of Damascus and sworn by the leaders of the crusade in Palestine. It involves the return to the Christians of all land west of the River Jordan and an offensive alliance against Egypt.
sources: Philip of Novara, Guerra, pp. 216-18; ‘l’Estoire de Eracles’, pp. 417-18; ‘Le manuscrit de Rothelin’, pp. 551-3 [363]
RRR: Agreement/treaty
2391
year: 1240
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Magister and brothers of the domus Sancti Lazari leprosorum Jerosolimitani in civitate Accon
institution: Templars
additional institution: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus
text: Nov. 1-30. Acre. With the advice and consent of frater Bartholomeus de Moretto magnus preceptor militie [Templi] in regno Jerusalem, frater Reinaldus de Vicherio preceptor palatii domus [Templi] Accon and other brothers, frater Armannus Petragoricensis pauperis militie Templi magister leases under seal to the magister and brothers of the domus Sancti Lazari leprosorum Jerosolimitani in civitate Accon a locus in the vicus Anglicorum in Mons Musard, having to the east the public way, to the west the sea, to the north the house of St Thomas the Martyr [domus Sancti Thome Martiris] and to the south an alleyway [venella] going to the sea and next to the house of Nicholaus Anglicus. The rent, payable each year on the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, is 15 Saracen besants of Acre weight. The brothers of St Lazarus can build on the site, as far as the sea, but should they wish to sell, the Knights Templar will have preemption rights. The rent will still be payable. The site may not be sold or pledged to religious houses, men from the [merchant] communities or secular milites. The Knights Templar will keep the street in repair to allow the brothers of St Lazarus access to the water in their cistern, which is on the other side of the public way next to a house and boveria of the Templars. Witnesses: frater Bartholomeus de Morretto preceptor; frater Rainaldus de Vicherio preceptor; frater Gerardus de Broies; frater Rainaldus Alemannus; and other brothers.
Nov. 1-30. Acre. With the advice and consent of frater Bartholomeus de Moretto magnus preceptor militie [Templi] in regno Jerusalem, frater Reinaldus de Vicherio preceptor palatii domus [Templi] Accon and other brothers, frater Armannus Petragoricensis pauperis militie Templi magister leases under... more
sources: Marsy, ‘Fragment’, pp. 155-157, no. 39 (RRH no.1096)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2400
year: 1241
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Pope Gregory IX
institution: Templars
text: Before Jun. 6. Pope Gregory IX has received a letter from the magister of the Knights Templar certifying that he has received the money left to the Holy Land by the late papal chaplain Egidio Veragli/Verraclio.
Before Jun. 6. Pope Gregory IX has received a letter from the magister of the Knights Templar certifying that he has received the money left to the Holy Land by the late papal chaplain Egidio Veragli/Verraclio.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 3:519, no. 6050
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2440
year: 1243
initiator: Pope Innocent IV
recipient: Thesaurarius and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: Dec. 23. Lateran. Pope Innocent IV orders the thesaurarius and brothers of the Knights Templar to provide the heirs of the comes Montisfortis the rest of the money that Pope Gregory IX had conceded in aid of the Holy Land, in order to pay his debts.
Dec. 23. Lateran. Pope Innocent IV orders the thesaurarius and brothers of the Knights Templar to provide the heirs of the comes Montisfortis the rest of the money that Pope Gregory IX had conceded in aid of the Holy Land, in order to pay his debts.
sources: Innocent IV, Les Registres 1:61, no. 345; Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 3:115-16, no. 93
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2446
year: 1243
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Bailli in the Holy Land
institution: Templars
text: 1243. Hearing that the prior and brothers of the Knights Templar are proposing to the Holy See that they extract the Templum Domini [the Temple esplanade] in Jerusalem from his lordship and that they build a castle there, the emperor Frederick orders [his bailli] in the Holy Land to demand that they withdraw from their plans and recall their emissaries, on the threat of the confiscation of their properties and goods in the kingdom and throughout the western empire.
1243. Hearing that the prior and brothers of the Knights Templar are proposing to the Holy See that they extract the Templum Domini [the Temple esplanade] in Jerusalem from his lordship and that they build a castle there, the emperor Frederick orders [his bailli] in the Holy Land to demand that... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1184-5, no. 693 (RRH no. 1115)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2453
year: 1244
initiator: Pope Innocent IV
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Mar. 14. Lateran. Pope Innocent IV assures the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar that women and their children in Templar lordships will be protected against ecclesiastical sanctions.
[Mar. 14. Lateran. Pope Innocent IV assures the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar that women and their children in Templar lordships will be protected against ecclesiastical sanctions.
sources: Innocent IV, Les Registres 1:96, no. 549].