RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
858
year: 1170
initiator: Willelmus Acconensis episcopus
recipient: Abbey of Cluny
text: Dec. 25 1169 - Sept. 23 1170. Acre. At the request of Abbot Stephen and the monks of Cluny, and in the presence of Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem and King Amalric, and with the consent of the chapter of the church of Acre, Willelmus Acconensis episcopus grants the abbey of Cluny, represented by Theobaldus a monk of Cluny and prior of St-Arnoul-de-Crépy-en-Valois, licence to build a cloister and church in a place and parish designated by the bishop, and the right to receive endowments, saving the privileges of the church of Acre. He confirms the abbey’s right to receive the excommunicate, to ignore interdicts and its freedom from episcopal taxation, but they must answer summons to advise the bishop and must observe parochial rights. Witnesses, in addition to the patriarch and the king: C. Cae-sariensis archiepiscopus; L. Nazarenus archiepiscopus; R. Bethleemita episcopus; B. Liddensis episcopus; R. Tiberiadensis episcopus; R. Ebronensis episcopus; and many others.
Dec. 25 1169 - Sept. 23 1170. Acre. At the request of Abbot Stephen and the monks of Cluny, and in the presence of Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem and King Amalric, and with the consent of the chapter of the church of Acre, Willelmus Acconensis episcopus grants the abbey of Cluny, represented by... more
sources: Marrier, Bibliotheca Cluniacensis, cols. 1431-2; Mayer, UKJ 2:599-600, no. 344 (RRH no. 476)