year: 1247
text: June 24. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the noble man [Balian of Ibelin] lord of Beirut, bailiff of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, responding to his request by placing under the protection of St Peter his person, brothers, wife, children, household, lands and other goods.
June 24. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the noble man [Balian of Ibelin] lord of Beirut, bailiff of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, responding to his request by placing under the protection of St Peter his person, brothers, wife, children, household, lands and other goods.
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 21, f. 410v, no. 886; Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:431, no. 2884
year: 1247
text: *25 March 1246 – 30 June 1247. King Henry I of Cyprus enfeoffs John of Ibelin with the county of Jaffa-Ascalon.
*25 March 1246 – 30 June 1247. King Henry I of Cyprus enfeoffs John of Ibelin with the county of Jaffa-Ascalon.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1385-87, no. 796
year: 1247
text: June 1-30. Nicosia. John of Ibelin (Johanni d’Ibelin) count of Jaffa and lord of Ramla records under seal that he has sold 4 gardens at Nicosia to Eustorge de Montaigut (Estorge), archbishop of Nicosia for 2,500 white besants. To the east of the gardens are the gardens of the lord of Beirut and of the royal domain [maini], to the south is the garden of [the abbey of] Notre Dame de Sur, to the west is the verger attached to the vendor’s ostel, and to the north is the garden of Sire Iohan le Moine. The archbishop is free to sell the gardens to whomsoever he wishes. If for some reason the vendor cannot guarantee this sale, he is bound to return the sale price, drawing on all his resources in Cyprus, except for the desme. Witnesses: from the vendor’s hommes, Gaultier de Sainct Bertin; Raimond d’Aguillar; Johan de Barut; Peroaut d’Aude.
June 1-30. Nicosia. John of Ibelin (Johanni d’Ibelin) count of Jaffa and lord of Ramla records under seal that he has sold 4 gardens at Nicosia to Eustorge de Montaigut (Estorge), archbishop of Nicosia for 2,500 white besants. To the east of the gardens are the gardens of the lord of Beirut and of... more
sources: Coureas and Schabel, The Cartulary, pp. 147-48, no. 49; RRH 1149
year: 1247
text: July 6. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to King [Henry I] of Cyprus, complimenting him on his involvement with the conservation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and urging him to continue his efforts in order to be commended by God and men. If there should be a peace between the Church and its current adversaries, who are also the king’s enemies, the pope will include the monarch and his people in that peace.
July 6. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to King [Henry I] of Cyprus, complimenting him on his involvement with the conservation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and urging him to continue his efforts in order to be commended by God and men. If there should be a peace between the Church and its current... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:462, no. 3068; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:364-65, no. e-23
year: 1247
text: July 6. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to [Balian of Ibelin] the lord of Beirut and bailiff of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, complimenting him on his involvement with the conservation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and urging him to continue his efforts in order to be commended by God and men. If there should be a peace between the Church and its adversaries, who are also the bailiff’s enemies, the pope will include [Balian] and his vassals in that peace.
July 6. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to [Balian of Ibelin] the lord of Beirut and bailiff of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, complimenting him on his involvement with the conservation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and urging him to continue his efforts in order to be commended by God and men. If there... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:462, no. 3068; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:364-65, no. e-23
year: 1247
text: July 9. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the king of Cyprus and lord of the Kingdom of Jerusalem [Henry I], granting that he shall not be excommunicated or interdicted for five years without an express command of the Apostolic See. By such privileges the pope rewards those who are fervent in their devotion to the Roman Church
July 9. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the king of Cyprus and lord of the Kingdom of Jerusalem [Henry I], granting that he shall not be excommunicated or interdicted for five years without an express command of the Apostolic See. By such privileges the pope rewards those who are fervent in their... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:462, no. 3067; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:365, no. e-24
year: 1247
text: July 11. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to Master Aubry, rector of the church of Béville[-le-Comte] in the diocese of Chartres, relating that he was shown the master’s petition that claimed that when the pope ordered the late bishop of Chartres to have the master received as canon and brother in the church of St Maurice of Chartres and to be given a prebend if vacant or as soon as possible, the bishop did not bother, so the executor carried it out, granting the master the vacant prebend that the archbishop of Tyre had possessed. However, a long series of events intervened, the addressee did not obtain the prebend, and he is now granted another prebend that was vacated after that of the archbishop of Tyre.
July 11. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to Master Aubry, rector of the church of Béville[-le-Comte] in the diocese of Chartres, relating that he was shown the master’s petition that claimed that when the pope ordered the late bishop of Chartres to have the master received as canon and brother in... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 21, f. 440v, no. 22; Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:462, no. 3071
year: 1247
text: July 12. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the [patriarch-]elect of Antioch [Opizo Fieschi], relating that he wishes to favour the ecclesiastical career of a student, Raniero son of Guglielmo Scotti, a Genoese citizen, who is devoted to the pope, and he orders the addressee to have Raniero accepted as a canon and brother in a church in the patriarchate of Antioch or of Jerusalem, except in the cathedral church of Antioch, and to be assigned a prebend, if vacant, or as soon as possible, various obstacles notwithstanding.
July 12. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the [patriarch-]elect of Antioch [Opizo Fieschi], relating that he wishes to favour the ecclesiastical career of a student, Raniero son of Guglielmo Scotti, a Genoese citizen, who is devoted to the pope, and he orders the addressee to have Raniero accepted... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 21, ff. 441v-442r, no. 26, for start and end; Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:463, no. 3075
year: 1247
text: July 17. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the faithful of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, relating, after a flowery arenga, that the addressees ‘are the celestial plantation that inhabits the land that the Redeemer of all consecrated with the shedding of his own blood’. Thus he exhorts them to persist in their reverence for, and obedience to, their mother the Church, although the former emperor Frederick [II] tries with tricks to pry them away from their salvation so that he may not perish alone in his wickedness. Otherwise, with depraved conversation corrupting good ways, the treasure of their merits would quickly be depleted, if they deviate from the right path of Christ and follow Frederick to death. Thus the pope incites and urges them to assist devoutly their true Mother who will defend the humble with her salutary arm after the annihilation of the ‘evil forces’.
July 17. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the faithful of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, relating, after a flowery arenga, that the addressees ‘are the celestial plantation that inhabits the land that the Redeemer of all consecrated with the shedding of his own blood’. Thus he exhorts them to persist... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:614, no. 4050; Acta Innocentii IV, pp. 79-80, no. 36
year: 1247
text: July 17. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to [Jean] son of Baldwin [of Ibelin], the brother of the lord of Beirut (Balian of Ibelin), relating that his father and uncle had the pope informed that [Jean] proposes to marry the noble woman [Isabelle], daughter of Aimery de Rivet, to quiet discord and foster friendship, but she is related to him in the third and fourth degrees. The pope authorizes the union, threatening excommunication for anyone infringing on his dispensation.
July 17. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to [Jean] son of Baldwin [of Ibelin], the brother of the lord of Beirut (Balian of Ibelin), relating that his father and uncle had the pope informed that [Jean] proposes to marry the noble woman [Isabelle], daughter of Aimery de Rivet, to quiet discord and... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:475, no. 3151; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:366, no. e-26