RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
110
year: 1110
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Church of Bethlehem
text: Sept. 24 1109 - Mar. 24 1110. After an account of the liberation of Jerusalem, the election of Godfrey [karissimus frater meus] to the office of sancte civitatis gubernator and Godfrey’s death primo principatus sui anno peracto, Baldwin, ab exultante clero principibus et populo primus rex Francorum nutu divino electus atque statutus, describes how he was crowned in the church of Bethlehem and announces that he wanted to raise Bethlehem to the status of bishopric. After consulting Arnulfus archidiaconus and the chapter [of the church of the Holy Sepulchre] in Jerusalem, he sent Arnulfus archidiaconus and Aicardus decanus to Rome for advice. Pope Paschal II ordered Archbishop Gibelin of Arles to hear the case presented by Arnulfus and Aicardus and to follow them to Jerusalem. Gibelin, on the orders of Paschal and with the agreement of the chapter of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, chose and installed Aschetinus eiusdem ecclesie cantor, who had already been elected bishop of Ascalon, as bishop of Bethlehem. [21] Ascalon was subjected to Bethlehem. Confirming this, Baldwin, dei gratia rex Ierusalem Latinorum primus, also confirms the eleemosynary gift [to benefit among others the soul of Godfrey misericordissimus dux] he had made to the church of Bethlehem of the villa of Bethlehem and the following casalia: Bedar in the territory of Acre; Seylon in the territory of Nablus; Bethbazan/Bethbezen/Bethlezen next to Bethlehem; Zeophir/Zoephyr and Carcapha/Carchapha/Carapha in the territory of Ascalon. He has solved the disputes Bethlehem had had with the church of Jerusalem through the exchange of lands and vineyards in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem. He threatens judgement on any who should dispute this grant after his death and promises to confirm any gift to Bethlehem made by his magnates, knights and burgesses [optimates, milites, burgenses]. The charter is dated to the period in which Archbishop Gibelin of Arles, the papal legate, was elected to the patriarchate of Jerusalem. Witnesses: Arnulfus archidiaconus; Aicardus decanus; Eustachius Granerius; Anselmus turris David custos; Radulfus de Fontaneto; Pisellus vicecomes; Simon ducis filius; Anfredus vir religiosus; Girardus camerarius and many others.
Sept. 24 1109 - Mar. 24 1110. After an account of the liberation of Jerusalem, the election of Godfrey [karissimus frater meus] to the office of sancte civitatis gubernator and Godfrey’s death primo principatus sui anno peracto, Baldwin, ab exultante clero principibus et populo primus rex Francorum... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:159-64, no. 40 (RRH no. 59)
year: 1110
initiator: Pope Paschal II
recipient: Baldwin I
text: Jun. 9. Lateran. Because of the perils facing the Latin settlement, Pope Paschal II agrees to the request of Baldwin [gloriosus Ierosolimitanorum rex] that the cities he takes from the infidel should be subject to the patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Jun. 9. Lateran. Because of the perils facing the Latin settlement, Pope Paschal II agrees to the request of Baldwin [gloriosus Ierosolimitanorum rex] that the cities he takes from the infidel should be subject to the patriarchate of Jerusalem.
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp.107-8, no. 9 (RRH no. 60)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
112
year: 1110
initiator: Pope Paschal II
recipient: Patriarch Gibelin of Jerusalem
text: Jun. 9. Lateran. Pope Paschal II writes to Patriarch Gibelin of Jerusalem, giving thanks for the restoration of Antioch and Jerusalem to Christian government and informing Gibelin of his concession to King Baldwin I that the cities he takes should be subjected to the patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Jun. 9. Lateran. Pope Paschal II writes to Patriarch Gibelin of Jerusalem, giving thanks for the restoration of Antioch and Jerusalem to Christian government and informing Gibelin of his concession to King Baldwin I that the cities he takes should be subjected to the patriarchate of Jerusalem.
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp.108-9, no. 10 (RRH no. 61)
year: 1110
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Hospital of Saint John in Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *May 26 1104 – Sept. 28 1110. King Baldwin I gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem 2 casalia, Bethafaua and Montana, lands and houses in Jerusalem and Nablus, including a garden that had belonged to Anfredus presbiter and a rich villein [villanus] living in Nablus, together with a mill in Nablus, and an oven in Jaffa, and lands and houses there and in Acre.
*May 26 1104 – Sept. 28 1110. King Baldwin I gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem 2 casalia, Bethafaua and Montana, lands and houses in Jerusalem and Nablus, including a garden that had belonged to Anfredus presbiter and a rich villein [villanus] living in Nablus, together with a mill in... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:164-5, no. 41
year: 1110
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Hospital of Saint John in Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Sept. 28. Baldwin, gratia dei rex Ierosolimitanus, makes an eleemosynary gift, confirming all the donations and alms made to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the poor of Christ in his kingdom. He specifies the following: the gift by Godfrey [dux frater meus] of a casale called Hessilia and two ovens in Jerusalem; Baldwin’s own gifts – the 2 casalia of Bethafaua and Montana; lands and houses in Jerusalem; the garden of Anfredus presbiter; a rich villanus living in Nablus and houses and a mill in the same town; a good oven in Jaffa; lands and houses in Jaffa and Acre; a casale called Sussia given by Gauterius Baffumeth; a casale called Bethamis/Bethtamis given by the viscount; another in the territory of Ascalon called Casale Melius given by Ugo de Puzath; a casale next to a mill in the territory of Azotum given by Anselmus de Turre Dauid; a casale in the territory of Caesarea given by Eustachius and also lands given by Eustachius near Cacco, and villani given on his advice by his milites; a casale in terra de Soeth called Dirberham given by Petrus de Lens; another called Capharmazre given by Arnulfus Loferencus; villani and lands given by Ugo and Geruasius in Tiberias; 3 villani given by the bishop of Nazareth; single villani given by Willelmus de Tenches, Paganus Uacca, Drogo, Dominicus and Guibertus de Salinas; another villanus given by Paganus de Cayphas, with lands and houses in Haifa and Capharnaum; another villanus given by Romanus de Podio; another villanus given by Balduinus with lands and houses in the city of Rames; and lands and houses given by the episcopus Ramatensis in Sanctus Georgius [Lydda]; 2 villani, one in Hebron the other in Iericho, given by Gaudemar Carpinel with everything belonging to them; a third given by Hugo in Bethan; a fourth given by Bouus in Rama/Roma; and a fifth given by Azio de Cirsed. Signatory: Balduinus dei gratia rex. Witnesses: Hugo de Puzath; Eustachius Graner; vicecomes de Ierusalem; Anselmus de Turre David; Gauterius Baffumeth; Guido de Milleu; Gotman; and many other nobles and good men.
Sept. 28. Baldwin, gratia dei rex Ierosolimitanus, makes an eleemosynary gift, confirming all the donations and alms made to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the poor of Christ in his kingdom. He specifies the following: the gift by Godfrey [dux frater meus] of a casale called Hessilia and... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:165-8, no. 42 (RRH no. 57)
year: 1110
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Venetians
text: *c. mid Oct. In gratitude for their help in the seizure of Sidon, King Baldwin I gives the Venetians part of a platea and a ruga in Acre, described [in 1124] as stretching from the mansio of Petrus Zannus to the monastery of St Demetrius and including a deserted mosque [machomaria] and 2 stone mansiones, where once there were reed huts [quᶒ quondam casule de cannis esse solebant], together with their own rights to justice and weights and measures.
*c. mid Oct. In gratitude for their help in the seizure of Sidon, King Baldwin I gives the Venetians part of a platea and a ruga in Acre, described [in 1124] as stretching from the mansio of Petrus Zannus to the monastery of St Demetrius and including a deserted mosque [machomaria] and 2 stone... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:168-9, no. 43
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
116
year: 1110
initiator: Count Bertrand of Saint Gilles
recipient: Church of the Holy Sepulchre which is situated in the castle of Mont Pèlerin
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Jun./Jul. 1109 – Nov. 30 1110. Bertrand, inclitus comes [Tripolitanus], son of Raymond of St Gilles, had made an eleemosynary grant, to benefit the soul of his relation William Jordan [count of Cerdagne], in the presence of King Baldwin I of Jerusalem, the archiepiscopus Albariensis and Arnulfus archidiaconus and other good men. He had made this to the church of the Holy Sepulchre which is situated in the castle [castrum] of Mont Pèlerin and was represented by Johannes, who was prior of the same church. Bertrand had given 3 casalia: Abdin/Addin, Babela/Habela, and Beniharan/Beniaran, but he had unjustly taken the casalia back into his hands. When Arnaldus, elected prior of the church on Mont Pèlerin by the chapter of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, demanded the return of the casalia, Bertrand, together with his son Pontius acknowledged his guilt. By an eleemosynary grant he returns them to the church. He confirms the gifts made to the church of the Holy Sepulchre on Mont Pèlerin by his father, Count Raymond of St Gilles, and his cousin William Jordan and in addition gives Arnaldus prior a good horse and the best mule that can be found. If Bertrand or Pontius fail in this commitment they will be subjected to excommunication by the patriarch of Jerusalem, the bishop of Tripoli, the archbishop of Apamea [Femia] and the bishop of Béziers. Signatories: Bertrandus comes; Poncius filius suus; A. episcopus Tripolis; P. archiepiscopus Femiᶒ; A. episcopus Biterrensis; Rogerius constabularius; Udalardus de Pontiano; Poncius de Grilione.
Jun./Jul. 1109 – Nov. 30 1110. Bertrand, inclitus comes [Tripolitanus], son of Raymond of St Gilles, had made an eleemosynary grant, to benefit the soul of his relation William Jordan [count of Cerdagne], in the presence of King Baldwin I of Jerusalem, the archiepiscopus Albariensis and Arnulfus... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 197-9, no. 86; Mayer, UKJ 1:169-70 , no. 44 (RRH no. 58)
year: 1111
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Tughtigin of Damascus
text: *Early Jul. A truce is agreed between King Baldwin I and Tughtigin of Damascus, dividing the revenues of Jabal Awf, Sawad and al-Jabaniya.
*Early Jul. A truce is agreed between King Baldwin I and Tughtigin of Damascus, dividing the revenues of Jabal Awf, Sawad and al-Jabaniya.
sources: Ibn al-Qalanisi, p. 113
RRR: Dispute/arbitration
118
year: 1111
initiator: Patriarch Gibelin of Jerusalem
recipient: Bishop of Nazareth and the abbot of Mount Tabor
institution: Mount Tabor
text: Sept. 24 – c. Nov. 10 [1112]. Gibelin, episcopus ad orientales ecclesias ab apostolica sede directus, arbitrates, with the advice of the bishops, abbots and Arnulfus Iherosolimitani archydiaconus, and with the assent and at the petition of Baldwin, domnus gloriosissimus rex and his leading subjects, in a dispute between the bishop of Nazareth and the abbot of Mt Tabor over ecclesiastical dignities. The right to ordain the abbots and monks and consecrate the greater church on Mt Tabor will belong for ever to the patriarch of Jerusalem. Other episcopal rights – such as the consecration of chrism and oil and the making of parochial appointments [parrochyalem vicarium] – pertain to the bishop of Nazareth. A third part of all tithes of the region of Tiberias – as much from the knights [de militia] as from land and fodder – will, with the agreement of the bishop and his clergy, be enjoyed by the church of Mt Tabor in perpetuity in order to feed the monks. If the monks should acquire the lands held at present by pilgrim knights [peregrini milites], two-thirds of the tithes are to go to the bishop, a third to the monks. Signatories: G, episcopus apostolicᶒ sedis legatus with seal; domnus rex B[alduinus] with seal; Arnulfus archidiaconus; Ebremarus Cesariensis archiepiscopus; Rogerius Ramathensis episcopus; Bernardus Nazareni episcopus; Balduinus, electus Baruti.
Sept. 24 – c. Nov. 10 [1112]. Gibelin, episcopus ad orientales ecclesias ab apostolica sede directus, arbitrates, with the advice of the bishops, abbots and Arnulfus Iherosolimitani archydiaconus, and with the assent and at the petition of Baldwin, domnus gloriosissimus rex and his leading... more
sources: Hiestand, PK , pp. 109-11, no. 11; Mayer, UKJ 1:171-2, no. 46 (RRH no. 69) [22]
year: 1111
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Balduinus (later bishop of Beirut)
text: *c. Nov. 11 1100 – end 1111. King Baldwin I gives Balduinus (later bishop of Beirut) a house in Jerusalem between the oven and the mill of the Hospital of St John.
*c. Nov. 11 1100 – end 1111. King Baldwin I gives Balduinus (later bishop of Beirut) a house in Jerusalem between the oven and the mill of the Hospital of St John.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:172-3, no. 47