RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2080
year: 1227
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: al-Mu‘azzam of Damascus
text: Dec. 22. 1226 - Dec. 11. 1227. The emperor Frederick II writes to al-Mu‘azzam of Damascus demanding the return to the Christians of all the coastlands conquered by Saladin.
Dec. 22. 1226 - Dec. 11. 1227. The emperor Frederick II writes to al-Mu‘azzam of Damascus demanding the return to the Christians of all the coastlands conquered by Saladin.
sources: Amari, Biblioteca 2:245-6 (RRH no. 992)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
2081
year: 1228
initiator: Bohemond IV, prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli
recipient: Hermannus, master of the Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Jan. 1-31. Bohemond, per la grace de deu prince d’Antioche et coms de Triple, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to frere Hermant, honorable maistre de la sancta maison de nostre dame de l’hospitau des Alamans, his convent and brothers. He gives a mill outside the walls of Antioch, situated on the river fer, below the patriarch’s mill, which he had bought and repaired. The mill has 3 millstones [peires] and the Hospital of St Mary of Germans has licence to install a fourth. The mill’s dependencies include a fishery [pescherie]. Bohemond adds the gift of a vineyard, which he had planted near the mill, and the winepress [pressoir] in it. Witnesses: Boemont li sires del Botron; Guiscart de l’Isle; Bertran Porcelet; Amauri Saleman; Pierre de Scandalion; Raimund Arra; Manssel de Gibel; Auberi de Ranquerole.
Jan. 1-31. Bohemond, per la grace de deu prince d’Antioche et coms de Triple, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to frere Hermant, honorable maistre de la sancta maison de nostre dame de l’hospitau des Alamans, his convent and brothers. He gives a mill outside the walls of Antioch, situated on the... more
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, p. 50, no. 61 (RRH no. 979)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
2082
year: 1228
initiator: Balianus dominus Sydonis
recipient: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Feb. 11. Balianus dominus Sydonis makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans during the mastership of frater Hermannus de Salza. He gives a garden, called the iardinum comitisse, a vineyard and 1 carrucate [ad aratrum unum] of land, part of the terra coci, before the city of Sidon. The garden is bordered on the east by a road leading to Gasia and on the west by a straight road which runs between the gardens and the land of dominus Raulus Januensis. On the south it touches a great field, which is a sugar plantation [magnus campus ubi fit canimel]. On the north it borders the road and the olive trees of dominus Guillelmus de Lye. The vineyard borders on the east the public road [commune strata et publica] and on the west a straight road that goes between the gardens as far as the river that flows by Sidon. On the south are olive trees of the Knights Templar and on the north the olive trees of dominus Brixus. The land has on the east the road which runs from Sidon directly to Sarepta and on the west the coastal road [via maritima]. On the north there is a field which adjoins the garden of dominus Egidius. There is no clear boundary on the south, other than the land’s limits. Balianus also gives a great mahumeria, situated between 2 of the gates of the city of Sidon, from which the road goes to Tyre. Witnesses: dominus Daniel de Terremunde; dominus Hugo de Mazelria; dominus Baldovinus marescalcus; dominus Ioffridus de Scimle; dominus Ioffridus de Vilier; dominus Michael Egidius; and others.
Feb. 11. Balianus dominus Sydonis makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans during the mastership of frater Hermannus de Salza. He gives a garden, called the iardinum comitisse, a vineyard and 1 carrucate [ad aratrum unum] of land, part of the terra coci, before... more
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, pp. 50-1, no. 62 (RRH no. 986)
RRR: Agreement/treaty
2083
year: 1228
initiator: Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate
recipient: Bishop of Acre and the Hospitallers
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Mar. 4. Rome. Cardinal Pelagius of Albano rules on conflicting interpretations of his arbitration between the bishop of Acre and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem of 1-31 May 1221. On the orders of the pope, who has intervened, the bishop and frater Rodericus procurator Hospitalis have sought Pelagius’s arbitration, promising to abide by his judgement. (1). The conventual prior and chaplains [prior et capellani] of the Hospital can confer penance, viaticum and extreme unction on those who at the time of their death choose burial in the Hospital, and they can say the Office of the Dead for them, but those who should choose burial with the Hospital in their lifetime are not exempted from the jurisdiction of the bishop and should receive all the sacraments from him and pay their parochial dues, except at the moment of death. The Hospitallers should take care not to persuade with promises, prayers and other means, parishioners whom they receive into confraternity to choose burial with them, but they should leave them to make their own choice freely. Nor should they receive women for Purification after childbirth. (2) The conventual prior and the chaplains of the Hospital cannot advertise in advance certain days specifically or generally on which they will preach to the people. (3) The Hospitallers are forbidden to withhold tithes if a dispute arises with the bishop. Any unresolved issue should be submitted to the judgement of arbitrators or representatives chosen by both parties. The Hospitallers have refused to pay the bishop tithes for the casalia of Beroeth and Coketh. They should not withhold them unless they can demonstrate that the tithes have been remitted by the bishop or that there is some other reason or that there is a legitimate exception allowing them to pay less. (4) The chaplains of the Hospital are accused of carrying away dead persons from the parishes for burial without proving that they had chosen burial with them, in spite of the prohibitions of the parish priests. The dead should be buried at the churches of which they were parishioners unless it can be demonstrated by the testimony of confessors or the wills of the dead, or it can be proved by other lawful witnesses, that they chose burial at the Hospital. (5) Sugar-cane is now grown on some lands which at the time of the agreement of 1221 were planted with wheat or barley. The Hospitallers have been refusing to pay tithes because, according to the tenor of the agreement and custom, tithes are not payable on sugar-cane. Pelagius rules that with respect to those lands which at the time of the agreement were sown with wheat or barley and are now sugar-plantations, the bishop should be paid the tithes he had been accustomed to receive when they were sown with wheat and barley.
Mar. 4. Rome. Cardinal Pelagius of Albano rules on conflicting interpretations of his arbitration between the bishop of Acre and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem of 1-31 May 1221. On the orders of the pope, who has intervened, the bishop and frater Rodericus... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:382-3, no. 1911 (RRH no. 987)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
2084
year: 1228
initiator: Bohemond IV, prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli
recipient: Hermannus, master of the Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans and the brothers of the Hospital
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Jun. 1. Bohemond, per la grace de deus prince de Antioche et conte de Triple, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to freire Hermant maestre de la chavalarie de la sainte maison de Nostre dame de l’hospital des Alamans and his brothers, to further the work on the castle they are building in support of Christianity against the Sarrazins. He gives the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans an annual rent of 100 besants en assisa, payable in 3-monthly instalments and assigned on his asize on the fonde and the chaene of Acre. Guarantors: Boemon sire deu Botron; Mansel de Gibel; Ugue Dalmas; Bonacors; Raimont de Mareclee; Raimunt Arra; Perre de Scandalion; Guiscart de l’lsle; Renaut Faisant.
Jun. 1. Bohemond, per la grace de deus prince de Antioche et conte de Triple, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to freire Hermant maestre de la chavalarie de la sainte maison de Nostre dame de l’hospital des Alamans and his brothers, to further the work on the castle they are building in support of... more
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, p. 53, no. 64; cf. p. 125 (RRH no. 989)
year: 1228
initiator: Beatrix wife of Thomas constabularius Tripolis
recipient: Thomas constabularius Tripolis
text: Mar. - Jul. R. episcopus Tripolitanus informs King Louis VIII of France that Thomas constabularius Tripolis, the son of the late Girardus de Hanis, a subject of the king of France, and Beatrix his wife came into his presence and that of his chapter. Beatrix made over to Thomas and to his son Girardus whatever dowery rights [jus quodcumque ad eam spectabat nomine dotalicii] the late Girardus, the father of Thomas, had in the land and feudum in France.
Mar. - Jul. R. episcopus Tripolitanus informs King Louis VIII of France that Thomas constabularius Tripolis, the son of the late Girardus de Hanis, a subject of the king of France, and Beatrix his wife came into his presence and that of his chapter. Beatrix made over to Thomas and to his son... more
sources: Marsy, ‘Documents’, pp. 160-1, no. 2 (RRH no. 988)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2086
year: 1228
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Bishop of Acre
text: [Jun. - Jul.? Perugia. Pope Gregory IX encourages the bishop of Acre to assist Cardinal R. of Sant’Angelo, the papal legate, in promoting peace [in France] through preaching.
[Jun. - Jul.? Perugia. Pope Gregory IX encourages the bishop of Acre to assist Cardinal R. of Sant’Angelo, the papal legate, in promoting peace [in France] through preaching.
sources: Gregory IX, Le Registres 1:145, no. 236. Calendar entry].
year: 1228
initiator: Thomas de Ham constabularius Tripolitanus
recipient: Queen Blance of France
text: Jul. 1-31. Thomas de Ham constabularius Tripolitanus records under seal that he has sold estates in France to Queen Blanche of France for 1500 librae parisienses.
Jul. 1-31. Thomas de Ham constabularius Tripolitanus records under seal that he has sold estates in France to Queen Blanche of France for 1500 librae parisienses.
sources: Marsy, ‘Documents’, p. 161, no. 3 (RRH no. 990)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
2088
year: 1228
initiator: Fr. Oliverius de Rupe domorum milicie Templi in Francia preceptor
recipient: Dominus Thomas constabularius Tripolitanus
text: Jul. 1-31. At the request of dominus Thomas constabularius Tripolitanus, Fr. Oliverius de Rupe domorum milicie Templi in Francia preceptor records under seal that in his presence Thomas recognized that he had sold estates in France to Queen Blanche of France.
Jul. 1-31. At the request of dominus Thomas constabularius Tripolitanus, Fr. Oliverius de Rupe domorum milicie Templi in Francia preceptor records under seal that in his presence Thomas recognized that he had sold estates in France to Queen Blanche of France.
sources: Marsy, ‘Documents’, p. 162, no. 4 (RRH no. 991)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2089
year: 1228
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Iohannes de Ibelino Beriti dominus, his sons, King Henry of Cyprus and friends
text: *Jul. 21-23. [341] Limassol. Frederick II writes to Nicosia, inviting monseignor de Baruth [John of Ibelin], his sons, King Henry of Cyprus and friends to a conference at Limassol.
*Jul. 21-23. [341] Limassol. Frederick II writes to Nicosia, inviting monseignor de Baruth [John of Ibelin], his sons, King Henry of Cyprus and friends to a conference at Limassol.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1478-9, no. App; II/15; Philip of Novara, Guerra, p. 84