RRR: Eleemosynary grant
210
year: 1122
initiator: Barisan, constable of Jaffa
recipient: Hospital of Saint John in Nablus
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: †May. 1-31. Baly[anus Iopp]ensis constabularius, with the agreement of King Baldwin, rex secundus, and Hugo Joppensis consul, makes an eleemosynary grant to benefit among others the soul of his wife Heluissa. He gives the Hospital [cutocothroffium] of St John in Nablus the tithes [redecimatio] of the harvests of Mirabel, Luceria, Marescalcia, Rentia and Kafreherra. Hugo Ramatensis dominus and his brother Balduinus dominus Mirabelii, confirm the gift. Witnesses: Adam de Rammis; Balduinus Colepance; Hymbertus presbyter; Ordelet; Johannes Castor; Arrabi; Eurardus; Anselmus; Philippus; Ramundus; Radulfus; Petrus - these are servants [famuli] of the hospital [cutocothroffium] in Nablus; Anscherius senescalcus
†May. 1-31. Baly[anus Iopp]ensis constabularius, with the agreement of King Baldwin, rex secundus, and Hugo Joppensis consul, makes an eleemosynary grant to benefit among others the soul of his wife Heluissa. He gives the Hospital [cutocothroffium] of St John in Nablus the tithes [redecimatio] of... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:49, no 59; Mayer, UKJ 1:234-6, no. 88 [35] (RRH no. 100)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
211
year: 1122
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Venice
text: *Jan. 16 1120 – Aug. 8 1122 (early part of 1122?). Baldwin II writes to Venice promising privileges in return for Venetian military or naval assistance.
*Jan. 16 1120 – Aug. 8 1122 (early part of 1122?). Baldwin II writes to Venice promising privileges in return for Venetian military or naval assistance.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:236, no. 89
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
212
year: 1122
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Aug 1 – Dec. 24. In the principality of Antioch. Baldwin per dei gratiam Hierosolimorum rex secundus makes an eleemosynary grant to the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, giving a casale called Betori in the territory of Nablus. Anyone who dares to challenge this will be proceeded against in the king’s court [in curia mea] and will be fined 1000 besants. Witnesses: Hugo Blancus; Paganus cancellarius; Anscherius de Mosteriolo; Bernardus Vaccarius; Robertus de Meri; Willelmus de Sancto Bertino; Baronus Saggittarius; Karolus nepos Rainaldi Masoeri; and all the abbey’s convent.
Aug 1 – Dec. 24. In the principality of Antioch. Baldwin per dei gratiam Hierosolimorum rex secundus makes an eleemosynary grant to the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, giving a casale called Betori in the territory of Nablus. Anyone who dares to challenge this will be proceeded... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:237-8, no. 90 (RRH no. 100a)
year: 1122
initiator: Eustachius Granerius
recipient: Church of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: *Apr. 14 1118 – Apr. 18 1123. Eustachius Granerius gives the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem half of a casale called Fieisse/Fiesse (later called Casal sancti Sepulchri) with the agreement of King Baldwin II.
*Apr. 14 1118 – Apr. 18 1123. Eustachius Granerius gives the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem half of a casale called Fieisse/Fiesse (later called Casal sancti Sepulchri) with the agreement of King Baldwin II.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:238-9, no. 91
year: 1123
initiator: Franks in Antioch
text: *Apr. 1-30. A truce [36] is agreed between the Franks [of the principality of Antioch] and Sulaiman of Aleppo, in which al-Atharib is surrendered to the Franks.
*Apr. 1-30. A truce [36] is agreed between the Franks [of the principality of Antioch] and Sulaiman of Aleppo, in which al-Atharib is surrendered to the Franks.
sources: Ibn al-Athir, The Chronicle 1:244
year: 1123
initiator: Hugh, lord of Jaffa
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Dec. 25 1122 – Apr. 18 1123. In the principality of Antioch. With the assent of King Baldwin II and his wife Emma, Hugues comte de Joppe makes a sealed eleemosynary gift to the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, built over the tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, represented by Abbot Gelduin, his uncle [patruus]. He gives a third good casale, called Machoz, situated in the territory of Ascalon, in addition to the 2 others he has already given. He also gives: a good mahomeria in the city of Ascalon; a verger outside the city, chosen from among the better ones; a casale inhabited by Samaritans called Saphe in the territory of Nablus; a gastina called Melbena and some land before the gate of Jaffa that previously belonged to Framericus. Hugh’s constable Barisanus gives the abbey, with Hugh’s authorization, the casale of Dargeboam and a third of the gastina of Zonia in the territory of Jerusalem. Witnesses: Guido de Miliaco; Barisanus constabularius; Gaufridus cognomento Monachus; Guibertus de Peiz; Radulfus Loherenus; Odo; Galterius; Roardus de Abbatia; Paganus de Osche; Robertus Pinguis; Ailelmus dapifer; Garinus; Stephanus.
Dec. 25 1122 – Apr. 18 1123. In the principality of Antioch. With the assent of King Baldwin II and his wife Emma, Hugues comte de Joppe makes a sealed eleemosynary gift to the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, built over the tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, represented by Abbot... more
sources: Kohler, ‘Chartes’, pp. 119-20, no. 9; corr. Mayer, UKJ 1:239-41, no. 92 (RRH no. 102a)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
216
year: 1123
initiator: Hugo Edessanae urbis archiepiscopus archbishop of Edessa
recipient: Archbishop Ralph of Reims and the church of Reims
text: c. Feb. 1 – Apr. 18. H[ugo] Edessanae urbis archiepiscopus sends Archbishop Ralph of Reims and the church of Reims relics of St Thaddeus the Apostle and St Abgar, king and confessor. He does this in response to an appeal from E., regis Jerosolimorum et vester capellanus, who had come to Edessa with King Baldwin II after the capture of comes Jozelinus [by the Muslims] and had reported that the church of Reims had no relic of a named saint. The letter is sealed by the archbishop. Witnesses: Girardus archidiaconus; Stephanus decanus; Tezo thesaurarius
c. Feb. 1 – Apr. 18. H[ugo] Edessanae urbis archiepiscopus sends Archbishop Ralph of Reims and the church of Reims relics of St Thaddeus the Apostle and St Abgar, king and confessor. He does this in response to an appeal from E., regis Jerosolimorum et vester capellanus, who had come to Edessa with... more
sources: Ed. Louis de Mas Latrie in ‘Tractatus de reliquiis S. Stephani’, p. 317, note a (RRH no. 103)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
217
year: 1123
initiator: Pope Calixtus II
recipient: Canons of Saint Ruf in Avignon
text: Apr 28. Lateran. Pope Calixtus II confirms the canons of St Ruf in Avignon in their possession of the church of St James in Tripoli ‘cum suffraganeis’, the church at Artucia and a mill next to that church, together with mills at Surgenteris and Castrum Novum.
Apr 28. Lateran. Pope Calixtus II confirms the canons of St Ruf in Avignon in their possession of the church of St James in Tripoli ‘cum suffraganeis’, the church at Artucia and a mill next to that church, together with mills at Surgenteris and Castrum Novum.
sources: Hiestand, PK, p. 131, no. 24
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
218
year: 1123
initiator: Milites of the kingdom of Jerusalem
recipient: Count Charles the Good of Flandres
text: May 1 - Oct. 31 (before Jun. 15?). With Baldwin II a prisoner [of the Muslims], the milites of the kingdom of Jerusalem write to Count Charles the Good of Flanders, offering him the crown and lordship of the kingdom.
May 1 - Oct. 31 (before Jun. 15?). With Baldwin II a prisoner [of the Muslims], the milites of the kingdom of Jerusalem write to Count Charles the Good of Flanders, offering him the crown and lordship of the kingdom.
sources: Galbert of Bruges, p. 15; Mayer, UKJ 3:1325, no. 763
year: 1123
initiator: Patriarch Warmund of Jerusalem
recipient: Gelduinus abbas and Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Dec. 25 1122 – Dec. 24 1123. At the request of Gelduinus abbas and the monks of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Patriarch Warmund of Jerusalem concedes the tithes of the following casalia which are in the abbey’s possession: in the territory of Jerusalem, 2 parts of the casale of Bethsan, the tithe of the gardens and mills of Syloe, and the tithes of all lands and vineyards belonging to St Mary, except for the tithes of 2 carracutae, of which one belonged to Wido de Miliaco, the other to Balianus Joppensis; in the territory of Nablus the tithes of 2 casalia called Aschar and Betheri; in of the territory of Acre the tithes of the casale of Cassara and 4 carrucatae terre and olive trees belonging to St Mary in the casale of Hubertus de Patci; half the tithes of Balianus at Betheri; a third part of the tithes of Balduinus Ramathensis at the 3 casalia of Gemmail, Assir and Beithbezim; the tithes of Gaufredus de Cavis in the 2 casalia of Mezerech and Dalfin. Warmund confirms all the gifts of tithes that have been made by churchmen or laymen. Witnesses: Ebremarus Cesariensis archiepiscopus; Gerardus prior Sancti Sepulchri; Odo Cesariensis archidiaconus; Anselmus Sancti Sepulchri cantor; Willelmus subcentor; Gilibertus canonicus; Fulcherius; Rannulphus; Eustachius Granarius; Hugo de Peans; Anschetinus vicecomes. Arnaldus Dominici Templi canonicus wrote the charter.
Dec. 25 1122 – Dec. 24 1123. At the request of Gelduinus abbas and the monks of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Patriarch Warmund of Jerusalem concedes the tithes of the following casalia which are in the abbey’s possession: in the territory of Jerusalem, 2 parts of the casale of Bethsan, the... more
sources: Delaborde, Chartes de Josaphat, pp. 37-8, no. 12 (RRH no. 101)