RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
40
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Latins
institution: Saint Mary of the Latins
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon confirms the possessions in his realm of the abbey of St Mary of the Latins in Jerusalem.
*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon confirms the possessions in his realm of the abbey of St Mary of the Latins in Jerusalem.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:119, no. 17
RRR: Establishment/foundation document
41
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Abbey of Mount Tabor
institution: Mount Tabor
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon establishes the property rights of the abbey of Mt Tabor.
*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon establishes the property rights of the abbey of Mt Tabor.
sources: Hiestand, PK, p. 97, no. 5; Mayer, UKJ 1:119-20, no. 18
RRR: Privilege/exemption
42
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Suriani, Greeks, Armenians, Jacobites and Nestorians
text: †Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon frees all Suriani, Greeks, Armenians, Jacobites and Nestorians from the services they had to pay the Muslims [Saraceni]. But on all imports and sales they will pay 4 per cent – or one carat in each besant.
†Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon frees all Suriani, Greeks, Armenians, Jacobites and Nestorians from the services they had to pay the Muslims [Saraceni]. But on all imports and sales they will pay 4 per cent – or one carat in each besant.
sources: Francesco Amadi, p. 25; Mayer, UKJ 3:1467, no. App. II/6
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
43
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
text: *Dec. 25 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. [6] Godfrey of Bouillon prohibits the dismemberment of fiefs without proportionate sharing of the services owed for them [assise du démémbrement de fief].
*Dec. 25 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. [6] Godfrey of Bouillon prohibits the dismemberment of fiefs without proportionate sharing of the services owed for them [assise du démémbrement de fief].
sources: Philip of Novara, Le Livre, p. 155; Grandclaude, ‘Liste’, p. 335
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
44
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
text: *Dec. 25 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. To prevent the [Latin] settlers returning home, Godfrey of Bouillon decrees that occupation of a property for a year and a day is necessary for legal possession [assise de la tenure d’an et jour].
*Dec. 25 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. To prevent the [Latin] settlers returning home, Godfrey of Bouillon decrees that occupation of a property for a year and a day is necessary for legal possession [assise de la tenure d’an et jour].
sources: William of Tyre, p. 446; Grandclaude, ‘Liste’, p. 338 [7]
RRR: Privilege/exemption
45
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Order of Saint Lazarus
institution: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus
text: *†Jul. 15-18. Jerusalem. Godfrey of Bouillon grants privileges to the order of St Lazarus at Jerusalem.
*†Jul. 15-18. Jerusalem. Godfrey of Bouillon grants privileges to the order of St Lazarus at Jerusalem.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1467-9, no. App. II/7
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
46
year: 1100
initiator: Comes Garnerius de Gres
recipient: Baldwin of Boulogne, count of Edessa
text: *Late Jul. Jerusalem. Comes Garnerius de Gres sends a message to Baldwin of Boulogne, count of Edessa, informing him of the death of Godfrey of Bouillon.
*Late Jul. Jerusalem. Comes Garnerius de Gres sends a message to Baldwin of Boulogne, count of Edessa, informing him of the death of Godfrey of Bouillon.
sources: William of Tyre, p. 457
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
47
year: 1100
initiator: Geldemarus Carpenel, Robertus filius Gerardi, Rodolphus de Monzon, Iosfridus camerarius ducis, Wiricus Flandriensis, Matheus dapifer ducis, Wicherus Alemannus and Arnulfus prelatus Templi Domini
recipient: Baldwin of Boulogne, count of Edessa
text: *Late Jul. Jerusalem. Geldemarus Carpenel, Robertus filius Gerardi, Rodolphus de Monzon, Iosfridus camerarius ducis, Wiricus Flandriensis, Matheus dapifer ducis, Wicherus Alemannus and Arnulfus prelatus Templi Domini send Robertus episcopus Ramnes vel Rama, Robertus miles, and Gunterus to inform Baldwin of Boulogne, count of Edessa, of Godfrey of Bouillon’s death and to invite him to accede to the government of Jerusalem.
*Late Jul. Jerusalem. Geldemarus Carpenel, Robertus filius Gerardi, Rodolphus de Monzon, Iosfridus camerarius ducis, Wiricus Flandriensis, Matheus dapifer ducis, Wicherus Alemannus and Arnulfus prelatus Templi Domini send Robertus episcopus Ramnes vel Rama, Robertus miles, and Gunterus to inform... more
sources: Albert of Aachen, p. 528
year: 1100
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: *After Jul. 22. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Tomb and epitaphs of Godfrey of Bouillon [d. Jul. 18, buried Jul. 22]. On one face of the tomb, an inscription refers to his acquisition of all the [Holy Land] for the Christian religion. On the other, a longer inscription refers to his prowess, his refusal of a crown and his faith.
*After Jul. 22. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Tomb and epitaphs of Godfrey of Bouillon [d. Jul. 18, buried Jul. 22]. On one face of the tomb, an inscription refers to his acquisition of all the [Holy Land] for the Christian religion. On the other, a longer inscription refers to his... more
sources: Sandoli, Corpus, pp. 54-5, nos. 67-8
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
49
year: 1100
initiator: Patriarch Daibert of Jerusalem
recipient: Bohemond of Taranto
text: *End of Jul. Jerusalem. Patriarch Daibert of Jerusalem, with the agreement of Tancred Marchisius sends his secretarius called Morellus to Bohemond of Taranto to inform him of the gifts made by Godfrey of Bouillon to the Church of Jerusalem and himself; of Godfrey’s subsequent death; of the seizure of the Tower of David by Count Garnerius and of a message sent to Baldwin of Boulogne, count of Edessa; of the death of Garnerius and the continued occupation of the Tower of David on Baldwin’s behalf. He appeals to Bohemond, as a supporter of Church reform, to write to Baldwin forbidding him to come to Jerusalem without Daibert’s agreement; to hinder him by force if need be; and to reply speedily.
*End of Jul. Jerusalem. Patriarch Daibert of Jerusalem, with the agreement of Tancred Marchisius sends his secretarius called Morellus to Bohemond of Taranto to inform him of the gifts made by Godfrey of Bouillon to the Church of Jerusalem and himself; of Godfrey’s subsequent death; of the seizure... more
sources: William of Tyre, pp. 456-8; Albert of Aachen, p. 522 (RRH no. 32)