RRR: Correspondence/envoy
440
year: 1144
initiator: Pope Celestine II
recipient: Petrus prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Jan. 12. Lateran. Writing to P[etrus] prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Celestine II acknowledges the visit to Rome of canons L. and G. with letters for his predecessor Pope Innocent II and accedes to their request to have a hospice in Rome where they can lodge when having dealings with the Holy See.
Jan. 12. Lateran. Writing to P[etrus] prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Celestine II acknowledges the visit to Rome of canons L. and G. with letters for his predecessor Pope Innocent II and accedes to their request to have a hospice in Rome where they can lodge when having dealings... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 176-7, no. 54 (RRH no. 222)
year: 1144
initiator: Ugo Embriacus
text: May. Genoa. In the presence of Philip Lamberti and Tancleri de Moro, consuls of Genoa, Ugo Embriacus, the son of Nicolas Embriacus, swears an oath that his brother Obertus had already sworn; namely to protect and defend the life of his relation [consanguineus] Guillielmus Embriacus, his heirs and his brother Aggenorius and his possession of the honour [honor] of Gibelettum and any other property he acquires overseas. Witnesses: Ansaldus Mallon; Bonsegnor Mallon; Bonusvasallus Odonis; Bomons frater ejus; Bon[usvasallus] Tettoice; Oglerius [de Guidone; Ingo de Volta]; Johannes Barcha; Amicus Guersus; Obertus Tacon; [Merlo] Roça; Iordanus de Porta.
May. Genoa. In the presence of Philip Lamberti and Tancleri de Moro, consuls of Genoa, Ugo Embriacus, the son of Nicolas Embriacus, swears an oath that his brother Obertus had already sworn; namely to protect and defend the life of his relation [consanguineus] Guillielmus Embriacus, his heirs and... more
sources: Rovere and Puncuh, I Libri Iurium 1/1:206-8, no. 140 (RRH no. 224)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
442
year: 1144
initiator: Pope Lucius II
recipient: Petrus prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Sept. 14. Rome. Writing to Petrus prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Lucius II takes them under apostolic protection and confirms the rights and properties granted by Duke Godfrey, King Baldwin [I] and Patriarch Arnulf [of Chocques]: half of all oblations offered to the Holy Sepulchre; oblations to the relic of the True Cross, except on Good Friday or when the patriarch has some need of them; the tithes of the city of Jerusalem and the lands around, except for the tithes of the funda and of half of the benefice handed by the king in exchange for the bishopric of Bethlehem; the church of St Peter in Jaffa.
Sept. 14. Rome. Writing to Petrus prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Lucius II takes them under apostolic protection and confirms the rights and properties granted by Duke Godfrey, King Baldwin [I] and Patriarch Arnulf [of Chocques]: half of all oblations offered to the Holy Sepulchre... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 177-8, no. 55 (RRH no. 225)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
443
year: 1144
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
additional institution: Saint Lazarus in Bethany
text: Mid Apr. – Sept. 23. Baldwin, dei gratia sanctᶒ Iherusalem rex Latinorum quartus, confirms the exchange made by King Fulk and Queen Melisende with the canons of the Holy Sepulchre to establish temporalities for the church of St Lazarus at Bethania. He confirms the canons’ possession of the casale of Thecua, with all its lands, villani and Beduini, and the right of the residents of Thecua to collect bitumen, vulgarly called catran, from the Dead Sea and salt from its shores. He confirms under seal the gifts made by Patriarch William of Jerusalem, Petrus prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre to Abbess Matilda and the nuns at St Lazarus of Bethany of buildings [ędificia], beneficia and houses outside and in Jerusalem and of the following casalia with their villani, Beduini and other appurtenances: Benehatiᶒ, Benehabeth, Ragabani and Romah. Witnesses: Guillelmus Iheruslem patriarcha; Balduinus archiepiscopus Cesariensis; Robertus archiepiscopus Nazareth; Helias episcopus Tyberiadensis; Rogerius Ramathensis episcopus; Reinerius Sebastensis episcopus; Gaufridus abbas Templi Domini; Sehebrandus abbas Sanctᶒ Mariᶒ Latinᶒ; Petrus Dominici Sepulcri prior; Henricus Montis Oliveti prior; Raimundus Hospitalis magister; Petrus Guillelmi; Stephanus de Capella; Guillelmus Fauco; Gaufridus Fulcherii frater Templi Salomonici; Godefridus thesaurarius ᶒcclesiᶒ Sepulcri Domini; Guillelmus prepositus; Petrus Bernardi; Petrus Barchinonensis; Nicholaus; Lambertus Grossus; Bertrandus de Podio; magister Bᶒda; Obertus; Gamaliel; Giraldus Bastardus; Moyses; Bonefacius; Eurardus; Robertus Achconensis; Guillelmus Berithensis; Guillelmus Anglicus; and of the barones, Balianus; Rainerius Ramathensis; Ioscelinus de Cortenai; Galterius Berithensis; Rohardus vicecomes; Sado marescalcus; Bernardus Uacherius; Gaufridus Acus; Tosetus; Imbertus de Bar.
Mid Apr. – Sept. 23. Baldwin, dei gratia sanctᶒ Iherusalem rex Latinorum quartus, confirms the exchange made by King Fulk and Queen Melisende with the canons of the Holy Sepulchre to establish temporalities for the church of St Lazarus at Bethania. He confirms the canons’ possession of the casale... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:390-3, no. 210 (RRH no. 226)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
444
year: 1144
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Abbey of Saint Lazarus in Bethany
institution: Saint Lazarus in Bethany
text: *Mid Apr. – Sept. 23. King Baldwin III confirms King Fulk’s gift to the abbey of St Lazarus of Bethany of the town of Bethanie in exchange for the casal of Bethue/Bethas.
*Mid Apr. – Sept. 23. King Baldwin III confirms King Fulk’s gift to the abbey of St Lazarus of Bethany of the town of Bethanie in exchange for the casal of Bethue/Bethas.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:393-4, no. 211
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
445
year: 1144
initiator: King Roger II of Sicily
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Oct. 11. Messina. King Roger II of Sicily confirms gifts made in his kingdom to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat by Princes Bohemond I and Bohemond II of Antioch and their wives.
Oct. 11. Messina. King Roger II of Sicily confirms gifts made in his kingdom to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat by Princes Bohemond I and Bohemond II of Antioch and their wives.
sources: Kohler, ‘Chartes de Josaphat’, pp. 133-6, no. 25 (RRH no. 225a)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
446
year: 1144
initiator: Baldwin III and Queen Melisende
recipient: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus in Jerusalem
institution: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus
text: Dec. 25 1143 – Dec. 24 1144. Baldwin, dei gratia sancte civitatis Ierusalem rex Latinorum quartus, and Melisende regina, his mother, confirm the eleemosynary gift made by Fulk, sancte Ierusalem rex Latinorum tercius, and Melisende regina to the leprosary of St Lazarus in Jerusalem of a petia of land situated in front of the leprosary, and a vineyard, which St Lazarus has planted on the land since the donation. Fulk and Melisende had bought the land from a Surianus. Witnesses: Rohardus vicecomes Ierosolimitanus; Bernardus Vacherius; Girardus Passerellus; Sado marescalcus.
Dec. 25 1143 – Dec. 24 1144. Baldwin, dei gratia sancte civitatis Ierusalem rex Latinorum quartus, and Melisende regina, his mother, confirm the eleemosynary gift made by Fulk, sancte Ierusalem rex Latinorum tercius, and Melisende regina to the leprosary of St Lazarus in Jerusalem of a petia of... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:349, 394-5, nos. 169, 212 (RRH no. 227)
year: 1144
initiator: Hugo de Sancto Abraham
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Dec. 25 1143 – Dec. 24 1144. Hugues seigneur du lieu de S. Abraham gives 3 casalia to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
*Dec. 25 1143 – Dec. 24 1144. Hugues seigneur du lieu de S. Abraham gives 3 casalia to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:129, no. 158 (RRH no. 228a)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
448
year: 1144
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Queen Melisende
text: Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux comforts Queen Melisende after the death of her husband King Fulk.
Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux comforts Queen Melisende after the death of her husband King Fulk.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:297-8, no. 354 (RRH no. 216)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
449
year: 1144
initiator: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux
recipient: Queen Melisende
text: Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux recommends Premonstratensian monks to Queen Melisende.
Nov. 10 1143 – 1144. Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux recommends Premonstratensian monks to Queen Melisende.
sources: Bernard of Clairvaux, ‘Epistolae’ 8:299, no. 355 (RRH no. 216)