year: 1157
initiator: Amalricus comes Ascalonis
recipient: Villanus Pisarum archiepiscopus and all the Pisans
text: Jun. 2. Ascalon. Amalric comes Ascalonis, in obedience to his brother King Baldwin III, gives under seal Villanus Pisarum archiepiscopus and all the Pisans half of all the rights [ius] he possesses with respect to entering, leaving, buying and selling in Jaffa, as much by land as by sea. He also gives the Pisans a platea in Jaffa, where they can build houses and a forum, together with a place [locus] where they can build a church, if the patriarch gives them permission.Witnesses: Ferricus episcopus Achonensis; of the brothers of the knighthood of the Temple [militia Templi], Goffredus Fulcherii; of the brothers of the Hospital, Willelmus Grosseht; of the count’s homines, Simon de Hosden; Rainaldus de Joppe; Iocelinus de Samulach; Albertus; Willelmus de Tyro; Willelmus de Tiberiade; Guido de Mirabello; Bartolomeus Suassionensis; Gerbertus; Lambertus; Gerardus de Raminni; Lambertus de Joppe; Willelmus Ruffus. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus cancellarius.
Jun. 2. Ascalon. Amalric comes Ascalonis, in obedience to his brother King Baldwin III, gives under seal Villanus Pisarum archiepiscopus and all the Pisans half of all the rights [ius] he possesses with respect to entering, leaving, buying and selling in Jaffa, as much by land as by sea. He also... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:449, no. 243; 2:518-20, no. 291 (RRH no. 324)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
601
year: 1157
initiator: Raymond III, count of Tripoli
recipient: Bertrandus de Blancefort, master of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: Jun. 11. Tripoli. Raymond III, count of Tripoli, who had agreed to the grant of the castle of Tortosa to the Templars, confirms it for Bertrandus de Blancefort, militum templi magister and has his confirmation sealed by the bishop of Tortosa. Witnesses: Ogerius canonicus tortosanus; Fulcherius canonicus tortosanus; Raymundus comes tripolis; Arnaldus de exestio constabularius tripolis; Guillelmus de lunello tripolis marescalcus; Guillelmus porcelletus; Salamanus; Fasianus; Eustorgius de meenzac; Bligerius; of the burgenses, poncius de siura; petrus girardi; bertrannus girardi; Guillelmus Isnellus; Raymundus cathalanus; firminus; petrus paschalis; dimericus; belotus; petrus de sancto germano; of the brothers of the Temple, Salo capellanus; bernerius capellanus; magister bertrannus de blanscfort; frater radulfus de panges; frater Ugo de chaorcin; frater robbertus danis; frater bonetus; frater gauterius cocherellus; frater Radulfus de meheron; Radulfus Carnotensis decanus marasii cancellarius Tripolitanus; Savaricus magistri notarius; Azo magistri capellanus who wrote this charter.
Jun. 11. Tripoli. Raymond III, count of Tripoli, who had agreed to the grant of the castle of Tortosa to the Templars, confirms it for Bertrandus de Blancefort, militum templi magister and has his confirmation sealed by the bishop of Tortosa. Witnesses: Ogerius canonicus tortosanus; Fulcherius... more
sources: Riley-Smith, ‘The Templars and the castle of Tortosa’, pp. 287-8
year: 1157
initiator: Amalricus comes Ascalonis
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Latins
institution: Saint Mary of the Latins
text: *Jul. 30 1154 - Autumn 1157. Amalricus comes [of Ascalon] gives the abbey of St Mary of the Latins an unnamed casale in the territory of Blancegarde.
*Jul. 30 1154 - Autumn 1157. Amalricus comes [of Ascalon] gives the abbey of St Mary of the Latins an unnamed casale in the territory of Blancegarde.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:520-1, no. 292
year: 1157
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Humfredus de Torono constabularius regis
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Oct. 4. Acre. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Hierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, with the agreement of his mother Queen Melisende and his brother Amalricus comes Ascalonitanus, confirms under seal the gift made by Humfredus de Torono constabularius regis to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, in the service of Christ’s poor. With the agreement of his son Humfredus and his daughters, and of Gualterius Berythensis, in whose feodum it had been, and of Gualterius’s brothers Guido and Bernard, Humfredus de Torono gave half of the castellum of Paneas. Humfredus also gave the Hospital half of Castellum Novum, houses belonging to domna Albereha de Torono, 2 vineyards in the territory of Toron, which Guido de Scandalione had given, and a hospitale in Toron. Witnesses: Petrus archiepiscopus Tyrensis; Fredericus episcopus Achonensis; Adam episcopus Paneadensis; Girardus Sydoniensis; Guillelmus Tiberiadensis; Philippus Neapolitanus; Hugo Cęsariensis; Guormundus Tyberiadensis; Guido Francigena; Henricus Bubalus. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus Bethleemitę episcopus regisque cancellarius.
Oct. 4. Acre. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Hierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, with the agreement of his mother Queen Melisende and his brother Amalricus comes Ascalonitanus, confirms under seal the gift made by Humfredus de Torono constabularius regis to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem,... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:374, 450-2, nos. 192, 244; 2:521, no. 293 (RRH no. 325)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
604
year: 1157
initiator: Knights Templar
recipient: Pope Adrian IV
institution: Templars
text: Before Nov. 13. The Knights Templar write to Pope Adrian IV, reporting events in the Holy Land. The son of Sanguineus [Nur ad-Din, son of Zengi] besieged Bellinas with a large army and defeated King B[aldwin III] and the Knights Templar. B[ertrandus] magister and 87 Templar brothers were captured. 300 other milites, who were with them, were killed after capture. Large quantities of horses and arms were lost. King Baldwin, together with T[heodericus] Flandriae comes and Rainaldus de Sancto Walerico, collected an army, counter-attacked and relieved Bellinas. The Templars surprised 230 pagani, who were attending a wedding, and killed or captured them. The pope praises the Templars and encourages the archbishop of Reims to recruit suitable men to go to the aid of the Holy Land or to provide horses and arms.
Before Nov. 13. The Knights Templar write to Pope Adrian IV, reporting events in the Holy Land. The son of Sanguineus [Nur ad-Din, son of Zengi] besieged Bellinas with a large army and defeated King B[aldwin III] and the Knights Templar. B[ertrandus] magister and 87 Templar brothers were captured.... more
sources: Bouquet, Recueil 15:681-2, no. 34 (RRH no. 326)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
605
year: 1157
initiator: Patriarch Fulcher and Amalricus prior of the Holy Sepulchre
recipient: Brothers of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jun./Dec. 24 1156 - Nov. 20 1157. [76] Patriarch Fulcher and A[malricus], prior of the Holy Sepulchre, together with his convent, write to all their brothers and confratres [laici], wherever they may be, ordering them to relinquish all alms and possessions, gold, silver, cloth and horses, houses and villages [villae], fields and vineyards, possessions and churches, hospitals and castles [hospitalia et municipia] or anything else that belonged to the Hospital of St John before they fell into the Holy Sepulchre’s hands.
Jun./Dec. 24 1156 - Nov. 20 1157. [76] Patriarch Fulcher and A[malricus], prior of the Holy Sepulchre, together with his convent, write to all their brothers and confratres [laici], wherever they may be, ordering them to relinquish all alms and possessions, gold, silver, cloth and horses, houses... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre pp. 241-3, no. 119 (RRH no. 316)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
606
year: 1157
initiator: Raymond du Puy, master of the Hospital
recipient: Brothers, clergy and lay brothers of the Hospital
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
additional institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Jun./Dec. 24 1156 - Nov. 20 1157. R[aimundus], Christi pauperum servus humilis et Sancti Hospitalis Jherusalem custos fidelis, together with his convent, writes to all his brothers, clergy and lay brothers, wherever they may be, ordering them to relinquish all alms and possessions, churches, hospitals and castles [hospitalia et municipia] or anything else that belonged to the Holy Sepulchre before they fell into the Hospital’s hands.
Jun./Dec. 24 1156 - Nov. 20 1157. R[aimundus], Christi pauperum servus humilis et Sancti Hospitalis Jherusalem custos fidelis, together with his convent, writes to all his brothers, clergy and lay brothers, wherever they may be, ordering them to relinquish all alms and possessions, churches,... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 240-1, no. 118 (RRH no. 318)
year: 1157
initiator: Raymond du Puy, master of the Hospital
recipient: Joeta abbatissa S. Lazari Betanie
institution: Saint Lazarus in Bethany
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Dec. 25 1156 - Nov. 20 1157. In the presence of Queen Melisende, agreement is reached on an exchange between the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and Joeta abbatissa S. Lazari Betanie. Raimundus magister Hospitalis, with the consent of all the brothers of his chapter, cleric or lay, gives the abbess and nuns of St Lazarus all the tithe the Hospital had in the casale of Bethaanina in exchange for a vineyard that is bordered on the east by a vineyard belonging to the Hospital, on the south by a vineyard belonging to St. Anne, on the north by the road that goes to Nablus as far as the crossroads [bivium] of S. Stephanus. The vineyard is granted by Joeta with the consent of all the nuns and chapter of St Lazarus. Avis abbatissa Sancte Marie Grandis, with the consent of her nuns, in particular Odulina, Sole [Solis] and Gaudelena, grants the Hospital of St John half the tithe she took on the vineyard, in the presence of Petrus de Sancto Lazaro, Lambertus Cambiator and Stephanus Umbertus. Sebilia abbatissa Sancte Anne, with the consent of Ermengardis and Gilia and her other nuns, grants the Hospital the other half the tithe she took on the vineyard, in the presence of Radulfus de Sancto Petro, Willelmus Ebraldi and Amisarnus Carnifex. Witnesses: Odolina priorissa; domina Siguina Romana; Alamandina cantatrix; Helena sanctimonialis; Agnes sanctimonialis.
Dec. 25 1156 - Nov. 20 1157. In the presence of Queen Melisende, agreement is reached on an exchange between the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and Joeta abbatissa S. Lazari Betanie. Raimundus magister Hospitalis, with the consent of all the brothers of his chapter, cleric or lay, gives the... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:189-90 no. 250; UKJ 1:374-5, no. 193 (RRH no. 327)
year: 1157
initiator: Guillelmus Ebriacus, Gibelleti dominus
recipient: Maurinus
text: Dec. 25 1156 - Dec. 24 1157. Guillelmus Ebriacus, Gibelleti dominus, with the consent of his wife Sansa and his son Ugo, sells a house in Tripoli to Maurinus for 240 besants. The house is bordered by the garden of St James, the house of Iohannes Scutella, the bread oven [clibanus] belonging to the count [of Tripoli] and the house of Petrus Humberti. Before it stand stables [fabricae in quibus sunt frena]. Witnesses: Guimgius; Guillelmus Aruer; Airaldus; Aimericus Belot; Guillelmus Baro; Galterius de Boterram. The charter was drawn up by Rubaldus cancellarius of Guillelmus Ebriacus.
Dec. 25 1156 - Dec. 24 1157. Guillelmus Ebriacus, Gibelleti dominus, with the consent of his wife Sansa and his son Ugo, sells a house in Tripoli to Maurinus for 240 besants. The house is bordered by the garden of St James, the house of Iohannes Scutella, the bread oven [clibanus] belonging to the... more
sources: Paoli, Cod dipl 1:35, no. 33 (RRH no. 328)
year: 1157
initiator: Rogerius Clericus
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Dec. 25 1156 - Dec. 24 1157. Agreement on an exchange between Rogerius Clericus and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by Amoramus thesaurarius and Willelmus de Bellomonte, and with the consent of Geraldus Ugonis preceptor Hospitalis. Rogerius gives small houses [medias domos] situated next to the voltae of the Hospital in ruga Sancti Stephani, before which the new stationes of the Holy Sepulchre stand. These houses were left to Rogerius by his mother Fraxenda when she died. They are given in exchange for the house of Goffridus de Karitate which is situated in ruga Coquinati, bordering on the house of Pons Gaanna, which is behind it, the house of Willelmus Palmerius which is to the right and is in ascensu ruge Parmenteriorum, and the house of Aimericus Guittardus de Maumeria, which is to the left. The agreement is sealed with the seal of the Hospital. Witnesses: Stephanus Rufus; frater Johannes presbiter; frater Petrus de Opere; Ugo de Asinaria; Umbertus de Bar; Petrus Salomon; Guibertus Papais; Uldredus Aurifex; Willelmus de Bethleem; Willelmus de Palmerio; Palais Galicus.
Dec. 25 1156 - Dec. 24 1157. Agreement on an exchange between Rogerius Clericus and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by Amoramus thesaurarius and Willelmus de Bellomonte, and with the consent of Geraldus Ugonis preceptor Hospitalis. Rogerius gives small houses [medias domos]... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:188-9, no. 249 (RRH no. 329)