RRR: Correspondence/envoy
680
year: 1162
initiator: Pope Alexander III
recipient: Archbishop Syrus of Genoa
text: Mar 25. Genoa. Pope Alexander III thanks Archbishop Syrus of Genoa and the Genoese church for its support in the East with respect to the schism in the Church of Rome and gives them the privilege of holding a perpetual legation [with respect to the Genoese churches] in the East, on condition that he visits the Holy See every eight years.
Mar 25. Genoa. Pope Alexander III thanks Archbishop Syrus of Genoa and the Genoese church for its support in the East with respect to the schism in the Church of Rome and gives them the privilege of holding a perpetual legation [with respect to the Genoese churches] in the East, on condition that... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 231-2, no. 85
year: 1162
initiator: Romanus Mayranus and Samuel Mayranus, brothers de confinio Sancte Trinitatis
recipient: Datus Celsus, an inhabitant of Acre
institution: Templars
text: Apr. Acre. Romanus Mayranus and Samuel Mayranus, brothers de confinio Sancte Trinitatis [in Venice] record a contract with Datus Celsus, an inhabitant of Acre. This relates to 50 cantaria of iron belonging to the Knights Templar, which they expect to be delivered by the following Easter. Signa: Samuel Mayranus. Witnesses: Romanus Mairanus; Iohannes Bonus; Petrus Scaldarius. The charter was drawn up by Dominicus Marcius diaconus et notarius.
Apr. Acre. Romanus Mayranus and Samuel Mayranus, brothers de confinio Sancte Trinitatis [in Venice] record a contract with Datus Celsus, an inhabitant of Acre. This relates to 50 cantaria of iron belonging to the Knights Templar, which they expect to be delivered by the following Easter. Signa:... more
sources: Morozzo della Rocca, ‘Documenti del commercio veneziano’, pp. 155-6, no. 158
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
682
year: 1162
initiator: Emperor Frederick I
recipient: Genoese
text: Jun. 9. S. Salvatore near Pavia. The emperor Frederick I confirms the Genoese in all their rights and possessions overseas as well as in Europe.
Jun. 9. S. Salvatore near Pavia. The emperor Frederick I confirms the Genoese in all their rights and possessions overseas as well as in Europe.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1484-6, no. App. III/2
year: 1162
initiator: Petrus de Volpes, prior ecclesiae Nazareth, vicarius generalis Roberti archiepiscopi Nazareni
recipient: Church of Nazareth
text: †June. 1-30. Petrus de Volpes, prior ecclesiae Nazareth, vicarius generalis Roberti archiepiscopi Nazareni, lists all the possessions of the church of Nazareth in the West: in the kingdom of Sicily, the kingdom of Cyprus, Ragona, Hungary, Inquidite, Germany, France, Iberia [Hispania], Lombardy, Tuscany and elsewhere, although he gives details only of those in the Italian peninsula.
†June. 1-30. Petrus de Volpes, prior ecclesiae Nazareth, vicarius generalis Roberti archiepiscopi Nazareni, lists all the possessions of the church of Nazareth in the West: in the kingdom of Sicily, the kingdom of Cyprus, Ragona, Hungary, Inquidite, Germany, France, Iberia [Hispania], Lombardy,... more
sources: Paoli, Cod dipl 1:458-9 (RRH no. 376)
year: 1162
initiator: Baldwin of Mirabel
recipient: Aldemarius
text: Aug. 16. Baldwin of Mirabel, with the consent of his brothers Hugues de Rame and Balien, and with the approval of his other friends, makes a grant, sealed with the seal of the lords of Ramla [sigillum Ramathensis], giving Aldemarus and his heirs a house in Jaffa, between the church of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat and the house of Reinaldus Andegavensis, in return for an annual rent of half a rotulum of wax [cereum dimidii rotuli], payable on the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Witnesses: Libertus; Willelmus Turonensis; Ba1duinus de Solmis; Robertus vicecomes; Martinus Gazela; frater Willelmus de Belmont; Alanus Joppensis.
Aug. 16. Baldwin of Mirabel, with the consent of his brothers Hugues de Rame and Balien, and with the approval of his other friends, makes a grant, sealed with the seal of the lords of Ramla [sigillum Ramathensis], giving Aldemarus and his heirs a house in Jaffa, between the church of St Mary of... more
sources: Kohler, ‘Chartes de Josaphat’, p. 142, no. 32 (RRH no. 370b)
year: 1162
initiator: John, cardinal priest of SS Giovanni e Paolo, papal legate in the East
recipient: Willelmus abbas of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Sept. 1. Nablus. John, cardinal priest of SS Giovanni e Paolo, papal legate in the East, grants Willelmus abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat the use of the mitre within his church, in church councils, processions and solemnities [greater feasts] and also on any occasion on which other abbots wear mitres, together with the use every day of the [episcopal] ring and the wearing of the dalmatic at solemn Masses. The privilege was drawn up by Robertus domni legati notarius.
Sept. 1. Nablus. John, cardinal priest of SS Giovanni e Paolo, papal legate in the East, grants Willelmus abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat the use of the mitre within his church, in church councils, processions and solemnities [greater feasts] and also on any occasion on which other... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 232-3, no. 86 (RRH no. 370c)
year: 1162
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Templum Domini
institution: Templum Domini
text: *Early Summer 1161 - Sept. 11 1162. Queen Melisende gives the Templum Domini tithes in the territory of Nablus: the tithes that Guido de Miliaco held in feodo; the tithes of the land that Guido held by hereditary right; the tithes of the 7 casalia of Lvban, Ruezun, Deira, Duera, Orif, Gerraa and Derach; the tithes of Ciriz, Misiriffum, Gidida, Casale Syrorum, Zaiet, Nip and Azeira, which were the possessions of Vlricus vicecomes; the tithes of all the land of Balduinus vicecomes, which he held in exchange for land across the river (Jordan), except for those of Daramahet and Sier; and all tithes collected from the vineyards tilled by Franks [Franci] from the bottom of the valley to the top of the mountain on either side of Nablus.
*Early Summer 1161 - Sept. 11 1162. Queen Melisende gives the Templum Domini tithes in the territory of Nablus: the tithes that Guido de Miliaco held in feodo; the tithes of the land that Guido held by hereditary right; the tithes of the 7 casalia of Lvban, Ruezun, Deira, Duera, Orif, Gerraa and... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:385-6, no. 204
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
687
year: 1162
initiator: Petrus Tyrensis archiepiscopus
recipient: Willelmus abbas of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
additional institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Dec. 25 1161 - Dec. 24 1162. Petrus Tyrensis archiepiscopus confirms an agreement made by him, when he was prior of the Holy Sepulchre, and G. abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat. This ended a dispute over lands at Castrum Feniculi. On a date that had been agreed G. abbas with some of his monks and Petrus with some of his canons met on the site under the mediation of B. Cesariensis archiepiscopus, together with good and faithful men of Caesarea who knew the boundary divisions there. Men chosen from either side walked the bounds from the palm tree to the carob tree, from the carob tree to the sugar cane plantation, from the sugar cane plantation in a direct line to the river [a palmo usque ad carrobletum, a carrobleto usque ad cannetum, a canneto usque ad flumariam recta linea]. Petrus then conceded to St Mary the land, shaped like a tongue, beyond the sugar cane plantation [terram quę a canneto in ultra, quę quasi lingua est], so that the boundary line should be established from the sugar cane plantation across to the river [a canneto per transversum ad flumariam]. Witnesses: B. Cesariensis archiepiscopus; and of the boni viri, Manasses; Gervasius; Aeris de Area; Emelinus miles; Arnaldus Curta Capa; Georgius Herminius; Rainaldus Belgrant and many others.
Dec. 25 1161 - Dec. 24 1162. Petrus Tyrensis archiepiscopus confirms an agreement made by him, when he was prior of the Holy Sepulchre, and G. abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat. This ended a dispute over lands at Castrum Feniculi. On a date that had been agreed G. abbas with some of his... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 148-9, no. 57 (RRH no. 375)
year: 1162
initiator: Baudoin d'Ybelin
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Dec. 25 1161 - Dec. 24 1162. Baudouin d’Ybelin gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem land next to its vineyard.
*Dec. 25 1161 - Dec. 24 1162. Baudouin d’Ybelin gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem land next to its vineyard.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:218, no. 301 (RRH no. 376a)
year: 1162
initiator: Geraud seigneur de Sydon
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Dec. 25 1161 - Dec. 24 1162. Geraud seigneur de Sydon gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem the right to have a gate in the city wall [of Sidon], and another gate in the forewall, and a place outside near the aires, together with all the forewall from the tour de Baudouin to the tour de la mer.
*Dec. 25 1161 - Dec. 24 1162. Geraud seigneur de Sydon gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem the right to have a gate in the city wall [of Sidon], and another gate in the forewall, and a place outside near the aires, together with all the forewall from the tour de Baudouin to the tour de la... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:218, no. 302 (RRH no. 376b)