year: 1132
initiator: Mabilia, a consoror of the church of the Holy Sepulchre
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Jun. 25. Mabilia, a consoror of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, makes an eleemosynary grant, giving the canons of the Holy Sepulchre [dominis meis] her garden. She also leaves them her house on her death. The canons compensate her with 170 besants. They have built a wall round the garden and have spent 40 besants building a cistern there. They also give her for her lifetime a daily allowance of a loaf, half a litra of wine and a salver of cooked food, together with a piece of meat and the same drink as the canons on Sundays and Solemnities. Witnesses: dominus Willelmus patriarcha; and of the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, Petrus prior; Petrus de Barcilona; Hugo prepositus; Gaufridus de Constantinopoli; Radulfus Parisiacensis; Petrus Bernardus; Garnerius de Cenomanne; Guido; Giraldus; Petrus Clementis; Evrardus and other canons; Anschetinus vicecomes, Rainaldus de Pontibus; Gaufridus Acus; Tosetus; Hildredus.
Jun. 25. Mabilia, a consoror of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, makes an eleemosynary grant, giving the canons of the Holy Sepulchre [dominis meis] her garden. She also leaves them her house on her death. The canons compensate her with 170 besants. They have built a wall round the garden and have... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 214-15, no. 97 (RRH no. 141)
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: Eleemosynary grant
524
year: 1152
initiator: Queen Melisende
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Apr. 1 - 20. Melisende, divina largiente clementia Iherosolimorum regina, with the consent of her sons King Baldwin III and Amalricus Ioppensium comes, renounces under seal her claims against the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, with respect to the villani of Bethsuric, namely Selmen filius Maadi; Habderahmen; Selim; Hasem; Nasen; Mekedem/Melpedem/Melpeclem; Seleemen; Sade; Brahin; Kannet; Nasser; Ariz; Mahmut; Zafer; Demsis; Resselem; Tameh; Rosec; Sahe; Salem filius Sade and the others, and the land in the casale. The canons are to have these as freely as they did in the time of Duke Godfrey [of Bouillon]. Melisende confirms the canons’ rights over the Suriani of Kalandria called Cosmas, Semhan/Seimahian, Samuel, Ihanna, Meferreg and Gerges, in exchange for a statio, which had belonged to Willelmus Bastardus, and the shares the canons had in 2 tables of money-changers [mensae nummulariorum] so that Melisende could construct a new ruga in Jerusalem. Melisende also renounces claims she had had on Suriani of Ramathes, called Bolferag, Jacob, Brahim and Ysaac, and on a vineyard that domna Geltidis, the wife of the lord Rohardus had left as an eleemosynary gift on her death. Witnesses: of those who had assembled to consider the case, Rohardus; nepos ejus Radulfus; Johannes de Ualencienes; Babinus; Fulco; Salem; Bencelinus; Tosetus; of others, Rorches de Nazareth; Ermenaudus; Helias frater ejus; Nicolaus camerarius; Odo de Turcame/Turcarme; Radulfus Le Fanchenirs; Herbertus de Regiteste.
Apr. 1 - 20. Melisende, divina largiente clementia Iherosolimorum regina, with the consent of her sons King Baldwin III and Amalricus Ioppensium comes, renounces under seal her claims against the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, with respect to the villani of Bethsuric, namely Selmen filius Maadi;... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:366-9, 412, nos. 184, 225; 2:505, no. 278 (RRH no. 278)
year: 1158
initiator: Amalricus comes Ascalonis
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Nov. 14. Ascalon. Amalricus comes Ascalonis makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, confirming for the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, represented by Hugo dictus de Tharso, decanus Joppensis, the sale for 52 besants to Hugo of a pecia, consisting of two parts of a vineyard, by a Surianus called Naym. Amalricus gives the third part of the vineyard, which had belonged to him, to the decanus and brothers of the Holy Sepulchre, to which he adds whatever belonged to him in the vineyard of the Surianus Menferretus. The 2 pecię were next to the vineyard of the Holy Sepulchre on the eastern side. In return for this Hugo makes a counter-gift to Amalricus of 100 besants. Witnesses: Jocelinus de Samusac; frater eius Balduinus; Garcio; Iordanus Bestia; Raphael; Poncius; Thomas Turchię; sororius eius Herbertus; Lambertus Galiota. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus cancellarius.
Nov. 14. Ascalon. Amalricus comes Ascalonis makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, confirming for the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, represented by Hugo dictus de Tharso, decanus Joppensis, the sale for 52 besants to Hugo of a pecia, consisting of two parts of a vineyard, by a Surianus called Naym.... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:523-4, no. 296 (RRH no. 334)
year: 1158
initiator: Hugo de Hybelino
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Sept. 24 - Dec. 24. Jerusalem. In capitulo Sancti Sepulcri. Hugo de Ybelino, with the consent of his brothers Balduinus and Barisanus, his sister Hermengardis, his mother Alois and his uncles Philippus de Neapoli, Guido Francigena and Henricus Bubalus, sells to the canons of the Holy Sepulchre Huetdebes with its villani and Deirmugsin with its villani, which Hugo’s father Barisanus had given to Muisse Arrabit and his son Georgius and which had then been willingly exchanged by Muisse Arrabit and Georgius. Hugo, forced by the need to pay ransom for his release from captivity, sells the casalia, freed from all servitium dominium, for 3000 besants. Hugo’s brothers Balduinus and Barisanus, his mother Alois, his sister Hermengardis and his uncles Philippus de Neapoli, Guido Francigena and Henricus Bubalus, together with his relations [cognati] Philippus de Cafran and his brother, and Petrus de Teillei agree to the sale. On behalf of minors, Hugo’s sister Stephania and the heirs of Arrabit and his son Georgius, Hugo de Hybelino, his brother Balduinus, and Hugo’s homines, Muisse Arrabit and his son Georgius, Symon de Haia, Ordelet and his son Stephanus, Adam de Orgeol, Nicholaus de Hybelino, Hosmundus, his brother Radulfus, Lebertus, Paganus de Rohais and Philippus de Cafran swear to be guarantors and will go to the chapter of the Holy Sepulchre to confirm the sale within a year. If there is any reduction in what is due Hugo will answer to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem within 15 days of a summons to remain as hostages. The sale is agreed by Amalricus comes Ascal[onis], in whose feodum the casalia lie, and who has sealed it, because Hugo has no seal. Witnesses: Constantinus Liddensis episcopus; Absalon episcopus; Gaufridus abbas Templi; Rainaldus prior Latinę; Petrus de Calvario; Petrus Bertrandi frater Hospitalis; Willelmus Acer frater Hospitalis; Azo capellanus casalis Balneorum; Radulfus capellanus Ramarum; Paletel vicecomes Ybelini; of the burgenses of the king, Humbertus de Bar; Symon Ruffus; Bricius; Gaufridus Turonensis; Willelmus Normannus; Johannes Raimundi; Guibertus Papais; Petrus Burdinus; Petrus de Sancto Jacobo; Hugo Saliens in bonum; Radulfus Burgensis; Petrus de Sancto Lazaro; Johannes Vitrarius; Evervvinus; Anschetinus; Johannes, filius Rainaldi; Pictavus.
Sept. 24 - Dec. 24. Jerusalem. In capitulo Sancti Sepulcri. Hugo de Ybelino, with the consent of his brothers Balduinus and Barisanus, his sister Hermengardis, his mother Alois and his uncles Philippus de Neapoli, Guido Francigena and Henricus Bubalus, sells to the canons of the Holy Sepulchre... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 136-8, no. 51; UKJ 2:524-5, no. 297 (RRH no. 333)