year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Pisans
text: *†Sept. 1 1099 – c. Jun. 10 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon gives the Pisans a quarter [with church, piazza and palazzo] in every principal town in the kingdom of Jerusalem, with their own jurisdiction, freedoms from dues and the right to their goods if shipwrecked. The Pisan consuls are to have a stipend of 300 gold besants a year from the camera regia.
*†Sept. 1 1099 – c. Jun. 10 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon gives the Pisans a quarter [with church, piazza and palazzo] in every principal town in the kingdom of Jerusalem, with their own jurisdiction, freedoms from dues and the right to their goods if shipwrecked. The Pisan consuls are to have a... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1465-6, no. App. II/5
year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Pisans
text: *†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Pisans a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity and confirms the [forged] privilege of Godfrey of Bouillon.
*†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Pisans a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity and confirms the [forged] privilege of Godfrey of Bouillon.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1469-70, no. App. II/8
year: 1108
initiator: Tancred, prince of Antioch
recipient: Pisans
text: Mar 25? - Aug. Tancred, Dei gratia Antiochenus princeps/dux et princeps Antiochenus qui tunc orientali, Deo favente, dominabitur regioni, comes to an agreement with the Pisans. They will help him take Latakia from the Greeks, who have unjustly seized that city by force. If God grants him Latakia he promises the Pisans free occupation of a vicus called the Voltae Prodromi, which runs in one direction as far as [the church of] St Nicholas and in the other to the seashore and Iron Well [puteus ferreus]. He allows their ships [naves et galeae] to visit the port of Latakia. The Pisans can enter and leave whenever they wish without paying any dues or customs. He also gives the Pisans the vicus Sancti Salvatoris in the city of Antioch and general freedom throughout all his land and ports. The agreement is confirmed by: B. Antiochiae patriarcha; R. archiepiscopus Tarsensis; R. archiepiscopus Mamistensis; T., sancti Pauli abbas; and by the following barones: R. Fulconis filius; Engellerius; R. Sancti Laudi.
Mar 25? - Aug. Tancred, Dei gratia Antiochenus princeps/dux et princeps Antiochenus qui tunc orientali, Deo favente, dominabitur regioni, comes to an agreement with the Pisans. They will help him take Latakia from the Greeks, who have unjustly seized that city by force. If God grants him Latakia he... more
sources: Müller, Documenti toscane, p. 3, no. 1 A and B [17] (RRH no. 53)
year: 1156
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Pisans
text: Nov. 2. Acre. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Hierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, with the advice and agreement of his mother Queen Melisende, seals a peace treaty with the Pisans, who renounce all the claims on confiscated goods that they have brought against him and his homines, except for those relating to their honores that they are pursuing against the patriarch of Jerusalem, the clergy [clericatus] of Caesarea and the abbot and monks of St Mary of the Latins. The king, on his behalf and on that of his homines, renounces all claims and confiscations made against the Pisans. The Pisans promise to keep security and faith [salvum et fidum] with the king. They will protect him and his subjects homines by sea and land and will do their best to prevent other persons harming them. The king makes the same promise of security, protection and faith to the Pisans. King Baldwin excludes from this agreement the sale in Egypt of iron, wood, pitch, [pix] or arms, which can be confiscated without breaching the treaty. The king gives the Pisans a viscounty in Tyre, the holder of which can judge the Pisans in their own court [curia], reserving only to royal justice cases involving death sentences [traditio mortis]. He gives the Pisans 5 carrucate of good land next to Tyre and an oven in Tyre. He confirms King Baldwin II’s grant to the Pisans of 5 houses in the ruga next to the port of Tyre free of rent [tributum vel redditum] and freedom from taxes on their shipping [naves] and goods in the port, although pilgrims and other men (who are not Pisan merchants) would not be exempt. The goods of Pisans who died would not be subject to any restrictions or taxation. Baldwin wishes his brother Amalricus comes Ascalonitanus to make peace with the Pisans. Witnesses: Bertrannus de Blancaforti, militię Templi magister; Gaufridus Fulcherii frater Templi; frater Giraldus Hugonis preceptor Hospitalis; frater Guilielmus de Grosseto; Amalricus comes Ascalonitanus; Robertus de Porta; Rainaldus Falconarius. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus Bethlehemitę episcopus regisque cancellarius.
Nov. 2. Acre. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Hierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, with the advice and agreement of his mother Queen Melisende, seals a peace treaty with the Pisans, who renounce all the claims on confiscated goods that they have brought against him and his homines, except for those... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:374, 446-9, nos. 191, 242 (RRH no. 322)
year: 1165
initiator: King Amalric
recipient: Pisans
text: Mar. 15. Acre. Amalric, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex quintus, records under seal that he has given the Pisans a spacium of land, which is above [supra] the port of Tyre between the houses of the city and the water of the port. The Pisans gave Petrus sinescalcus archiepiscopi 400 besants for the house he had built and had now demolished. Witnesses: Fridericus archiepiscopus Tyri; Henfridus constabularius; Gerardus de Sydonia; Philippus de Monte Regali; Henricus Bubilus; Hugo Cesariensis; Gurmundus de Tyberiade; Guillelmus marescalcus; Otto de Risberg; Arnoldus de Andast; Guido de Meinire; Arnoldus vice-comes Tyri; Petrus Ugonis vicecomes Accon; Johannes de Moneta de Accon; Johannes de Guide. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus episcopus Bethleem regisque cancellarius.
Mar. 15. Acre. Amalric, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex quintus, records under seal that he has given the Pisans a spacium of land, which is above [supra] the port of Tyre between the houses of the city and the water of the port. The Pisans gave Petrus sinescalcus... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:541-4, no. 311 (RRH no. 412)
year: 1186
initiator: A king of Jerusalem [Baldwin II-Baldwin V]
recipient: Pisans
text: *Aug. 29/30 1124 (before May 16 1185?) - Sept. 13 1186. A king of Jerusalem [Baldwin II - Baldwin V] grants the Pisans the right to have two horse-driven mills [molendina equi] in Tyre and an oven in their houses.
*Aug. 29/30 1124 (before May 16 1185?) - Sept. 13 1186. A king of Jerusalem [Baldwin II - Baldwin V] grants the Pisans the right to have two horse-driven mills [molendina equi] in Tyre and an oven in their houses.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1316, no. 758
year: 1193
initiator: Henricus de Trecis comes pallatinus et Terre Hierusalem domnus
recipient: Pisans
text: May 1-5. Acre. With the agreement of domna Ysabella regis Amalrici filia, Henricus comes Trecensium records an agreement made with the Pisans. He concedes to them freedom to enter and leave through the catena of Acre without the payment of any dues [exactio], and all the liberties and possessions they held in Tyre, Acre and Jaffa during the reign of King Amalric, together with the platea that King Baldwin [IV] gave them. If there are other rights described in charters, Henricus will give them their due in his curia when the city of Jerusalem is restored to the Christians. No more than 30 Pisans should be resident in Tyre during the year from 1 May without his permission. The consuls of the Pisans will swear loyalty on behalf of all Pisans coming to the land. If a Pisan holds a burgesia of Henricus, he should surrender it and only hold property as other Pisans do. If a Pisan wishes to hold a burgesia, he should be subject to the same terms as other burgenses [of the kingdom]. Witnesses: Balianus de Ibelino; Raginaldus Sydoniensis; Arnulfus marescalcus; Milo Brebant; Galterius Durus; Bernardus de Templo; Antelmus de Luca.
May 1-5. Acre. With the agreement of domna Ysabella regis Amalrici filia, Henricus comes Trecensium records an agreement made with the Pisans. He concedes to them freedom to enter and leave through the catena of Acre without the payment of any dues [exactio], and all the liberties and possessions... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:915, 929-32, nos. 539, 568 (RRH no. 713)
year: 1202
initiator: Plebanus dominus Botroni, together with his wife domina Cecilia
recipient: Pisans
text: Mar. 1-31. Plebanus dominus Botroni, together with his wife domina Cecilia, makes a sealed grant to the Pisans from Pisa. He frees them from the payment of all dues [diritura] on merchandise when they enter or leave Botronum by land or sea, except for the payment of 1 marzapanus that ought to be paid by every boat [lignum] carrying wheat for sale in the land of Botronum, and except for those Pisans who are resident in the land of Tripoli and those who are the homines of Plebanus in the land of Botronum. Witnesses: Bertrandus Dorel; Rainaldus de Valaria; Ugo Daguiler; Petrus de Cafarca; Petrus de Mornas; Boemundus.
Mar. 1-31. Plebanus dominus Botroni, together with his wife domina Cecilia, makes a sealed grant to the Pisans from Pisa. He frees them from the payment of all dues [diritura] on merchandise when they enter or leave Botronum by land or sea, except for the payment of 1 marzapanus that ought to be... more
sources: Müller, Documenti, pp. 83-4, no. 53 (RRH no. 788)
year: 1227
initiator: Petrus magister et rector hospitalis Sancti Spiritus
recipient: Pisans
institution: Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Acre
text: Jun. 17. Acre. In the house of Hospitale Sancti Spiritus Cruciferorum. With the agreement of his brothers, frater Petrus presbiter, frater Bonus presbiter, frater Martinus, frater Albertus, Homodei, Johannes, Perettinus, domina Peronella, domina Borghesa and domina Guilielma, Petrus magister et rector hospitalis Sancti Spiritus, who is ill, recognizes under seal that the petia of land on which the hospital is built was given to it by Mainardus Tignosus on behalf of the Pisan commune; that when Acre was recovered by the Franks [Francigene] the king of England restored the hospital to the Pisans, who have patronage over it; and that Peccius Minestra, Pipinus Conetti and Bolgarinus Rainaldi, the Pisan consuls, are patrons, saving the rights of the Order of the Cruciferi and its master in the diocese of Bologna. Witnesses: Henricus de Quoza; Ajutus de Gombo; presbiter Jacobus; Leonardus presbiter ecclesie Sancti Petri; presbyter Angelus; Benenatus Rossus; Francardus Lungus; Bernardus notarius de Vico; Riccardus Tancredi.
Jun. 17. Acre. In the house of Hospitale Sancti Spiritus Cruciferorum. With the agreement of his brothers, frater Petrus presbiter, frater Bonus presbiter, frater Martinus, frater Albertus, Homodei, Johannes, Perettinus, domina Peronella, domina Borghesa and domina Guilielma, Petrus magister et... more
sources: Müller, Documenti, pp. 94-5, no. 63. (RRH no. 982)
year: 1229
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Pisans
text: Apr. 21-30. Acre. Appreciative of the fidelity and services of Malpillus, Pipinus and Buitus, the consules of the Pisans in Acre, and of the contribution made by the Pisans to the preservation of the kingdom of Jerusalem, Frederick, dei gratia Romanorum imperator semper augustus, Ierusalem et Sicilie rex, makes a sealed grant to the Pisans, giving them a curia and freedom in the city of Jerusalem, with the right of coming and going with their goods and merchandise. Witnesses: Oddo de Montebelyardo conestabulus regni Ierosolimitani; Balyanus domnus Sydonis; Iohannes de Ybellino; Guarnerius Alemannus; Aymo nepos eiusdem Guarnerii; Aymarus nepos fratris Aymari de domo Hospitalis sancti Iohannis; and others.
Apr. 21-30. Acre. Appreciative of the fidelity and services of Malpillus, Pipinus and Buitus, the consules of the Pisans in Acre, and of the contribution made by the Pisans to the preservation of the kingdom of Jerusalem, Frederick, dei gratia Romanorum imperator semper augustus, Ierusalem et... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1139-40, no. 673 (RRH no. 1007)