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RRR:
Eleemosynary grant
343 year: 1136
initiator: King Fulk and Queen Melisende
recipient: Commune of Marseille
text: †Apr. 13. Nablus. In aula regia. Fulk, dei gratia tercius Ierusalem rex, and his wife Melisende make a sealed eleemosynary grant to the commune of Marseille. They give the commune the privilege of having a rua and a church in Acre and Jerusalem and in every city in the kingdom which they helped take. They give a fief-rent of 400 Saracen besants, to be paid quarterly from the funda of Jaffa. This deed is made on Mt Sion in the presence of Arnaldus prior Montis Syon. Witnesses: Vlricus visecomes; Bernardus Uaccarius; Roardus; Erossus; Sad[o manescalcus; Nichi]borus avunculus regine; Guillelmus de Bures; Gervasus Burgundio. The charter was drawn up by Franco cancellarius.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:304-8, 345, nos. 132, 157 (RRH no. 163) [47]
comments: [47] Mayer (Marseilles Levantehandel, pp. 8-13) has shown that an earlier Marseille ‘forgery’, recorded in RRH no. 85, never existed.
RRR:
Eleemosynary grant
361 year: 1138
initiator: King Fulk and Queen Melisende
recipient: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Feb. 5. Jerusalem. Fulk, dei gratia rex Iherusalem Latinorum tercius, together with Queen Melisende his wife, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to Patriarch William of Jerusalem, Petrus Sepulcri Domini prior and all the brothers of the chapter of the Holy Sepulchre: Robertus archidiaconus; Anselmus precentor; Godefridus thesaurarius; Wlgrinus praepositus; Petrus Bernardi; Girbertus; Goisbertus; Obertus; Robertus; Petrus elemosinarius; Petrus camerarius; Lambertus; Aimericus; Petrus; Giraldus; Anscherius/Anschericus; Eurardus; Burchardus; Willelmus Podiensis; Willelmus Beritensis and the rest of the convent. Fulk and Melisende have obtained the church of Sanctus Lazarus in Bethania in order to found a community of monks or nuns, who will serve there in subjection to the Holy Sepulchre and the patriarch. Fulk and Melisende confirm the possessions, villani and Beduini outside and within Jerusalem that were already given by the patriarch, Petrus prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre and were attached to the church of Sanctus Lazarus, including the casalia of Benehatiᶒ, Benehabeth, Ragabam and Roma and freedom from the payment of tithes. Fulk and Melisende, with the agreement of their son Balduinus, the assent of Patriarch William and the confirmation of their barones, give a casale called Thecua, with all the lands, villani and Beduini that have been attached to the casale from the time of the siege of Antioch [in 1098] to the present day. Fulk and Melisende add that the inhabitants [habitatores] of Thecua can continue their custom of freely gathering bitumen, called cathrans in the vulgar tongue, and salt from the Dead Sea [Mortuum Mare]. Witnesses: Gaudencius Cesariensis archiepiscopus; Rogerius Ramensis episcopus; Anselmus sanctᶒ Bethleem episcopus; Rainerius Sebastenus episcopus; Bernardus Sydoniensis episcopus; Robertus Nazareth electus; Gaufridus abbas Templi Domini; Arnaldus prior Montis Syon; Willelmus abbas Montis Thabor; Helias abbas Palmariᶒ; Herbertus archidiaconus Tyberiadis; Giraldus prior Uallis Josaphat; Philippus Cesareᶒ decanus; Bernardus Bethleem canonicus; Arnulfus Bethleem canonicus; Petrus capellanus; Bartholomeus presbiter; Amelius patriarchᶒ diaconus; Henricus patriarchaᶒ diaconus; Balduinus patriarchᶒ cancellarius; Radulfus Montis Syon canonicus; Petrus Sebaste canonicus; Balduinus Sancti Georgii canonicus; Adam Accon canonicus; Siginus/Saginus Tyrensis canonicus; Wilelmus de Buris Tyberiadis domnus; Galterius Cesareᶒ domnus; Guido Beriti domnus; Balduinus Ramensis domnus; Rohardus Iherusalem vicecomes; Rainerius Brusch; Barisanus; Viuianus Cayphas domnus; Rainerius Paruus; Anselmus de Bria; Robertus de Franc Loeth; Philippus filius Guidonis de Milli; Vlricus Neapolis vicecomes; Petrus de Podio Laurentii; Rollandus Gunterius; Oliuarus frater ejus; Iohannes Dunda; Godefridus de Bursi; Galterius Malduiz /Maldunz; Arnulfus de Haines; Bernardus Uacers; Tibaldus Nazarenus; Wilelmus nepos patriarchᶒ; Tibaldus de Herlebecke; Sado marescalcus; Giraldus Passerels; Eustachius de Roitest; and from Jerusalem, Alardus miles; Hildredus; Sigerius; Humbertus cum barba; Milo camerarius; Bachelarius; and from Acre, Mainardus de Portu; Nicolaus; Dorez; Albricus; Aurentius; Rollandus/Rotlandus Lucensis; and of the pilgrims, Iuo de Nigella; Arnulfus Teruannensis advocatus; Ingelramus de Boua; Ricardus de Herecurch; Anscherius de Encre and many others. The charter was drawn up by Helias regius cancellarius.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:315-21, 346, 389, nos. 138, 160, 205; 2:503, no. 272 (RRH no. 174)
RRR:
Eleemosynary grant
431 year: 1143
initiator: King Fulk and Queen Melisende
recipient: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus in Jerusalem
institution: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus
text: *Mid 1134 – Nov. 10 1143. King Fulk and Queen Melisende make an eleemosynary grant, giving the leprosary of St Lazarus at Jerusalem a piece of land [terre petia], later partly planted with vines, which faced the leprosary. Fulk and Melisende had bought the land from a Surianus.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:336, 348, nos. 149, 167
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