RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1260
year: 1188
initiator: Corradus, son of the marquess of Montferrat
recipient: Archbishop Baldwin of Canterbury
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Sept. 20. Tyre. Conradus filius marchionis de Monte Ferrario writes to Archbishop [Baldwin] of Canterbury. He describes the fall of Jerusalem and the Holy Places and the danger threatening Antioch. He has preserved Tyre, in spite of the hostility of Guido de Lisigniaco quondam rex, the magister of the Templars and the local magnates. The magister of the Templars has withdrawn the money given in alms by the king of England. The Hospitallers, on the other hand, have spent more than 8000 brabantini of their own money, over and above the English alms, on the defence of Tyre. Appealing for assistance, Conradus is sending magister Bandinus, his cancellarius et secretarius, and Johannes, a miles and his familiaris, to the archbishop to inform him orally of the situation.
Sept. 20. Tyre. Conradus filius marchionis de Monte Ferrario writes to Archbishop [Baldwin] of Canterbury. He describes the fall of Jerusalem and the Holy Places and the danger threatening Antioch. He has preserved Tyre, in spite of the hostility of Guido de Lisigniaco quondam rex, the magister of... more
sources: Ralph of Diceto 2:60-2 (RRH no. 676)
RRR: Agreement/treaty
1261
year: 1188
initiator: Saladin
recipient: Brother of Princess Sibylla, Prince Bohemond III's wife
text: *Sept. 23. Truce for 7/8 months from October between Saladin and the principality of Antioch negotiated by the brother of Princess Sibylla, Prince Bohemond III’s wife.
*Sept. 23. Truce for 7/8 months from October between Saladin and the principality of Antioch negotiated by the brother of Princess Sibylla, Prince Bohemond III’s wife.
sources: ‘Imad ad-Din, pp. 144-5; Baha’ ad-Din ibn Shaddad, p. 87; ‘Historia de expeditione Friderici’, p. 4; Mayer, Das Itinerarium peregrinorum, p. 270
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1262
year: 1188
initiator: Hermengaudus, provisor of the Hospital
recipient: Sisters of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem at Sigena
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Oct. 6. Hermengaudus, Domini patientia Christi pauperum servus et fratrum sancti Hospitalis Jerusalem provisor humilis, responding to a request from Queen Sancia of Aragon, confirms under seal a Rule for the sisters of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem at Sigena. Witnesses: Borrellus preceptor Jerusalem; frater Archimbaudus preceptor Italie; frater Arlabaudus prior Alamanie; frater Martinus prepositus; frater Lambertus marescalcus; frater Jofridus de Andavilla.
Oct. 6. Hermengaudus, Domini patientia Christi pauperum servus et fratrum sancti Hospitalis Jerusalem provisor humilis, responding to a request from Queen Sancia of Aragon, confirms under seal a Rule for the sisters of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem at Sigena. Witnesses: Borrellus preceptor... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:547, no. 860 (RRH no. 677)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1263
year: 1188
initiator: Hermengaudus, provisor of the Hospital
recipient: Duke Leopold V of Austria
text: Nov. 1-30. Hermenger Christi pauperum servus et fratrum sancti hospitalis Ierusalem provisor describes the disastrious state of the Holy Land to Duke Leopold V of Austria. During the summer Saladin devastated Tortosa, except for the citadel of the Knights Templar, fired Ualenia, took the cities of Gabulum and Latakia in the region of Antioch, and the castles of Gorda, Cavea and Rochefort, and, reaching the gates of Antioch, laid siege to Tarpasac and Gaston beyond Antioch. He has devastated the whole of the principality of Antioch except for the highly fortified castle of Margatum belonging to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. The prince of Antioch has made a pact with Saladin to last for 7 months from October. In the kingdom of Jerusalem Cractum and Mons regalis and great castles in Arabia beyond the River Jordan have been starved into submission. Hermenger does not know what has become of Templar Saphet and Hospitaller Uidebellum, which have been besieged by Saladin.
Nov. 1-30. Hermenger Christi pauperum servus et fratrum sancti hospitalis Ierusalem provisor describes the disastrious state of the Holy Land to Duke Leopold V of Austria. During the summer Saladin devastated Tortosa, except for the citadel of the Knights Templar, fired Ualenia, took the cities of... more
sources: ‘Historia de expedition Friderici’, pp. 4-5 (RRH no. 678)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1264
year: 1188
initiator: Orio Malipietro, the doge of Venice
recipient: All Venetians
text: Nov. 1-30. Rialto, Venice. Orio Malipietro, the doge of Venice, summons all Venetians, wherever they may be, to come to Venice by next Easter, prepared to recover the Holy Land by force of arms. List of Venetian witnesses.
Nov. 1-30. Rialto, Venice. Orio Malipietro, the doge of Venice, summons all Venetians, wherever they may be, to come to Venice by next Easter, prepared to recover the Holy Land by force of arms. List of Venetian witnesses.
sources: Tafel and Thomas, Urkunden 1:204-6, no. 73 (RRH no. 679)
year: 1189
initiator: Bohemond, count of Tripoli, son of Prince Bohemond of Antioch
recipient: Hermengaudus, master of the Hospital
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Mar. 1-31. Bohemond, count of Tripoli, son of Prince Bohemond of Antioch, gives Hermengaud d’Aspe, master of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, a garden called de la Gloriete, which had belonged to the mother of the late Count Raymond, his predecessor.
*Mar. 1-31. Bohemond, count of Tripoli, son of Prince Bohemond of Antioch, gives Hermengaud d’Aspe, master of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, a garden called de la Gloriete, which had belonged to the mother of the late Count Raymond, his predecessor.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:553, no. 871 (RRH no. 679a)
year: 1189
initiator: Bohemond, count of Tripoli, son of Prince Bohemond of Antioch
recipient: Consuls and community of the Genoese
text: Apr. 9-30. [223] Tyre. In return for the good services [servitia] of the Genoese and especially their assistance to Antioch when in need, and with the agreement of domina principissa Sibilla and his son Raimundus, Bohemond, per gratiam Dei Antiochenus princeps, the son of Prince Raymond, makes a sealed grant to the consuls and the Genoese. He gives them a curia in Antioch and curiae and freedoms at Latakia and Gabulum, although he reserves for his own court cases of treachery, homicide and theft, and those involving Genoese who are his burgenses in Antioch, Latakia and Gabulum. The goods of Genoese will be safeguarded when shipwrecked. Witnesses: Aimericus Tripolitanus episcopus; Gervasius de Sarmania Antiochenus senescalcus; Milo de Colovardino; Petrus de Ravandello; Johannes Pascalis; Saxus de Tripoli. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus clericus sub archiepiscopo Alberto, domini principis Antiocheni cancellarius et Tarsensis archiepiscopus.
Apr. 9-30. [223] Tyre. In return for the good services [servitia] of the Genoese and especially their assistance to Antioch when in need, and with the agreement of domina principissa Sibilla and his son Raimundus, Bohemond, per gratiam Dei Antiochenus princeps, the son of Prince Raymond, makes a... more
sources: Rovere and Puncuh, I Libri 1/2:160-1, no. 342 (RRH nos. 680, 753)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1267
year: 1189
initiator: Queen Sibylla
recipient: Emperor Frederick I
text: Summer. Sibylla, Regina quondam Hierosolymitana, writes to the emperor Frederick I, warning him that the emperor Isaac Angelus in Constantinople has entered into an agreement with Saladin involving the destruction of the Christian army with poisoned provisions.
Summer. Sibylla, Regina quondam Hierosolymitana, writes to the emperor Frederick I, warning him that the emperor Isaac Angelus in Constantinople has entered into an agreement with Saladin involving the destruction of the Christian army with poisoned provisions.
sources: Tageno, p. 410 (RRH no. 681)
year: 1189
initiator: Corradus, son of the marquess of Montferrat
recipient: Martinus Rocia nobilis Ianuensis civis
text: Sept. 1-23. Tyre. Conradus marchionis Montisferrati filius makes a sealed grant, giving Martinus Rocia nobilis Ianuensis civis the house of Theodorus Surianus in Tyre. The gift is made in return for the good servicium and great loyalty that Martinus has shown to Conradus in Tyre. Witnesses: Ansaldus Boniuicini; Obertus Malus Osellus; Franciscus de Portu Ueneris; Oreicus Graucius; Guillelmus de Ualga.
Sept. 1-23. Tyre. Conradus marchionis Montisferrati filius makes a sealed grant, giving Martinus Rocia nobilis Ianuensis civis the house of Theodorus Surianus in Tyre. The gift is made in return for the good servicium and great loyalty that Martinus has shown to Conradus in Tyre. Witnesses:... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:886-8, no. 525 (RRH no. 682)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1269
year: 1189
initiator: Patriarch Eraclius of Jerusalem
recipient: Pope Clement III
institution: Templars
text: After Oct 4. [224] Patriarch Eraclius of Jerusalem and others write to Pope Clement III, reporting the death of the master of the Knights Templar [Gerard of Ridefort] and 20 of his brothers during the siege of Acre.
After Oct 4. [224] Patriarch Eraclius of Jerusalem and others write to Pope Clement III, reporting the death of the master of the Knights Templar [Gerard of Ridefort] and 20 of his brothers during the siege of Acre.
sources: Hiestand, PTJ 1:392-3, 396-9, nos. 217, 222