year: 1214
initiator: Iohannes ecclesie Montis Thabor abbas
recipient: Belvays/Beleaijs scriptor, a confrater of the abbey
institution: Mount Tabor
text: Aug. 23. With the consent of his chapter, Iohannes ecclesie Montis Thabor abbas sells under seal to Belvays/Beleaijs scriptor, a confrater of the abbey, a petia of land next to his house in Acre to develop as he pleases. The land is on the southern side of the house. It adjoins on the east a house that had belonged to Paganus de Cayphas and on the west a house that belonged to Gaufridus Tortus. It is sold for 20 Saracen besants and a rent of 2 Saracen besants, payable to the abbey each year on the Feast of the Transfiguration. Witnesses: frater Gandulfus monachus; frater Fulco; frater Rozerius/Rogerius; magister Balduinus regius clericus.
Aug. 23. With the consent of his chapter, Iohannes ecclesie Montis Thabor abbas sells under seal to Belvays/Beleaijs scriptor, a confrater of the abbey, a petia of land next to his house in Acre to develop as he pleases. The land is on the southern side of the house. It adjoins on the east a house... more
sources: Prutz, ‘Eilf Deutschordens-Urkunden’, p. 387, no. 2; also ed. [by Joseph de Zahn] in ‘Quatre pièces relatives à l’ordre Teutonique’, p. 165, no. 1 (RRH no. 871)
year: 1214
initiator: Guy seigneur de Gibelet
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: * Oct. 1. Testament recorded by Guy seigneur de Gibelet. He puts his person, goods and heirs under the protection of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. He names his daughter Marie as his heiress, should he die without male heirs, and appoints his uncle Bertrand de Biblis as her guardian.
* Oct. 1. Testament recorded by Guy seigneur de Gibelet. He puts his person, goods and heirs under the protection of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. He names his daughter Marie as his heiress, should he die without male heirs, and appoints his uncle Bertrand de Biblis as her guardian.
sources: Delaville le Roulx, ‘Inventaire’, p. 77, no. 209 (RRH no. 871a)
RRR: Dispute/arbitration
1702
year: 1214
initiator: Andreas Vitalis
recipient: Archbishop of Tyre
text: Dec. 16. Acre. In the bishop’s palatium. Record of the appearance of dominus Andreas Vitalis, habitator civitatis Acon, pro voluntate domini Ducis Venetie bailus in civitate Acon pro jurisdictionibus defendendis quas habebunt in partibus Syrie, before the archbishop of Tyre, to whom the pope had written in relation to the cause between them. Andreas stated that he committed his case to the protection of the papacy, until such time as the apostolic see terminated it. Witnesses: dominus Gervasius Archidiaconus sancte Crucis; Dominus Aldus thesaurarius sancta Crucis; Dominus … plebanus sancti Marci de civitate Acon; Dominus Guarnerius Alamanus; Dominus Rannudus de Lidena frater Hospitalis; Dominus Lanfrancus frater Hospitalis; Dominus Jacobus Trivisanus. The charter was written by Aymericus filius quondam Ugolini Imperiali auctoritate notarius.
Dec. 16. Acre. In the bishop’s palatium. Record of the appearance of dominus Andreas Vitalis, habitator civitatis Acon, pro voluntate domini Ducis Venetie bailus in civitate Acon pro jurisdictionibus defendendis quas habebunt in partibus Syrie, before the archbishop of Tyre, to whom the pope had... more
sources: Tafel and Thomas, Urkunden 2:174-5, no. 240 (RRH no. 872)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1703
year: 1214
initiator: John of Brienne
recipient: Abbot Gervase of Prémontré
text: (1214). John, Dei gratia Jerosolimorum Rex et Comes Brenensis, gives Abbot Gervase of Prémontré and his convent news of events in the Holy Land. The situation is deteriorating day by day, with the kingdom facing poverty and a lack of defenders. There are truces with the Sarraceni, but it is feared that these will soon be broken, because the kingdom’s weakness is obvious. John asks for prayers. He adds that he and his daughter are well and that, with the advice of his prelates and barones, he is marrying the daughter of the king of [Cilician] Armenia, hoping to acquire great assistance as a result.
(1214). John, Dei gratia Jerosolimorum Rex et Comes Brenensis, gives Abbot Gervase of Prémontré and his convent news of events in the Holy Land. The situation is deteriorating day by day, with the kingdom facing poverty and a lack of defenders. There are truces with the Sarraceni, but it is feared... more
sources: Gervase of Prémontré 1:36, no. 36 (RRH no. 873)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1704
year: 1215
initiator: Canons of the church of Valenia
recipient: Garinus de Monte Acuto, master of the Hospital of St John
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jan. 11. In castro Crati. The canons of the church of Valenia record that on the death of the bishop they canonically elected as bishop dominus Eustachius archydiaconus Berytensis, following the advice of dominus O. archiepiscopus Apamiensis. On their behalf, dominus B. episcopus Antaradensis, and dominus Willelmus canonicus Valenie, informed frater Garinus de Monte Acuto magister Hospitalis of this election at Coebium [al-Khawabi, which was under siege], maintaining that this presentation should not prejudice the church of Valenia in future, until the pope had recognized that the right of presentation after an election belonged to the magister of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. The magister was openly displeased, saying: ‘Whoever names Rome ought to claim his right through Rome’. He said that he would take advice and reply to the messengers, but he could not reply because on the same day there was an incursion by the Turci and the siege of the castle was raised. The canons brought the bishop-elect to Valenia, but, recognizing that the magister and brothers were displeased, sought advice from the patriarch and the archbishop, who ordered them not to offend the Hospital of St John and to preserve its rights, which were the same as those enjoyed by the prince of Antioch and the king of Jerusalem with respect to their cathedral churches. The patriarch appointed dominus episcopus Antaradensis to be his representative in negotiating peace. The canons went with the bishop and the bishop-elect to Cratum and presented the lord elect to the magister, asking him to assent to the election. They conceded that the magister Hospitalis frater Garinus de Monte Acuto and his successors should have the same right of presentation and assent in the church of Valenia as had the prince of Antioch and the king of Jerusalem in their cathedral churches. B. Antaradensis episcopus, acting as the representative of the lord patriarch, and the canons of Valenia have sealed this record. Witnesses: dominus Jobertus Antadardensis thesaurarius; dominus Jacobus cappellanus domini episcopi Antaradensis; dominus Manasserius; Hernesius; dominus Willelmus Seleman; dominus Fulco Gerbaut; dominus Joannes Berton.
Jan. 11. In castro Crati. The canons of the church of Valenia record that on the death of the bishop they canonically elected as bishop dominus Eustachius archydiaconus Berytensis, following the advice of dominus O. archiepiscopus Apamiensis. On their behalf, dominus B. episcopus Antaradensis, and... more
sources: Delaville le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:169, no. 1432 (RRH no. 874)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1705
year: 1215
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Feb. 18. Lateran. Pope Innocent III reissues his privilege of 27 June 1209 for the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans.
Feb. 18. Lateran. Pope Innocent III reissues his privilege of 27 June 1209 for the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans.
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, pp. 270-1, no. 302
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1706
year: 1215
initiator: Frater Gaufridus thesaurarius domus Templi
recipient: Pope Innocent III
text: Sept. 14 1214 - Feb. 20 1215. [300] Frater Gaufridus thesaurarius domus Templi reports to Pope Innocent III that he delivered the pope’s letters on the matter of [the marriage of] dominus Erardus and domina Philippa to the late Patriarch Albert of Jerusalem and the archbishop of Tyre. The patriarch and the archbishop summoned Erardus and forbade him in the pope’s name to contract marriage under pain of excommunication. They also interviewed Philippa in the palatium of the king and issued the same prohibition. But shortly afterwards Erardus and Philippa married secretly, in defiance of the papal mandate. [301]
Sept. 14 1214 - Feb. 20 1215. [300] Frater Gaufridus thesaurarius domus Templi reports to Pope Innocent III that he delivered the pope’s letters on the matter of [the marriage of] dominus Erardus and domina Philippa to the late Patriarch Albert of Jerusalem and the archbishop of Tyre. The patriarch... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:975, no. III (RRH no. 860)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1707
year: 1215
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: Feb. 20. Lateran. Pope Innocent III writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem. Believing that Erardus de Brena intended to travel to the Holy Land to marry illegitimately one of the daughters of Henricus comes Campaniae, he had ordered the previous patriarch and the archbishop of Tyre to forbid the marriage. They had done so privately, but not publicly. The pope orders the patriarch to maintain the prohibition, although Erardus has now been seen in France.
Feb. 20. Lateran. Pope Innocent III writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem. Believing that Erardus de Brena intended to travel to the Holy Land to marry illegitimately one of the daughters of Henricus comes Campaniae, he had ordered the previous patriarch and the archbishop of Tyre to forbid the... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:973, no. I
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1708
year: 1215
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Archbishop of Caesarea, the prior of the Holy Sepulchre and the cantor of Acre
text: Feb. 20. Lateran. Repeating that the late patriarch of Jerusalem and the archbishop of Tyre had privately forbidden the marriage of Erardus de Brena and a daughter of Henricus comes Campaniae, Pope Innocent III orders the archbishop of Caesarea, the prior of the Holy Sepulchre and the cantor of Acre to publish the prohibition within 15 days of the reception of this letter.
Feb. 20. Lateran. Repeating that the late patriarch of Jerusalem and the archbishop of Tyre had privately forbidden the marriage of Erardus de Brena and a daughter of Henricus comes Campaniae, Pope Innocent III orders the archbishop of Caesarea, the prior of the Holy Sepulchre and the cantor of... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:974, no. II
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1709
year: 1215
initiator: Countess Blanche of Troyes
recipient: Rosceline de la Ferté with the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Febr. 1-28. Countess Blanche of Troyes confirms an agreement made by Rosceline de la Ferté with the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. If the Hospitallers of St John arrange for the release of her son Guiardus, who is a prisoner of the Sarraceni, and return him to Acre, she will give them a rent, drawn on her fief in Champagne.
Febr. 1-28. Countess Blanche of Troyes confirms an agreement made by Rosceline de la Ferté with the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. If the Hospitallers of St John arrange for the release of her son Guiardus, who is a prisoner of the Sarraceni, and return him to Acre, she will give them a rent,... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:171, no. 1434 (RRH no. 874a)