RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2390
year: 1240
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Brother Robert de Sanford, Templar praeceptor in England
text: Aug. 1-31. [364] Frater Hermannus Petragoricensis pauperis militiae Templi magister reports to Brother Robert de Sanford, the procurator of the Order’s houses in England, that the sultan of Damascus has restored all the land west of the river Jordan to the Christians. The Christians will help defend his lands against the sultan of Egypt, with whom neither side will make peace without the other.
Aug. 1-31. [364] Frater Hermannus Petragoricensis pauperis militiae Templi magister reports to Brother Robert de Sanford, the procurator of the Order’s houses in England, that the sultan of Damascus has restored all the land west of the river Jordan to the Christians. The Christians will help... more
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 4:64-5 (RRH no. 1095)
RRR: Agreement/treaty
2391
year: 1240
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Magister and brothers of the domus Sancti Lazari leprosorum Jerosolimitani in civitate Accon
institution: Templars
additional institution: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus
text: Nov. 1-30. Acre. With the advice and consent of frater Bartholomeus de Moretto magnus preceptor militie [Templi] in regno Jerusalem, frater Reinaldus de Vicherio preceptor palatii domus [Templi] Accon and other brothers, frater Armannus Petragoricensis pauperis militie Templi magister leases under seal to the magister and brothers of the domus Sancti Lazari leprosorum Jerosolimitani in civitate Accon a locus in the vicus Anglicorum in Mons Musard, having to the east the public way, to the west the sea, to the north the house of St Thomas the Martyr [domus Sancti Thome Martiris] and to the south an alleyway [venella] going to the sea and next to the house of Nicholaus Anglicus. The rent, payable each year on the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, is 15 Saracen besants of Acre weight. The brothers of St Lazarus can build on the site, as far as the sea, but should they wish to sell, the Knights Templar will have preemption rights. The rent will still be payable. The site may not be sold or pledged to religious houses, men from the [merchant] communities or secular milites. The Knights Templar will keep the street in repair to allow the brothers of St Lazarus access to the water in their cistern, which is on the other side of the public way next to a house and boveria of the Templars. Witnesses: frater Bartholomeus de Morretto preceptor; frater Rainaldus de Vicherio preceptor; frater Gerardus de Broies; frater Rainaldus Alemannus; and other brothers.
Nov. 1-30. Acre. With the advice and consent of frater Bartholomeus de Moretto magnus preceptor militie [Templi] in regno Jerusalem, frater Reinaldus de Vicherio preceptor palatii domus [Templi] Accon and other brothers, frater Armannus Petragoricensis pauperis militie Templi magister leases under... more
sources: Marsy, ‘Fragment’, pp. 155-157, no. 39 (RRH no.1096)
RRR: Agreement/treaty
2392
year: 1240
initiator: Petrus de Veteri Privata, master of the Hospital
recipient: Frater Gerardus de Malberch marescalcus domus Theutonicorum, locum magistri tenens
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
additional institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Dec. 25 1239 - Dec. 24 1240. Acre. In the house of the Hospital of St John. Frater Petrus de Veteri Privata sancte domus Hospitalis Jerusalem magister et pauperum Christi custos, together with his convent, records under seal an agreement made with frater Gerardus de Malberch marescalcus domus Theutonicorum, locum magistri tenens, together with his convent. The Hospital of St Mary of the Germans is held to pay the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem one quarter of the revenue of the casale called Arabia. St Mary will appoint a bajulus, enjoined by the magister Theutonicorum or his lieutenant in the presence of the preceptor of the Hospital of St John to make the payment, taking only moderate expenses for himself, until St John has been repaid the 5000 besants for which the casale has been pledged by St Mary. If the casale should be occupied by the Sarraceni, the brothers of the Hospital of St Mary are absolved from their annual payment. Witnesses: frater Guillelmus Silvanectensis magnus preceptor domus Hospitalis sancti Johannis; frater Arnaldus de Monte Bruno; frater Geraudus preceptor domus Hospitalis in Joppen; frater Guillelmus de Correllis; frater Gaufridus Baucitensis; frater Odo de Ermene; of the brothers of St Mary of the Germans, frater Everardus sacerdos; frater Conradus castellanus Montisfortis; frater Petrus drapperius; frater Evrardus thesaurarius.
Dec. 25 1239 - Dec. 24 1240. Acre. In the house of the Hospital of St John. Frater Petrus de Veteri Privata sancte domus Hospitalis Jerusalem magister et pauperum Christi custos, together with his convent, records under seal an agreement made with frater Gerardus de Malberch marescalcus domus... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:574-575, no. 2245 (RRH no. 1097)
year: 1240
initiator: Guy de Dompierre seigneur de S. Just
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Dec. 25 1239 - Dec. 24 1240. Guy de Dompierre seigneur de S. Just gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem a rent in France. [365]
*Dec. 25 1239 - Dec. 24 1240. Guy de Dompierre seigneur de S. Just gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem a rent in France. [365]
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:575, no. 2246
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2394
year: 1240
initiator: Abbas Sanctae Mariae Latinae in Ierusalem
recipient: Abbot and convent of St Peter of Chalons-sur-Saône
institution: Saint Mary Latin
text: Dec. 25 1239 - Dec. 24 1240. The abbas Sanctae Mariae Latinae in Ierusalem and his convent write to the abbot and convent of St Peter of Chalons-sur-Saône entering into a confraternal relationship, specifying mutual rights in choir and the saying of requiems for dead monks.
Dec. 25 1239 - Dec. 24 1240. The abbas Sanctae Mariae Latinae in Ierusalem and his convent write to the abbot and convent of St Peter of Chalons-sur-Saône entering into a confraternal relationship, specifying mutual rights in choir and the saying of requiems for dead monks.
sources: Bertaud and Cusset, L’illustre Orbandale 2 Preuves, p. 74 (RRH no. 1105)
year: 1241
initiator: Gerold abbé de Notre-Dame de la Vallée de Josaphat
recipient: Nasserus, the son of Henof, and his sisters
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Jan. 1-31. Acre. Gerold abbé de Notre-Dame de la Vallée de Josaphat gives under seal to Nasserus, the son of Henof, and his sisters a pecia terrae, 12 cannes in length and 4 across, in the gastine of Mons Musard. On the east it touches the houses of Michael Le Rempeor and Michael Bastatius. On the west stands the house of Farage syriacus. On the south is the house of David Piscator, while the land stretches to a lane [viculus] that joins the public way, where there is the way out of a house….. next to the mill of Farage. On the north is the entry to the land on common passage [in exitum communem]. Nassarus, his sisters and heirs will pay the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat an annual rent of 5 and a half Saracen besants, payable at Martinmas. The land may be sold or alienated to anyone except Knights Templar, Hospitallers of St John and other religious communities, and the abbey retains pre-emption rights. Witnesses: -Guillelmus prior Vallis Josaphat [in Accon]; Petrus prior in Jerusalem; Gualterius de Brizie monachus; Joannes monachus; Julianus monachus; frater Guillelmus Loricus; and others.
Jan. 1-31. Acre. Gerold abbé de Notre-Dame de la Vallée de Josaphat gives under seal to Nasserus, the son of Henof, and his sisters a pecia terrae, 12 cannes in length and 4 across, in the gastine of Mons Musard. On the east it touches the houses of Michael Le Rempeor and Michael Bastatius. On the... more
sources: Kohler, ‘Chartes’, pp. 177-8, no. 69 (RRH no. 1098a)
RRR: Agreement/treaty
2396
year: 1241
initiator: Sultan of Egypt
recipient: Conte Richart de Cornoaille
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Feb. 8. A truce, negotiated by the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, agreed with the sultan of Egypt and sworn by conte Richart de Cornoaille, grants the Christians the territories already ceded by the sultan of Damascus and frees the Christian prisoners-of war taken at Gaza in 1239.
Feb. 8. A truce, negotiated by the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, agreed with the sultan of Egypt and sworn by conte Richart de Cornoaille, grants the Christians the territories already ceded by the sultan of Damascus and frees the Christian prisoners-of war taken at Gaza in 1239.
sources: Philip of Novara, Guerra, pp. 218-20; ‘L’Estoire de Eracles’, pp. 419-21; Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 4:138-44
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
2397
year: 1241
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
text: Mar. 4. Lateran. Hearing of the capture and imprisonment by the Sarraceni of A. comes Montis Fortis, Pope Gregory IX authorizes the subsidizing of his ransom from money collected for the redemption of crusaders.
Mar. 4. Lateran. Hearing of the capture and imprisonment by the Sarraceni of A. comes Montis Fortis, Pope Gregory IX authorizes the subsidizing of his ransom from money collected for the redemption of crusaders.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 3:348, no. 5352
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2398
year: 1241
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Mar. 23. Lateran. With respect to the claims of the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem to authority over the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, Pope Gregory IX orders the brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans in Acre, who have been claiming that with the death of their magister they are not held to reply immediately to the Holy See, to answer to the charges of the Hospital of St John and present their case to the Holy See by the next 30 November.
Mar. 23. Lateran. With respect to the claims of the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem to authority over the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, Pope Gregory IX orders the brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans in Acre, who have been claiming that with the... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:587, no. 2270; Gregory IX, Les Registres 3:449-50, no. 5953
year: 1241
initiator: Elizabeth de Adelon, the daughter of Daniel de Teremonde
recipient: Jean l’Allemand
text: *Mar. 26. Elizabeth de Adelon, the daughter of Daniel de Teremonde, grants Jean l’Allemand a portion of the dowry that had come to her as the widow of Hugues d’Alemand, the brother of Jean, for the sum of 600 besants, to be drawn on the house of Rabat in Acre and on another house in Acre, situated before the hôtel de la Reine.
*Mar. 26. Elizabeth de Adelon, the daughter of Daniel de Teremonde, grants Jean l’Allemand a portion of the dowry that had come to her as the widow of Hugues d’Alemand, the brother of Jean, for the sum of 600 besants, to be drawn on the house of Rabat in Acre and on another house in Acre, situated... more
sources: Delaville le Roulx, ‘Inventaire’, p. 86, no. 260 (RRH no. 1098b)