RRR: Eleemosynary grant
198
year: 1120
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Patriarch Warmund and the clergy and people of Jerusalem
text: Apr. 14 - Jun. 30. Jerusalem. In the church of the Holy Sepulchre. Baldwin, secundus dei gratia rex Iherusalem/dei gratia secundus Latinorum rex Iherosolimitanus, responding to the request of Patriarch Warmund and the clergy and people of Jerusalem, and with the assent of his optimates makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, remitting the customs duty [consuetudines] which has been exacted at the gate of the city from those bringing in grain, hay and vegetables, because this has caused hardship to both pilgrims visiting the Holy Sepulchre and the residents of the city. Baldwin absolves from any exaction all those, whether Muslim [Sarraceni] or Christian, who bring grain or hay, beans, lentils and chickpeas through the gates of Jerusalem. They are to have the freedom to enter and leave and to sell where and to whomsoever they want. Baldwin also remits half of (other) customs duties (consuetudinaria). Signatories: Guarmundus patriarcha Iherusalem; Ebremarius Cesariensis archiepiscopus; Anschetinus Bethleemitanus episcopus; Bernardus Nazarenus episcopus; Rogerius Ramathensis episcopus; Gelduinus Uallis Josaphat abbas; Ricardus Latinensis abbas; Gerardus Sancti Sepulcri prior; Achardus Templi Dominici prior; Arnaldus Montis Syon prior; Laurentius Montis Oliveti, prior; other witnesses, Petrus Barchinonensis; Paganus cancellarius; Brando; Hugo Caulis con-stabularius; Willelmus de Tyberiade; Eustachius Granarius; Herbertus Pisellus; Radulfus de Fontanellis; Guido de Miliaco; Balianus; Romanus de Podio; Amalricus de Flandrello; Balduinus de Sancto Abraham; Manasses de Caypha; Roardus; Anschetinus vicecomes; Paganus pincerna; Johannes camerarius; Rainaldus de Pont; Goifridus Acus; Porcellus; Bertinus; Bachelerius; Willelmus Strabones.
Apr. 14 - Jun. 30. Jerusalem. In the church of the Holy Sepulchre. Baldwin, secundus dei gratia rex Iherusalem/dei gratia secundus Latinorum rex Iherosolimitanus, responding to the request of Patriarch Warmund and the clergy and people of Jerusalem, and with the assent of his optimates makes a... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:230-3, no. 86 (RRH no. 91)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
211
year: 1122
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Venice
text: *Jan. 16 1120 – Aug. 8 1122 (early part of 1122?). Baldwin II writes to Venice promising privileges in return for Venetian military or naval assistance.
*Jan. 16 1120 – Aug. 8 1122 (early part of 1122?). Baldwin II writes to Venice promising privileges in return for Venetian military or naval assistance.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:236, no. 89
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
220
year: 1124
initiator: Patriarch Warmund of Jerusalem, together with his suffragan bishops, Wilelmus de Buris constabularius, Paganus cancellarius and the barones of the kingdom of Jerusalem
recipient: Venetians
text: Jan. 20 – Feb. 15. Acre. With King Baldwin II imprisoned by Balac princeps Parthorum paganorum [Balik ruler of Aleppo], and Doge Dominicus Michael [Domenico Michiel] with a large Venetian fleet and army in the kingdom of Jerusalem after defeating the Egyptian fleet off the coast of Ascalon, Patriarch Warmund of Jerusalem, together with his suffragan bishops, Willelmus de Buris constabularius, Paganus cancellarius and the barones of the kingdom of Jerusalem, met in the church of the Holy Cross in Acre to consider and affirm the commitments that King Baldwin had made to the Venetians in writing and by messengers. All the barones, whose names are written below, have confirmed by oath on the Gospels the terms of the agreement that follow. In all cities in the kingdom, whether in the royal domain or belonging to the barones, the Venetians are to have a church, an entire ruga, a platea, with or without a bath house [balnea], and an oven, free from impositions and by hereditary right. Their platea in Jerusalem is to be as much their own as the king’s property is his. If the Venetians wish in relation to cooking, milling or washing in their oven, mill or bath house in their vicus in Acre to use their own modii et buzae [weights and measures] for measuring wine, oil or honey they may do so, just as the king in his property. The Venetians’ use of weights and measures should be as follows [modiorum statere atque buze mensuris hoc modo uti liceat]. The Venetians can use the measures in dealings with fellow Venetians and when they sell to others, but when they engage in trade (commercium) with foreigners [gentes extranei] they ought to use royal measures. Venetians will pay no dues on entering, leaving, remaining, buying and exchanging, except when they bring pilgrims, when, according to custom, they will pay a third part [tercia pars] to the king. The king and barons agree to pay the Venetians annually on the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul the sum of 300 Saracen besants with respect to the funda of Tyre. They promise to demand no more than is customary from the people who negotiate with the Venetians. The limits of the Venetians’ quarter [platea rugaque] in Acre, which King Baldwin I gave Doge Ordelaffo [Falier] after the seizure of Sidon, are defined as stretching from the mansio of Petrus Zannus to the monastery of St Demetrius and including a machomaria and 2 lapideae mansiones [stone-built], where once there were reed huts [quᶒ quondam casule de cannis esse solebant]. The other side [of the quarter] stretches in a direct line from the house of Bernardus de Nouo Castello, which once belonged to Johannes Julianus, as far as the house of G[uibertus de] Iopen generi Lande. The Venetians throughout the kingdom, whether royal domain or the land of the barons, can enter, remain or leave as freely as though they were in Venice. Pleas and litigation involving Venetians are to be settled in the Venetian court [curia Ueneticorum]. A case brought by a non-Venetian against a Venetian will be decided in the Venetian court, but a case brought by a Venetian against a non-Venetian will be decided in the royal court (curia regis). If any ordained or lay Venetian dies intestate [‘sine lingua’] his property will be at the disposal [in potestatem] of the Venetians. If any Venetian’s ship is wrecked none of his goods will be harmed. If any Venetian dies in a shipwreck his property will pass to his heirs and to other Venetians. The Venetians will have the same jurisdiction and customary rights as the king over burgesses [burgenses] of any nation [gens] living in the Venetian vicus or houses. The Venetians are promised a third part with hereditary right of the cities of Tyre and Ascalon and a third part of all lands, not in Frankish hands and held by the Muslims [saraceni] on the [next] Feast of St Peter, which the Venetians help conquer. These they will hold freely and with sovereign rights [regaliter], just as the king will have in the other two parts. Warmund promises that on his release from captivity King Baldwin will confirm this agreement, as will anyone else who succeeds to the kingdom. So will the successors of the barones and any newly made barones. Patriarch Warmund, together with the bishops, clergy, barones and people of Jerusalem, promises assistance with respect to the Venetian cause concerning Antioch [causa Antiochena], in relation to which King Baldwin had promised [to favour the Venetians], because it had already been approved by the pope. The agreement is confirmed by: Warmundus Ierosolimorum patriarcha; Ebremarus Cesariensis archiepiscopus; Bernardus Nazarenus episcopus; Asquitinus/Alquitinus Bethleemita episcopus; Rogerius Liddensis Sancti Georgii episcopus; Gildoinus/Guildoinus/Gidonius abbas Sanctᶒ Mariᶒ de Josaphat; Gerardus/Gerartius/Girardus Sancti Sepulchri prior; Aicardus/Dicardus/Alicardus prior Templi Domini; Arnaldus prior Montis Syon; Willelmus de Buris regis constabularius. The charter was drawn up by Paganus regis cancellarius.
Jan. 20 – Feb. 15. Acre. With King Baldwin II imprisoned by Balac princeps Parthorum paganorum [Balik ruler of Aleppo], and Doge Dominicus Michael [Domenico Michiel] with a large Venetian fleet and army in the kingdom of Jerusalem after defeating the Egyptian fleet off the coast of Ascalon,... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1326-37, no. 764 (RRH no. 102)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
233
year: 1126
initiator: Barisan, constable of Jaffa
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jan. 17. Barisanus Joppe constabularius makes an eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John, represented by domnus Raimundus, qui post Deum et sanctum Johannem ut domum et pauperes regeret communi electione electus fuit. Barisanus gives a casale called Algie, situated in the territory of Ascalon, with the agreement of Hugo Joppe dominus, his wife Emma and other barones. Hugo gives the Hospital land in Jaffa which Radulfus Hospitalis held before he died. Witnesses: Julduinus abbas S. Mariae de Valle Josaphat; Willelmus Tiberiadis; Gualterius Berutensis; Guido frater ejus; Eustacius Granerius; Galterius frater ejus; Goffridus de Flavi; Girardus de Are; Rohardus Jerusalem; Goffridus de Parente; Hugo Ramatensis; Guido de Miliaco. Also present were the brothers of the Hospital: Petrus Raimundus sacerdos; Ranerius Tyberiadis; Petrus Tyberiadis; Willemus Joppe; Petrus Malet; Durandus Hospitalis constabularius.
Jan. 17. Barisanus Joppe constabularius makes an eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John, represented by domnus Raimundus, qui post Deum et sanctum Johannem ut domum et pauperes regeret communi electione electus fuit. Barisanus gives a casale called Algie, situated in the territory of Ascalon... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:70, no. 74 (RRH no. 112)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
254
year: 1127
initiator: Bohemond II, prince of Antioch
recipient: Genoese
text: †Dec. 1-31. Antioch. [40] In the patriarch’s camera. Bohemond, magni Boamundi filius, Dei gratia princeps Antiochenus, confirms everything given to the Genoese by his father Bohemond [of Taranto], saving patriarchal jurisdiction [salva iusticia Beati Petri], in Antioch, Portus Sudinum and Latakia. He specifies a ruga in Antioch, running between 2 watercourses, and a funditia; a ruga and a third part of the port revenues in Latakia; and in Suidinum a third part of the port revenues. He promises his protection in law. If he conquers anywhere with Genoese assistance he promises the same rights as in Latakia. Any legal dispute will be settled within 15 days. He exempts the Genoese from the payment of comercium throughout his domain and he extends the privileges of the Genoese to the inhabitants of Savona and Nola. Witnesses: Bernardus patriarcha Antiochenus; Pontius archidiaconus; Radulfus cancellarius; Rainaldus Masuerius constabularius; Hugo de Angerivilla; Osmundus dux; Willelmus vicecomes; Nicolaus Embriacus; Willelmus Brunus; Anfossus Faitavant; Willelmus Bonusfancellus; Otto Murtius.
†Dec. 1-31. Antioch. [40] In the patriarch’s camera. Bohemond, magni Boamundi filius, Dei gratia princeps Antiochenus, confirms everything given to the Genoese by his father Bohemond [of Taranto], saving patriarchal jurisdiction [salva iusticia Beati Petri], in Antioch, Portus Sudinum and Latakia.... more
sources: Rovere and Puncuh, I Libri Iurium 1/2:152-4, no. 337 (RRH no. 119)
RRR: Privilege/exemption
267
year: 1129
initiator: Pope Honorius II
recipient: Church of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: *Apr 14. 1125 - 1129. Lateran. Pope Honorius II issues a privilege for the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
*Apr 14. 1125 - 1129. Lateran. Pope Honorius II issues a privilege for the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
sources: Hiestand, PK, p. 141, no. 31
year: 1131
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Church of Saint Samuel of Montjoie
institution: Saint Samuel of Montjoie
text: *Apr. 14 1118 – Aug. 21 1131. King Baldwin II gives the ecclesia sancti Samuelis [of Montjoie] and the the Premonstratensians serving there the mountain on which the church is situated, together with the use of the brothers’ own weights and measures at the gates, funda and cathena [of every town] throughout the kingdom, so that the monks can buy and sell and enter and leave the kingdom with the goods they need freed from any exaction.
*Apr. 14 1118 – Aug. 21 1131. King Baldwin II gives the ecclesia sancti Samuelis [of Montjoie] and the the Premonstratensians serving there the mountain on which the church is situated, together with the use of the brothers’ own weights and measures at the gates, funda and cathena [of every town]... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:281-2, no. 118
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.
†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... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:304-8, 345, nos. 132, 157 (RRH no. 163) [47]
year: 1139
initiator: Pope Innocent II
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: Mar. 29. Lateran. In the letter Omne datum optimum Pope Innocent II praises the Knights Templar, who are constituted by the Church as defenders. He grants them and Robertus magister religiose militie Templi a general privilege. He extends papal protection to them, confirming their possessions and their professed life, laying down that their master must always be a brother knight elected by their chapter. He exempts them from the payment of tithes on the fruits of their own labour or on produce destined for their own use. He permits them to have their own priests and clerics and to discipline them. The Templars may make use of any Latin bishop for consecrations and ordinations if the local diocesan is unwilling. They can construct oratories and cemeteries in deserted places. They can bury their own dead in times of interdict and their alms-collectors are exempt from interdicts. Benefactors enjoy indulgences.
Mar. 29. Lateran. In the letter Omne datum optimum Pope Innocent II praises the Knights Templar, who are constituted by the Church as defenders. He grants them and Robertus magister religiose militie Templi a general privilege. He extends papal protection to them, confirming their possessions and... more
sources: Hiestand, PTJ 1:204-10; 2:96-103; and see 2:67-95
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
403
year: 1140
initiator: Raymond II, count of Tripoli, and his wife Hodierna
recipient: Patriarch William of Jerusalem and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Dec.1-24. Raymond II, Dei gratia Tripolitanus comes, and his wife Hodierna Tripolitana comitissa, daughter of the king of Jerusalem, make an eleemosynary gift to Patriarch William of Jerusalem and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre. They grant the right to export from the port of Tripoli oil and all other produce the canons have harvested in the county and anything they have bought for the use of the church and canons of the Holy Sepulchre without paying duty [sine omni mercede]. Raymond and Hodierna confirm everything given to the Holy Sepulchre by Count Raymond of St Gilles and Counts Bertrand and Pons, except for Sanctus Georgius [in Montanis]. Witnesses: of the barones of Tripoli, R[ainerius] constabularius; P[etrus] de Podio Laurentii; W[illelmus] Porcelleti; W[illelmus] Rainoardi; Saxo; Bertrandus Umberti; Gaucelinus de Cavomonte; P[oncius] de Sura/Suira; Brunellus; G[iraldus] Isnel; O[trannus] cancellarius, who drew up the charter; and other witnesses, Robertus archiepiscopus Nazarenus; Fulcherius archiepiscopus Tyrensis; Bernardus episcopus Sydonis; Guido Beriti; Helias cancellarius regis; Balduinus cancellarius patriarchᶒ Jherusalem; Johannes canonicus Tripolis; Rainaldus capellanus Nazar[eth].
Dec.1-24. Raymond II, Dei gratia Tripolitanus comes, and his wife Hodierna Tripolitana comitissa, daughter of the king of Jerusalem, make an eleemosynary gift to Patriarch William of Jerusalem and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre. They grant the right to export from the port of Tripoli oil and all... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 189-90, no. 81 (RRH no. 198)