year: 1249
text: December 6. Damietta. Helias de Bordellia, a knight, makes his will. Requests burial in the Dominican cemetery at Damietta. Bequeaths his bed and a mark of silver to the Dominicans. In additions to legacies to named members of his household and his executors, he bequeaths 20 solidi to the Templars, 20 solidi to the Hospitallers, 10 solidi to the Teutonic knights, 10 solidi to the Hospital of St Lazarus, a marabotinus to the legate (Eudes de Châteauroux), and 10 solidi to any other religious order which brings arms overseas. To the brothers of the Holy Trinity 10 solidi. There follow various provisions relating to outstanding disputes and debts incurred in the West.
December 6. Damietta. Helias de Bordellia, a knight, makes his will. Requests burial in the Dominican cemetery at Damietta. Bequeaths his bed and a mark of silver to the Dominicans. In additions to legacies to named members of his household and his executors, he bequeaths 20 solidi to the Templars... more
sources: Claverie, L’Ordre du Temple, vol. 2 pp. 421-22
year: 1249
text: December 12. Tyre. Inventory of the possessions of the Genoese commune inside and outside the city of Tyre, carried out with the use of witnesses on the orders of Simon Malocellus and Ogerius Ricius, consules Ianuensium in Syria ac vicecomites pro comuni. I. IN THE CITY OF TYRE. A church, with an adjoining house with 3 stables (stadia). A small garden (jardinetum), adjoining on the north the house of Thomas Parcanua, on the west the houses of Citodara and Raimundus de Nicia, on the south the house of the commune of Genoa and on the east (oriens) the house of Iacobus Mussus. 5 houses and a guastina held with them, adjoining on the west the house of Setedaria, on the south the house of Tarsia, on the north the garden of Iohannes venetus, on the east the houses of Guillielmus Mussus and Gonella. Behind the commune’s portica (lobia), 6 houses adjoining on the west the house of Tarsia, on 2 sides the public way and on the fourth a private road. Behind the said portico, 3 houses, adjoining on the west the house of the archbishop, on the north and south the public way, and on the other side the commune’s portico. Next to the said portico, adjoining a volta on 2 sides and on the south and west the house of Iacobus Mussus. A house next to the commune’s palacium, adjoining on the west the commune’s palacium, on another side the house of the archbishop and before and to a side the public way. The commune’s palacium, with a press (massara) and a volta behind it. It adjoins on the east a house of the Knights Templar (or the Templum Domini), on the south the houses of Henricus de Torta and Philippus Camellus, on the west the house of the archbishop and on the east (oriens) the house of the commune of Genoa, with before it the public way. The platea of the commune’s portico with the buildings that have begun to be erected, adjoining on 3 sides the public way and at the back the commune’s house. A guastina which once was the oven of the commune of Genoa, adjoining on 3 sides the way, and on the north the house of Baldoinus Arminius. A house bought for the commune by a certain Rosa, adjoining the back of the palacium of the commune of Genoa, with on one side the house of the commune of Genoa, before it the public way, and on the other side the house of Georgius de Capellana. 2 adjoining bath houses in the ruga auri fabrorum, which adjoin to the east the house of Iohannes aurifaber. A third part of the entry duties charged by the cathena of Tyre. The house of Petrus Pennesinpe, which the consuls’ predecessors accepted, adjoining on 2 sides the house of the archbishop, on another the houses of Ramondus Soldanus and the Knights Templar (or the Templum Domini), on the south the house of the Jews, on the west the house of Symon and on the north the public way. II. OUTSIDE THE CITY OF TYRE. A field (campus terre) called Lo Aracha, where is located the press (massara) of the commune of Genoa, next to the aqueduct on the east, containing a great pillar of the great aqueduct and bounded to the north by land of the Venetians, divided from it by a ditch running to the west towards the sea) infra quas coherentias est fossatum in medio versus occidentem, usque in mare, and to the south by a mill of the Venetians and the land of the archbishop called Tyronum. A petia of flat (plana) land by (circa) Tyronum, which extends as far as the commune’s mill, next to the land of Iacobus Cayme. Within the land called Lo Racha, itemized above, is water, three parts of which is dammed. The water belongs to the commune, although it is dammed by the commune’s lords. A pecia de terra, which is between the mill of the commune of Genoa and [the mill of] the commune of the Venetians, and adjoins above the land called Tyronum and below the public way. The consul found the mill of the commune and the casale of the commune called Sanctus Georgius, adjoining to the south a casale called Nobles, to the east a hill (montanea) [belonging to] Iacobus Cayme, which is called Farachia, to the north another hill [belonging to] Iacobus Cayme, containing other hills, and to the west partly by the land of a casale called Sechilia, extending as far as the casale itself, and partly by the land of the commune. A flat land (terra plana) called Maxuca, in which there was once a garden, adjoining on the east the aqueduct, on the north the public way, on the west the press (massara) of the king, and on the south the aqueduct. A waste garden surrounded by a ruined wall, adjoining on the east and north lands of the king and of the monks of Sancta Maria, and on the west the road to Sidon. Witnesses: Bonusvasallus Nepitella; Adalardus etiam Judex; Iacobus Mussus; Alexander consul pro comuni in Tyro; Iohannes Grassus; Guillielmus Gafforius; and others. The inventory was drawn up at the orders of the consuls by Solimanus de Murtedo sacri palacii notarius.
December 12. Tyre. Inventory of the possessions of the Genoese commune inside and outside the city of Tyre, carried out with the use of witnesses on the orders of Simon Malocellus and Ogerius Ricius, consules Ianuensium in Syria ac vicecomites pro comuni. I. IN THE CITY OF TYRE. A church, with an... more
sources: Desimoni, ‘Quatre titres’, pp. 222-24, no. 3; RRH 1184
year: 1249
text: December 21. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archdeacon of Antioch, relating that the devotion of the doge, council, and commune of the Venetians toward the Roman Church renders it so favourable and kind to them that the Church not only wishes that their rights and those of the church of Saint Mark (Marcus) of the Venetians and other churches belonging to it everywhere do not diminish, but it proposes to preserve them intact and to increase them. Since, as the pope has learned, the church of Saint Mark (Marcus) [of the Venetians] suffers harm and harassment at the hands of several people over its churches of Saint Mark of Tyre (Marcus Tyrensis) and Saint Mark of Acre (Marcus Acconensis), which pertain immediately to the Apostolic See but not in their tithes, patriarchal rights, and other appurtenances, the pope wishes to provide a remedy and orders the addressee not to allow the church [of Saint Mark (Marcus) of the Venetians] to be unduly molested by anyone over the aforesaid churches, forcing such molesters with ecclesiastical censure, appeal put aside, various obstacles notwithstanding. Valid for ten years.
December 21. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archdeacon of Antioch, relating that the devotion of the doge, council, and commune of the Venetians toward the Roman Church renders it so favourable and kind to them that the Church not only wishes that their rights and those of the church of... more
sources: Tafel and Thomas, Urkunden, 2:447-48, no. 313; RRH 1185. See also RRR 2752
year: 1249
text: 1249. December 21. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archdeacon of Antioch as in the previous letter (RRR 2751), but this time concerning what the Venetians suffer over the lands, possessions, rents, incomes, right, and other appurtenances that they have in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, with no validity clause.
1249. December 21. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archdeacon of Antioch as in the previous letter (RRR 2751), but this time concerning what the Venetians suffer over the lands, possessions, rents, incomes, right, and other appurtenances that they have in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, with no... more
sources: Tafel and Thomas, Urkunden, 2:448-49, no. 314; RRH 1185
year: 1249
text: Second half of 1249. Queen Blanche of France writes to King Henry III of England reporting on King Louis’s progress. The king, his brothers and the rest of the army overwintered in Cyprus and they agreed to attack Damietta. They set off on 19 May and arrived on 4 June. Although the landing was opposed, the Christians made land, whereupon the Saracens fled from Damietta. The Christians occupied the town and dedicated the mosque as a church in honour the Virgin Mary. The members of the royal family are all well including [Beatrice of Provence] the king’s sister-in-law who has given birth to a son [by Count Charles of Anjou, Charles of Salerno].
Second half of 1249. Queen Blanche of France writes to King Henry III of England reporting on King Louis’s progress. The king, his brothers and the rest of the army overwintered in Cyprus and they agreed to attack Damietta. They set off on 19 May and arrived on 4 June. Although the landing was... more
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 6:165-67 no. 85. English translation in Jackson, Seventh Crusade, pp. 92-93
year: 1249
text: Late in 1249. Guido, miles de familia vicecomitis Melunensis, tells his uterine brother magister B. de Carnoto, studens Parisius, the course of events on the crusade in Egypt. He describes the sea-passage from Cyprus, stating that the original plan was to attack Alexandria and that the fleet, which he estimates at 1,650 ships, was driven off course by storms to Damietta; an inspirational speech by King Louis IX; the torture of captives leading to the information that Damietta was poorly defended; the battle against the Saracens (Sarraceni) on the shore, which he dates to Friday 4 June; the escape of Muslim prisoners; the landing of the king; the occupation of the city of Damietta on 6 June; the severe injuries suffered by Hugo Brunus comes de Marchia, who had been placed in the front of the army because of the scandalous nature of his life; the change of wind that drove Greek fire back on the city’s defenders, causing fires within Damietta, reminding the crusaders of what had happened at Antioch [during the First Crusade]; the chanting of the Te Deum, the purification of the Great Mosque of Damietta and the celebration of the Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary there; the discovery of treasure and great stocks of provisions; the arrival of knights (militia) from the principality of Achaea (partes domini villa Herlwini) , Knights Templar, brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and peregrini; a debate in council whether to attack Alexandria or Old and New Cairo (Babilonia cum Kaira), although a decision is not yet known; and an exchange of letters of defiance between the sultan of Egypt and the king of France. This letter has been written for Guido by his relation Guiscardus, whose 2-year study for the mastership degree is being funded by Guido. Nothing has been heard about the Mongols (Tartari), but the Khwarazmians (Chorosmini) have been driven from the Holy Land. Guido will provide further news of the Mongols and others when Rogerius de Monte Fagi travels to the land of their lord the viscount in the Spring, in order to raise more money.
Late in 1249. Guido, miles de familia vicecomitis Melunensis, tells his uterine brother magister B. de Carnoto, studens Parisius, the course of events on the crusade in Egypt. He describes the sea-passage from Cyprus, stating that the original plan was to attack Alexandria and that the fleet, which... more
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 6:155-62, no. 81. English translation in Jackson, Seventh Crusade, pp. 86-91
year: 1250
text: March 15. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the Commune of Marseille (Massiliense), relating that he has great affection for them because of their past and future services. They informed him that the late Aimery (Aymericus), ninth king of Jerusalem and king of Cyprus, for their service and assistance that he and his predecessors received from Marseille in the acquisition of the kingdom of Jerusalem, with the assent of his wife the late Isabella (Ysabella), confirmed the liberties and other things that his predecessors the late kings Fulk (Fulco) and Amaury of Jerusalem (Amalricus Ierosolimitani) granted the commune, and he granted to the commune his casale called Flacie in the land of Cyprus along with its peasants and appurtenances in perpetuity, as is more fully contained in the privilege made for this. Inclined by their entreaties, the pope confirms and strengthens the confirmation and concession, inserting the privilege verbatim.
March 15. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the Commune of Marseille (Massiliense), relating that he has great affection for them because of their past and future services. They informed him that the late Aimery (Aymericus), ninth king of Jerusalem and king of Cyprus, for their service and... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ, no. 613, RRH 747; RRR 1412. Mayer, Marseilles Levantehandel, pp. 198-99, no. 14
year: 1250
text: March 15. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem and the archbishop of Nicosia (Nicosiensis), relating that, because of the devotion of the Commune of Marseille (Massilia) to the Roman Church, he orders the addressees to assist them against evildoers and not to allow them to be unduly molested by anyone contrary to the privileges granted to them by the kings of Jerusalem and of Cyprus, forcing molesters with ecclesiastical censure, appeal put aside. Valid for three years.
March 15. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem and the archbishop of Nicosia (Nicosiensis), relating that, because of the devotion of the Commune of Marseille (Massilia) to the Roman Church, he orders the addressees to assist them against evildoers and not to allow them to... more
sources: Mayer, Marseilles Levantehandel, pp. 199-200, no. 15
year: 1250
text: March 17. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to King Henry (Henricus) of Cyprus, relating that he was informed by the Commune of Marseille (Massiliense) that they are oppressed with undue exactions and otherwise much molested by the king and several nobles and others of his kingdom, contrary to the king’s privilege that he granted to the commune. (March 1236) Since it is not befitting his royal excellence to violate praiseworthy royal deeds, the pope urges the king, out of reverence for the pope and the Apostolic See, to cease these exactions and molestations against the commune and to use his God-given power to force others to cease.
March 17. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to King Henry (Henricus) of Cyprus, relating that he was informed by the Commune of Marseille (Massiliense) that they are oppressed with undue exactions and otherwise much molested by the king and several nobles and others of his kingdom, contrary to the... more
sources: Mayer, Marseilles Levantehandel, pp. 200-201, no. 16
year: 1250
text: March 17. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the Commune of Marseille (Massiliense), relating that he has great affection for them because of their past and future services. Inclined by their entreaties, he confirms and strengthens the grant of liberties throughout the Kingdom of Jerusalem (Ierosolimitanum)and of possessions and rents in Jerusalem, Acre, and other places in the kingdom done for the commune by the late Fulk (Fulco) the third king of Jerusalem and his wife Melisende because of the assistance they received from the Commune of Marseille (Massiliense) in the acquisition of the kingdom, as is more fully contained in their privilege, which the pope inserts verbatim, despite the incongruous Latin.
March 17. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the Commune of Marseille (Massiliense), relating that he has great affection for them because of their past and future services. Inclined by their entreaties, he confirms and strengthens the grant of liberties throughout the Kingdom of Jerusalem (... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ, no. 132, RRH 163; RRR 343. Mayer, Marseilles Levantehandel, pp. 201-2, no. 17