year: 1251
text: . February 1–28. (1250 o.s.) * Report of a joint meeting of the High Court and the Cour des Bourgeois in Acre convened by [John of Ibelin] lord of Arsur, then baill dou royaume de Jerusalem por le roi Henri de Chipre qui estoit au jour sire, held in the house which had belonged to the lord of Beirut because the king of France was then lodged in the castle at Acre. Homes liges: Phelippe de Monfort, at the time lord of Tyre and Toron, John l’Aleman (Johan l’Aleman), lord of Caesarea, the lord of Scandillion, Tibaut de Bessan, Phelippe le Chambrelain mareschau of the kingdom, Raoul de Baruth, Heude de la Fierté, the then visconte of Acre, Gautier l’Aleman and Heimé his brother, Baillian Antheaume and Raymon his brother, Estiene de Sauveny, Jaques Vidal, Symon de Malenbec and Johan his son, Gautier de Saint Bertin, Johan de Crees, Johan Pellevillain and Heude his son, Aubert Embriac, Johan de Floury, Gerart de Pinquegny, Johan Grif, Thomas Guale, Raoul d’Aleman, Gerart Mainebeu, Thomas Coste, Johan Martin, Hue Hernaut. Jurés d’Acre de la Court des Bourgois: Alart, Heude de Conches, Nicole de la Mounée, Gui l’Orfievre, Johan Phelippe, Piere Carcadel, Piere Michel, Joffroi de Thabarie, Henri de Conches, Johan Jordain, Raymon son of Heude de la Tour, Piere le Petit, Johan de Nefin, Beneit dou Puy. The lord of Arsur presented arguments in favour of keeping a written record of proceedings before both courts. The lord of Tyre and Toron spoke in support and there was general agreement.
. February 1–28. (1250 o.s.) * Report of a joint meeting of the High Court and the Cour des Bourgeois in Acre convened by [John of Ibelin] lord of Arsur, then baill dou royaume de Jerusalem por le roi Henri de Chipre qui estoit au jour sire, held in the house which had belonged to the lord of... more
sources: ‘Abrégé du Livre des Assises de la Cour des Bourgeois’, RHC Lois 2:246-48
year: 1251
text: . March 1. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to Master Filippo, cantor of Tripoli and papal chaplain, rewarding his devotion and service to the pope and the Roman Church and responding to his entreaties by granting that no papal delegate, subdelegate, conservator or executor can promulgate a sentence of interdict, suspension or excommunication against him without special papal mandate making explicit mention of this indulgence. Valid for five years.
. March 1. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to Master Filippo, cantor of Tripoli and papal chaplain, rewarding his devotion and service to the pope and the Roman Church and responding to his entreaties by granting that no papal delegate, subdelegate, conservator or executor can promulgate a sentence... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 22, f. 60v, no. 442; Innocent IV, Les registres, 2:209, no. 5178a, misdated to March 8, the date of the letter to the executors in RRR 2812
year: 1251
text: . March 8. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV assigns the patriarch of Jerusalem [Robert de Nantes] and the abbot of Belmont of the Cistercian Order in the diocese of Tripoli as executors of the preceding privilege (RRR 2811), adding the clause that this is notwithstanding any similar papal indulgence given to others and the constitution de duabus dietis.
. March 8. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV assigns the patriarch of Jerusalem [Robert de Nantes] and the abbot of Belmont of the Cistercian Order in the diocese of Tripoli as executors of the preceding privilege (RRR 2811), adding the clause that this is notwithstanding any similar papal indulgence given... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 22, f. 60v, no. 442. Innocent IV, Les registres, 2:209, no. 5178b
year: 1251
text: . March 18. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV assures the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar that rulings on exempt orders will not prejudice their privileges.
. March 18. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV assures the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar that rulings on exempt orders will not prejudice their privileges.
sources: Innocent IV, Les Registres 2:206-7, no. 5161
year: 1251
text: . March 18. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the master and brothers of the Hospital of Jerusalem, granting them for the support of the Holy Land the legacies to the Holy Land made thus far and the cash redemptions of crusade vows of the men, residents or inhabitants of their lands, various obstacles notwithstanding. This privilege is conceded owing to the commitment of the Hospitallers to the defence of the Holy Land.
. March 18. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the master and brothers of the Hospital of Jerusalem, granting them for the support of the Holy Land the legacies to the Holy Land made thus far and the cash redemptions of crusade vows of the men, residents or inhabitants of their lands, various... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 2:207, no. 5165; Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:706, no. 2555
year: 1251
text: . March 18. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the master and brothers of the Hospital of Jerusalem, relating that when he recently established that however much those who are exempt enjoy their liberty, nevertheless they can be cited before the ordinaries of the places, who will have jurisdiction over them in this, the addressees were concerned about their liberties and immunities based on papal privilege, so the pope responds to their humble entreaty by specifying that what he has established shall generate no prejudice for these liberties and immunities.
. March 18. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the master and brothers of the Hospital of Jerusalem, relating that when he recently established that however much those who are exempt enjoy their liberty, nevertheless they can be cited before the ordinaries of the places, who will have jurisdiction... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 22, f. 70r, no. 496, and, for the full text, f. 57r, no. 409. Innocent IV, Les registres, 2:219, no. 5233; Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:706-7, no. 2556
year: 1251
text: . April 1-13. Worms. Conrad, Dei gracia Romanorum in regem electus semper augustus, Ierusalem et Sicilie rex, confirms under seal all the privileges and immunities granted to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans by the late emperor Frederick II. He refers specifically to the Order’s acquisitions in the city of Acre and to an agreement on land made by the Order with John l’Aleman (Iohannes Alamannus) Cesariensis. German witnesses.
. April 1-13. Worms. Conrad, Dei gracia Romanorum in regem electus semper augustus, Ierusalem et Sicilie rex, confirms under seal all the privileges and immunities granted to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans by the late emperor Frederick II. He refers specifically to the Order’s acquisitions... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1212-15, no. 703
year: 1251
text: . April 9. Nicosia [and 1252. March 24. Nicosia] In the time of Archbishop-Elect Hugo (Ugo da Fagiano) of Nicosia, the following excommunicates were publicly denounced on papal authority on Palm Sunday in the Great Cemetery of the church of Nicosia: all heretics of both sexes; those who protect, receive, and defend them; those who teach differently from the Holy Roman Church on the sacraments; those who cause to be observed statutes and laws against ecclesiastical freedom; those who write and make such statutes, the rectors and advisors in the places where they are published and observed, and those who judge or write judgments in a public form in accordance with them; those who claim that the Roman Church is not the head of all churches and refuse to obey it as the head; those who deliver arms, iron, wood, or other prohibited goods to the Saracens or who hold the post of shipmaster in their ships or galleys; all Greek priests and deacons who have not given nor want to give obedience to the Roman Church and the church of Nicosia; manifest usurers; sorcerers and sorceresses, diviners and wizards; men and women who perform incantations; those who publicly support gambling in their houses; those who allow prostitutes to stay in their houses or permit them to be there when they know they are prostitutes; pirates or corsairs who rob merchants and other Christians at sea, on rivers, or on land; those who receive, defend, or offer advice, assistance, or favour to them; men and women apostates of our diocese who have abandoned the religious habit and live secular lives without the Church's permission; those who contract or have contracted a clandestine marriage or are present at one; those who do not pay in full or have paid to the church of Nicosia the tithes on all their possessions, animals, rents, and income, who deduct seed, expenses, or requisitions before payment, or who commit fraud in payment. On pain of excommunication, the archbishop orders all Greeks who have received the sacraments of confirmation and marriage in the way of the Roman Church and the church of Nicosia, and their children, to hear at least on Sundays the divine office in the Great Church of the Latins of Nicosia, to confess their sins there at least once a year to a Latin priest, and to receive from that church all the sacraments in the Latin way henceforth, not at all following the Greek way and rites, except in cases of necessity. Otherwise they shall fear not only excommunication but other punishment.
. April 9. Nicosia [and 1252. March 24. Nicosia] In the time of Archbishop-Elect Hugo (Ugo da Fagiano) of Nicosia, the following excommunicates were publicly denounced on papal authority on Palm Sunday in the Great Cemetery of the church of Nicosia: all heretics of both sexes; those who protect,... more
sources: Schabel, Synodicum Nicosiense, 154-57, text C
year: 1251
text: . *May 22. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archbishop of Tyre [Niccolò Lercari]; he is not to allow the Genoese present in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Tripoli or the Principality of Antioch to be molested without reason but should protect them.
. *May 22. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archbishop of Tyre [Niccolò Lercari]; he is not to allow the Genoese present in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Tripoli or the Principality of Antioch to be molested without reason but should protect them.
sources: Ferretto, ‘I Genovesi in Oriente nel carteggio di Innocenzo IV’, p. 364, no. XLI
year: 1251
text: . May 29. Genoa. Pope Innocent IV writes to the provost of Aix[-en-Provence], ordering him to provide Canon Benedetto of Tripoli, son of the noble man J. (Giovanni) de Nigro, citizen of Genoa, with a rank or post (dignitate vel personatu) in a cathedral or other church in the County of Provence if one is now vacant, or as soon as he can, and to have him or his agent put in possession of it, various obstacles notwithstanding, including that he is otherwise beneficed and that he is not yet of age, as long as he is almost of age.
. May 29. Genoa. Pope Innocent IV writes to the provost of Aix[-en-Provence], ordering him to provide Canon Benedetto of Tripoli, son of the noble man J. (Giovanni) de Nigro, citizen of Genoa, with a rank or post (dignitate vel personatu) in a cathedral or other church in the County of Provence if... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat., 22, f. 108r-v, no. 693; Innocent IV, Les registres, 2:261, no. 5427