year: 1256
text: March 31. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to Patriarch [Jacques Pantaléon] of Jerusalem, papal legate, relating that since he has committed to him the office of full legation in his province and over the Christian army there in the support of the Holy Land, he orders him to carry it out prudently, diligently, and faithfully. The pope informs the legate that he has sent letters to the masters, preceptors, convents, and all the brothers of the Hospital of St John, the knighthood of the Temple, the houses of St Mary of the Teutonics, and of St Lazarus in that province ordering them to welcome, treat honourably, assist, and receive and observe the healthy warnings and mandates of the legate as long as he exercises that function.
March 31. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to Patriarch [Jacques Pantaléon] of Jerusalem, papal legate, relating that since he has committed to him the office of full legation in his province and over the Christian army there in the support of the Holy Land, he orders him to carry it out prudently... more
sources: Haluscynskyj and Wojnar, Acta Alexandri IV, pp. 26-27, no. 21
year: 1256
text: March 1 – 31. (1255 o.s.) Tripoli. In the palatium of the prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli. Bohemond (Boemund) [VI], prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli, son of Bohemond (Boemund) [V] out of devotion to the house of the Hospital and out of the great respect he has for the Hospitaller master Guillaume de Chastel Noef and by the hand of Huge Revel, grand commander of Acre, makes an eleemosynary grant of piped water (tuel d’aigue) and a tithe of all the fish taken from garden facing the gate of Hospitaller house in Tripoli known as le jardin de la Gloriette. He also confirms all the urban properties and rents in city of Tripoli. He seals this act which is witnessed by his homes: Guillaume lord of Botron, Meillor lord of Maraclee, Johan lord of Puy, Johan marshal of Tripoli, Johan Pierre, Henri de Camerdais, Thomas Arra, Johan de Flaincort, Angele Pierre, Remond Arra, Pierre de la Gibroille. Given by Johan mon chancelier de Triple.
March 1 – 31. (1255 o.s.) Tripoli. In the palatium of the prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli. Bohemond (Boemund) [VI], prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli, son of Bohemond (Boemund) [V] out of devotion to the house of the Hospital and out of the great respect he has for the Hospitaller... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:807-8, no. 2801; RRH 1229
year: 1256
text: April 6. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to the archbishop and chapter of Nazareth (Nazareni), answering their just prayers by granting that, since the church of Nazareth has already been in the hands of the pagans for 39 years, as long as the church is held by pagans, God permitting, this shall not be counted against the church nor can anything be levied against it.
April 6. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to the archbishop and chapter of Nazareth (Nazareni), answering their just prayers by granting that, since the church of Nazareth has already been in the hands of the pagans for 39 years, as long as the church is held by pagans, God permitting, this shall... more
sources: Bourel de La Roncière, Les registres, 1:397, no. 1330
year: 1256
text: April 30. Acre. Guillaume de Chastel Nuef, master of the Hospital issues a sealed document in which he declares that in the dispute between John of Ibelin (Johan d’Ybelin), count of Jaffa and the Hospitallers concerning the matter of Ascalon which is subject to the arbitration of Phelipe de Montfort, lord of Tyre and Tozon, Hugue Revel, grand commander of the Hosptialler house of Acre, and P[ierre] d’Avalon, constable of Tiberias, that, at the arbiters’ request, he agrees to an extension of the deadline for the completion of their arbitration to the feast of St John the Baptist and that he will be bound by their arbitration. Witnessed by the Hospitaller brothers: Joffrei de Raillane, acting in place of the marshal, Guillaume des Corcelles, Phelipe de Glies, Guichart the drapier, Henri the hospitalier, P. the turcoplier, Joseph the tresorier.
April 30. Acre. Guillaume de Chastel Nuef, master of the Hospital issues a sealed document in which he declares that in the dispute between John of Ibelin (Johan d’Ybelin), count of Jaffa and the Hospitallers concerning the matter of Ascalon which is subject to the arbitration of Phelipe de... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:814-15, no. 2810; RRH 1247
year: 1256
text: April 1 – 30. Bohemond (Boemons) [VI], prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli, son of Bohemond (Boemond) [V] declares that the dispute that he and his homes have had with the Hospitallers, both in his own time and in the time of his late father are now resolved, and that he withdraws all the claims against the Order. He seals this document which is witnessed by his homes liges: Henri the prince’s uncle, Guillelme lord of Botron, Meillior lord of Maraclee, Johan, marshal of Tripoli, Johan de Farabel lord of Pui, Henri de Camerdais, Johan Pierre, Thomas Arra, Johan de Flaincort, Baudoin de Mont Olif.
April 1 – 30. Bohemond (Boemons) [VI], prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli, son of Bohemond (Boemond) [V] declares that the dispute that he and his homes have had with the Hospitallers, both in his own time and in the time of his late father are now resolved, and that he withdraws all the claims... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:812-13. no. 2807; RRH 1248
year: 1256
text: May 5. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to the master and brothers of the hospital of Blessed Martin the Confessor in Acre (Acon), relating that the archbishop of Tyre (Tyrensis), as he has learned, ordered to be constructed with his own goods their hospital for receiving and maintaining poor Bretons from the province of Tours (Turonensis) crossing the sea in support of the Holy Land. Responding to his and the addressees' requests, the pope grants that they can freely and perpetually wear on their clothing as their habit the image of Blessed Martin the Confessor sharing his pallium (cloak) with a pauper, any prohibition notwithstanding.
May 5. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to the master and brothers of the hospital of Blessed Martin the Confessor in Acre (Acon), relating that the archbishop of Tyre (Tyrensis), as he has learned, ordered to be constructed with his own goods their hospital for receiving and maintaining poor... more
sources: Bourel de La Roncière, Les registres, 1:393, no. 1315; Delaville Le Roulx, L’hôpital des Bretons à Saint-Jean d’Acre au treizième siècle, 1, pp. 8-19, no. III; RRH 1216
year: 1256
text: May 5. Acre. Garinus, Michael and Petrus, monks of the former church of Mount Tabor write to Pope Alexander IV. They are pleased to accept that the pope has transferred the abbey and its properties to the Hospitallers, drawing attention to the past Muslim occupation of Mount Tabor itself and its possessions. They are able to report that the Hospitallers have now paid off the debts that the monastic community had contracted, that they have occupied Mount Tabor with the result that the divine office can resume and that they are consolidating their control of the monastic lands. As the monks have no seals of their own, they have asked Terricus, abbot of Mount Zion, and John abbot of S. Samuel of the Premonstratensian order to affix their seals.
May 5. Acre. Garinus, Michael and Petrus, monks of the former church of Mount Tabor write to Pope Alexander IV. They are pleased to accept that the pope has transferred the abbey and its properties to the Hospitallers, drawing attention to the past Muslim occupation of Mount Tabor itself and its... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:8l5-17, no. 2811; RRH 1249
year: 1256
text: May 7. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to Bishop Paulus of Paphos (Paphensis), relating that the bishop’s petition claimed that, while eight is the number of canons established in the church of Paphos, for some time some of the canons of that church were refusing to reside there personally, although they were receiving the entire incomes of their prebends in that church. Since his church was thereby defrauded and still is today when said canons are absent from the church, the bishop asked the pope to provide a solution. The pope concedes to the bishop that, after he warns the canons diligently, if within a year after the warning they do not return to said church to serve in person as they are obliged, he is no longer obliged – by papal letters obtained or to be obtained – to pay them the fruits of their prebends, nor can the bishop be forced to do so, unless the papal letters make explicit mention of this letter.
May 7. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to Bishop Paulus of Paphos (Paphensis), relating that the bishop’s petition claimed that, while eight is the number of canons established in the church of Paphos, for some time some of the canons of that church were refusing to reside there personally,... more
sources: Schabel et al. [eds.], Bullarium, 1:483-84, no. f-23
year: 1256
text: May 7. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to Bishop Paulus of Paphos (Paphensis), conceding him permission to install as canons in his church two suitable priests who are prepared to reside there in person and to provide them with prebends if any are vacant at present, or as soon as they become vacant, notwithstanding the statute about a fixed number of canons strengthened by oath or by confirmation of the Apostolic See, or any papal indulgence preventing this.
May 7. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to Bishop Paulus of Paphos (Paphensis), conceding him permission to install as canons in his church two suitable priests who are prepared to reside there in person and to provide them with prebends if any are vacant at present, or as soon as they become... more
sources: Schabel et al. [eds.], Bullarium, 1:484, no. f-24
year: 1256
text: May 17. Lateran. Alexander writes to the master and brothers of the Hospital of Jerusalem, relating that he was read their petition that claimed that at one time the pope granted them the monastery of Mt Tabor with all the lands, possessions, houses, people, rights, liberties, immunities, and appurtenances belonging to the monastery in any way, and afterwards they came into possession of the above on papal authority. The pope responds to their request by granting that no papal letters, indulgences, or graces given to anyone can generate prejudice for the above or any other papal grant made to them.
May 17. Lateran. Alexander writes to the master and brothers of the Hospital of Jerusalem, relating that he was read their petition that claimed that at one time the pope granted them the monastery of Mt Tabor with all the lands, possessions, houses, people, rights, liberties, immunities, and... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:817-18, no. 2813; RRH 1249a