year: 1259
text: *December 16. Agreement between Hospitaller master Hugues Revel and Archbishop H[enri] of Nazareth concerning the 200 carrucates of land in the land of Bathos.
*December 16. Agreement between Hospitaller master Hugues Revel and Archbishop H[enri] of Nazareth concerning the 200 carrucates of land in the land of Bathos.
sources: See RRR 3088, 1-31 July 1255; Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:865 no. 2907; RRH 1270a
year: 1259
text: January 4. Agnani. On 13 November 1258, on behalf of the pope, Constantinus, the papal usher had instructed magister Dalfinatus of Nablus (de Neapoli), subdeacon and papal chaplain, to hear the appeal on a case between the archbishop of Tyre and his chapter and the abbot and convent of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat (S. Maria de Valle Josaphat). Then on 12 December, in the presence of magister Dalfinatus, magister Angelerius, procurator of the abbot of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, then moved the appeal against the sentence in a dispute about tithes with the decanus and church of Jaffa, made by magister Guibertus, canonicus Synodiensis, the officialis of the patriarch of Jerusalem, on the grounds that it was unjust. On 4 January Angelerius, in view of the contumacia of his opponent’s procurator requested that the court proceed to judgement. Notarised statement by Jacobus Tudini de Podiobonsi.
January 4. Agnani. On 13 November 1258, on behalf of the pope, Constantinus, the papal usher had instructed magister Dalfinatus of Nablus (de Neapoli), subdeacon and papal chaplain, to hear the appeal on a case between the archbishop of Tyre and his chapter and the abbot and convent of St Mary of... more
sources: unpublished: Archivio di Stato di Palermo: Tabulario dei monasteri di Sancta Maria Maaddelena di Valle Giosafat, TSMG 0109, https://www.archiviodigitale.icar.beniculturali.it/it/185/ricerca/detail/370234; RRH 1273c
year: 1259
text: January 9. Anagni. Alexander IV writes to Bishop [Thomas] of Bethlehem (Bethleemitanus), papal legate, relating that he was told on behalf of the abbot and convent of St Mary of the Valley of Josaphat of the Order of St Benedict in the diocese of Jerusalem that during the quarrel that arose some time ago between the Genoese, on the one side, and the Venetians and Pisans, on the other, in Outremer, their fighting and that of their supporters and accomplices caused serious damage and loss to the abbot and convent. Thus the abbot and convent asked the pope for a remedy. The pope orders the addressee, if it is so, to compel the aforesaid Genoese, Venetians, Pisans, and their supporters and accomplices to make satisfaction to the abbot and convent for the losses and damages they are known to have caused, after a warning, through ecclesiastical censure, without appeal.
January 9. Anagni. Alexander IV writes to Bishop [Thomas] of Bethlehem (Bethleemitanus), papal legate, relating that he was told on behalf of the abbot and convent of St Mary of the Valley of Josaphat of the Order of St Benedict in the diocese of Jerusalem that during the quarrel that arose some... more
sources: Delaborde, Chartes de Josaphat, pp. 106-7, no. 51; RRH 1264. Inserted in an instrument dated 27 April 1260
year: 1259
text: January 8. Anagni. Alexander IV writes to Bishop [Thomas] of Bethlehem (Bethlemitanus), papal legate, and the abbots of the Mount of Olives and of St Samuel residing in Acre (Accon), relating that the abbot and the convent of St Mary of the Valley of Josaphat complained to him that Archbishop [Henry] of Nazareth (Nazarenus), the noble Lord [John de Valentinis] of Cayfa, and some others of the cities and dioceses of Acre, of Bethlehem (Bethlemitana), and Nazareth (Nazarena) are causing them harm over the casale of Anna, tithes, possessions, debts, and other things that belong by law to that monastery. The pope orders the addressees to summon the parties, hear the case, and decide it with a due end, without appeal, having their decision firmly observed on papal authority, provided that they do not pronounce a sentence of excommunication or interdict against anyone without receiving special mandate from the pope.
January 8. Anagni. Alexander IV writes to Bishop [Thomas] of Bethlehem (Bethlemitanus), papal legate, and the abbots of the Mount of Olives and of St Samuel residing in Acre (Accon), relating that the abbot and the convent of St Mary of the Valley of Josaphat complained to him that Archbishop [... more
sources: Delaborde, Chartes de Josaphat, p. 108, no. 52; RRH 1271
year: 1259
text: April 14. Mont Pèlerin [Monpellerin]. Hue de Gibellet, son of Bertrant de Gibellet, sells for 5,000 besants Tripolaz to Hugue Revel, the Hospitaller master, a casal which he has en la core de Triple called Boutourafig and fifteen strips of land on the plain before Tripoli in a field (un cham) called le cham de la Maison along with all the associated rights except for three of his men: Thome, Raiz Bolos and his brother Raiz Guillaume and except for one ltramar of land with its vilenis which the Templars have in this casal. The casal is bordered on the east by a casal belonging to the bishop called Caphrahael; on the east and north by a casal belonging to the bishop called Hab; on the west by a casal of the lord of Botron called Hayr; on the south by another of Hue’s casals called Haabe. Hue seals the document. Witnesses: Henri lord of Gibellet, Guillaume lord of Botron, Johan the marshal of Tripoli, Baudoyn de Mont Olif; Hue’s homes: Johan de la Broisse, Johan lord of Monene.
April 14. Mont Pèlerin [Monpellerin]. Hue de Gibellet, son of Bertrant de Gibellet, sells for 5,000 besants Tripolaz to Hugue Revel, the Hospitaller master, a casal which he has en la core de Triple called Boutourafig and fifteen strips of land on the plain before Tripoli in a field (un cham)... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:867-68, no, 2915; RRH 1272
year: 1259
text: *April 19. Bohemond (Boémond) IV (recte VI), prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli, regards Huges Revel, the master, and his Order quit of all the damages he claims to have received from them since the peace he had made with William of Chastel Neuf (Guillaume de Châteauneuf), with the vidimus of Patriarch Thomas of Jerusalem, legate of the Holy See and administrator of Acre.
*April 19. Bohemond (Boémond) IV (recte VI), prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli, regards Huges Revel, the master, and his Order quit of all the damages he claims to have received from them since the peace he had made with William of Chastel Neuf (Guillaume de Châteauneuf), with the vidimus of... more
sources: see RRR 3154, 1-30 April 1256; Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:868, no. 2916; RRH 1272a
year: 1259
text: *April 21. Bohemond (Bohémond) VI, prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli comes to an agreement with the Hospitallers: perpetual peace; restitution to the Hospitallers of sequestered landed properties; annual payment to the Hospitallers of 2,000 eels; nomination of arbiters to determine customs claimed by the Hospitallers in Antioch; Hospitaller freedom to buy and sell in Bohemond’s lands.
*April 21. Bohemond (Bohémond) VI, prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli comes to an agreement with the Hospitallers: perpetual peace; restitution to the Hospitallers of sequestered landed properties; annual payment to the Hospitallers of 2,000 eels; nomination of arbiters to determine customs... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:868, no. 2917; RRH nos. 1284, 1272b
year: 1259
text: April 30. Ind. I (II). Genoa. In the palace (palatio) of Opiçonis de Flisco, where the dominus capitaneus (Guillelmus Bucanigrus) dwells. Ugucio de Arezio, citizen of Messina, as nuncius and procurator of Dulce, widow of Willelmus Rubeus and heir of the late Merlo Schillinus (the procuration was issued by the notary Matheus de Ricio and dated 11 September 1252 as mentioned in the attached letter of Manfredus, king of Sicily; 12 September 1258 q.v. specifying that Merlo died in Acre), on behalf of Dolce acknowledges that Guillelmus Bucanigrus, captain of the people of Genoa and the presence of his anciani delivered 1,410 lire being everything that came to the commune of Genoa and the consuls of Genoa, beyond the seas from the goods of the late Merlo who died intestate overseas. Witnesses: Ferrarius de Castro, iudex, and Armanus Pinellus.
April 30. Ind. I (II). Genoa. In the palace (palatio) of Opiçonis de Flisco, where the dominus capitaneus (Guillelmus Bucanigrus) dwells. Ugucio de Arezio, citizen of Messina, as nuncius and procurator of Dulce, widow of Willelmus Rubeus and heir of the late Merlo Schillinus (the procuration was... more
sources: I Libri Iurium, I/4, ed. Dellacasa, no. 739 pp. 228-30; RRH 1273
year: 1259
text: July 1258 to April 1259. Pope Alexander IV writes to King [Hugh II] of Cyprus, relating that the urgent and evident necessity of the kingdoms of Cyprus, Jerusalem, Armenia, and Egypt, the province of Antioch, and other areas of Outremer requires that he send a legate, to which office he is assigning Bishop T[homas] of Bethlehem (Bethlemitanus). The pope urges the king to treat the legate in proper fashion.
July 1258 to April 1259. Pope Alexander IV writes to King [Hugh II] of Cyprus, relating that the urgent and evident necessity of the kingdoms of Cyprus, Jerusalem, Armenia, and Egypt, the province of Antioch, and other areas of Outremer requires that he send a legate, to which office he is... more
sources: Schabel et al. [eds.], Bullarium, 1:496-97, no. f-32
year: 1259
text: April 1-30. Declaration of the monk Neilos of the abbey of Machairas by which he commits himself at the time of his ordination as priest to remain in his monastery and maintain obedience.
April 1-30. Declaration of the monk Neilos of the abbey of Machairas by which he commits himself at the time of his ordination as priest to remain in his monastery and maintain obedience.
sources: Beihammer, Griechische Briefe und Urkunden aus dem Zypern der Kreuzfahrerzeit, no. 91 pp. 221-22 cf. pp. 297-98, 359-60.