year: 1138
initiator: Riso, capellanus to Bohemond I and Bohemond II of Antioch
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Dec. 25 1137 –Aug. 31 1138. In the presence of Patriarch William of Jerusalem, who seals the charter, Riso, capellanus to Bohemond I and Bohemond II of Antioch, gives the canons of the Holy Sepulchre his houses with an apple orchard [pomerium], which he had bought from Willelmus medicus for 64 besants. They are to hold it under the same terms as he held it from Bohemond II. The houses are situated next to those of Pontius Antiocheni thesaurarius on the other side of the public way [via publica]. Riso reserves for himself one camera, to provide a small living place [habitaculum] for his servus, whom he has had baptized, for as long as he lives and serves him faithfully. He surrenders the charter from Bohemond granting him the houses. Witnesses: from the patriarch’s clergy, Humbertus capellanus; Amelius diaconus; Balduinus cancellarius; Johannes and several others.
Dec. 25 1137 –Aug. 31 1138. In the presence of Patriarch William of Jerusalem, who seals the charter, Riso, capellanus to Bohemond I and Bohemond II of Antioch, gives the canons of the Holy Sepulchre his houses with an apple orchard [pomerium], which he had bought from Willelmus medicus for 64... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 174-5, no. 75 (RRH no. 182)
year: 1140
initiator: Petrus prior Dominici Sepulcri
recipient: Raymond of Poitiers, prince of Antioch
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Feb. 1 – Apr. 19. Antioch. Petrus prior Dominici Sepulcri records that, together with some of his canons, he travelled from Jerusalem to Antioch to investigate the rights enjoyed by the church of the Holy Sepulchre in the time of the Greeks [Greci] and then under the Turks [Turci]. He found 2 mills, one standing, the other ruined, on the banks of the River Orontes at the head of the bridge leading to the Gate of the Count [of the city], which the Holy Sepulchre had once owned by hereditary right. Having investigated the matter with lord Raymond [of Poitiers], princeps ejusdem civitatis, and husband of Constantia and having taken evidence from elderly Suriani, it was agreed to put the 2 water wheels [duas rotas a parte fluminis] at [one of] these mills, called Funeidec, into the custody of three Suriani called Nicheforus, Michaelis and Nicholas for them and their heirs to hold in feodo villaniᶒ on condition that they meet the expenses in materials required in rebuilding the mill and the barrage [exclusa] for the mill race. In return they will have half of all the profit they make from milling and from fishing, although the division of produce between them and the Holy Sepulchre will only take place in the presence of the canons’ famulus, who will hold the key to the mills. If the mill should be damaged the Syrians will rebuild it; on a third refusal to rebuild the mill will be confiscated. If a miller is convicted of theft he will repay either in marcibans or in besants. If he cannot repay the money will be expropriated by a canon or by the canons’ famulus. The villania cannot be sold or pledged without the permission of the chapter of the Holy Sepulchre. Witnesses: Wlgrinus prepositus Sancti Sepulcri; Aimericus canonicus; Roberts canonicus; Nicholas canonicus; Gamaliel canonicus; Garnerius canonicus; Ansgerius /Angerius abbas [de] Sancto Georgio; Benedictus cantor; Guido canonicus Sancti Georgii; Silvester canonicus; Joscerandus capellanus; Theodorus notarius.
Feb. 1 – Apr. 19. Antioch. Petrus prior Dominici Sepulcri records that, together with some of his canons, he travelled from Jerusalem to Antioch to investigate the rights enjoyed by the church of the Holy Sepulchre in the time of the Greeks [Greci] and then under the Turks [Turci]. He found 2 mills... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 183-5, no. 78 (RRH no. 199)
year: 1140
initiator: Damascus
recipient: Franks
text: *Spring. Formal alliance, ‘signed’ with oaths, between Damascus and the Franks in opposition to Zengi of Mosul.
*Spring. Formal alliance, ‘signed’ with oaths, between Damascus and the Franks in opposition to Zengi of Mosul.
sources: Ibn al-Qalanisi, pp. 259-60
year: 1141
initiator: Brothers of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
recipient: Robertus Casalis Sancti Egidii and his wife
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Feb. 3. Nablus. Patriarch William of Jerusalem records and seals an agreement, arbitrated in his presence in Jerusalem and Nablus and made between the brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and Robertus Casalis Sancti Egidii and his wife, with the consent of Roardus vicecomes and his wife Gilla, and of King Fulk and Queen Melisende. Robertus and his wife give the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Raimundus eiusdem domus magister and its brothers the land of Emaus with its casalia, just as Robertus had held it as a feudum from Roardus and his wife. In return the brothers of the Hospital will pay Robertus and his heirs each year a census of 250 besants at Easter or within 40 days and another 250 besants at the Feast of All Saints. The land will revert to Robertus if the Hospitallers fail to pay, but Robertus can, if he wishes, make an eleemosyinary grant to the brothers of up to 100 of these besants, or sell or commute them. Such an act will be confirmed by Roardus as an eleemosynary gift. The remaining 400 besants will continue to be paid. Witnesses: Robertus archiepiscopus Nazareth; Rogerius episcopus Sancti Georgii; Gaufridus abbas Templi Domini; of the barones, Willielmus de Burris; Roardus vicecomes; Robertus Casalis Sancti Egidii, and many others; of the brothers of the Hospital, Raimundus Palacii; Stephanus Capelle; Petrus thesaurarius; Raimundus; Girardus pincerna and many others; of other witnesses, Ramatensis Rainerius; Robertus de Frandolio; Constantinus decanus; Milo clericus; Gaufridus de Aquulea; Rainaldus de Monte Laudinis; Tosetus. Nicholaus presbyter Hispaniae wrote the charter.
Feb. 3. Nablus. Patriarch William of Jerusalem records and seals an agreement, arbitrated in his presence in Jerusalem and Nablus and made between the brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and Robertus Casalis Sancti Egidii and his wife, with the consent of Roardus vicecomes and his wife... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:328-31, 347-8, nos. 143, 164 (RRH no. 201)
year: 1141
initiator: Patriarch William of Jerusalem and Petrus prior Sancti Sepulcri
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Holy Sepulchre
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Feb. 3 – Dec. 24. Patriarch William of Jerusalem and Petrus gloriosi Sepulcri prior, together with all its canons, record an agreement with the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, approved by King Fulk and his principes, relating to the land of Emaus given to the Hospital by Robertus de casale S. Egidii. The canons of the Holy Sepulchre will have half the tithes of all harvest, whether of wheat and barley, beans and chickpeas, lentils and peas, and other vegetable crops, or vines and olive trees. The Hospitallers will have the rest of the tithes, in order to manage their chapels and churches, in which they will have full parochial rights. With respect to the casalia they hold in the adjacent hills - casale Huldre; casale de Porcel; casale de Gaufrido Agule; casale de Ansquetino; casale de Bacheler; casale de Gerardo Bocher – or others they may acquire, they will pay the canons half tithes. If the harvest in a casale, whether cultivated by Christians or Muslims [Sarraceni], is commuted for money, the canons will still get half tithes. On the Hospital’s side, the agreement is made by Raimundus magister, and the following brothers: Stephanus de Antiochia; Petrus Willelmus; Raimundus de Palatio; Stephanus Lauret; Arnoldus Vasconi; Stefanus diaconus; Stefanus de Capella; Petrus thesaurarius; Raimundus thesaurarius; Giraldus pincerna; Bernardus Vasconi. It is confirmed by Patriarch William. Witnesses: Gaufridus abbas Templi; Petrus prior Dominici Sepulcri; Godefridus thesaurarius; Aimericus canonicus Sancti Sepulcri; Willelmus prepositus; Garnerius canonicus; Lambertus canonicus and other canons; Roardus, whose feodum encompasses this land; Robertus de casali S. Egidii; Rainaldus de Monte Laudato; Tosetus de Tholosa; Petrus Petragoricis; Peregrinus filius Boneti; Robertus de Sesson; Robertus de Trandol; Rainaldus Seghir; Benzalinus; Humbertus de Baro.
Feb. 3 – Dec. 24. Patriarch William of Jerusalem and Petrus gloriosi Sepulcri prior, together with all its canons, record an agreement with the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, approved by King Fulk and his principes, relating to the land of Emaus given to the Hospital by Robertus de casale S.... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 226-8, no. 107 (RRH no. 205)
year: 1143
initiator: Petrus Dominici Sepulcri prior
recipient: Arnulfus, son of Bernardus/Bernaldus Syrianus
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Apr. 1-30. Petrus Dominici Sepulcri prior, together with the canons, gives Arnulfus, the son of Bernardus/Bernaldus Syrianus, and his heirs houses built over vaults exchanged with the Hospital [of St John] and situated over the Holy Sepulchre’s oven, which is on the road that leads to Mt Sion, and a statio next to the oven for an annual census of 9 besants, payable at Easter. If the bases of the houses resting on the vaults are damaged, that party, the Holy Sepulchre or Arnulfus, which has been negligent will be responsible for repairs. If Arnulfus extends the houses and wishes to sell, the Holy Sepulchre will have preemption rights, paying 1 silver mark less than the price. Otherwise any purchaser, burgensis vel Syrianus, will be subject to the same rent. The cost of any repairs to the statio will be borne by Arnulfus. The canons give custody of the key to the cistern to Arnulfus, who must provide the procurator of the oven with water if he needs it when making repairs. Witnesses: Johannes Vaccarius; Fulcus aurifex; Jordanus clericus; Herbertus numularius; Saibertus; Rainerius de Arraz/Arrat; Petrus Bordinus; Willelmus drogomannus; Johannes filius ejus; Johannes de Podio; Robertus cocus. The charter, which is sealed, was written by Donatus diaconus et scriba Sepulcri Domini.
Apr. 1-30. Petrus Dominici Sepulcri prior, together with the canons, gives Arnulfus, the son of Bernardus/Bernaldus Syrianus, and his heirs houses built over vaults exchanged with the Hospital [of St John] and situated over the Holy Sepulchre’s oven, which is on the road that leads to Mt Sion, and... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 164-5, no. 68 (RRH no. 223)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
451
year: 1145
initiator: Pope Lucius II
recipient: Patriarch William of Jerusalem and Gaudentius Cesareę archiepiscopus
text: Jan. 4. Lateran. At the request of Patriarch William of Jerusalem, originally made to Pope Innocent II who had assented, Pope Lucius II confirms an agreement made between Patriarch Warmund of Jerusalem and Ebremarus Cesariensis archiepiscopus, and renewed between Patriarch William and Gaudentius Cesareę archiepiscopus.
Jan. 4. Lateran. At the request of Patriarch William of Jerusalem, originally made to Pope Innocent II who had assented, Pope Lucius II confirms an agreement made between Patriarch Warmund of Jerusalem and Ebremarus Cesariensis archiepiscopus, and renewed between Patriarch William and Gaudentius... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 180-1, no. 58 (RRH no. 232)
year: 1145
initiator: Petrus Dominici Sepulcri prior
recipient: Andreas, son of Odierda
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Mar. 11 1144 – Aug. 13 1145. Petrus Dominici Sepulcri prior records that when an inhabitant of Mahumeria, a woman called Odierda, became a consoror of the Holy Sepulchre, she gave the community a vineyard. When she died her son Andreas held on to it for a long time against the canons’ will. Robertus Nazarenus archiepiscopus, Fulcherius Tyrensis archiepiscopus, Bernardus Sydoniensis episcopus, Rorgo Ptolomaidensis episcopus, Helias of Tiberiadensis episcopus, Rogerius Ramathensis episcopus and others judged that the fruits of the vineyard should be enjoyed by the canons, but the canons, moved by charity, have remitted the fruits to Andreas and have conceded the vineyard to him for life on condition that they receive a third of the harvest and the tithe, and the vineyard itself on his death. Witnesses: Lambertus subprior; Godefridus thesaurarius; Nicholaus cellararius; Obertus Joppensis; Robertus de Acchon; Alexander; Bertrandus; Ademarus; Willelmus prepositus; Lambertus Flandrensis; Aimericus; Fulco; Bertoldus; Johannes Anglicus; of the deacons, Eurardus; Giraldus; Hugo; of the subdeacons, Willelmus Berytensis; Johannes Pictavensis; Willelmus de Yspania.
Mar. 11 1144 – Aug. 13 1145. Petrus Dominici Sepulcri prior records that when an inhabitant of Mahumeria, a woman called Odierda, became a consoror of the Holy Sepulchre, she gave the community a vineyard. When she died her son Andreas held on to it for a long time against the canons’ will.... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 163-4, no. 67 (RRH no. 229)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
455
year: 1145
initiator: Raymond II, count of Tripoli
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Dec 25 1144 – Sept. 23 1145. Following the wishes of King Baldwin [III] and Queen Melisende of Jerusalem and Prince Raymond and Constantia principissa of Antioch, Raymond II, per Deum Tripolis comes, confirms his eleemosynary gift of 1142 to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, reiterating that the Hospital’s subjects, including the Suriani of Cratum will pay no dues [usus nec conseutudines] throughout his county. He modifies the clause that he will not enter into truces with the Muslims [Saraceni] by referring only to the need for advice and no longer to the need for the consent of the Hospitallers. Witnesses: G. Tripolis episcopus, cum omni conventu suo; W. Tortose episcopus; R. constabularius; F. malescalcus; W. Ebriaci; W. Rainoardi; G. de Cavomonte; S. Roberti; W. Porcelletus; W. de Crato; G. de Podio Laurentii; M. de Boccosello; R. de Fontanellis; R. de Fonte Erecto; R. Viridis; Pipinus, W. Arvei; W. Pandulfi; I. de Bechestino; F. de Tolone; R. de Monte Siquo; Hu. de Lidimano; B. de Rocca; R. Fortis; B. Romanus; R. de Valle Aurea; W. de Cornelione; Siggifredus; P. de Nereu; P. de S. Justo; O. de Monte Olivo; Guiringisisis; Tancredus; D. de Valriaco; P. Humberti; A. de Saurra; W. Tripolis vicecomes ; A. Tripolis raisius; P. de Cafaracha; B. de Bussarra; Hugo Senzaverz; P. de Cavomonte; B. de Terrallo; W. de Lunello; B. Petri de Iherusalem; R. Crispini regis pincerna; Humfredus de Toroni; Philippus Neapolis; of the burgenses, P. de Sura; G. Isnelli; P. Geraldi; S. Monachus; R. Lamberti; W. Rollendi; P. Gerbaldi; R. Arnaldi; Philippus Bornia; Firminus; R. Catalanus; R. Niger; A. Trun; P. Andree; P. de S. Germano; P. de Monte Ferrario; A. de Lambesco; R. Guasco; P. de Castronovo; G. Timonerius; Girbertus; P[etrus] comitis cancellarius, who drew up the charter.
Dec 25 1144 – Sept. 23 1145. Following the wishes of King Baldwin [III] and Queen Melisende of Jerusalem and Prince Raymond and Constantia principissa of Antioch, Raymond II, per Deum Tripolis comes, confirms his eleemosynary gift of 1142 to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, reiterating that... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:130, no. 160; UKJ 1:349, 395-6, nos. 170, 213 (RRH no. 236)
year: 1152
initiator: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
recipient: Helvide, widow of Roger Bathnos
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Dec. 25 1151 – Dec. 24 1152. An agreement made between the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and Helvide, the widow of Roger Bathnos, concerning land situated in the territory of Emmaüs.
*Dec. 25 1151 – Dec. 24 1152. An agreement made between the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and Helvide, the widow of Roger Bathnos, concerning land situated in the territory of Emmaüs.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:161, no. 208 (RRH no. 280a)