RRR: Eleemosynary grant
1890
year: 1221
initiator: Henricus comes Ruthenensis
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Oct. 18. Acre. In the house of the Hospital of St John. Henricus comes Ruthenensis, who is gravely ill, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by frater Garinus de Monteacuto magister, of extensive properties in France. He makes the gift in appreciation of the services he has received from the Order while in Syria. He wishes to receive the Order’s habit on the day of his death and to be buried in its cemetery. He asks his wife A. and son B. to carry out his wishes. Witnesses: Guillelmus Burdegalensis archiepiscopus; magister Bertrandus; Petrus Maurinus; Bertrandus de Mazerolis miles; Guibertus del Bos miles; Mironus de Ruppe miles; Gerardus; Bernardonus; P. Cornatus; Geraldus; Bernardus de Villafranca imperialis aule publicus notarius, who wrote and sealed the charter.
Oct. 18. Acre. In the house of the Hospital of St John. Henricus comes Ruthenensis, who is gravely ill, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by frater Garinus de Monteacuto magister, of extensive properties in France. He makes the gift in... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:298, no. 1740 (RRH no. 949a)