RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1735
year: 1216
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: Sept. 1-30. Altenburg. Emperor Frederick II confirms under seal for the Knights Templar, represented by Guillelmus de Antiochia frater sacre militie templi Jherosolimitani, a charter, sealed by the archbishop of Arles and the bishop of Toulon, in which Hugo of Baux and his relations, with the agreement of the viscount of Marseille, allow the Knights Templar to have and construct in Marseille ships [naves] and other vessels [navigia] to sail to the Levant [in partes ultramarinas] or to Iberia in the defence of Christendom and to transport pilgrims, merchants and their cash with or without charge. German witnesses.
Sept. 1-30. Altenburg. Emperor Frederick II confirms under seal for the Knights Templar, represented by Guillelmus de Antiochia frater sacre militie templi Jherosolimitani, a charter, sealed by the archbishop of Arles and the bishop of Toulon, in which Hugo of Baux and his relations, with the... more
sources: Winkelmann, Acta imperii inedita 1:117, no. 139 (RRH no. 889)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2143
year: 1230
initiator: Balianus dominus Sydonis
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: *Summer/Autumn. [Balian of Sidon], the balivus for Frederick II, forbids the Knights Templar to wage war and break the truce of 1229 with the Muslims. Their actions have led to many milites peregrini becoming prisoners-of-war
*Summer/Autumn. [Balian of Sidon], the balivus for Frederick II, forbids the Knights Templar to wage war and break the truce of 1229 with the Muslims. Their actions have led to many milites peregrini becoming prisoners-of-war
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1358, no. 781
year: 1232
initiator: Iohannes de Ibelino Beriti dominus
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: *Mid May. Johan d’Ybelin [the younger] sells a casale called Arames to the Knights Templar for 15000 besants.
*Mid May. Johan d’Ybelin [the younger] sells a casale called Arames to the Knights Templar for 15000 besants.
sources: ‘L’Estoire de Eracles’, p. 398
year: 1238
initiator: King Henry III of England
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Jan. 1. Guildford. King Henry III of England gives 500 marks to the master of the Knights Templar to help with the payment of the ransom of Knights Templar captured by the Saracens between the castles of Gastun/Gastum and Tripeshak/Trepeshac in the land of Antioch.
[Jan. 1. Guildford. King Henry III of England gives 500 marks to the master of the Knights Templar to help with the payment of the ransom of Knights Templar captured by the Saracens between the castles of Gastun/Gastum and Tripeshak/Trepeshac in the land of Antioch.
sources: Calendar of patent rolls. Henry III 1232-1247, p. 207. Calendar entry
year: 1238
initiator: Walter, count of Brienne
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Apr. 1-30. Acre. Walter, count of Brienne, makes a grant of property in France to the Knights Templar. Witnesses: Eustorgius archevêque de Nicosie; Otton de Montbèliard connétable du royaume de Jérusalem; Balians seigneur de Sidon.
[Apr. 1-30. Acre. Walter, count of Brienne, makes a grant of property in France to the Knights Templar. Witnesses: Eustorgius archevêque de Nicosie; Otton de Montbèliard connétable du royaume de Jérusalem; Balians seigneur de Sidon.
sources: Arbois de Jubainville, ‘Catalogue’, p. 174, no. 171. Catalogue entry] (RRH no. 1080)
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
2378
year: 1240
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Feb. 9. Lateran. Because their habits impede their use of arms, Pope Gregory IX permits the Knights Templar to wear large surcoats, with the sign of the cross on the front, when they find themselves in dangerous situations.
[Feb. 9. Lateran. Because their habits impede their use of arms, Pope Gregory IX permits the Knights Templar to wear large surcoats, with the sign of the cross on the front, when they find themselves in dangerous situations.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 3:181-2, no. 5058. Calendar entry].