year: 1098
initiator: Bohemond of Taranto
recipient: Genoese
text: Jul. 14. Bohemond [of Taranto], son of Robert Guiscard, duke of Apulia, gives the Genoese in the city of Antioch the church of St John, which is in the street that runs directly to the basilica of St Peter; a market [fondicum] and a well; and 30 houses which are in the piazza [platea] adjoining the church of St John. He confirms all gifts of customs or rights [consuetudines vel rectitudines] that have been, or will be, given by others in Antioch and its dependencies. Boemundus; episcopus Adrianus; Robertus de Surda Valle; Robertus de Anza; Rodulfus Rufus; Boellus de Carrato.
Jul. 14. Bohemond [of Taranto], son of Robert Guiscard, duke of Apulia, gives the Genoese in the city of Antioch the church of St John, which is in the street that runs directly to the basilica of St Peter; a market [fondicum] and a well; and 30 houses which are in the piazza [platea] adjoining the... more
sources: Hagenmeyer, Die Kreuzzugsbriefe, pp. 155-6, no. 13 (RRH no. 12)
year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Genoese
text: *†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Genoese a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity. (Mayer, UKJ 3:1470, no. App. II/9)
*†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Genoese a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity. (Mayer, UKJ 3:1470, no. App. II/9)
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1470, no. App. II/9 [14]
year: 1105
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Genoese
text: †Apr. 22. Because of the assistance the Genoese gave to the First Crusade in the seizure of Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia and Dertusia, and their help in taking the cities of Caesarea, Ascalon, Solinum and Biblium, King Baldwin I [rex invictus], with the approbation of Patriarch Daibert, grants them one third of the territories and revenues of Caesarea, Acre and Assur, and vici in Jerusalem and Jaffa with jurisdictional immunity
†Apr. 22. Because of the assistance the Genoese gave to the First Crusade in the seizure of Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia and Dertusia, and their help in taking the cities of Caesarea, Ascalon, Solinum and Biblium, King Baldwin I [rex invictus], with the approbation of Patriarch Daibert, grants them... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1471-3, no. App. II/11 (RRH no. 45)
year: 1109
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Genoese
text: Spring 1106 – Jul. 12 1109. An inscription is placed in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, recoding how, as a reward for their assistance in the taking of Acre, King Baldwin I gives the Genoese, who had helped acquire Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia, Tortosa, Solinum and Gibellum, a vicus in Jerusalem and Jaffa and a third part of Caesarea, Assur and Acre.
Spring 1106 – Jul. 12 1109. An inscription is placed in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, recoding how, as a reward for their assistance in the taking of Acre, King Baldwin I gives the Genoese, who had helped acquire Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia, Tortosa, Solinum and Gibellum, a vicus in Jerusalem... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:132-6, no. 28; Kedar, ‘Again: Genoa’s Golden Inscription’, pp. 495-502 (RRH no. 45) [20]
year: 1187
initiator: Raymond III, count of Tripoli
recipient: Genoese
text: *Jul. 4 - Aug. 6. Tyre. Count Raymond III of Tripoli, together with the barones gives the Genoese freedom in Tyre; a third part of the cathena there; casale sancti Georgii; and many other possessions.
*Jul. 4 - Aug. 6. Tyre. Count Raymond III of Tripoli, together with the barones gives the Genoese freedom in Tyre; a third part of the cathena there; casale sancti Georgii; and many other possessions.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1345-6, no. 771
year: 1187
initiator: Barones of the kingdom of Jerusalem
recipient: Genoese
text: Jul. 4-7 or Jul. 10 - Aug. 6. Tyre. In the archbishop’s palacium. The barones of the kingdom of Jerusalem, established in Tyre with the archbishops and the preceptores of the Temple and the Hospital after sorrowful warfare [lacrimabile bellum] with the Turci above [supra] Manescalcia Tyberiadis, and seeing the loss of the Land, by common counsel concede to the Genoese, represented by Willelmus Piperata consul et vicecomes Genuensium Tyri, freedom of entry and departure from Tyre, so that they will pay no duty [consuetudo] on the goods and merchandise they bring in our take out of Tyre by sea or by land, because they have come speedily to the defence of the city and are willing to serve the king and queen faithfully. The barones and other homines of the king and queen promise to persuade the king and queen to assent to this. The barones concede to the Genoese a free curia and and a courtyard [curtis], which is a meat market [macellum] with 3 houses attached to it, a platea and 2 blocks of houses [insulae domorum], which are in front of the market and are bounded on one side by the public way [via publica] and on the other side by a lane [commeatus vel semita]. The [quarter] stretches from the house of Theobaldus aurifex to the house of the late magister Petrus Genuensis. The concession will be guaranteed in respect of the king and queen by 3 archbishops. [The grantors of this privilege are:] domnus Iocius Tyrensis, who appended his seal to the charter, domnus Letardus Nazarenus; domnus Monachus Cesariensis; and the following barones, comes Tripolitanus; comes Ioscelinus regni senescalcus; Rainaldus domnus Sydoniensis; Balianus; Galterius Cesaree; and by many other homines of the king and queen, together with frater Terricus preceptor Templi; and frater Borrellus preceptor Hospitalis. Witnesses: domnus Raimundus Biblii; domnus Willielmus Tyberiadis; domnus Robertus de Pinkehnec.
Jul. 4-7 or Jul. 10 - Aug. 6. Tyre. In the archbishop’s palacium. The barones of the kingdom of Jerusalem, established in Tyre with the archbishops and the preceptores of the Temple and the Hospital after sorrowful warfare [lacrimabile bellum] with the Turci above [supra] Manescalcia Tyberiadis,... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1339-43, no. 769 (RRH no. 659)
year: 1201
initiator: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
recipient: Genoese
text: Mar. 1-31. Leon, Dei gratia rex Armeniorum, filius Stephanus et de potenti genere Rupinorum, postquam divina clementia promotus sum ad regalem dignitatem et sublimatus regali corone per manus Romani Imperii, wishes to encourage the Genoese to come to his kingdom. And so he makes a grant, signed in both Armenian and Latin, to Ogerius de Pallo, representing the Genoese. He gives freedom to come and go and sell throughout his land, entering and leaving through his ports. He gives the Genoese and their goods and merchandise safe conduct thoughout his land and those of his barones, so that the Genoese are freed on their purchases and sales from all servitium, drictura, pactum, exactio, angaria tributi vectigalis. Their goods are to be safe in shipwrecks. He gives land in his cities of Sisum, Mamista and Tharsus, so that in each the Genoese may build a church, a fundum, houses and a curia, in which they will have jurisdiction over Genoese, although if a Genoese has a claim against a man of another nationality the case will be decided in the royal curia. The Genoese are held to defend the rights of the king and men [of Cilician Armenia]. The charter was drawn up by Iohannes archiepiscopus Sisensis, Trium Arcium abbas, totius regni Armenie legatus et cancellarius.
Mar. 1-31. Leon, Dei gratia rex Armeniorum, filius Stephanus et de potenti genere Rupinorum, postquam divina clementia promotus sum ad regalem dignitatem et sublimatus regali corone per manus Romani Imperii, wishes to encourage the Genoese to come to his kingdom. And so he makes a grant, signed in... more
sources: Rovere and Puncuh I Libri 1/2:164-6, no. 344 (RRH no.781)
year: 1215
initiator: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
recipient: Genoese
text: Mar. 15. Leon, Dei gratia rex Armenie, makes a sealed grant to all who call themselves Genoese, represented by Ugo Ferrarius vicecomes Ianuensium. He gives them the right to a free court [libera curia] throughout his land, which will be managed according to the customs of Genoa and will judge all cases and offences involving Genoese, except major theft and homicide. He grants the Genoese the right to buy and sell, come and go by sea or land, without the payment of any dues [drictura et passagium], whether their ships are wrecked or arrive safely or not. Excluded from this grant are the land now held by dominus Ottho de Thabaria, [the land now held by dominus Adam de Gaston], the land called Corc held by dominus Vaharan marescalcus, and the crossing duty [passagium] payable to dominus Leo de Cabban over the river called Iahan. Leon also gives the Genoese a vicus, a church and land in the city of Tarsus, on which to build a bathhouse and oven and plant a garden.
Mar. 15. Leon, Dei gratia rex Armenie, makes a sealed grant to all who call themselves Genoese, represented by Ugo Ferrarius vicecomes Ianuensium. He gives them the right to a free court [libera curia] throughout his land, which will be managed according to the customs of Genoa and will judge all... more
sources: Rovere and Puncuh, I Libri 1/2:168-71, no. 346 (RRH no. 875)
year: 1221
initiator: Iohannes de Ibelino Beriti dominus
recipient: Genoese
text: Nov. 1-30. Iohannes de Ibelino Beryti dominus makes a sealed grant to all Genoese, represented by dominus Philippus Embriac and dominus Amicus Streiaporc, consules in terra Syrie. He gives freedom from the payment of dues [ius et consuetudo] on all goods they import and export through the cathena of Beirut and send or have sent to Beirut. They will be free from the payment of all dues on their purchases in the funda of Beirut and from the payment of terciaria on all ships [vasella] carrying goods they have bought in the funda. No Genoese ship applying to Beirut need pay ancoragia. He gives the Genoese a free court [curia libera] in Beirut, with the same rights as those enjoyed by their courts in Acre, Tyre and the kingdom of Jerusalem. He confirms their possession of houses that had belonged to Rubaldus Corvus, which ought to be in the state they were in on the last Feast of St Barbara [4 December]. The Genoese may use the bath house before the castle of Beirut on Thursday every week. The Genoese in general will not suffer if one of their compatriots commits an act of piracy against Iohannes or his homines. The goods on Genoese ships wrecked on the coast of the lordship of Beirut will be secure. Witnesses: Reinaldus de Mimars; Thomas de Orteli; Terricus Breiban; Climens de Gibelli, Matheus de Nefin; Girardus Liece; Gauterius Hardel; Henricus Lepingre; Symon Grimaud.
Nov. 1-30. Iohannes de Ibelino Beryti dominus makes a sealed grant to all Genoese, represented by dominus Philippus Embriac and dominus Amicus Streiaporc, consules in terra Syrie. He gives freedom from the payment of dues [ius et consuetudo] on all goods they import and export through the cathena... more
sources: Rovere and Puncuh, I Libri 1/2:174-6, no. 349 (RRH no. 950)
year: 1223
initiator: Iohannes de Ibelino Beriti dominus
recipient: Genoese
text: May 1-31. In the presence of dominus Hugo Ferrarius and dominus Hugo Fornarius, [Genoese] consules in terra Syria, Iohannes de Ibelino Beriti dominus modifies under seal the grant he had previously made to the Genoese [Nov. 1-30 1221]. He confirms their freedom from the payment of dues [ius et consuetudo] on all goods they import and export to and from Beirut, although he limits this to those brought and taken out by sea. He now excludes all pottery [excepto omni opere porterie], wine and oil, which will now be subject to measuring and will be charged either at 1 denarius for every 5 iarri Beritenses, or, if the mensurator ville is involved, at 2 denarii for every 5 iarri, and wheat [bladum], which will be charged at 1 denarius for every 2 modii. He confirms the freedom for Genoese ships [vasella], great and small, from the payment of terciaria and ancoragia. He confirms the right of the Genoese to have a free court [curia libera] in Beirut, with the same rights as those enjoyed by their courts in Acre, Tyre and the kingdom of Jerusalem. He confirms their possession of houses that had belonged to Rubaldus Corvus, adding that the Genoese may improve them, and their use of the bath house before the castle of Beirut on Thursday every week. He gives the right to an oven. He repeats that the Genoese in general will not suffer if one of their compatriots commits an act of piracy against Iohannes or his homines and that the goods on Genoese ships wrecked on the coast of the lordship of Beirut will be secure. Witnesses: Reinaldus de Mimars; Symon Iopensis; Bartholomeus falconarius; Thome de Retel; Clemens de Gibelin; Baldoinus de Gibelin; Hugo de Maçarea; Henricus Lepingre; Galterius Haldel; Guillelmus Harneis; Matheus de Nephyn; Symon Grimaud; Guillelmus de Malembec; Girardus Liece.
May 1-31. In the presence of dominus Hugo Ferrarius and dominus Hugo Fornarius, [Genoese] consules in terra Syria, Iohannes de Ibelino Beriti dominus modifies under seal the grant he had previously made to the Genoese [Nov. 1-30 1221]. He confirms their freedom from the payment of dues [ius et... more
sources: Rovere and Puncuh, I Libri 1/2:176-9, no. 350 (RRH no. 963)