year: 1160
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Rainaldus Falconarius
text: Mar. 16. During the siege of Blahasent/Belhasam [Qal‘at Abu’l-Hassan]. Baldwin, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex, with the agreement of his wife Theodora Iherosolimorum regina and his brother Amalricus comes Ascalonitanus, confirms under seal an agreement with Rainaldus Falconarius. Rainaldus allows the king to create as many canals as he likes to draw off water from the River of Acre, called Belus, to irrigate his sugar cane plantations. In return the king will give Rainaldus one fifth of the profits from the sale of sugar, after expenses have been deducted. The king permits Rainaldus to exact the same dues [talis exactio et talis consuetudo] from all mills inside and outside Acre as he took formerly from his mills on the River Belus. He promises Rainaldus and his wife domina Luciana, that his heirs will have the same rights. Witnesses: Humfredus de Torono constabularius; Galterius dominus Tiberiadensis; Philippus Neapolitanus; Hugo Cesariensis dominus; Gormundus Tiberiadensis; Guido Francigena; Henricus Bubalus; Rohardus Neapolitanus. The charter was drawn up by Stefanus, acting on behalf of dominus Radulfus Bethleemite episcopus regisque cancellarius.
Mar. 16. During the siege of Blahasent/Belhasam [Qal‘at Abu’l-Hassan]. Baldwin, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex, with the agreement of his wife Theodora Iherosolimorum regina and his brother Amalricus comes Ascalonitanus, confirms under seal an agreement with Rainaldus... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:462-4, 497, nos. 254, 269; 2:528, no. 300 (RRH no. 344)
RRR: Privilege/exemption
699
year: 1163
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Bohali son of Hebenecstin mercator
text: June 7 1156 - Feb. 10 1163. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Ierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, grants Bohali filius Hebenecstin mercator and the other merchants carried in his ship [navis] licence and safeconduct in trading with the goods between Tyre and Egypt. If any of [the king’s] homines, galeator or other....
June 7 1156 - Feb. 10 1163. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Ierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, grants Bohali filius Hebenecstin mercator and the other merchants carried in his ship [navis] licence and safeconduct in trading with the goods between Tyre and Egypt. If any of [the king’s] homines,... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:492-4, no. 268 (RRH no. 598a)