year: 1134
initiator: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
additional institution: Sancta Quarantena
text: Dec. 25 1133 – Aug. 31 1134. Patriarch William of Jerusalem has given Sancta Quarantena, with all that belongs to it, to the canons of the Holy Sepulchre. With the advice and consent of Patriarch William and Petrus prior, the canons have chosen Rainaldus, one of themselves, to be prior of Sancta Quarantena. He is to remain a canon of the Holy Sepulchre and will be subject to the prior and canons there. His successors will be appointed by the canons of the Holy Sepulchre. Rainaldus has the right to enlarge the priory and increase the size of the community at Sancta Quarantena. The deed is confirmed and sealed by Patriarch William. Auctores and witnesses: Guillelmus patriarcha; Petrus prior; Petrus subprior; Gillebertus; Anselmus precentor; Petrus Bernardi; Goffridus thesaurarius; Fulcherius; magister Robertus; Guillelmus; Osbertus; Aimericus; Balduinus; of the deacons, Galterius; Moyses; Rogerius; Petrus; Geraldus, who drew up the charter; of the subdeacons, Geraldus; Petrus Clementis; Evrardus; Gervasius.
Dec. 25 1133 – Aug. 31 1134. Patriarch William of Jerusalem has given Sancta Quarantena, with all that belongs to it, to the canons of the Holy Sepulchre. With the advice and consent of Patriarch William and Petrus prior, the canons have chosen Rainaldus, one of themselves, to be prior of Sancta... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 77-8, no. 21 (RRH no. 152)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
345
year: 1136
initiator: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
recipient: Rainaldus prior
institution: Sancta Quarantena
text: Dec. 25 1135 –Aug. 31 1136. At the request of the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, Patriarch William of Jerusalem confirms with his seal his gift of the tithes of Jericho to Rainaldus prior and the priory of Sanctissima Quarantena, where Christ fasted for forty days and nights and which is subject to the Holy Sepulchre. Witnesses: Rogerius Lyddensis episcopus; Anselmus Bethleem episcopus; Petrus prior Sepulchri Domini; Achardus prior Templi Domini; Arnaldus prior Montis Syon; Henricus prior Montis Oliveti; Robertus abbas Vallis Josaphat; Soibrandus abbas Sanctᶒ Mariᶒ Latinᶒ; of the convent of the Holy Sepulchre, domnus Ricardus; Petrus Barchinonensis; Robertus Arthasiensis; Gaufridus Constantinopolitanus; Anselmus precentor; Radulfus Parisiensis; Petrus Bernardi; Garnerius; Gerbertus; Robertus; Willelmus; Wlgrinus; Lambertus; item Lambertus; Godefridus; Moyses; Rogerius; Bartholomeus; Gervasius; Geraldus; Evrardus, Dionisius.
Dec. 25 1135 –Aug. 31 1136. At the request of the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, Patriarch William of Jerusalem confirms with his seal his gift of the tithes of Jericho to Rainaldus prior and the priory of Sanctissima Quarantena, where Christ fasted for forty days and nights and which is subject to... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre pp. 78-80, no. 22 (RRH no. 167)
year: 1137
initiator: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
recipient: Galterius de Lucia
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Jul. 12. Patriarch William of Jerusalem, with the agreement of the community [conventus] at the Holy Sepulchre, licences under seal Galterus de Lucia to sell his house to Robertus Medicus and his sons and daughters for 80 besants. Galterus de Lucia built this house on land at the western corner of the lacus Balneorum, extending [vergens] to the north. Because the house’s foundations are so unstable that it cannot be heightened, Patriarch William, with the agreement of the chapter of the Holy Sepulchre, permits Robertus Medicus to construct a vault over the road that runs between the house and the patriarch’s square [campus] and to build on it. He also pledges [in vadimonium] to Robertus some wasteland at the corner of the house so that the house can be extended. Robertus will pay the patriarchal curia 1 besant a year on 15 July [in festivitate Ierusalem] for the house and the additional land. Witnesses: from the chapter of the Holy Sepulchre, Petrus prior; Robertus archidiaconus; Petrus Barcinonensis; Osbertus Ioppensis; Radulphus Parisiensis; Willelmus Normannus; Lambertus de Sancto Lazaro; Garnerius; Godefridus; Robertus de Accon; Moyses; Bartholomeus; Giraldus; Dionisiovs; Brocardus; Willelmus and others; from the patriarchal curia, Everhardus; Humbertus; Amelius; Iohannes; Milo; Ernaldus; Stephanus and others. [49]
Jul. 12. Patriarch William of Jerusalem, with the agreement of the community [conventus] at the Holy Sepulchre, licences under seal Galterus de Lucia to sell his house to Robertus Medicus and his sons and daughters for 80 besants. Galterus de Lucia built this house on land at the western corner of... more
sources: Mayer, Von der Cour des Bourgeois, pp. 234-8, no. 6 (RRH no. 170)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
360
year: 1138
initiator: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
recipient: Petrus Dominici Sepulcri prior
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Jan. 1 – Feb. 5. Patriarch William of Jerusalem confirms with his seal in favour of Petrus ęcclesię Sepulcri Domini prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre the Rule of life constituted by Patriarch Arnulf and everything that they have been given in the Levant and in Europe. He specifies the following: half the oblations to the Holy Sepulchre; two thirds of the money for lights, with the other third going to the patriarch; oblations to the relic of the True Cross, except for those on Good Friday, when they go the patriarch; the tithes of the city of Jerusalem and the lands adjacent to it, except for the tithes from the funda, which belong to the patriarch; half of everything King Baldwin I handed over in an exchange relating to the bishopric of Bethlehem; the church of St Peter in the city of Jaffa; the church of Sanctus Lazarus [at Bethany] and the 4 casalia of Benehatiᶒ, Benehabeth, Ragabam and Roma, which were given by King Baldwin I; the villani and their families given by the same king; the church at Quarantena, which had belonged to the patriarch; all the ovens in Jerusalem given by Duke [dux] Godfrey [of Bouillon], except for two which were transferred to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem for the use of the poor and one which was transferred to the abbey of St Mary of the Latins; all the casalia given to the Holy Sepulchre by Duke Godfrey and confirmed in a charter from King Baldwin I; 4 casalia, called Gith, Capharruth, Crefesilta and Porphiria, which were given by Rogerius Ramathesis episcopus. Witnesses: Gaudentius Cesariensis archiepiscopus; Rogerius Ramathensis episcopus; Anselmus Bethleem episcopus; Robertus Jherusalem archidiaconus; Gaufridus abbas ᶒcclesiᶒ Templi Domini; Arnaldus prior Montis Syon; Henricus prior Montis Oliveti; Robertus abbas ᶒcclesiᶒ Sanctᶒ Mariᶒ Vallis Josaphat; Soibrandus abbas Sanctᶒ Mariᶒ Latinᶒ and many others.
Jan. 1 – Feb. 5. Patriarch William of Jerusalem confirms with his seal in favour of Petrus ęcclesię Sepulcri Domini prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre the Rule of life constituted by Patriarch Arnulf and everything that they have been given in the Levant and in Europe. He specifies the... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 80-3, no. 23 (RRH no. 172)
RRR: Renounciation/surrendering of properties
396
year: 1140
initiator: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
recipient: Church of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Before Sept. 16. Patriarch William of Jerusalem renounces the third of the kingdom of Aragon left by King Alfonso I to the church of the Holy Sepulchre, although with certain retentions and conditions.
Before Sept. 16. Patriarch William of Jerusalem renounces the third of the kingdom of Aragon left by King Alfonso I to the church of the Holy Sepulchre, although with certain retentions and conditions.
sources: Bofarull, Coleción de documentos inéditos 4:71-2
year: 1141
initiator: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
recipient: Raymond du Puy, master of the Hospital
institution: Holy Sepulchre
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: After Feb 3 – Dec. 24. Jerusalem. In exchange for 2 stationes in the platea Surianorum [in Jerusalem] which are neighbours to the patriarch’s own stationes, Patriarch William of Jerusalem, with the agreement of Petrus prior and the chapter of the Holy Sepulchre, makes a sealed gift to Raimundus Hospitalis S. Iohannis Baptistę magister and his brothers of a garden adjacent to the patriarch’s house, which had belonged to the cantor Anselmus before he was professed into the religious life. Witnesses: Petrus prior Sancti Sepulchri; Godefridus thezaurarius; Aimericus canonicus; Willelmus prepositus; domnus Lambertus; domnus Garnerius; domnus Gozelinus; domnus Nicholaus; domnus Robertus; Geraldus diaconus; Willelmus diaconus; Balduinus cancellarius; Amilius diaconus; Milo camerarius; Giufredus de Acu; of the brothers of the Hospital, Stephanus de Antiochia; Petrus Willelmi; Stephanus Lauret; Arnoldus Wascus; Petrus Novellus; Raimundus de Palatio; Stephanus de Dianero; Stephanus de Capella; Petrus thezaurarius; Raimundus thezaurarius; Geraldus pincerna; Bernardus Wascus; Robertus dapifer; [also] Roardus vicecomes, Robertus de Casale sancti Egidii; Rainaldus de Monte Laudato; Tosetus de Tolosa; Petrus de Petragoricis; Peregrinus filius Boneti; Robertus de Sesson; Robertus de Frandol; Rainaldus Segghir; Benzalinus; Humbertus de Baro.
After Feb 3 – Dec. 24. Jerusalem. In exchange for 2 stationes in the platea Surianorum [in Jerusalem] which are neighbours to the patriarch’s own stationes, Patriarch William of Jerusalem, with the agreement of Petrus prior and the chapter of the Holy Sepulchre, makes a sealed gift to Raimundus... more
sources: Mayer, Von der Cour des Bourgeois, pp. 238-42, no. 7 (RRH no. 204)
year: 1143
initiator: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Dec. 25 1142 – Dec. 24 1143. Patriarch William of Jerusalem gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem a church in agro qui Acheldamach dicitur, where pilgrims are buried, with the whole graveyard as measured out by old Suriani in the patriarch’s presence. Witnesses: of the patriarchal clerks, Ernesius domini patriarche nepos et cancellarius; Wichardus capellanus; Amelius diaconus; Alexander; Godefridus; Helias, who wrote the charter; of the brothers of the Hospital, Raimundus magister; Petrus Willelmi clericus, who began to build the church; Stefanus sacerdos; Stefanus Capelle; Haimo prior S. Aegidii and many others.
Dec. 25 1142 – Dec. 24 1143. Patriarch William of Jerusalem gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem a church in agro qui Acheldamach dicitur, where pilgrims are buried, with the whole graveyard as measured out by old Suriani in the patriarch’s presence. Witnesses: of the patriarchal clerks,... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:121-2, no. 150 (RRH no. 215)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
456
year: 1145
initiator: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: 1130 – Sept. 27 1145. Patriarch William of Jerusalem confirms under seal the constitution of the hospital and confraternity established by the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat [Winter 1109/1110 – Apr. 6 1112].
1130 – Sept. 27 1145. Patriarch William of Jerusalem confirms under seal the constitution of the hospital and confraternity established by the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat [Winter 1109/1110 – Apr. 6 1112].
sources: Delaborde, Chartes de Josaphat, pp. 47-9, no. 19 [57] (RRH no. 135)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
459
year: 1145
initiator: Patriarch William of Jerusalem
institution: Saint John in Sebaste
text: Dec. 25 1144 – Sept. 27 1145. Patriarch William of Jerusalem informs the Church at large of the discovery at Sebastea [Samaria] of relics of St John the Baptist, the prophet Elisha and Abdias. He grants under seal an indulgence of 40 days to all visiting Sebastea on the Feasts of the Discovery of the Relics, the Nativity and the Decollation of St John the Baptist and to all contributing to the restoration of the church there.
Dec. 25 1144 – Sept. 27 1145. Patriarch William of Jerusalem informs the Church at large of the discovery at Sebastea [Samaria] of relics of St John the Baptist, the prophet Elisha and Abdias. He grants under seal an indulgence of 40 days to all visiting Sebastea on the Feasts of the Discovery of... more
sources: Le Roux de Lincy et Bruel, ‘Notice historique et critique’, pp. 492-3, no. 1 (RRH no. 235)