RRR: Eleemosynary grant
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year: 1173
initiator: King Amalric
recipient: German Hospital of Saint Mary
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: †Mar. 26 (1163 ?). [133] Acre. Amalric, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Ierusalem rex quintus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the German hospital of St Mary in order to provide cloth [panni] for the sick. He gives a rent [assisia] of 400 Saracen besants a year, to be drawn from the funda in Nablus and payable in 4 instalments, each of 100 besants. He gives 2 casalia in the region of Hebron called Deldol and Seriie and 2 casalia in the region of Bethan called Rehap and Ardelle, with their villani and sugar cane plantations [canamelli]. He also grants 1 robba of wheat and 1 robba of barley, to be taken every year from the rustici on every carruca he possesses in the territories of Jerusalem and Nablus. If these cannot be provided, whatever is lacking should be made up from his other goods, in or outside Nablus and from the funda of Acre. Witnesses: Guido Ioppensis et Ascalonitanus comes; Rainaldus Sydonensis; Milo domnus Montis Regalis; Amfridus, constabularius regni; lozcelinus de Samosac; domnus Balianus Neapolitanus de Ybelino; Balianus frater eius; Milo de Planci; Bertrandus de Ioppen; Henricus de Gerino; Galterius de Berito; Guillelmus de Tyro; Gualterus de Mirabel; Nicholaus de Huderic; Guilibertus de Sancto Dionisio. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus episcopus Bethleem regnique Ierusalem cancellarius.
†Mar. 26 (1163 ?). [133] Acre. Amalric, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Ierusalem rex quintus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the German hospital of St Mary in order to provide cloth [panni] for the sick. He gives a rent [assisia] of 400 Saracen besants a year, to be drawn from the funda... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:617-19, 783, nos. 354, 455 (RRH no. 496)