RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1922
year: 1222
initiator: Iohannes de Ibelino Beriti dominus
recipient: Venetians
text: Jun. 1-31. At the request of Andreas Michaelis, the emissary of Pietro Ziani, the doge of Venice, Johannes de Ibilino Birity dominus confirms under seal that the Venetians are freed from all dues [ius et consuetudo] on all goods they import through the catena of Beirut and send to Beirut and on all merchandise they buy in the funda of Beirut. They can buy in the city of Beirut without payment of dues cotton [banbacium], silk [seta] and worked silk, pepper, incense, sugar and all spices, indigo and ‘nerçi’, and all dyes, wool and cloth [opera lana], flax and linen [opera lini], pearls and stones, glass and soap. All their vessels [vaselli] exporting merchandise from the funda and the city of Beirut are freed from the payment of terciaria and they will pay no dues on goods they export through the cathena of Beirut. All Venetian vessels are freed from the payment of ancoragia. The Venetians are granted a free curia, with cases of homicide, force and pillage reserved for the lord. Their goods will be secure in shipwreck. Venetian merchants in Beirut will not suffer if any Venetian commits piracy against Johannes or his homines. The Venetians may dispose of and send to Venice the goods of a Venetian who dies, even if he has not made a will; and in the absence of any other Venetians, Johannes will inform the doge and dispose of the goods as the doge thinks fit. Witnesses: Rainerius de Mimars; Simon Jopensis; Thomas de Retel; Girardus Leece; Tercius Breban; Climens de Gibelin; Baldoinus de Gibelin; Simon Grimaud; Mattheus de Nesin.
Jun. 1-31. At the request of Andreas Michaelis, the emissary of Pietro Ziani, the doge of Venice, Johannes de Ibilino Birity dominus confirms under seal that the Venetians are freed from all dues [ius et consuetudo] on all goods they import through the catena of Beirut and send to Beirut and on all... more
sources: Tafel and Thomas, Urkunden 2:232-4, no. 262 (RRH no. 957)