year: 1175
initiator: Bohemond III, prince of Antioch
recipient: Petrus de Melfia
text: Jan. 7. [139] With the agreement of his wife Orguilosa, eiusdem honoris principissa, Bohemond III dei gratia princeps Antiochenus, son of Prince Raymond, rewards Petrus de Melfia, his homo ligius and vicecomes, for his service [servicium] by giving him the share he has in a mill called Scomodar. This comprises half the octonarius, the other half being paid annually to the monks of St Symeon, and half the tithe of the mill’s vines and other territory that stretches as far as the boundary of Maraban. He also gives the tithes due to him for the vines of Saranjac, parts of which are held by the children of Bonetus, by the nuns of [Pons] Ferri - a part that had belonged to Herveus parvus - and by Petrus de Melfia himself, which he gave to his daughters on their marriage, together with those that had belonged to Ada de rua obscura, Andreas cambiator, Paganus the son of Basilius, and Sibilla, the wife of Petrus de Avionun. Petrus de Melfia can sell or pledge this tithe should he so wish. In return Petrus gives Bohemond 200 besants and a cuppa made of 3 marchae of silver. Witnesses: Huduinus de Marrot; Silvester consanguineus principis; Rogerius de Surdavalle; Guiscardus de Insula; Simon Burgewinus dux Antiochie; Johannes de Salquino. The charter was drawn up by Alexander Apamie canonicus.
Jan. 7. [139] With the agreement of his wife Orguilosa, eiusdem honoris principissa, Bohemond III dei gratia princeps Antiochenus, son of Prince Raymond, rewards Petrus de Melfia, his homo ligius and vicecomes, for his service [servicium] by giving him the share he has in a mill called Scomodar.... more
sources: Prutz ‘Eilf Deutschordens-Urkunden’, pp. 386-7, no. 1 (RRH no. 511)