RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
110
year: 1110
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Church of Bethlehem
text: Sept. 24 1109 - Mar. 24 1110. After an account of the liberation of Jerusalem, the election of Godfrey [karissimus frater meus] to the office of sancte civitatis gubernator and Godfrey’s death primo principatus sui anno peracto, Baldwin, ab exultante clero principibus et populo primus rex Francorum nutu divino electus atque statutus, describes how he was crowned in the church of Bethlehem and announces that he wanted to raise Bethlehem to the status of bishopric. After consulting Arnulfus archidiaconus and the chapter [of the church of the Holy Sepulchre] in Jerusalem, he sent Arnulfus archidiaconus and Aicardus decanus to Rome for advice. Pope Paschal II ordered Archbishop Gibelin of Arles to hear the case presented by Arnulfus and Aicardus and to follow them to Jerusalem. Gibelin, on the orders of Paschal and with the agreement of the chapter of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, chose and installed Aschetinus eiusdem ecclesie cantor, who had already been elected bishop of Ascalon, as bishop of Bethlehem. [21] Ascalon was subjected to Bethlehem. Confirming this, Baldwin, dei gratia rex Ierusalem Latinorum primus, also confirms the eleemosynary gift [to benefit among others the soul of Godfrey misericordissimus dux] he had made to the church of Bethlehem of the villa of Bethlehem and the following casalia: Bedar in the territory of Acre; Seylon in the territory of Nablus; Bethbazan/Bethbezen/Bethlezen next to Bethlehem; Zeophir/Zoephyr and Carcapha/Carchapha/Carapha in the territory of Ascalon. He has solved the disputes Bethlehem had had with the church of Jerusalem through the exchange of lands and vineyards in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem. He threatens judgement on any who should dispute this grant after his death and promises to confirm any gift to Bethlehem made by his magnates, knights and burgesses [optimates, milites, burgenses]. The charter is dated to the period in which Archbishop Gibelin of Arles, the papal legate, was elected to the patriarchate of Jerusalem. Witnesses: Arnulfus archidiaconus; Aicardus decanus; Eustachius Granerius; Anselmus turris David custos; Radulfus de Fontaneto; Pisellus vicecomes; Simon ducis filius; Anfredus vir religiosus; Girardus camerarius and many others.
Sept. 24 1109 - Mar. 24 1110. After an account of the liberation of Jerusalem, the election of Godfrey [karissimus frater meus] to the office of sancte civitatis gubernator and Godfrey’s death primo principatus sui anno peracto, Baldwin, ab exultante clero principibus et populo primus rex Francorum... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:159-64, no. 40 (RRH no. 59)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
1049
year: 1180
initiator: Baldwin IV
recipient: Roger de Moulins, master of the Hospital; Rohardus de Chabor
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jan. 21. Acre. Baldwin, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex sextus, makes an eleemosynary grant, confirming under seal an arbitration in a long dispute between Rogerius de Molinis magister, together with his brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and Rohardus de Chabor over land situated between Beroet and the Tolonum Rohardi de Chabor, which Rohardus unjustly claimed. The king ordered Ioscelinus, his uncle and senescalcus, some brothers of the Hospital - with the permission of Rohardus -, Antelmus de Luca, Radulfus de Nigella and others to walk the ground and measure out the boundaries. Rohardus then publicly renounced his claims. Witnesses: Iocelinus comitis Edessani filius regius senescalcus; Gillebertus de Floriaco vicecomes Acconensis; Hubertus de Accon; Antelmus de Luca; Radulfus de Nigella; Odo de Luco Plantato; Ioulanus de Saus. The charter was drawn up by Willelmus Tyrensis archiepiscopus regisque cancellarius.
Jan. 21. Acre. Baldwin, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex sextus, makes an eleemosynary grant, confirming under seal an arbitration in a long dispute between Rogerius de Molinis magister, together with his brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and Rohardus de... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:712-13, no. 417 (RRH no. 591)
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
2434
year: 1243
initiator: Johan de Gibeleth
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Aug. 1-31. Johan de Gibeleth, the son of the late Guillaume de Gibeleth, records under seal that he has reached agreement with the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by frere Guillaume de Chasteauneuf maistre, over a dispute about the grinding [moiture] of his mill called the molin de la Mer, which the Order claimed he had given as an eleemosynary grant to its commandery [maison] in Tripoli. He confirms that the commandery [maison] in Tripoli can grind freely each week 100 marcibans of wheat, of the measure of the port of Tripoli, for the brothers, the sick and its household [mahnée], employing the first grindstone at the mill that it finds unused. If the full measure cannot be ground in one week, it can be made up the next, but should there be a failure through the fault of the brothers or their men, or because the mill breaks down, the amount cannot be recovered. Guarantors: Hue de Gibeleth; Johan de Farabel sire dou Pui; Hue de Balaiz; Johan Dedde.
Aug. 1-31. Johan de Gibeleth, the son of the late Guillaume de Gibeleth, records under seal that he has reached agreement with the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by frere Guillaume de Chasteauneuf maistre, over a dispute about the grinding [moiture] of his mill called the molin de la... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:604, no. 2298 (RRH no. 1113)