RRR: Eleemosynary grant
977
year: 1177
initiator: Sibilla comitissa Ioppe et Ascalone
recipient: Rodricus comes and the professed brothers of his Order Montjoie
institution: Order of Montjoie
text: Dec. 25 1176 - Jun. 30 1177. Sibilia, daughter of King Amalric, Ioppes et Ascalonis comitissa, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, to benefit particularly her soul and the soul of her husband Guillelmus comes. She gives Rodricus comes and the professed brothers of his Order [Montjoie] the turris puellarum in the city of Ascalon, a garden beside it, and 2 other towers on the walls of the city, situated between the turris puellarum and the church of St Mary, and another tower towards the sea on the other side of the turris puellarum. She also gives an annual rent of 100 besants, payable from the revenues of the city gate in 4 instalments: in the octave of Christmas, at Easter, at the Nativity of St John the Baptist and on the Feast of St Remigius on 1 October. Witnesses: Rainaldus princeps Antiochenus; Iocelinus comes regius senescaldus; domnus Balduinus de Rames; Iocelinus de Semunsac; Balduinus frater eius; Guillelmus Rufus vicecomes; Gerardus de Rumeilei; Guillelmus Tyriensis.
Dec. 25 1176 - Jun. 30 1177. Sibilia, daughter of King Amalric, Ioppes et Ascalonis comitissa, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, to benefit particularly her soul and the soul of her husband Guillelmus comes. She gives Rodricus comes and the professed brothers of his Order [Montjoie] the turris... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:843-5, no. 493 (RRH no. 553)