year: 1103
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Succentor of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: *c. Nov. 11 1100 – Mar. 24 1103. King Baldwin I grants a prebend of 150 besants a year to the succentor of the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
*c. Nov. 11 1100 – Mar. 24 1103. King Baldwin I grants a prebend of 150 besants a year to the succentor of the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:128, no. 23
year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Genoese
text: *†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Genoese a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity. (Mayer, UKJ 3:1470, no. App. II/9)
*†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Genoese a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity. (Mayer, UKJ 3:1470, no. App. II/9)
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1470, no. App. II/9 [14]
year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Venetians
text: *†Before May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Venetians their own court and other rights in Acre.
*†Before May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Venetians their own court and other rights in Acre.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:130-1, no. 26
year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Venetians
text: *†Before May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Venetians a third part of each city and jurisdictional immunity in Acre and Tyre.
*†Before May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Venetians a third part of each city and jurisdictional immunity in Acre and Tyre.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:131-2, no. 27
year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Church of Saint Laurence of the Genoese
institution: Saint Laurence of the Genoese
text: †May 26 – Sept 23. Jerusalem. Baldwin, rex Iudee et Ierusalem ac defensor sanctissimi Sepulcri domini nostri Ihesu Christi, gives the church of St Laurence of Genoa plateae in Jerusalem and Jaffa; a third part of Asur/Arciuf and Caesarea, with a third part of their territories, which extend for a league, together with a casale in each; a third part of Acre, with a third part of the city territory which extends for a league; 300 besants a year in exchange for other casalia; a third part of every city and its territory which the Genoese help to take with 50 or more soldiers, together with a casale; and a third part of Old Cairo [Babilon] with three of the better casalia of their choice. Baldwin swears never to harm or imprison Genoese, who will pay no commercium; neither will merchants from Savona, Noli or Albenga or the family of Gandulfus Pisanus filius Fiopie/Tropię. Baldwin renounces rights on the goods of Genoese who die in his dominions and on shipwreck. Witnesses: Ugo de Tabaria; Ugo de Sancto Abraham; Geruasius dapifer; Galterius Machomet; Fredericus de Corbolio; Pesellus vicecomes; Golfridus de Turre Dauid; Gotman.
†May 26 – Sept 23. Jerusalem. Baldwin, rex Iudee et Ierusalem ac defensor sanctissimi Sepulcri domini nostri Ihesu Christi, gives the church of St Laurence of Genoa plateae in Jerusalem and Jaffa; a third part of Asur/Arciuf and Caesarea, with a third part of their territories, which extend for a... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:137-44, no. 29; Kedar, ‘Again: Genoa’s Golden Inscription’, pp. 495-502 (RRH no. 43) [15]
year: 1104
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Pisans
text: *†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Pisans a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity and confirms the [forged] privilege of Godfrey of Bouillon.
*†Apr. 28 – May 6. King Baldwin I grants the Pisans a third part of the cities of Acre and Tyre with jurisdictional immunity and confirms the [forged] privilege of Godfrey of Bouillon.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1469-70, no. App. II/8
year: 1105
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Genoese
text: †Apr. 22. Because of the assistance the Genoese gave to the First Crusade in the seizure of Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia and Dertusia, and their help in taking the cities of Caesarea, Ascalon, Solinum and Biblium, King Baldwin I [rex invictus], with the approbation of Patriarch Daibert, grants them one third of the territories and revenues of Caesarea, Acre and Assur, and vici in Jerusalem and Jaffa with jurisdictional immunity
†Apr. 22. Because of the assistance the Genoese gave to the First Crusade in the seizure of Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia and Dertusia, and their help in taking the cities of Caesarea, Ascalon, Solinum and Biblium, King Baldwin I [rex invictus], with the approbation of Patriarch Daibert, grants them... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1471-3, no. App. II/11 (RRH no. 45)
year: 1109
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Genoese
text: Spring 1106 – Jul. 12 1109. An inscription is placed in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, recoding how, as a reward for their assistance in the taking of Acre, King Baldwin I gives the Genoese, who had helped acquire Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia, Tortosa, Solinum and Gibellum, a vicus in Jerusalem and Jaffa and a third part of Caesarea, Assur and Acre.
Spring 1106 – Jul. 12 1109. An inscription is placed in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, recoding how, as a reward for their assistance in the taking of Acre, King Baldwin I gives the Genoese, who had helped acquire Jerusalem, Antioch, Latakia, Tortosa, Solinum and Gibellum, a vicus in Jerusalem... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:132-6, no. 28; Kedar, ‘Again: Genoa’s Golden Inscription’, pp. 495-502 (RRH no. 45) [20]
year: 1109
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Nunnery of Saint Anne in Jerusalem
institution: Saint Anne
text: *May 20 1102 – Dec. 31 1109. King Baldwin I endows the nunnery of St Anne in Jerusalem.
*May 20 1102 – Dec. 31 1109. King Baldwin I endows the nunnery of St Anne in Jerusalem.
sources: William of Tyre pp. 495-6; Mayer, UKJ 1:156, no. 36
year: 1110
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Hospital of Saint John in Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Sept. 28. Baldwin, gratia dei rex Ierosolimitanus, makes an eleemosynary gift, confirming all the donations and alms made to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the poor of Christ in his kingdom. He specifies the following: the gift by Godfrey [dux frater meus] of a casale called Hessilia and two ovens in Jerusalem; Baldwin’s own gifts – the 2 casalia of Bethafaua and Montana; lands and houses in Jerusalem; the garden of Anfredus presbiter; a rich villanus living in Nablus and houses and a mill in the same town; a good oven in Jaffa; lands and houses in Jaffa and Acre; a casale called Sussia given by Gauterius Baffumeth; a casale called Bethamis/Bethtamis given by the viscount; another in the territory of Ascalon called Casale Melius given by Ugo de Puzath; a casale next to a mill in the territory of Azotum given by Anselmus de Turre Dauid; a casale in the territory of Caesarea given by Eustachius and also lands given by Eustachius near Cacco, and villani given on his advice by his milites; a casale in terra de Soeth called Dirberham given by Petrus de Lens; another called Capharmazre given by Arnulfus Loferencus; villani and lands given by Ugo and Geruasius in Tiberias; 3 villani given by the bishop of Nazareth; single villani given by Willelmus de Tenches, Paganus Uacca, Drogo, Dominicus and Guibertus de Salinas; another villanus given by Paganus de Cayphas, with lands and houses in Haifa and Capharnaum; another villanus given by Romanus de Podio; another villanus given by Balduinus with lands and houses in the city of Rames; and lands and houses given by the episcopus Ramatensis in Sanctus Georgius [Lydda]; 2 villani, one in Hebron the other in Iericho, given by Gaudemar Carpinel with everything belonging to them; a third given by Hugo in Bethan; a fourth given by Bouus in Rama/Roma; and a fifth given by Azio de Cirsed. Signatory: Balduinus dei gratia rex. Witnesses: Hugo de Puzath; Eustachius Graner; vicecomes de Ierusalem; Anselmus de Turre David; Gauterius Baffumeth; Guido de Milleu; Gotman; and many other nobles and good men.
Sept. 28. Baldwin, gratia dei rex Ierosolimitanus, makes an eleemosynary gift, confirming all the donations and alms made to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the poor of Christ in his kingdom. He specifies the following: the gift by Godfrey [dux frater meus] of a casale called Hessilia and... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:165-8, no. 42 (RRH no. 57)