RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2356
year: 1238
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Domnus Galtherus de Avesnis
text: End of year. [361] frater Hermannus magister militie Templi writes to Domnus Galtherus de Avesnis, informing him that warfare has broken out between the rulers of Egypt, Hamah, Damascus, Aleppo and Novum Ychonium, which is 5 days beyond Baghdad. Martinus, the grandson of the sultan of Damascus, has apostasised. One of the sultans, who cannot be mentioned, has on hearing of the approach of the crusade received baptism and has promised to subject his land to the Christians.
End of year. [361] frater Hermannus magister militie Templi writes to Domnus Galtherus de Avesnis, informing him that warfare has broken out between the rulers of Egypt, Hamah, Damascus, Aleppo and Novum Ychonium, which is 5 days beyond Baghdad. Martinus, the grandson of the sultan of Damascus, has... more
sources: Aubrey of Trois Fontaines, p. 945 (RRH no. 1088)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2390
year: 1240
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Brother Robert de Sanford, Templar praeceptor in England
text: Aug. 1-31. [364] Frater Hermannus Petragoricensis pauperis militiae Templi magister reports to Brother Robert de Sanford, the procurator of the Order’s houses in England, that the sultan of Damascus has restored all the land west of the river Jordan to the Christians. The Christians will help defend his lands against the sultan of Egypt, with whom neither side will make peace without the other.
Aug. 1-31. [364] Frater Hermannus Petragoricensis pauperis militiae Templi magister reports to Brother Robert de Sanford, the procurator of the Order’s houses in England, that the sultan of Damascus has restored all the land west of the river Jordan to the Christians. The Christians will help... more
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 4:64-5 (RRH no. 1095)
RRR: Agreement/treaty
2391
year: 1240
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Magister and brothers of the domus Sancti Lazari leprosorum Jerosolimitani in civitate Accon
institution: Templars
additional institution: Leprosary of Saint Lazarus
text: Nov. 1-30. Acre. With the advice and consent of frater Bartholomeus de Moretto magnus preceptor militie [Templi] in regno Jerusalem, frater Reinaldus de Vicherio preceptor palatii domus [Templi] Accon and other brothers, frater Armannus Petragoricensis pauperis militie Templi magister leases under seal to the magister and brothers of the domus Sancti Lazari leprosorum Jerosolimitani in civitate Accon a locus in the vicus Anglicorum in Mons Musard, having to the east the public way, to the west the sea, to the north the house of St Thomas the Martyr [domus Sancti Thome Martiris] and to the south an alleyway [venella] going to the sea and next to the house of Nicholaus Anglicus. The rent, payable each year on the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, is 15 Saracen besants of Acre weight. The brothers of St Lazarus can build on the site, as far as the sea, but should they wish to sell, the Knights Templar will have preemption rights. The rent will still be payable. The site may not be sold or pledged to religious houses, men from the [merchant] communities or secular milites. The Knights Templar will keep the street in repair to allow the brothers of St Lazarus access to the water in their cistern, which is on the other side of the public way next to a house and boveria of the Templars. Witnesses: frater Bartholomeus de Morretto preceptor; frater Rainaldus de Vicherio preceptor; frater Gerardus de Broies; frater Rainaldus Alemannus; and other brothers.
Nov. 1-30. Acre. With the advice and consent of frater Bartholomeus de Moretto magnus preceptor militie [Templi] in regno Jerusalem, frater Reinaldus de Vicherio preceptor palatii domus [Templi] Accon and other brothers, frater Armannus Petragoricensis pauperis militie Templi magister leases under... more
sources: Marsy, ‘Fragment’, pp. 155-157, no. 39 (RRH no.1096)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2400
year: 1241
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Pope Gregory IX
institution: Templars
text: Before Jun. 6. Pope Gregory IX has received a letter from the magister of the Knights Templar certifying that he has received the money left to the Holy Land by the late papal chaplain Egidio Veragli/Verraclio.
Before Jun. 6. Pope Gregory IX has received a letter from the magister of the Knights Templar certifying that he has received the money left to the Holy Land by the late papal chaplain Egidio Veragli/Verraclio.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 3:519, no. 6050
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
2420
year: 1243
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Jacques de Lamendelée
text: Mar. 15. [368] Frère Hermand de Périgord, maître of the Knights Templar, records that he has given 2 charters to Jacques de Lamendelée, as the nearest relative of comte Jaucelin seneschal du royaume de Jérusalem. The first contains the confirmation by King Baldwin IV of the purchase made by his mother Agnès of 2 casalia called Cabor and Coquil [Dec. 25 1182 - Dec. 24 1183]. The second records a gift made by Guy de Lusignan comte de Joppé et d’Ascalon and his wife comtesse Sibille to Jaucelin [Febr. 1. 1185].
Mar. 15. [368] Frère Hermand de Périgord, maître of the Knights Templar, records that he has given 2 charters to Jacques de Lamendelée, as the nearest relative of comte Jaucelin seneschal du royaume de Jérusalem. The first contains the confirmation by King Baldwin IV of the purchase made by his... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, ‘Inventaire’, p. 86, no. 262. (RRH no. 1110a)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2459
year: 1244
initiator: Hermannus Petragoricensis, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Brother Robert de Sanford, Templar praeceptor in England
institution: Templars
text: Apr. or May. [372] Offensive alliance against Egypt made by the Christian leaders with the sultan of Damascus and the Muslim ruler of Kerak. Frater Hermannus Petragoricensis pauperis militia Templi minister humilis writes to Brother Robert de Sanford, Templar praeceptor in England. He describes how the sultan of Egypt and Nasserus offered them all the land to the west of the River Jordan. But the sultan of Egypt retained the Christian emissaries, including Knights Templar, for more than 6 months, went back on his words and held on to Gaza, Hebron, Nablus and Darannum. The Christians then turned to the sultan of Damascus and made a truce with him and with Nasserus the lord of Kerak. The sultan of Damascus and lord of Kerak would return all the land west of the River Jordan, except for Hebron, Nablus and Bossanum and agreed to the expulsion of all Sarraceni from Jerusalem, so that after 56 years the Christian liturgy could be celebrated throughout the city. This agreement was controversial, so that on the Knights Templar, the prelates and a few barons rest the defence of the Holy Land. The Knights Templar guard the entry to the land at Gaza, with the assistance of the sultan of Damascus and Nasserus lord of Kerak. They also propose to build a powerful castle near Jerusalem above Toronum.
Apr. or May. [372] Offensive alliance against Egypt made by the Christian leaders with the sultan of Damascus and the Muslim ruler of Kerak. Frater Hermannus Petragoricensis pauperis militia Templi minister humilis writes to Brother Robert de Sanford, Templar praeceptor in England. He describes how... more
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 4:288-291 (RRH no. 1119)