1327

Feb. 10. Acre. Guy, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Ierusalem Latinorum rex octavus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, to benefit especally the soul of his late wife, the Lady Queen Sibylla. He gives frater Curaudus hospitalis Alemannorum preceptor and the brothers and sick of [the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans] the land in Acre on which their house and hospital [hospitale] is established. Femianus, his wife Dulcis and their son Iohannes, who claimed the land, renounced it in the presence of Guy and his curia, in exchange for another property. The Hospital gives Guy 500 besants and a horse, raised from its own alms funds. The land borders on the land of the brothers of St Thomas. It is situated between 2 stairs leading to a gate tower [turris perforata], as far as a strata publica that extends to the Gate of St Nicholas and belongs to the hospitale Alemmanorum, and then as far as a platea and curia and from the platea back to the city wall and along it as far as the stairs. The brothers may not build anything against the wall that might prevent men climbing the stairs in defence of the city. Witnesses: Theobaldus, episcopus Acconensis; frater Robertus de Sablolio magister Templi militum; frater Garnerius de Neapoli magister Hospitalis Ierusalem; Gaufridus de Lezigniaco comes Joppensis; Aymericus conestabulus; frater Adam Brion Templi militum senescalcus; frater Guillelmus de Viliers preceptor Hospitalis Acconis; Vgo de Tyberiade; Guillelmus Fortis; Vgo Martini mariscalcus; Galuegnus de Cheniche; Galterius Bellus vicecomes; Reinerius de Gibeleto; of the Pisan consuls, Bartholomeus de Tegrin; Selletus; Petrus de Falconio; of other Pisans, [Pipinus] filius Frederici; Robertus Uulp; Jacobus de la Clar; Aselmus Bellus; Baldoinus de Cipro. The charter was drawn up by Petrus cancellarius regis et ecclesie Tripolitane episcopus.