1354

Jan. 1-31 1193 or 1194. Jaffa. With the agreement of his wife domna Ysabella, regis Amalrici filia, Henricus Trecensium comes palatinus makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and its brothers, represented by Gaufridus magister, to take effect when the Christians recovering the Holy Land reach Jaffa. He gives land situated next to the citadel [castellum] of Jaffa with 2 towers, houses and guastinae. The land extends from the Tower of the Hospital, which is next to the sea on the west, as far as the chancel [caput] of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, built in honour of St Peter, to the south, and in a straight line from that church by way of the house of Robertus Coquus, which is within the land, as far as the house of Renerius Calana, and following a path next to the house of Raginaldus Caruana to the east, as far as the tower in the northern part of the land, situated next to the sea. The Hospitallers can build whatever they want on the land, provided no harm comes to the port of Jaffa. Witnesses: Balianus de Ybelino; Raginaldus Sydoniensis; Hugo Tyberiadensis; Atemarus Cesariensis domnus; Balduinus de Bethan; Terricus de Teneri Monte; Milo de Prouino; Fromundus de Summesot; Galterius Durus; Milo Brebanz; Iohannes de Welues Ioppensis castellanus; Seioretus Joppensis vicecomes. The charter was drawn up by Ioscius Tyrensis archiepiscopus regnique cancellarius.