1776

Jan. 12-18. Cratum? After praising the merits of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Acre, King Andrew of Hungary describes how he travelled into the county of Tripoli and saw the castle of Cratum, witnessing how much work and expense had been spent on it. He therefore makes a sealed eleemosynary grant of a rent in Hungary to frater Raymundus de Pignano Crati castri castellanus and the Hospitaller brothers residing there. Witnesses: Johannes Strigoniensis archiepiscopus; Bertholdus Colocensis archiepiscopus; Calanus Quinqueecclesiensis episcopus; Desiderius Cenadiensis episcopus; Symon Waradiensis episcopus; Wilhelmus Transilvanus episcopus; Robertus Vesprimiensis episcopus; Petrus Joriensis episcopus; Jacobus Vaciensis episcopus; Stephanus Zagabriensis episcopus; Thomas Agriensis electus; Jula palatinus; Dionisius magister tavarnicorum et comes Novi Castri; Razaim voyvoda; Ocus curialis comes; Bancon banus; and others. The charter was drawn up by magister Huguerinus aule regie cancellarius.