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. July 5. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV writes to the abbot of Neauphle-le-Vieux in the diocese of Chartres and the dean of Rouen (Guy de Bourbon),* ordering them to allocate to the noble man Count Jean de Monfort, son of the late King of Jerusalem John of Brienne (Jean de Brienne), up to six thousands livres tournois from the cash redemptions of crusade vows (if the men are old, weak, and unable to fight), legacies and various offerings for the Holy Land collected in the provinces of Reims and Sens and put in safe places before being handed over to the count, whom the pope wants preferred over all others who have taken the cross if they are not now fulfilling or about to fulfil their vows. This privilege is motivated by the involvement of Jean de Montfort with the crusade’s business and his devotion towards the Roman Church.