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January 30. Naples. Pope Alexander I writes to the abbot of the monastery of the Blessed Mary of the Valley of Josaphat and to his brothers both present and future professing the regular life forever, responding to their just requests by confirming the liberties and immunities conceded by his predecessors Innocent [II], Eugenius [III], Anastasius [IV] and Adrianus [IV], taking them under special papal protection as the property of St Peter. He affirms that the Benedictine way shall be followed forever without violation. He confirms their possessions given either by Duke Godfrey (Godefridus de Bouillon) or King Baldwin [I] of Jerusalem (Balduinus Jerosolimitanus) or other faithful that they justly hold or will acquire in the future by the concession of popes, the generosity of kings or princes, or oblation of the faithful. The list includes the following: By gift of the patriarchs of Jerusalem, in the territory of Jerusalem by gift of the patriarchs two thirds of the tithe of the casale of Bethsan, the tithes of the mills and gardens of Siloé (Syloe) and of the lands and vineyards that belong to the same church in that territory; the tithes and of two carrucae of which one belonged to Guy of Milly (Guido de Miliaco) and the other to Baleanus. In the territory of Nablus (Neapolitanum), the tithes of the casalia of Ascar, Bytiri and Saphet. In the territory of Acre (Acon), the tithe of the casale called Cassera and of four carrucae of land and of the olive trees pertaining to them at the casale of Ubertus de Pazeo, and half of the tithe of Baleanus de Bytiri and of the land of Beroaldus that is located on the mountain, and the entire tithe of three casalia of Balduinus Ramatensis called Gemail, Serra, and Bezezin, and the tithe of the two casalia of Cavea and Tarphim that belonged to Gunfridus de Turri. In Jaffa (Joppa), one church and the tithe of the land that belonged to Fraymericus as well as the tithe of two carrucae of land that the first King Baldwin (Balduinus) granted the church of Josaphat. In the territory of Hebron (Ebron), the tithe of the casale called Jamarvara. By gift of the prior and canons of the Lord’s Sepulchre, one oven in Jerusalem, the tithe of the land Plata Petra (Flatrock), and the tithe of the casale called Darchiboam. Of the goods (bonis: probably an error for donis) of the bishops: in the territory of Caesarea (Cesariense), the tithe of the casale called Bethalla and the tithe that comes from the monks’ own labour or that of their subjects. In the territory of Caypha [the tithe] casalis called Galgala. In Galilee (Galilea), the church of Ligio with the parish and its tithe and the tithe of the casale called Thanis, the church of St George that is situated above Tiberias (Tyberias), and the tithe of the casale named Casrielme. In the territory Ramatense, one casale called Caphyria and half its tithe, and one house within the castle of St George and another inside the walls of the machomeria (Mahomeria), and four carrucae of land in front of that castle, as well as the tithe of two carrucae of land that Baldwin of Ramla (Balduinus de Ramis) gave the church of Josaphat. In Acre (Ptolomaida), one church. In Caypha, another church. In Tyre, another church and the tithe of two casalia, Bethfella and Sardanas. Next to Sidon (Sydon) another church and the tithe of its orchard and the lands belonging to it, and the tithe of the casale named Sapharabra as well as the tithe of eight carrucae of land on Mt Sarepta. In the territory Baruch, the tithe of the orchard and of two carrucae of land. In the castle Tymini another church with parish and cemetery. In the casale of Bethalla, one chapel. In Saphyria, another chapel. Of the gifts of Godfrey (Godefridus) and the kings of Jerusalem and the barons of that land: within the walls of Jerusalem one oven and mills, houses and gardens, but outside the walls in its territory lands, vineyards, the spring of Syloa and mills, the ditch (fossa) and gardens, and two thirds of the casale of Bethsan and the casale called Darchiboam. In the territory of Nablus (Neapolis), casalia called Ascar, Bytiri, and Saphet. In the territory of Jaffa (Joppa), two carrucatae of land and the land that belonged to Fraymericus. In the territory of Caypha, a casale called Tymini and, in the castle called Cayphas, houses, an oven, the lands inside and out. In the territory of Hebron (Ebron), a casale called Jamarvara. Next to Sidon (Sydon), a casale called Capharabra and the orchard and lands. In the mountains of Sarepta eight carrucatae of land. In Baruch, houses, an oven, a mill, and an orchard, and two carrucatae of land outside. In Acre (Ptolomaida), two houses and a casale in the mountains called Casra. In the territory of Caesarea (Cesariense), a casale called Bethalla, a house in the city, and next to the road that goes to the river a casale called Meschium, and on the other side of the river Jordan a casale called Bethsura. In the territory of Ligio, four carrucatae of land and houses in the casale. In the territory Toronum, a casale called Corath. In the territory of Tiberias (Tyberias), a casale called Casrielme. In the land of Sueti a casale called Zebezeb, another called St Georgius de Chaman, and another called St Job, with all their appurtenances, and a casale called Suesme. In the territory of Gor, a casale called Jarraz. In the casale of Hubertus de Paceo, four carrucatae of land and an olive grove, and one house in the casale and a garden outside it. In the diocese of St George (Georgius) [of Lydda], a casale called Sephorie. In the territory of Tyre (Tyrus), a casale called Bethfella and another called Sardanas, and inside the city houses, an orchard and a garden. In the territory Ascalon, a casale called Machoz with all its appurtenances and the large machomeria in the same city and one of the larger orchards. Across the River Jordan the two casalia of La and Bethsura. With lands, meadows, vineyards, woods, customary payments (usuagiis), and pastures in the woods and in the open, in waters and mills, one roads and paths, and in all other liberties and immunities. The right to enter and exit freely with ships and all their goods from every port of Jerusalem without payment, and to enter and exit Acre (Ptolomaida) with all their goods without customary tribute. There follows a long list of formulaic, although not universal, rights, liberties, immunities, and prohibitions, for example exemption from tithes on their novalia that they cultivate with their own hands or at their expense, which have hitherto not been exacted, and on feed for their animals; the right to admit and retain clerics or free laymen fleeing the world; prohibition from leaving the monastery without the abbot's permission, and so on. As a token of their liberty, the monks of the Valley of Josaphat will pay one ounce of gold to the papacy every year. The bull is written by the scholaster of Parma and vice-chancellor of the Roman Church, Guglielmo, in presence of nine cardinals.