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Individual Templar Diplomatic Texts - Acre
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Date: December, 1253
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Locale: Probably near Acre
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MS: Malta, Archives of the Order of St. John, div. 1, vol. 5, no. 35.
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Type/Summary:
indirect document, land sale
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Jean L'Aleman, Lord of Cesarea, with the assent of his wife Margeuerinte, sells to Guillaume of Chateauneuf, Grand Master of the Hospitallers, two properties, one of which abuts properties owned by the Templars.
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Delaville le Roulx, J.Cartulaire Général de l’Ordre des Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jérusalem. (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1894-1906) #2261.
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Date: May 31, 1262
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Locale: Acre
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MS: Malta, Archives of the Order of St. John, div. 1, vol. 18, no. 2.
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Type/Summary:
agreement concerning assets
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Thomas Berard, Grand Master of the Templars, puts forth the conditions of the agreement between the Hospitallers, concerning assets at Cabor, Cayment, la Feve, and Damor, resulting from an arbitrarated judgement.
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Date: May 31, 1262
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Locale: Acre
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MS: Malta, Archives of the Order of St. John, div. 1, vol. 18, no. 3.
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Type/Summary:
grant of safe conduct
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Thomas Berard, Grand Master of the Templars, grants safe conduct to several named persons going to Tripoli to plead cases before the prince.
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Date: December 18, 1262
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Locale: Acre
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MS: Malta, Archives of the Order of St. John, div. 1, vol. 18, no. 4.
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Type/Summary:
property transfer
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Thomas Berard, Master of the Templars, returns to property of Alma to Jean de Montfort in its entirety.
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Date: December 19, 1262
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Locale: Acre
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MS: Malta, Archives of the Order of St. John, div. 1, old vol. 7, no. 10.
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Merseberg, Germany, Deutsches Zentralarchiv, Historische Abteilung II, MS Rep. 94, V.E.bl., 157r.
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Bishop Thomas of Bethlehem, apostolic legate and Hartmannus of Hlderungen, Grand Master of the Tuetonic Knights, act as arbiters to put to rest the suit between the Hospitallers and Templars concerning the mills at Doc and Ricordane.
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Date: September 15, 1266
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Locale: Acre
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MS: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Cartulaire de Champagne(= Lat. 5 993 A) fo. 78v- 79f.
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Type/Summary:
will
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Letter to Thibaud, King of Navarre, count of Champagne and Brie, on behalf of the Templars. Teutonic Knights, and the senechal of Jerusalem, concerning the damages to Acre by the Sultan, and the resulting delay of certain vassals in reference to their return to service.
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Date: May 27, 1267
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Locale: Acre
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MS: Paris, Archives Nationales: J 821, no. 1, (rolls A, B, C and D).
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Type/Summary:
letter
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Hughes d'Augerans and Erard de Vallery dispose of the worldly goods of the late Eudes de Nevers, in the presence of Thomas Berard, Grand Master of the Templars.
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Date: June 30, 1267
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Locale: Acre
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MS: Paris, Archives Nationales: Tresor des chartes, series J 473, no. 23.
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Type/Summary:
indirect document; record of loan amounts
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Geoffrey de Sergines makes known that he has received four sealed letters concerning loans of 300, 400, 600 and 700 pounds Tournois.
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Date: July 7, 1267
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Locale: Acre
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MS: Paris, Archives Nationales: Tresor des chartes, series J 208, no. 4.
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Type/Summary:
indirect document; record of loan amounts
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Erard de Vallery makes known that he has received, with the patriarch of Jerusalem, four sealed letters from the king of France totalling 2400 pounds. The masters of the Hospital and Templars act as guarantors of the act.
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Date: May 17, 1273
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Locale: Acre
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MS: Lille, Archives du Nord, chambre des Comptes, B.128.
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Type/Summary:
letter; informing as to change of power in Templar leadership
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Erard deHughes Ravel, grand master of the Hospitallers, writes to inform Count Guy de Dampierre of Flanders of the death of Thomas Berard, master of the Templars, and the election of Guillaume de Beaujeu as his successor.
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Archives de l'Orient Latin, tome 1, vol 5 (1881) 390-91.
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Date: October3, 1274
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Locale: Acre
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MS: London, Public Record Office, Ancient Correspondence SC 1/17, fol 201r.
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Type/Summary:
letter; plea for aid
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Brother Fisher, chatelain, and Simon de la Tor, Commander of the knights Templar in Jerusalem, implore Edward I of England to come to the aid of the Holy Land.
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Summary only: Claverie, Pierre-Vincent. L'Ordre du Temple en Terre Sainte et a Chypre au XIIIe siecle. Tome 3. Nicosia: Centre de recherche scientifique, Sources et Etudes de l'Histoire de Chypre, 2005, doc. 640, pp .569-70.
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Date: Beginning of October, 1274
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Locale: Acre
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MS: London, Public Record Office, Ancient Correspondence SC 1/5, fol 57r.
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Type/Summary:
letter; plea for aid
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Simon de la Tor, Commander of the Knights Templar in Jerusalem, thanks Edward I of England for his kind attention during his short stay in the Holy Land, onveys the dire situation of the Holy Land and reiterates his need for aid.
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Summary only: Claverie, Pierre-Vincent. L'Ordre du Temple en Terre Sainte et a Chypre au XIIIe siecle. Tome 3. Nicosia: Centre de recherche scientifique, Sources et Etudes de l'Histoire de Chypre, 2005, doc. 641, pp .570.
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Date: June 27, 1286
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Locale: Acre, in the house of Jean de Montfort
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MS: Paris, Archives Nationales, series J 456, no. 7.
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Type/Summary:
indirect document in Latin and French; Account of political controversy.
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Transcript of the words, spoken in French, of Richard of Brindisi, jurist in the service of Henry, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem, in reference to the refusal of occupyers of the Royal Castle in Acre, under the command of Eudes Poilechien, to recognize him as a sovereign and to grant him entry to the castle. Witnessed by the master of the Temple and others.
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