Hospitaller Diplomatic Texts

Hospitaller Diplomatic Texts - Cyprus

The Hospitaller headquarters moved to Cyprus after the fall of Acre in 1291. Their records were kept in Cyprus until their move to Rhodes in 1310.

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Individual Hospitaller Diplomatic Texts - CYPRUS

Date: May or June 1291

Locale: Cyprus

MS:

Type/Summary:

news

Announcement to Gilles de Villariers of the loss of Acre by the Christians.

Source Edition:

Delaville le Roulx, J.Cartulaire Général de l’Ordre des Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jérusalem. (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1894-1906), #4157 .

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Date: March 26, <1296 - 1305>

Locale: Limisso

MS:

Type/Summary:

forgiveness of debt

Letter from Edward I of England to the Hospitallers, thanking them for their service and forgiving the debt owed to him.

Source Edition:

Delaville le Roulx, J.Cartulaire Général de l’Ordre des Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jérusalem. (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1894-1906), #4308.

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Date: April 3, 1296		Locale: Limisso	MS:
Type/Summary: internal housekeeping	List, made by the Hospitaller brotherhood, of the problems within the order and addressed to the Order's Grand Master.
Source Edition:	Delaville le Roulx, J.Cartulaire Général de l’Ordre des Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jérusalem. (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1894-1906), #4310

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Date: May-June 1299

Locale: Limisso

MS:

Type/Summary:

internal request
Request from the Order to the Grand Master to hold the chapter general meeting in Cyprus instead of Avignon.

Source Edition:

Delaville le Roulx, J.Cartulaire Général de l’Ordre des Hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jérusalem. (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1894-1906), #4461.

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