1441.07.07

07 July, 1441
Pope Eugenius IV informs the treasurer of the Hospitallers Roger Client that he has heard about the problems of brethren gathering for the Passage to Rhodes in France, caused by demands of a tenth by King Charles VII of France, and confirms that he did not grant any tenth to the king. - NLM Arch.8, no. 11 Original parchment. - Eugenius [...]
dilecto filio Rogerio Clientis thesaurario Hospitalis [...] .
Retulerint nobis dilecti filii Petrus de Bosco marescallus conventus et Johannes de Alcaniz generalis procurator [...], quomodo per tuis litteras diversas scripseras procuratori prefati, quod, cum tu congregares in regno Francie preceptores et fratres ordinis pro passagio faciendo ad defensionem insule Rhodi adversos perfidos saracenos, omnes recusabant illuc accedere propterea, quod religio vestra comprehendebatur in decima carissimo [...] Carolo regi Francorum [...] per nos concessa cum non esset sufficientes ad solvendas huiusmodi decimas ut asseritur et passagium faciendum [...].
Quare ipsi marescallus et procurator humiliter supplicarunt nobis [...].
Nos vero [...] ut omnis talis suspictio et dubitatio de mentibus hominium penitus tollatur et ad dilucidandum tuam super hoc et aliorum mentes presentium tenore notificamus et significamur tibi nos nullam decimam concessisse prefato regi, licet aliquando super ea fuerimus requisiti [...]. Quapropter prosequere ut cepisti et exhortare fratres ordinis ad defensionem religionis nec propter hoc desistant ad dando auxilio et subveniendo necessitatibus ordinis [...].
Datum Florentie anno [...] 1441 nonas Julii pontificatus nostri anno undecimo.

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first adaptation 28.02.2015 Jürgen Sarnowsky / revised 28.02.2015 /
status: excerpts only, not proofread /
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