TEMPLAR SOURCES 1182

TS1182.01.05 - 5 January, 1182, Rome, Lateran. - Lucius III takes master Arnaldus and the Templars ( magistro et fratribus etc.) as Alexander [III] under papal protection, confirms their properties and the order's rule, confirms the right that the master shall be elected by the brethren, forbids changes in their custos and any oath of fidelity to secular or ecclesiastical persons, forbids to leave the order, frees the order from the tenth from newly cultivated lands if used by themselves, grants the possession of their tenth and the right to except new members, forbids to demand fees for consecrations, grants that they can make new settlements on depopulated lands and the building of churches, protects their alms collectors, grants the right for funerals and to celebrate masses in areas under interdict once a year, forbids the bishops to pose interdict or excommunication on their churches, allows masses under general interdict, and allows to administer the sacraments. Omne datum optimum et omne. (Paris, Arch. nat. L 232 Nr. 2, original / NLM Arch. 1128 [olim 1121], fol. 55v-58v, copy in register, Bullarium rubeum / Catalogue of the Records, VII, 720 / Hiestand, Papsturkunden, 1, no. 147, p. 337-38 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 1, no. 86)

TS1182.03.00 - March, 1182, s.l. - Odo Bishop Belitiensis mediates between the Templars and Anterius, Bishop of Valenia, concerning their quarrel on a hospital, an oven and two gardens. The hospital was donated to the Templars by the Bishop, and they shall keep it, as long as they care for the poor. The Bishop will receive the tenth from the oven, while the Templars and the Bishop shall have one of the gardens each. (Röhricht, 614a / RRR, 1098)

TS1182.03.18 - 18 March, [1182], --. - Pope Lucius III to archbishop of [Godinus] of Braga and bishop [Fernandus] of Braga: mandates to investigate and settle the conflict between the bishop of Coimbra and the Templars (Colimbriensiem episcopum et milites Templi concerning the churches of Pombal, Redinha and Ega, any appellation excluded. (Deperditum, in the undated decision of the delegated judges, in: C. Erdmann, Papsturkunden in Portugal, no. 98, pp. 287-88 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 1, no. 530)

TS1182.03.23 - 23 March, 1182, Ancier. - Empress Beatrix renounces the village of Barges in favour of the Templars ( fratres Templi Iherosolimitani) who have acquired the village with the consent of the abbot and the chapter of the monastery Faverney. As guardian of the monastery, Beatrix wanted to reclaim the village, but now she donates it as alms to the Templars in the hands of the Templar brother Imbert de Ualcin. (Dijon, Archive departementale, 111 H 1234 (A) / MGH Diplomata, Beatrix, 3 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 2, 4, no. 2649)

TS1182.03.28 - 28 March [1182-1183], Velletri. - Lucius III ne a fratribus et hominibus templi de victualibus, vestimentis, pecudibus et aliis pedagium, vendum, passagium, lauragium et aliquam consuetudinem aliquis extorqueat. (NLM, Arch. 1128 [olim 1121], copy in register, Bullarium rubeum, 73v / Prutz, Malteser Urkunden, no. 25, p. 42 / cf. Strehlke, Tabulae, no. 330)

TS1182.04.25 - 25 April 1182. Velletri. - Lucius III de decimis et injectione manuum violentarum. (NLM, Arch. 1128 [olim 1121], 104v-105r, copy in register, Bullarium rubeum / Catalogue of the Records, VII, 87 / Prutz, Malteser Urkunden, no. 21, p. 42 / cf. Strehlke, Tabulae, no. 310)

TS1182.04.26 - 26 April, [1182-1183], Velletri. - Pope Lucius III [as in TS1182.06.27 below]. - Inc. Audivimus et audientes mirati sumus. (Lisbon, Arch. nac. da Torre do Tombo, collecção especial, caixa 1, no. 14, original / NLM Arch. 1128, fol. 104v-105r, copy in register, Bullarium rubeum / Ferreira, Memorias, 2, pp. 791-93 / Hiestand, Papsturkunden, 1, no. 148, pp. 338-39 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 1, no. 618)

TS1182.05.10 - 10 May, [1182-1183], Velletri. - Pope Lucius III to bishop [Bernard] of Parma: has been informed about the conflict between the canons at Verona and the Templars. The order has gone to court because of a church which the canons had erected in the Templars' parish with episcopal permit. When the judge authorized by Alexander [III], bishop [John] of Vicenza, decided in favour of the canons, the Templars procured from the pope a commissoria to bishop [Gerard] of Padua without mentioning the decision of the bishop of Vicenza. The pope orders that the bishop of Parma has to find out if the decision of the bishop excluded an appellation and if the bishop had a respective mandate. If the judgement is lawful, the bishop shall execute the decision; if there has been no judgement up to now, the bishop shall hear the parties and settle the conflict. - Inc. Ad aures nostras noveris pervenisse. (Verona, Arch. cap. III-9-1v [old sign. A. 12-4-15], original / Kehr, Nachträge, IX, no. 13, pp. 173-74 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 1, no. 646)

TS1182.05.11 - 11 May, [1182-1183], Velletri. - Pope Lucius III mandates the bishop of Rochester and archdeacon P[aris] of Rochester to investigate and settle the dispute between the Templars and the priests at the royal chapel of Steyning concerning the burial, tenth, and parrochial rights of the church at Sompting. Inc. Querelam dilectorum filiorum nostrorum fratrum. (London, British Library, Cotton Nero E VI, fol. 156v-157r, copy 15th c. / Hiestand, Papsturkunden, 2, no. 54, pp. 267-68 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 1, no. 649 / cf. TS1182.05.11.a as later mandate)

TS1182.05.11.a - 11 May, 1182-28 October, 1185, --. - Pope Lucius III mandates bishop Seffrid II of Chichester and Gervasius of Petworth to investigate and settle the dispute between the Templars and the priests at the royal chapel of Steyning ( fratres militie Templi et clericos de Stanninges) concerning the burial, tenth, and parrochial rights for the church at Sompting. (Deperditum, in the confirmation of the compromise between the two parties by the delegated judges / Mayr-Harting, Acta Chichester, no. 139, pp. 190-91 / Hiestand, Papsturkunden, 2, no. 45, pp. 262-63 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 2, no. 1878)

TS1182.05.21 - 21 May, [1182-1183], Velletri. - Pope Lucius III [as in TS1182.06.27]. - Inc. Audivimus et audientes mirati sumus. (NLM Arch. 1128, fol. 115r, copy in register, Bullarium rubeum / Hiestand, Papsturkunden, 1, no. 155, p. 345 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 1, no. 692)

TS1182.05.30 - 30 May, [1182-1183], Velletri. - Pope Lucius III confirms the contract between Dean and Chapter at Bourges and the Templars concerning certain incomes. Inc. Ea que concordia ratione previa. (Paris, Bibl. nat. Nouv. acquis. lat. 1274, fol. 16r, 19r, two copies 13th c. / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 1, no. 716)

TS1182.06.20 - 20 June, [1182], Velletri. - Pope Lucius III confirms for master [and brethren] of the Templars - according to their petition - their agreement with the clerics at Dunwich concerning burial rights and oblationes reached by mediation of bishop Jo[hannes] of Norwich. - Inc. Iustis petentium desideriis dignum est. (copy 13th c., London British Library Add. 49613 A fol. 54 / edited Hiestand, Papsturkunden, 1, no. 156, pp. 345-46 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 1, no. 271)

TS1182.06.27 - 27 June, [1182], Velletri. - Pope Lucius III to all archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, archdeacons, deacons, priests and prelates: orders to act against those who in disregard of the Templars' privileges granting them liberation from tenths for their lands cultivated in domain still demand tenths, based on a wrong interpretation of the documents suggesting that de laboribus means de novalibus, though the text refers to all lands directly cultivated by the Templars, not only to newly-cultivated lands. Secular perpetrators should be punished by excommunication, clerics by suspension from their offices. The use of force shall be punished by excommunication which only shall be lifted when compensation has been given and the perpetators have come to the pope with letters from their diocesan. - Inc. Audivimus et audientes mirati sumus. (extract in copy 15th c., NLM Arch. 1128 [olim 1121], fol. 105r, copy in register, Bullarium rubeum / Catalogue of the Records, VII, 87 / Hiestand, Papsturkunden, 1, no. 149, p. 339 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 1, no. 279)

TS1182.07.10 - 10 July, [1182], Velletri. - Pope Lucius III [as in TS1182.06.27]. - Inc. Audivimus et audientes mirati sumus. (extract in copy 15th c., NLM Arch. 1128 [olim 1121], fol. 105v, copy in register, Bullarium rubeum / Catalogue of the Records, VII, 87 / Hiestand, Papsturkunden, 1, no. 150, pp. 339-41 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 1, no. 288)

TS1182.07.11 - 11 July, [1182], Velletri. - Pope Lucius III [as in TS1182.06.27]. - Inc. Audivimus et audientes mirati sumus. (extract in copy 15th c., NLM Arch. 1128 [olim 1121], fol. 105r, copy in register, Bullarium rubeum / Catalogue of the Records, VII, 87 / Hiestand, Papsturkunden, 1, no. 150, pp. 339-41 / Regesta Imperii, IV, 4, 4, 1, no. 289)

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