The Military & Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem
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The Military & Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
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Don Francisco de Borbon Graf von Hardenberg
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All the listed documents have been transcribed in:
* C. Savona-Ventura. The Order of Saint Lazarus Cartulary. Volume 2 Part 1 - 15th - 16th centuries. Office of the Grand Archivist, Malta, 2014


Many of the documents are also transcribed in:
*
 Piéces Justificatives in Gautier de Sibert. Histoire des Ordres Royaux, Hospitaliers-Militaires de Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel et de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem. Imprimerie Royale, Paris, 1772

* R. Hyacinthe. L'Ordre de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem au Moyen Age. Études & Communication Édition, Bez-et-Esparon, 2003, +253p. 

* H.M. de Langle & J.L. de Tréourret de Kerstrat: Les Ordres de Saint Lazare de Jerusalem & De Notre Dame du Mont Carmel aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles. Publications LMTK, Paris, 1992, +442p.


A useful bibliographical site is found at Gallica

Manuscript List - 15-17th centuries

  • Pierre des Ruaux, Grandmaster. Letters Patent addressed to the superiors of the houses of Saint Lazarus at Séedorf and Gfenn dated 10th December 1413
  • Joanno Schwarber, Commander of Seedorf. Statuta nona F. Joanno Schwarber Commadatore dominorum Seedorf, Anno 1418
  • Pero Tafuf.Travels and Adventures: 1435-1439. Manuscript Preserved in Archives of Cordova. [Translated by M.Letts - Digitized from The Broadway Travellers series Harper, New York, 1926]
  • Pierre des Ruaux, Grandmaster. Sentence delivered against Chevalier de la Motte, commander at Montliouse, by the Grandmaster des Ruaux, during the Chapter General held in Boigni on the 2nd June 1438. Original document lost; copy on paper undated carrying notice of 'extrait des archives de l'ordre'. Bibl. nat. france, ms Francais 20332 (microfilm 9606), fol.18 
  • Eugene IV, Pope of Rome. Bullae Papae Eugenius IV. Cupientibus vitam ducere regularem apostolcum.... dated 8th May 1443. Original document on parchment. Arch. stor. Ord. Maur. (Turin), Fondo San Lazzaro, Mazzo 1, doc. 4
  • Nicholas V, Pope of Rome. Bullae Papae Nicolaus V: Religionis zelus, vite ac morum honestas.... dated 11th December 1450. Original document lost; compilation document in register on paper. Archivio Segreto Vaticano (Vatican), Registro Vaticano 393, fol. 123 - 123 verso
  • Guillaume Sutton, Master of Burton Lazars. Document recording the recruitment by 'frater Willelmus magister de Burton Sancti Lazari Jerosolimitani in Anglia' of Robert Ypter in the confraternity at Burton dated 1st December 1465. Original document on parchment. Leicester Public record Office (Leicester), DE 2242/6/7 
  • William, Master of Burton. Admission of Robert Bostock and members of his family into the Confraternity of Saint Lazarus at Burton dated 29th January 1473. [Transcribed in: William Henry Stevenson, John Edward Stocks, Gilbert Allen Chinnery, Helen Stocks.: Records of the Borough of Leicester; being a series of extracts from the archives of the corporation of Leicester. C.J. Clay, Leicester (England), CUP Archive, 1899, p.386-387]
  • Sixtus IV, Pope of Rome.Bullae Papae Sixtus IV: Licet singula ecclesia ac hospitalia...... dated 16th August 1479. Original document lost; compilation document in register on paper. Archivio Segreto Vaticano (Vatican), Registro Vaticano 547, fol. 77 retro – 80
  • Johannes de Cornu, Grandmaster. Procuration made out to Guillaume Martin, 'preceptorisque nostri preceptorie nostre Sancti Antoni de Gratemont' dated 11th July 1485. 
  • Innocent VIII, Pope of Rome. Bullae Papae Innocentius VIII: Cum solerti meditatione pensamus dated 5th April 1489. Original document on parchment. Arch. nat., L 326, doc.VII 
  • Act of election of Grandmaster Francoise d'Ambroise addressed to Pope Alexander IV and the Patriarch of Jerusalem dated 11th July 1493. 
  • Chapter of the Order. Procuration given to Chevaliers Anianum de Mareul and Ludovicum de Voifins to seek confirmation of the election of Francoise d'Ambroise as Grandmaster from the Pope of Rome or the Patriarch of Jerusalem dated 1493. 
  • Jean le Cornu, Grandmaster. Act containing the minutes of the Chapter held in Boigni on 12th June 1494.
  • Francoise d'Ambroise, Grandmaster. Procuration made out in favour of the  'fratris & religiosi nostri Aniani de Mareul, Militis, religiosi Ordinis & Nobilis Militiae Sancti Lazari Hierosol.' dated 8th June 1498. Extract of the titles relating to the duchy d'Orleans 
  • King Frederich I.  King entreats his son and vicar Ferdinand d'Aragon to take into consideration the demands of Jacques-Antoine d'Accacia, master of the hospital of St. Lazarus in Sicily dated 8th April 1501. Original document on parchment. Arch. Stor. Ord. Maur., Fondo San Lazzaro Mazzo 6, doc. VI. 
  • Leo X, Pope of Rome. Pope Leo X, on the recommendation of King Francoise I of France, transfers the management of the Order of St. Lazarus to Claude de Mareuil dated June 1519. Original document lost; copy on paper. Archivo Segreto Vaticano, Registro Vaticano 1192, fol. 196 verso - 198. 
  • De Frater Hypocratici dated to mid-16th century. Original document part of the Burton Cartulary (British Library). vide Huntington Lbrary, San Marino (California), ms HM 160, fol.129-129 verso. 
  • De Tillet. Arrest de la Cour, par lequel une union faite parune bulle du Pape de l'an 1489 est declarée abusive n'ayant esté executée selon le Decret du Concile de Constance ny verifiée en la Cour 1547. Extracts des Registre de Parlement. [In: Preuves des libertez de l'Eglise Gallicane. S. Cramoisy, Paris, vol. 1, Chap. XXXI, p.173-174]
  • Agreement made by 'Joachim de Mareul, Seigneur des seigneuries de Trulhault & de Bellestre', and M. Mery Guychard, Procureur en la Cour Ecclesiastique á Bourges, & Banquier audit Bourges' charging the latter to send to Rome the Provision Bull of the Grandmastership of Saint Lazarus for Charles de Mareul dated 4th August 1549.
  • Pius IV, Pope of Rome: Bullae Papae Pius IV: Circumspecta Romani Pontificus..... dated 1st July 1560. [Transcribed in: Laerzio Cherubini, Angelo Maria Cherubino. Magnum bullarium romanum, a Pio Quarto vsque ad Innocentium IX. P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C.I. Rigaud, Lyon, 1673, vol.2, p.9-19]
  • Pius IV, Pope of Rome: Bullae Papae Pius IV: Interassidua Dominici.... dated 4th May 1565 [Transcribed in: Laerzio Cherubini, Angelo Maria Cherubino. Magnum bullarium romanum, a Pio Quarto vsque ad Innocentium IX. P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C.I. Rigaud, Lyon, 1673, vol.2, p.136-150] English translation available.
  • Pius IV, Pope of Rome: Bullae Papae Pius IV: Sicula bonis agricula.... dated 7th February 1567. [Transcribed in: Laerzio Cherubini, Angelo Maria Cherubino. Magnum bullarium romanum, a Pio Quarto vsque ad Innocentium IX. P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C.I. Rigaud, Lyon, 1673, vol.2, p.204-212] English translation available.
  • Pius V, Pope of Rome: Bullae Papae Pius V: Etsi Dominici gregis... dated February 1567. [transcribed in: Laerzio Cherubini, Angelo Maria Cherubino. Magnum bullarium romanum, a Pio Quarto vsque ad Innocentium IX. P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C.I. Rigaud, Lyon, 1673, vol.2, p.161-162]
  • Petition from the city officials directed to the Master-General of the Order Giannetto Castiglione in Rome dated 18th August 1567 and his reply dated 28th August 1567. Original in Museo Campano di Capua. Santuario di San Lazzaro in Capua. 
  • Pius V, Pope of Rome: Bullae Papae Pius V: Quacuroque sacrarum Religiorum... dated October 1569 [Transcribed in: Laerzio Cherubini, Angelo Maria Cherubino. Magnum bullarium romanum, a Pio Quarto vsque ad Innocentium IX. P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C.I. Rigaud, Lyon, 1673, vol.2, p.218-219]
  • Gregory XIII, Pope of Rome: Bullae Papae Gregory XIII: Christiani populi corpus...... dated 16th October 1572 [Transcribed in : Laerzio Cherubini, Angelo Maria Cherubino. Magnum bullarium romanum, a Pio Quarto vsque ad Innocentium IX. P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C.I. Rigaud, Lyon, 1673, vol.2, p.365-366]
  • Gregory XIII, Pope of Rome: Bullae Papae Gregory XIII: Pro commissa nobis.... dated 13th November 1572 [Transcribed in: Laerzio Cherubini, Angelo Maria Cherubino. Magnum bullarium romanum, a Pio Quarto vsque ad Innocentium IX. P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C.I. Rigaud, Lyon, 1673, vol.2, p.366-368]
  • King Charles IX. Letters Patent given to Rene le Pin, sieur de Quincé, Capitaine de nostre chastau de .......... & de Jenville & M. Administrateur de la aladerie de Saint-Lazare-les-Orléans dated 1574. 
  • King Charles IX. Carlus Rex Francorum IX: Warrant dated 14th January 1574
  • Amadeus de Chattes, Grand Master: Act  of Reception of Chevalier Robert de Bragelongne dated 18th October 1601
  • Clement VIII, Pope of Rome. Bullae Papae Clement VIII: Decret Romanum Pontificem….. dated 9th September 1603 [Transcribed in: Laerzio Cherubini, Angelo Maria Cherubino. Magnum bullarium romanum, a Clemente VII vsque ad Gregorium XV. P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C.I. Rigaud, Lyon, 1655, vol.3, p.144-147]
  • Paul V, Pope of Rome. Bullae Papae Paul V: Romanum decet Pontificem….. dated August 1605 [Transcribed in: Laerzio Cherubini, Angelo Maria Cherubino. Magnum bullarium romanum, a Clemente VII vsque ad Gregorium XV. P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C.I. Rigaud, Lyon, 1655, vol.3, p.174-179]
  • Pope V, Pope of Rome. Bullae Papae Paul V: Romanus Pontifex cuius Principatum …… dated February 1608 [Transcribed in: Laerzio Cherubini, Angelo Maria Cherubino. Magnum bullarium romanum, a Clemente VII vsque ad Gregorium XV. P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C.I. Rigaud, Lyon, 1655, vol.3, p.228-230]  - English translation available
  • Collation document recording the required qualities for being Grandmaster of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel dated 30th October 1608. 
  • Henri IV, King of France: Bevret combining the union of the two Orders of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem dated October 1608. 
  • Henri IV, King of France: Lettres Patentes addressed to Philbert de Nérestang 'grand-maitre des Orders de Nostre-Dame du Mont-Carmel & de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem, Bethléem & Nazareth, tant decá que delá les mers' dated June 1609.
  • Gregory XV, Pope of Rome: Bullae Papae Gregory XV: Romanus Pontifex ex sua circumspecta providentia..... dated March 1620 [Transcribed in:  Laerzio Cherubini, Angelo Maria Cherubino. Magnum bullarium romanum, a Clemente VII vsque ad Gregorium XV. P. Borde, L. Arnaud & C.I. Rigaud, Lyon, 1655, vol.3, p.372-376]
  • J.L. Gottfreid.  Archontologia Cosmica sive Imperiorum, Regnorun, Principatuum, Rerumque publicarum omnium per totum terrarum orben commentarii luculentissimi.   Jennisius, Franfurt, 1628, Book III, p.2
  • Louis XIV, King of France: Declaration confirming the privileges of the 'Ordre & Chevalerie de Saint-Lazare de Jerusalem' dated April 1664. 
  • Cardinal of Vendome, Papal legate in France: Bull addressed to 'Carolus Achilles, Marchio de Neremstang, Magnus Magister' confirming the privileges of the 'Fratres milites regalium, hospitalariorum, & militarium ordinum beate Marie Virginis de Monte-Carmelo & Sancti Lazari Hierosolimitani, tam citra quam ultra maria' dated 5th June 1668. [Latin - French - English versions available]
  • Edit du Roy donné en faveur de l'Ordre de Nostre-Damme du Mont-Carmel & de Saint Lazare de Jerusalem du mois de Decembre 1672. Sebastien Cramoisy, Paris, 1673, +16p.
  • Arrêt de la Chambre royale pour assigner les possesseurs et détenteurs des biens de l'ordre de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel et de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem du 4 Mars 1673.
  • Jacques de Coras [1625-1677]. Ode á la glorie des chevaliers de l'ordre de Saint-Lazare de Jérusalem. Sebastien Cramoisy, Paris, 1673.
  • Factum pour les Chanoines Reguliers, Abbe, Prieur, & Chapitre de l'Abbaye de Toussaints d'Aners, Order de S. Augustin de la France; effendeiurs Contre les Sieurs Grand vicaire Generale, Commandeur, & Chevaliers de l'Ordre de Nostre-Dame de Monte-Carmel & de S. Lazare de Jerusalem; Demandeirs. Dated 26 June 1683.
  • Memiore servant de Response et D'Eclaircissemens aux Difficultés qui ont été faites par Messieurs les Commissaires du Conseil touchant l'Ordre de Notre-Dame de Mont-Carmel & de Saint Lazare. Dated 22 February 1692
  • Arrêt du Conseil d'Etat concernant les sommes dues par les fermiers et autres redevables, pour raison des droits, revenus et jouissances des biens des maladreries, léproserie, hôpitaux et autres lieux pieux désunis de l'ordre de Saint-Lazare et de N.-D. du Mont-Carmel, 8th August 1693. France. Conseil d'Etat 
  • Édit... portant désunion de l'ordre de N. D. de Montcarmel et de Saint-Lazare, des maisons, droits, revenus qui étoient possédez avant l'édit... de décembre 1672 par les ordres du Saint-Esprit de Montpellier, de Saint-Jacques de l'Épée, et de Luc du Saint-Sépulcre, de Sainte-Cristine de Somport, de N. D. dite Teutonique,Saint-Louis de Boucheraumont et autres ordres militaires, séculiers ou réguliers ; comme aussi portant désunion des maladeries et hôpitaux desdits ordres de Montcarmel et de Saint-Lazare. Vérifié au Grand Conseil le 9 avril 1693
  • Déclaration... qui ordonne l'employ des biens et revenus des maladeries et léproseries...23 Aoust 1693
  • Philippe de Courcillon. Lettre de reception dans l’Ordre de Notre Dame de Mont-Carmel et de Saint Lazare pour le Chevalier Jean Marmagoun, Maronite. [In: De La Roque. Voyage de Syrie et du Mont-Liban. Vol.1, Herman Uytwere, Amsterdam, 1723, p.259-265]
  • Édit et déclarations... [des 15 avril et 24 août 1693, et lettres de surannation du 5 février 1696] portant désunion des biens et revenus qui avoient esté unis à l'ordre de N.-D. de Mont-Carmel et de Saint-Lazare, en exécution de l'édit... de décembre 1672 ... Registrez en Parlement le 15 février 1696
  • Louis XIV, King of France: Arrest du Grand Conseil du premier Mars 1698. Jean Baptiste Coignard, Paris, 1698
  • Déclaration... portant règlement pour l'administration et gouvernement des hôpitaux, maladeries et léproseries de l'ordre de N.-D. de Montcarmel et de Saint-Lazare, dans lesquels l'hospitalité a esté establie ou restablie ... Registrée en Parlement 12 Decembre 1698
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