Patriarch Ioannes VIII Xiphilinos ordered an investigation into disputed property at Melitziane

Summary:
The patriarch Ioannes VIII Xiphilinos received a complaint from Georgios IV Oltisari, hegoumenos of Iveron about Ioannes Iatropolos and Petros, chartoularioi of the oikonomeion of Hagia Sophia, that with some paroikoi of Eunouchou they seized a property of Iveron at Melitziane and transferred it to Eunouchou. The patriarch was shown the tax register drawn up by Andronikos in 1047. He ordered an enquiry, and summoned Ioannikios, megas oikonomos of Hagia Sophia, Theophilos, metropolitan of Herakleia and Ioannes, metropolitan of Sardis, as well as the two accused chartoularioi Ioannes and Petros, and two others, Konstantinos Sideriotes and Christophoros. Ioannikos, the megas oikonomos, wrote to Stephanos, the metropolitan of Serres, and the patriarchal officials Basileios the protospatharios, Stephanos the spatharokandidatos and Nikolaos the koubouklesios. The letters cancelled the actions of the two accused chartoularioi, and told the four recipients to go to the site and trace the border on the basis of periorismoi from both sides. This they did, with 23 (named) lay persons, monks of Iveron and paroikoi of Eunouchou. Questions were asked about a missing border marker (which they replaced) and the stream of Zeginas, which was part of the border 
Dates:
1071 January 
Andronikos, krites and anagrapheus of Boleron, Strymon and Thessalonike (Andronikos 104)
  • His tax register played a role in the investigation by Ioannes 18 of the affairs of Iveron's estate of Melitziane (:) Iveron 2.125.6-126.13
Antonios, protopapas and monk at Iveron (Antonios 103)
Arsenios, oikonomos and monk at Iveron (Arsenios 104)
Basileios, protospatharios and employee of patriarchate (Basileios 133)
  • His presence was requested by Ioannikios 102 in the verification of the border between the lands of Eunouchou and Iveron, to be carried out by Stephanos 113 based on copies of the periorismos of both properties presented by the monks of Iveron: in association with Stephanos 114, Nikolaos 118 (in the month of August of the 9th indiction:κατὰ τὸν παρόντα Αὔγουστον μῆνα τῆς παρούσης ἐννάτης ἰνδικτιῶνος) συμπαρόντων καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ σεκρέτου Iveron 2.126.22-26
  • Proceeded to the proasteion of Eunouchou and in the presence of Theophylaktos 108, Konstantinos 143, several respectable local men, monks from Iveron and paroikoi from Eunouchou, he traced the disputed border following indications in the periorismoi: in association with Stephanos 113, Stephanos 114, Nikolaos 118 (:) τα γεγραμμένα ἐν αὐτοῖς σημεία καὶ γνωρίσματα καλῶς περινοστήσαντες Iveron 2.126.29-127.37
  • Summoned by Stephanos 113, he was shown the letter of the megas oikonomos (Ioannikios 102, concerning the dispute between Iveron and Eunouchou) and he showed him a copy of the same letter that he had also received: in association with Stephanos 114, Nikolaos 118 (:) τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς σταλεῖσαν ὁμοίαν γραφήν Iveron 2.126.26-29
Basileios Pollybodas, koubouklesios at Kastri (Strymon) (Basileios 134)
Blasios, priest from Souchoryakon (Strymon) (Blasios 103)
Christophoros, chartoularios of the oikonomeion of Hagia Sophia (Christophoros 104)
  • Was summoned by the patriarch (Ioannes 18) to examine the complaint of Iveron that Petros 114 and Ioannes 171 had usurped the monastery's property at Melitziane and had transferred it to the neighbouring estate of the oikonomeion at Eunouchou: in association with Ioannikios 102, Theophilos 103, Ioannes 172, Ioannes 171, Petros 114, Konstantinos 142 (in the month of January of the 9th indiction:Μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίω ινδικτιῶνος ἐννάτης) συνελθόντων προστάξει δεσποτική ἐν τῶ μεγάλω σεκρέτω Iveron 2.125.8-12
David, priest and paroikos at proasteion of Eunouchou (Strymon) (David 105)
Demetrios, paroikos of the proasteion of Eunouchou (Strymon) (Demetrios 118)
Georgios IV Oltisari, hegoumenos of Iveron (Georgios 135)
  • Presented to Stephanos 113 a letter from Ioannikios 102 informing him that the acts of Petros 114 and Ioannes 171 concerning the border between the lands of Eunouchou and Iveron were declared null by the enquiry ordered by the patriarch (Ioannes 18) (in the month of August of the 9th indiction:κατὰ τὸν παρόντα Αὔγουστον μῆνα τῆς παρούσης ἐννάτης ἰνδικτιῶνος) ἠκυρώθησαν παρὰ τῶν ἐρευνησάντων καὶ δικασάντων τὰ τῆς ὑποθέσεως Iveron 2.126.18-22
  • Was present together with several respectable local men, monks from Iveron and paroikoi from Eunouchou at the tracing by Stephanos 113, Basileios 133, Stephanos 114 and Nikolaos 118 of the disputed border between the lands of Iveron and Eunouchou: in association with Theophylaktos 108, Konstantinos 143 (:) παρόντων καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν μοναχῶν Ἰβήρων Iveron 2.126.33-127.34
  • Complained with the monks of Iveron to the patriarch (Ioannes 18) that the chartoularioi Petros 114 and Ioannes 171 had usurped at the instigation of some paroikoi of Eunouchou a property of Iveron at Melitziane and had transferred it to Eunouchou (:) Ἐξ ἐγκλήσεως Γεωργίου Iveron 2.125.1-5
Ioannes VIII Xiphilinos, patriarch of Constantinople (Ioannes 18)
  • Received a complaint from Georgios 135 and the monks of Iveron about the chartoularioi Petros 114 and Ioannes 171 who had usurped at the instigation of some paroikoi of Eunouchou a property of Iveron at Melitziane and had transferred it to Eunouchou (:) Ἐξ ἐγκλήσεως Γεωργίου...ενωτισθείς Iveron 2.125.1-5
  • Shown by the monks of Iveron the tax register of Andronikos 104, he ordered an enquiry into their dispute with Eunouchou, and summoned Ioannikios 102, Theophilos 103, Ioannes 172, Ioannes 171, Petros 114, Christophoros 104 and Konstantinos 142 (in the month of January of the 9th indiction:Μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίω ινδικτιῶνος ἐννάτης) συνελθόντων προστάξει δεσποτική ἐν τῶ μεγάλω σεκρέτω Iveron 2.125.6-126.13
  • Resolved to send someone with the delimitation of the disputed property (at Melitziane) in hand in order to settle the issue by attributing each part of the land to its rightful owner, the proasteion of Eunouchou and the monastery of Iveron (in the month of January of the 9th indiction:Μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίω ινδικτιῶνος ἐννάτης) Iveron 2.126.13-18
Ioannes Iatropolos, chartoularios of the oikonomeion of Hagia Sophia (Ioannes 171)
  • Usurped at the instigation of some paroikoi of the proasteion of Eunouchou a considerable amount of land belonging to Iveron at the neighbouring proasteion of Melitziane, and had it transferred to the estate of the oikonomeion at Eunouchou: in association with Petros 114 (:) οὐκ ὀλίγην γὴν παρεσπάσαντο τοῦ αὐτῶν προαστείου Iveron 2.125.1-5
  • Was summoned by the patriarch (Ioannes 18) to examine the complaint of Iveron that he and Petros 114 had usurped the monastery's property at Melitziane and had transferred it to the neighbouring estate of the oikonomeion at Eunouchou: in association with Ioannikios 102, Theophilos 103, Ioannes 172, Petros 114, Christophoros 104, Konstantinos 142 (in the month of January of the 9th indiction:Μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίω ινδικτιῶνος ἐννάτης) συνελθόντων προστάξει δεσποτική ἐν τῶ μεγάλω σεκρέτω Iveron 2.125.8-12
Ioannes, metropolitan of Sardis [1071] (Ioannes 172)
  • Was summoned by the patriarch (Ioannes 18) to examine the complaint of Iveron that Petros 114 and Ioannes 171 had usurped the monastery's property at Melitziane and had transferred it to the neighbouring estate of the oikonomeion at Eunouchou: in association with Ioannikios 102, Theophilos 103, Ioannes 171, Petros 114, Christophoros 104, Konstantinos 142 (in the month of January of the 9th indiction:Μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίω ινδικτιῶνος ἐννάτης) συνελθόντων προστάξει δεσποτική ἐν τῶ μεγάλω σεκρέτω Iveron 2.125.8-12
Ioannes, paetares and monk at Iveron (Ioannes 173)
Ioannes Protozeugas, paroikos of the proasteion of Eunouchou (Strymon) (Ioannes 174)
Ioannes, paroikos of the proasteion of Eunouchou (Strymon) (Ioannes 175)
Ioannes, paroikos of the proasteion of Eunouchou (Strymon) (Ioannes 176)
Ioannikios, megas oikonomos of Hagia Sophia (Ioannikios 102)
  • Was summoned by the patriarch (Ioannes 18) to examine the complaint of Iveron that Petros 114 and Ioannes 171 had usurped the monastery's property at Melitziane and had transferred it to the neighbouring estate of the oikonomeion at Eunouchou: in association with Theophilos 103, Ioannes 172, Ioannes 171, Petros 114, Christophoros 104, Konstantinos 142 (in the month of January of the 9th indiction:Μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίω ινδικτιῶνος ἐννάτης) συνελθόντων προστάξει δεσποτική ἐν τῶ μεγάλω σεκρέτω Iveron 2.125.8-12
  • Informed Stephanos 113 in a letter delivered by Georgios 135 that the enquiry ordered by the patriarch (Ioannes 18) had anulled the acts of Petros 114 and Ioannes 171 concerning the border between the lands of Eunouchou and Iveron (in the month of August of the 9th indiction:κατὰ τὸν παρόντα Αὔγουστον μῆνα τῆς παρούσης ἐννάτης ἰνδικτιῶνος) ἠκυρώθησαν παρὰ τῶν ἐρευνησάντων καὶ δικασάντων τὰ τῆς ὑποθέσεως Iveron 2.126.18-22
  • Asked Stephanos 113 to establish with Basileios 133, Stephanos 114 and Nikolaos 118 the borders of the lands of Eunouchou and Iveron based on the copies of the periorismos of both properties presented by the monks of Iveron, and to produce a report (in the month of August of the 9th indiction:κατὰ τὸν παρόντα Αὔγουστον μῆνα τῆς παρούσης ἐννάτης ἰνδικτιῶνος) ἐκθέσθαι δὲ καὶ πρακτικὸν τῶν περιοριζομένων καὶ πρὸς τὸ σέκρετον ἀποστεῖλαι Iveron 2.126.22-26
  • Sent identical letters to Stephanos 113, Basileios 133, Stephanos 114 and Nikolaos 118 asking them to proceed with the establishment of the disputed border between the properties of Iveron and Eunouchou (:) τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς σταλεῖσαν ὁμοίαν γραφήν Iveron 2.126.26-29
Konstantinos Sideriotes, chartoularios of the oikonomeion of Hagia Sophia (Konstantinos 142)
  • Was summoned by the patriarch (Ioannes 18) to examine the complaint of Iveron that Petros 114 and Ioannes 171 had usurped the monastery's property at Melitziane and had transferred it to the neighbouring estate of the oikonomeion at Eunouchou: in association with Ioannikios 102, Theophilos 103, Ioannes 172, Ioannes 171, Petros 114, Christophoros 104 (in the month of January of the 9th indiction:Μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίω ινδικτιῶνος ἐννάτης) συνελθόντων προστάξει δεσποτική ἐν τῶ μεγάλω σεκρέτω Iveron 2.125.8-12
Konstantinos Aroubalos, spatharokandidatos at Chrysopolis (Konstantinos 143)
  • Confirmed to Stephanos 113 that the stream before the team sent to examine the border between the properties of Iveron and Eunouchou was indeed that of Zeginas, along which the border ran according to the periorismos: in association with David 105, Theodoros 131, Photeinos 101, Theodoros 128, Theodoros 129, Niketas 123, Theophylaktos 108 (:) Iveron 2.127.38-40
  • Was present together with several respectable local men, monks from Iveron and paroikoi from Eunouchou at the tracing by Stephanos 113, Basileios 133, Stephanos 114 and Nikolaos 118 of the disputed border between the lands of Iveron and Eunouchou: in association with Theophylaktos 108 (:) συμπαρόντων ἡμῖν ἐκείσε καὶ ἑτέρων Iveron 2.126.30-33
  • Managed the episkepsis of Eunouchou and leased it, although it was an imperial property: in association with Theophylaktos 108 (:) οἵτινες καὶ προ πολλοῦ τὴν τοιαύτην ἐπίσκεψιν διενήργησαν κρατήσαντες ἐπὶ πάκτω, ὅτε καὶ βασιλικὰ ὑπῆρχον Iveron 2.126.31
Konstantinos, protospatharios and synkellos (Konstantinos 144)
Niketas, presbyter from Ptelea (Strymon) (Niketas 123)
Nikolaos, kouboukleisios and employee of patriarchate (Nikolaos 118)
  • Proceeded to the proasteion of Eunouchou and in the presence of Theophylaktos 108, Konstantinos 143, several respectable local men, monks from Iveron and paroikoi from Eunouchou, he traced the disputed border following indications in the periorismoi: in association with Stephanos 113, Basileios 133, Stephanos 114 (:) τα γεγραμμένα ἐν αὐτοῖς σημεία καὶ γνωρίσματα καλῶς περινοστήσαντες Iveron 2.126.29-127.37
  • Summoned by Stephanos 113, he was shown the letter of the megas oikonomos (Ioannikios 102, concerning the dispute between Iveron and Eunouchou) and he showed him a copy of the same letter that he had also received: in association with Basileios 133, Stephanos 114 (:) τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς σταλεῖσαν ὁμοίαν γραφήν Iveron 2.126.26-29
  • His presence was requested by Ioannikios 102 in the verification of the border between the lands of Eunouchou and Iveron, to be carried out by Stephanos 113 based on copies of the periorismos of both properties presented by the monks of Iveron: in association with Basileios 133, Stephanos 114 (in the month of August of the 9th indiction:κατὰ τὸν παρόντα Αὔγουστον μῆνα τῆς παρούσης ἐννάτης ἰνδικτιῶνος) συμπαρόντων καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ σεκρέτου Iveron 2.126.22-26
Nikolaos Maloukiotes, paroikos of the proasteion of Eunouchou (Strymon) (Nikolaos 119)
Petros, chartoularios of the oikonomeion of Hagia Sophia (Petros 114)
  • Usurped at the instigation of some paroikoi of the proasteion of Eunouchou a considerable amount of land belonging to Iveron at the neighbouring proasteion of Melitziane, and had it transferred to the estate of the oikonomeion at Eunouchou: in association with Ioannes 171 (:) οὐκ ὀλίγην γὴν παρεσπάσαντο τοῦ αὐτῶν προαστείου Iveron 2.125.1-5
  • Was summoned by the patriarch (Ioannes 18) to examine the complaint of Iveron that he and Ioannes 171 had usurped the monastery's property at Melitziane and had transferred it to the neighbouring estate of the oikonomeion at Eunouchou: in association with Ioannikios 102, Theophilos 103, Ioannes 172, Ioannes 171, Christophoros 104, Konstantinos 142 (in the month of January of the 9th indiction:Μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίω ινδικτιῶνος ἐννάτης) συνελθόντων προστάξει δεσποτική ἐν τῶ μεγάλω σεκρέτω Iveron 2.125.8-12
Photeinos, paroikos at proasteion of Eunouchou (Strymon) (Photeinos 101)
Sabas, archontares and monk at Iveron (Sabas 101)
Sabas, grammatikos and monk at Iveron (Sabas 102)
Stephanos, metropolitan of Serres (Stephanos 113)
  • Arrived at a stream and asked whether this was indeed that of Zeginas, along which the border between the properties of Eunouchou and Iveron ran according to the periorismos, and received unanimous confirmation from all present (:) ἐβεβαίωσαν ὁμοφώνως ἅπαντες Iveron 2.127.37-40
  • Was presented by Georgios 135 with a letter from Ioannikios 102 informing him that the enquiry ordered by the patriarch (Ioannes 18) had anulled the acts of Petros 114 and Ioannes 171 concerning the border between the lands of Eunouchou and Iveron (in the month of August of the 9th indiction:κατὰ τὸν παρόντα Αὔγουστον μῆνα τῆς παρούσης ἐννάτης ἰνδικτιῶνος) ἠκυρώθησαν παρὰ τῶν ἐρευνησάντων καὶ δικασάντων τὰ τῆς ὑποθέσεως Iveron 2.126.18-22
  • Followed the stream of Zeginas seeking the boundary stone marking the border between the lands of Eunouchou and Iveron according to the act of Andronikos 104, failed to find it, had it replaced, completed the delimitation and thus settled the dispute (:) τὸ ἀπὸ κίωνος λαυράτον οὐχ εύρωμεν Iveron 2.127.44-128.53
  • Proceeded to the proasteion of Eunouchou and in the presence of Theophylaktos 108, Konstantinos 143, several respectable local men, monks from Iveron and paroikoi from Eunouchou, he traced the disputed border following indications in the periorismoi: in association with Basileios 133, Stephanos 114, Nikolaos 118 (:) τα γεγραμμένα ἐν αὐτοῖς σημεία καὶ γνωρίσματα καλῶς περινοστήσαντες Iveron 2.126.29-127.37
  • Summoned Basileios 133, Stephanos 114 and Nikolaos 118, showed them the letter of the megas oikonomos (Ioannikios 102, concerning the dispute between Iveron and Eunouchou) and he was shown copies of the same letter that they had also received (:) τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς σταλεῖσαν ὁμοίαν γραφήν Iveron 2.126.26-29
  • Was asked by Ioannikios 102 to verify with Basileios 133, Stephanos 114 and Nikolaos 118 the borders of the lands of Eunouchou and Iveron based on copies of the periorismos of both properties presented by the monks of Iveron, and to produce a report (in the month of August of the 9th indiction:κατὰ τὸν παρόντα Αὔγουστον μῆνα τῆς παρούσης ἐννάτης ἰνδικτιῶνος) ἐκθέσθαι δὲ καὶ πρακτικὸν τῶν περιοριζομένων καὶ πρὸς τὸ σέκρετον ἀποστεῖλαι Iveron 2.126.22-26
Stephanos, spatharokandidatos and employee of patriarchate (Stephanos 114)
  • Proceeded to the proasteion of Eunouchou and in the presence of Theophylaktos 108, Konstantinos 143, several respectable local men, monks from Iveron and paroikoi from Eunouchou, he traced the disputed border following indications in the periorismoi: in association with Basileios 133, Stephanos 113, Nikolaos 118 (:) τα γεγραμμένα ἐν αὐτοῖς σημεία καὶ γνωρίσματα καλῶς περινοστήσαντες Iveron 2.126.29-127.37
  • Summoned by Stephanos 113, he was shown the letter of the megas oikonomos (Ioannikios 102, concerning the dispute between Iveron and Eunouchou) and he showed him a copy of the same letter that he had also received: in association with Basileios 133, Nikolaos 118 (:) τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς σταλεῖσαν ὁμοίαν γραφήν Iveron 2.126.26-29
  • His presence was requested by Ioannikios 102 in the verification of the border between the lands of Eunouchou and Iveron, to be carried out by Stephanos 113 based on copies of the periorismos of both properties presented by the monks of Iveron: in association with Basileios 133, Nikolaos 118 (in the month of August of the 9th indiction:κατὰ τὸν παρόντα Αὔγουστον μῆνα τῆς παρούσης ἐννάτης ἰνδικτιῶνος) συμπαρόντων καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ σεκρέτου Iveron 2.126.22-26
Theodoros tou Skrapou, villager from Politziane (Strymon) (Theodoros 128)
Theodoros Paches, villager from Ptelea (Strymon) (Theodoros 129)
Theodoros Blachos, paroikos at proasteion of Eunouchou (Strymon) (Theodoros 130)
Theodoros, paroikos at proasteion of Eunouchou (Strymon) (Theodoros 131)
Theophilos, metropolitan of Herakleia (Thrace) [1072, 1079, 1082] (Theophilos 103)
  • Was summoned by the patriarch (Ioannes 18) to examine the complaint of Iveron that Petros 114 and Ioannes 171 had usurped the monastery's property at Melitziane and had transferred it to the neighbouring estate of the oikonomeion at Eunouchou: in association with Ioannikios 102, Ioannes 172, Ioannes 171, Petros 114, Christophoros 104, Konstantinos 142 (in the month of January of the 9th indiction:Μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίω ινδικτιῶνος ἐννάτης) συνελθόντων προστάξει δεσποτική ἐν τῶ μεγάλω σεκρέτω Iveron 2.125.8-12
Theophylaktos, protospatharios at Chrysopolis (Theophylaktos 108)
  • Was present together with several respectable local men, monks from Iveron and paroikoi from Eunouchou at the tracing by Stephanos 113, Basileios 133, Stephanos 114 and Nikolaos 118 of the disputed border between the lands of Iveron and Eunouchou: in association with Konstantinos 143 (:) συμπαρόντων ἡμῖν ἐκείσε καὶ ἑτέρων Iveron 2.126.30
  • Confirmed to Stephanos 113 that the stream before the team sent to examine the border between the properties of Iveron and Eunouchou was indeed that of Zeginas, along which the border ran according to the periorismos: in association with David 105, Theodoros 131, Photeinos 101, Theodoros 128, Theodoros 129, Niketas 123, Konstantinos 143 (:) Iveron 2.127.38-40
  • Managed the episkepsis of Eunouchou and leased it, although it was an imperial property: in association with Konstantinos 143 (:) οἵτινες καὶ προ πολλοῦ τὴν τοιαύτην ἐπίσκεψιν διενήργησαν κρατήσαντες ἐπὶ πάκτω, ὅτε καὶ βασιλικὰ ὑπῆρχον Iveron 2.126.31