Jobert of Syria

[4] In August 1174, he refused to commit, along with the other military orders, to aiding the Sicilian navy in attacking Egypt with Miles de Plancy, the regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

[5] Jobert instigated pope Alexander III to order the prelates not to demand the "dime des noviale" from the lands cultivated by the Hospitallers and from the fodder intended for the feeding of their livestock.

[3] In 1176, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem confirmed a grant of lands in Egypt to the Order in exchange for assistance from Jobert in the planned campaign there.

Though Jobert supported the Egyptian policy, he is last mentioned in January 1177, and his successor, Roger de Moulins, did not agree with the plan, which was abandoned.

[7] Jobert's magisterium ended between January and October 1177, not, as is commonly believed, in Saladin's prisons following the battle of Jacob's Ford in August 1179.