Bishop of Rostov's estates

Who he is

Name

Ioann (John)

Title

bishop of Rostov (the see of the whole Rostov-Suzdal land), serving the cathedral of the Dormition at Vladimir

Since

1190

Born

not pinned

Family

not pinned. Vsevolod's own choice: after he refused the Greek Nikolai sent by the metropolitan (1183-1185) and after Luka (1185-1189), Ioann was consecrated for Rostov in 1190. He resigns in 1213/1214 and retires to a monastery at Bogolyubovo (later).

Confidence

medium

Laurentian Chronicle (Andrei's endowment of the Vladimir cathedral under 1158-1160; Bishop Ioann's works of the 1190s; Gorokhovets 'the town of the Holy Mother of God' under 1239), as reported in the standard accounts

Overlord

Grand Prince Vsevolod III in temporal matters; the metropolitan of Kiev in church matters

What it holds

• Villages and purchased settlements (slobody) of the Dormition cathedral at Vladimir, unnamed for 1200
• A tenth of the grand prince's herds and of the market tolls (Andrei's grant)
• The church courts and their fees
• The cathedral of Rostov and its relics (St Leontius)
• Gorokhovets on the lower Klyazma: the cathedral's town by 1239; for 1200 not pinned

How it was acquired

Andrei Bogolyubsky's endowment (1158-1160) and later princely gifts.

Allies and rivals

Vsevolod's man; the Rostov clergy resent the drift of the see to Vladimir.

How things stand that morning

Ioann holds the see and the cathedral's endowment under Vsevolod's protection.

Wealth

Tithes, tolls, village dues, court fees. No figures.

Military

None of his own recorded.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The endowment is recorded for 1158-1160 and Gorokhovets for 1239; nothing names the cathedral's estates for 1200.

On the map: Not drawn: no estate can be placed for 1200 (Gorokhovets is the cathedral's only by 1239).

Primary sources for Vladimir-Suzdal

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Chronicle of Novgorod (kept year by year; the Synodal manuscript written in the 13th and 14th centuries). Novgorod's own record, kept at St Sophia. Read online
• The Hypatian Chronicle (the Kievan Chronicle compiled about 1200 at the Vydubichi monastery; the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle in the 13th century). The southern record. Read online
• The Laurentian Chronicle (the Suzdal continuation kept in the late 12th and 13th centuries; manuscript 1377). The court record of Vsevolod III of Vladimir. Read online
• The birch-bark letters (11th to 15th centuries). Excavated letters and notes on birch bark, dated by the layer they lie in. Read online
• The Tale of Igor's Campaign (about 1187 to 1200 (disputed)). A poem on Igor Sviatoslavich's defeat by the Polovtsians in 1185 that addresses the princes of the day by name: Vsevolod of Vladimir, Rurik and David Rostislavich, Yaroslav of Galich, Roman of Volhynia and the Olgovichi of Chernigov, of whom Igor himself was prince from 1198. Read online