Chalon

Who holds it

Name

the bishop of Chalon and Count William II of Chalon

Title

Lords of the city

Since

long-standing

Confidence

medium

Lord in 1200

The bishop holds much of the city round the cathedral of Saint-Vincent; the count of Chalon holds comital rights, the castle and tolls. The share is not pinned in detail.

How things stand that morning

Shared lordship.

Charter

None known for 1200.

Communities

Canons of Saint-Vincent; the abbey of Saint-Pierre; Jews not pinned.

Fairs and markets

The great 'hot' and 'cold' fairs of Chalon are thirteenth-century; not established on 1 January 1200 as far as is known.

Walls and castle

Roman castrum walls and the comital castle; the bridge over the Saone.

Trade and crafts

River port at the crossing of the Saone, where the road from Champagne and Paris meets the river route to Lyon.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: General literature only.

Primary sources for Burgundy

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.

• Chronicle of Robert of Auxerre, Robert of Auxerre (Robert of Saint-Marien) (about 1190 to 1211; continued at Saint-Marien to 1227). A universal chronicle whose last twenty years are contemporary and well informed from Burgundy and the Auxerrois. Read online
• Deeds of Philip Augustus, Rigord (about 1186 to 1206, in stages). The French court's own chronicle for the year, from the monk of Saint-Denis who called himself the king's chronographer. Read online
• The Conquest of Constantinople (Villehardouin), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (about 1207 to 1213). Opens with the preaching of Fulk of Neuilly and the tournament at Ecry (28 November 1199) where Theobald III of Champagne and Louis of Blois took the cross, then the taking of the cross by Baldwin of Flanders, Hugh of Saint-Pol, Geoffrey of Perche and others through early 1200, the assemblies at Soissons and Compiegne in 1200, and the six envoys sent to Venice in the winter of 1200 to 1201. Read online
• Documents of the French Royal Treasury of Charters, vol. 1 (755 to 1223) (755 to 1223; the archive was organised from the 1190s). The treaties and bonds the French crown kept in its own archive, printed in date order. Read online
• The Acts of Philip Augustus, with Delisle's Calendar, Various (the French royal chancery) (1179 to 1223). The king's own charters and treaties for the year: the peace of Peronne with Baldwin IX in January 1200, the treaty of Le Goulet with John on 22 May 1200, the marriage settlement for Louis and Blanche, the privilege for the scholars of Paris, grants to towns, abbeys and Norman lords, and the first acts of the king's new acquisitions in the Vexin, Evreux and Berry. Read online