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Agreement on the Exploitation of a Silver Mine, 1180
In the year of the Incarnation of the Lord 1180, an agreement was made between Raymond
Berenger, by the grace of God, Count of Provence, and William, Lord of Marseilles, about
the silver mines of Toulon, viz., that the miners should have whatever they find as their
own property together with the silver mined, wherever they find it, near Toulon; and
purchases and sales of any lead and silver whatsoever ought to be divided in three parts,
of which the Count will have one, William, Lord of Marseilles, another, and the miners
another. But the taxes ought to be divided into two parts; the Count will have half, and
William, Lord of Marseilles half; and all the said taxes ought to be collected and shared
by the said miners. And it should be known that the said Count promised to defend Toulon
with its territory as far as has been shown, and also all those coming and going, on land
and sea, to the silver mine, or wherever they are in Provence on business with the said
mine. Besides, it should be known that wherever lead or silver is taken from the said
mine, it should be taken to Toulon; and all this just as was written above, William, Lord
of Marseilles confirmed by oath in his own and his brother's name with one knight. And the
Count swore the same with two knights.
Source:
From: Gustave Fagniez, Documents Relatifs à l'Histoire de l'lndustrie et du
Commerce en France, (Paris: Alphonse Picard et Fils, 1898), Vol. I, p. 90, reprinted
in Roy C. Cave & Herbert H. Coulson, A Source Book for Medieval Economic History, (Milwaukee:
The Bruce Publishing Co., 1936; reprint ed., New York: Biblo & Tannen, 1965), pp.
78-79.
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