Oldest mention of a spiritual community around St. Servaas Church in the Gesta abbatum Fontanellensium.

In 779 Charlemagne confirmed an exchange of possessions between the Church of Our Lady in Chevremont near Liege and the Church of St. Servaas in Maastricht. Below the monogram of Charlemagne.

Alcuinus of York, tutor and advisor to Charlemagne, abbot of St. Servaas Abbey, corresponded with the bishop of Salzburg in 799.

Einhard, abbot of St. Servaas Abbey, biographer of Charlemagne, in addition to his literary works, wrote letters with announcements about nuns and monks, members of the familia (=population linked to an estate) and possessions of St. Servaas Church.

Karel de Kale (=Charles the Bald) and Ludwig the German conclude the Treaty of Meerssen in which St. Servaas Abbey accrues to the West Franconian king Karel de Kale.

King Arnulf donates the abbey to the church of Trier. Below is the signature and seal of King Arnulf.

The first provost, Gerulfus or Herulfus, is mentioned between 911 and 928.

Emperor Otto I concludes an exchange with the Archbishop of Trier and incorporates St. Servaas Abbey into the imperial property.

St. Servaas was a community of canons in its own right with a provost at its head from about the year 1000. Below the former chapter house to the west in St. Servaas Basilica.

Hugo, provost of the chapter of St. Servaas, is mentioned on 13 August 1051 in one of the poems written by the canons for a deceased monk in the death scroll of Canigou Abbey in the Pyrenees. Below is an illustration of the death scroll of the abbot of Savigny.

Between 1070 and 1088, at the request of the chapter of St. Servaas, the monk Jocundus describes a vita (=life) and miraculi (=miracles) of St. Servaas, who was said to have received the (Servaas) key in Rome from St. Peter.

On 22 July 1139, Roman catholic King Koenraad III donates the Meuse Bridge to the Chapter of St. Servaas.

Hendrik van Veldeke describes the life and miracles of St. Servaas in verse form in the vernacular at the request of Agnes of Metz, countess of Loon.

According to the Vita of Albert, Lotharius of Are-Hochstaden, provost of the chapter of St. Servaas, and his brother Dirk, bishop of Liege, meet in St. Servaas Church to deliberate on Albert's murder. Below is Albert's bashed-in skull.

Collapse of the Meuse Bridge, owned by the St. Servaas Chapter.

On 9 July 1278, the aldermen of Maastricht declare that two private individuals have sold an annual property tax to Garsilius, priest of the now-defunct medieval chapel of St. Joris (=George), which was owned by the chapter of St. Servaas.

Four archbishops and 15 bishops grant a 40-day indulgence on 29 January 1284 to all who contribute to the construction of a new stone bridge across the river Meuse in Maastricht to replace the wooden bridge that collapsed in 1275 (charter no. 51).

On 4 March 1285 Jan I, Duke of Brabant, ordered his men in Maastricht to have their grain ground in the mill of the Chapter of St. Servaas in Maastricht. Below the gablestone on the former Hertogsmolen (=Duke's Mill) (photo P. Vossen 2003).

Bonaventura, bishop of Ceos, grants a one-year indulgence to anyone visiting St. Servaas Church on the feast of the transfer of the relics of St. Servaas (charter no. 60).

Last mention of the warping mill in Maastricht, upstream of the Hertogsmolen (Duke´s mill). It was a small mill for making needles, mentioned as early as 1171.

Signet of Lambert of Maastricht, named of St. Hilarius, the oldest notary public of Maastricht, in his charter made on 16 August 1292 (charter no. 72).

The receiver and aldermen of the court of Lenculen certify that Diborg van Hasselt has renounced a house with the adjoining court (in Maastricht, belonging to the court of Lenculen). Below the 14th-century property tax register of Maastricht, with the property taxes that the Duke of Brabant collected from the plots in the court of Lenculen.