 Prior to 862, Huy was only ever described as a "vicus", larger than a village but smaller than a city.It had a market by 743, when King Childeric III exempted some monks from the market toll ("toloneum").In 862, Huy was described as a port on the Meuse when King Lothair II gave the double monastery of Stavelot-Malmedy the right to some of its revenues.