 The ordinance assigned to the wine-sellers part of the crypt, where they could avoid the count's taxes without disturbing worshippers.Workers of various professions gathered in particular locations around the cathedral awaiting offers of work.Although the town of Chartres was under the judicial and tax authority of the Counts of Blois, the area immediately surrounding the cathedral, known as the "cloître", was in effect a free-trade zone governed by the church authorities, who were entitled to the taxes from all commercial activity taking place there.