Pierre Basile was flayed alive and all defenders of the chateau hanged on 6 April 1199, by order of the mercenary leader Mercadier, for shooting and killing King Richard I of England with a crossbow at the siege of Chalus in March 1199.
When Richard was mortally wounded at the siege of Châlus in March 1199, it was Mercadier's physician who cared for him.