Chapter XVI: Part II: The Rehabilitation (7)

The Bishop referred to is Simon Bonnet, Bishop of Senlis at that time,
not the partisan of the English who occupied the seat in 1429.

Footnote 179:

Yolande, daughter of John I. of Aragon; wife of Louis XI., Duke of
Anjou, and titular King of Sicily. She was the mother of Mary, wife of
Charles VII., and grandmother of Margaret, afterwards wife of Henry
VI.

A receipt is recorded, in _Quicherat_ (III. 93), for the carriage of
corn, on her behalf, from Orleans to Blois.

Footnote 180:

A captain of some repute, exchanged for Talbot after the Battle of
Patay.

Footnote 181:

In the Accounts (formerly kept in the Chambre des Comtes at Paris), of
Maître Hemon Raguier, Treasurer of War, there is an item relating to
this suit of armour: “To the Master Armourer, for a complete harness
for the said Pucelle, 100 livres tournois.”

Footnote 182:

A street in Orleans is still called after d’Illiers, then Captain of
Châteaudun.

Footnote 183:

Jeanne, daughter of the Duke d’Orléans.

Footnote 184:

The Duke d’Alençon, at the age of eighteen, had been taken prisoner at
the battle of Verneuil, in 1424, and kept for five years in the Castle
of Crotoy, where Jeanne herself was afterwards imprisoned.

Footnote 185:

Head-covering without visor, “_chapeline casque léger en forme de
calotte sans masque_.”

Footnote 186:

Jargeau was taken on June 11th, 1429.

Footnote 187:

John Talbot, afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury. He was exchanged for
Ambroise de Loré and killed while attempting the relief of Châtillon,
then besieged by Dunois.

Footnote 188:

Arthur, Count de Richemont, Constable of France, brother of the Duke
of Britanny. He was one of the Princes of the Blood taken at
Agincourt, but was released on parole; and Henry V. dying soon after,
he claimed his freedom, saying he had given his word to the King
alone. He married a sister of the Duke of Burgundy and widow of the
late Dauphin. Although friendly to the French cause, he was distrusted
by Charles, and, at this time, was in disgrace. He was uncle to the
Duke d’Alençon, his sister Mary having married the preceding Duke. He
succeeded to the Duchy of Britanny in 1453, but died childless.

Footnote 189:

It was after this battle of Patay that Sir John Fastolf, one of the
English captains, was deprived of the Garter, for his conduct in
retreating before the French army.

Footnote 190:

Louis, Duke d’Orléans, taken prisoner at Agincourt, in 1415, was
imprisoned in England until the year 1440, when he was ransomed at the
price of 54,000 nobles (about £36,000), the negotiations being carried
out on the English side by Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais.

Footnote 191:

Of the Order of Hermit Friars of Saint Augustin, living at their
Convent in Tours in 1429, and at Bayeux in 1456.

Footnote 192:

There is some doubt as to the identity of this town. The text gives
“Aniciensis,” which would refer to Puy-en-Valais; but this, Quicherat
says, is unlikely, owing to the distance, and proposes to substitute
“Anceinsi,” _i.e._, Anche. Fabre, following Simon de Lune, is in
favour of the former reading, as the town was one noted for
pilgrimages; and, in the Lent of 1429, there was an unusual number of
pilgrims, in honour of the special feast of La Vierge Noire de Puy,
which, in that year, fell on Good Friday. This fact might account for
the presence of Jeanne’s mother at Puy, and of the men-at-arms, who
had escorted the Maid to Chinon.

Footnote 193:

Quicherat prefers to read, “brother.”

Footnote 194:

Probably the husband of the woman named Lapau, mentioned by Louis de
Contes.

Footnote 195:

Doubt had been thrown on the fact here stated, since Charles VII.’s
mother, Queen Isabeau, had denied her son’s legitimacy.

Footnote 196:

The account for this banner appears in the 13th Compte of Maître Hemon
Raguier, Treasurer of War: 25 liv. tour. were paid to “Hauves
Poulnois, painter, living at Tours, for painting and procuring
materials for a great standard, and a small one for the Maid.”

Footnote 197:

The siege was raised on the 8th of May.

Footnote 198:

Established on the site of a convent in the previous December.

Footnote 199:

The first letter was sent on March 22nd, 1429: of the second nothing
is known.

Footnote 200:

_i.e._, Glasdale.

Footnote 201:

8th May. The commemoration of the relief of Orleans was made a
national festival by Louis XI. and confirmed by Richelieu. This day is
still kept in the town with great rejoicings and religious
processions: it has been celebrated, excepting during the Revolution,
ever since the relief of the city.

Footnote 202:

Louis de Luxembourg.

Footnote 203:

“Godon,” or “goddam,” a common term for the English in the Middle Ages
and to the present day.

Footnote 204:

An error; the first sermon was by Érard.

Footnote 205:

Louis de Contes, called “Imerguet” and “Mugot” by his companions.

Footnote 206:

The phrase is left thus unfinished in all the MSS. It is quoted in the
Latin texts in the original French, as above.

Footnote 207:

The Court of the Bailiff.

Footnote 208:

“_Crimen læsæ majestatis._”

Footnote 209:

The examination of d’Aulon, who served Jeanne d’Arc as Steward, and
who, at the time of being examined, was Seneschal of Beaucaire, is the
only evidence preserved in the original French.

Footnote 210:

Guillaume d’Estouteville: Enquiry of 1452.

Footnote 211:

See Appendix: Note on Documents of Rehabilitation Enquiry: p. 332.

Footnote 212:

_Viz._, the Twelve Articles.