_i.e._, William Glasdale, Bailly of Alençon. He was Captain of the Fort of the Tourelles, called here the Bridge Tower. Footnote 148: Gerard Machet, according to the _Chronique de la Pucelle_; he was not Bishop until after the death of Jeanne. Footnote 149: Robert le Maçon, Chancellor, in 1418, was harassed by the opposition of the Burgundian faction and the favourites of the Dauphin. He retired in 1421, and acted henceforward as a simple Councillor. Footnote 150: Jean Leguise, ennobled by Charles VII. for his share in the surrender of the town. Footnote 151: William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, Grand Steward of the King of England. Footnote 152: The prophecy of Merlin, as it appears in MS. 7301 of the Bibliothèque Nationale, runs: “_Descendit virgo dorsum sagittari et flores virgineos obscultabit_.” Footnote 153: Raoul, _not_ Jean, de Gaucourt, Grand Steward, born 1370. Fought, in 1394, under the banner of Jean de Nevers, afterwards Duke of Burgundy, for Sigismund, King of Hungary, against Bajazet; and was knighted on the field of Nicopolis, from which only himself, his leader, and twenty-two other French nobles escaped. He defended Harfleur against Henry V., in 1415, and was a prisoner for ten years, being one of those specially named by Henry in his dying commands to Bedford as prisoners “to be kept.” In 1425, he was ransomed for the sum of 20,000 gold crowns; in 1427, he aided Dunois at the victory of Montargis, and afterwards in the defence of Orleans. Footnote 154: Quicherat thinks there is an error of copy here; that Bellier could not have been Bailly of Troyes when that town was in the hands of the English, nor could he at any time have combined so high an office with the lieutenancy of Chinon. Footnote 155: Master of the Horse, Counsellor and Steward to the Court. He was made prisoner in 1437, but ransomed from the English for 500 crowns. In 1459, he was sent by Charles VII. to Bordeaux, in order to settle a dispute between the municipal authority and some English ships. He was living in 1472, and in receipt of a pension from Louis XI. Footnote 156: In December, 1429. Footnote 157: 7th May. Footnote 158: Seigneur de Bignon, whose father was distinguished at the siege of Orleans. He was great-grandfather of Christopher de Thou, first President of the Parliament of Paris. Footnote 159: Head of one of the principal families of Orleans. Amian de Saint-Mesmin was ennobled in 1460, on account of his services. He died at the ripe age of 118 years. Footnote 160: Brother-in-law to Louis de Contes, Jeanne’s page, and owner of the lordships of la Chaussée and Miramion. From his younger brother, Guillaume, descended the Beauharnais who was husband to Josephine and father of Eugène. Footnote 161: Daughter of Jacques Bourchier, Treasurer of Orleans, at whose house Jeanne lodged. Footnote 162: