Jeanne d'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France: Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in the Original Documents
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Jeanne d'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France: Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in the Original Documents
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
It is agreed by all authorities that Jeanne was not captured in the
Diocese of Beauvais, which ended at the Bridge of Compiègne. Jeanne
was taken north of the Bridge, on the right bank of the river, and
either in the Diocese of Noyon or Soissons, which of the two has not
been determined. The Bishop’s assertion is distinctly untrue.
Footnote 6:
On January 6th, 1412. “_In nocte Epiphiniarum Domini._” (Letter from
Boulainvilliers to the Duke of Milan. Quicherat, vol. v., 116.)
Footnote 7:
The Font and Holy water stoup in the old Church at Domremy are said to
be those in use in the 15th century.
Footnote 8:
Jeanne appears to have had a great many godparents. In the Enquiry
made at Domremy in 1455, eight are mentioned, viz.: Jean Morel, Jean
Barrey, Jean de Laxart, and Jean Raiguesson, as godfathers; and
Jeannette Thévenin, Jeannette Thiesselin, Beatrix Estellin, and Edith
Barrey, as godmothers.
Footnote 9:
John Gris, or Grey, a gentleman in the Household of the Duke of
Bedford, afterwards knighted. He was appointed chief guardian to the
Maid, with two assistants, all members of the King’s Body Guard. They
appear to have left her entirely in the hands of the common soldiers
five of whom kept constant watch over her.
Footnote 10:
There is no certain date for this event. By some it is placed between
the first and second visits to Vaucouleurs, in 1428; by others,
earlier, at the time of the Picard ravages of the neighbourhood in the
September of 1426.
Footnote 11:
Robert de Baudricourt, Squire, Captain of Vaucouleurs in 1428;
afterwards knighted and made Councillor and Chamberlain to the King
and Bailly of Chaumont, 1454.
Footnote 12:
Of the ancient château the “Porte de France” alone survives. From this
gate Jeanne rode out with her escort to visit the King at Chinon. The
crypt of the chapel remains, where Jeanne constantly prayed.
Footnote 13:
This is said to have been on account of the impression produced on him
by Jeanne’s prediction, on February 12th: “To-day the gentle Dauphin
hath had great hurt near the town of Orleans, and yet greater will he
have if you do not soon send me to him.” This “great hurt” proved to
be the Battle of Rouvray, in which the French and Scottish troops were
defeated by the English under Sir John Fastolf.
Footnote 14:
Charles I., the reigning Duke de Lorraine in 1428, was in very bad
health, and, having no son, the succession was a matter of some
anxiety. He died in 1431, and was succeeded by his son-in-law, Réné of
Anjou, who had married his only daughter, Isabella. This Réné was a
brother of Queen Mary, wife of Charles VII., and father of our own
Queen Margaret, married in 1441 to Henry VI.
Footnote 15:
Jean de Novelomport, called de Metz, Bertrand de Poulengey, Colet de
Vienne, the King’s Messenger, and three servants.
Footnote 16:
March 22nd, 1428.
Footnote 17:
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