[Footnote 577: _Chronique du religieux de Saint-Denis_, vol. i, pp. 28, 43. Docteur A. Chevreau, _De la maladie de Charles VI, roi de France, et des medecins qui ont soigne ce prince_, in _l'Union Medicale_, February, March, 1862. De Beaucourt, _Histoire de Charles VII_, vol. i, p. 4, note.] [Footnote 578: Monstrelet, vol. iii, p. 347.] [Footnote 579: Gruel, ed. Le Vavasseur, pp. 46 _et seq._ _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p. 239. Berry, p. 374. Pierre de Fenin, _Memoires_, ed. Mademoiselle Dupont, pp. 222, 223. Vallet de Viriville, _Histoire de Charles VII_, vol. i, p. 453. De Beaucourt, _Histoire de Charles VII_, vol. ii, p. 432.] [Footnote 580: Gruel, pp. 53, 193. _Geste des nobles_, p. 200. Jean Chartier, _Chronique_, vol. i, pp. 23, 24, 54. De Beaucourt, _Histoire de Charles VII_, vol. ii, p. 132. E. Cosneau, _Le connetable de Richemont_, Paris, 1886, in 8vo, p. 131.] [Footnote 581: Gruel, p. 231. _Chronique de la Pucelle_, pp. 200, 248. Jean Chartier, _Chronique_, vol. i, p. 54; vol. iii, p. 189. De Beaucourt, _Histoire de Charles VII_, vol. ii, p. 142. E. Cosneau, _Le connetable de Richemont_, p. 140.] In 1428 Richemont wanted to resume his influence over the King. The Counts of Clermont and of Pardiac united to aid him. The King's mother-in-law, Yolande of Aragon, the kingdomless Queen of Sicily and Jerusalem, and the Duchess of Anjou, took the part of the discontented barons.[582] The Count of Clermont took prisoner the Chancellor of France, the first minister of the crown, and held him to ransom. The King had to pay for the restoration of his Chancellor.[583] In Poitou the Constable was warring against the King's men, while the provinces which remained loyal were being wasted by free lances in the King's pay, while the English were advancing towards the Loire. [Footnote 582: De Beaucourt, _op. cit._, vol. ii, pp. 143, 144 _et seq._ E. Cosneau, _op. cit._, pp. 142 _et seq._] [Footnote 583: Dom Morice, _Preuves de l'histoire de Bretagne_, vol. ii, col. 1199. De Beaucourt, _op. cit._, vol. ii, p. 150. E. Cosneau, _op. cit._, p. 144.]