In this little village of Domremy, situated at least seven and a half miles further down the river than Neufchateau and twelve and a half above Vaucouleurs, there was born, about the year 1410 or 1412,[148] a girl who was destined to live a remarkable life. She was born poor. Her father,[149] Jacques or Jacquot d'Arc, a native of the village of Ceffonds in Champagne,[150] was a small farmer and himself drove his horses at the plough.[151] His neighbours, men and women alike, held him to be a good Christian and an industrious workman.[152] His wife came from Vouthon, a village nearly four miles northwest of Domremy, beyond the woods of Greux. Her name being Isabelle or Zabillet, she received at some time, exactly when is uncertain, the surname of Romee.[153] That name was given to those who had been to Rome or on some other important pilgrimage;[154] and it is possible that Isabelle may have acquired her name of Romee by assuming the pilgrim's shell and staff.[155] One of her brothers was a parish priest, another a tiler; she had a nephew who was a carpenter.[156] She had already borne her husband three children: Jacques or Jacquemin, Catherine, and Jean.[157] [Footnote 148: This may be inferred from vol. i, p. 46, of the _Trial_. But Jeanne did not know how old she was when she left her father's house (_Trial_, vol. i, p. 51). I have ignored the letter of Perceval de Boulainvilliers, p. 116, vol. v, of the _Trial_. It is quite unauthentic and is too much in the manner of a hagiologist. See post, p. 468, note 1.] [Footnote 149: Darc (_Trial_, vol. i, p. 191; vol. ii, p. 82). Dars (Simeon Luce, _Jeanne d'Arc a Domremy_, p. 360). Day (_Trial_, vol. v, p. 150). Daiz (furnished by M. Pierre Champion). This document appears to justify the pronunciation _Jeanne d'Arc_. Concerning the orthography of the name d'Arc, cf. Lanery d'Arc, _Livre d'or de Jeanne d'Arc_, notes 647-657.] [Footnote 150: _Trial_, vol. i, pp. 46, 208. E. de Bouteiller and G. de Braux, _La famille de Jeanne d'Arc_, Paris, 1878, in 8vo, p. 185; _Nouvelles recherches sur la famille de Jeanne d'Arc_, Paris, Orleans, 1879, in 12mo, p. x, _passim_. Boucher de Molandon, _Jacques d'Arc, pere de la Pucelle_, Orleans, 1885, in 8vo.] [Footnote 151: See post, pp. 57, 451, 452.] [Footnote 152: _Trial_, vol. ii, pp. 378 _et seq._] [Footnote 153: _Ibid._, vol. i, pp. 191, 208; vol. ii, p. 74, note 1. Armand Boucher de Crevecoeur, _Les Romee et les de Perthes, famille maternelle de Jeanne d'Arc_, Abbeville, 1891, in 8vo. Lanery d'Arc, _Livre d'or_, notes 1278-1308.] [Footnote 154: Du Cange, _Glossaire_, under the word _Romeus_. G. de Braux, _Jeanne d'Arc a Saint-Nicolas_, Nancy, 1889, p. 8. _Revue catholique des institutions et du droit_, August, 1886. E. de Bouteiller, _Nouvelles recherches_, p. xii. Vallet de Viriville, _Histoire de Charles VII_, vol. ii, p. 43.]