[69]. March 8th, 1428; it was before Easter, which in that year fell on March 7th.
[70]. The house in which Jeanne lodged at Chinon is said to have belonged to a certain Regnier de la Barrier, whose widow or daughter is the “worthy woman” referred to. Jeanne was afterwards lodged in the Tower of Coudray, where her room may still be seen. It is approached by a staircase outside the tower. The vaulted roof has fallen in, and the fireplace is damaged, but the walls are intact, and the room could easily be restored. Jeanne stayed in this tower from March 8th to April 20th, 1429.
[71]. In the Minute only.
[72]. Charles, Duke d’Orléans, then a prisoner in England: one of the five princes of the blood taken at Agincourt.
[73]. There is no allusion to either of these in any evidence of the time.
[74]. May, 1430.
[75]. Easter week, April 16th–23rd, 1430.
[76]. Jeanne says that her leap from the tower was “towards the end,” and as the town of Compiègne was in great straits in October, she probably made her attempt at escape towards the end of that month. The army of relief under the Count de Vendôme started on October 25th, and the siege was raised early in November.
[77]. The Minute inverts the order of this and the following question and answer.
[78]. There is no fuller account of this attempt. It probably took place during the month of July, and may have been the reason for her removal to the stronger prison of Beaurevoir, early in August.