[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.
[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.
[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.
[161]. Daughter of Jacques Bourchier, Treasurer of Orleans, at whose house Jeanne lodged.
[162]. See decrees of Henry VI. against fugitives, “terrificatos incautionibus puellae.”
[163]. Nevertheless, his name appears as having agreed with the Abbot of Fécamp in his opinion of the Condemnation.
[164]. Not mentioned elsewhere.
[165]. Secretary to the King of England.
[166]. It is, however, stated that, on being consulted, he did advise the extreme measure of putting Jeanne to the torture.
[167]. Louis de Contes was brother-in-law of Beauharnais, the Bourgeois of Orleans. He was a son of Jean de Contes, Captain of Châteaudun, and Chamberlain to the Duke d’Orléans.