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more
than
a
kilometer,
these
green
meadows
whose
fertility
equals
their
beauty
and
from
which
the
best
and
most
renowned
hay
in
all
of
France
is
still
produced
today
(1).
»
To
the
position
of
modest
farmer,
were
added,
for
the
father
of
the
Maid,
the
esteem
and
consideration
of
his
fellow
citizens,
which
proves
that
he
was
certainly
not
just
anyone.
Two
very
interesting
acts
establish
this
in
a
peremptory
manner.
One,
dated
October
7,
1423,
contains,
in
favor
of
Robert
de
Saarbruck,
lord
of
Commercy,
for
the
right
of
protection
and
safeguard
of
Domremy
and
Greux,
recognition
of
two
gros
par
feu:
Jacques
d'Arc
appears
there
as
dean
of
the
village
and
comes
immediately
after
the
mayor.
Now,
according
to
Mr.
Edouard
Bonvalot
(2)
there
was
only
one
dean
or
sergeant
in
each
village;
it
was
he
who
summoned
the
bourgeois
to
electoral
assemblies
and
to
the
pleas,
the
mayors,
aldermen
and
jurors
to
their
public
or
extraordinary
meetings;
it
was
he
who
made
the
cries
of
the
municipal
decrees
and
ordinances;
who
commanded
the
watch
day
and
night
and
who
had
the
guard
of
the
prisoners.
The
second
act
was
found
in
the
Treasury
of
the
Charters
of
Lorraine
in
the
archives
of
Nancy,
by
MM.
Le-page
and
Chappelier.
It
bears
the
date
of
March
31,
1426
(1427
according
to
the
current
style)
and
is
related
to
a
dispute
raised
before
Robert
de
Vaudricourt,
captain
of
Vaucouleurs,
by
a
Mr.
Guiot-Poignant
against
the
inhabitants
of
Greux
and
Domremy.
Here
(1)
Joan
of
Arc
in
Domremy,
Paris
1886,
p.
XXII,
LI
and
LV.
(2)
The
Third
Estate
according
to
the
charter
of
Beaumont
and
its
subsidiaries.
(Paris,
1844)
P.
412.
in
what
terms
the
presence
of
the
latter
is
noted
there:
"And,
on
this
day
it
was
taken
and
accepted
by
the
said
parties,
at
the
place
of
Vaucouleur,
before
the
noble
man
Robert,
lord
of
Baudrecourt
and
Bloise,
captain
of
the
said
Vaucouleur,
on
Sunday
the
vxj
day
of
March,
in
the
year
one
thousand
cccc
and
six
derrans.
past.
On
which
day
and
place
the
said
parties
appearing
before
the
said
Robert:
That
is
to
say
the
said
Guiot-Poingnant,
in
person,
claimant
for
a
share;
and
the
said
Lord
Henri
d'Ogevillers,
together
with
the
said
peasants
and
inhabitants
of
Greux
and
Dompremy,
his
men
and
subjects,
appearing
by
venerable
and
discreet
person
Lord
Jacques
Flament,
priest,
Jehan
Morel
de
Greux,
and
Jacquot
d'Ars
of
the
said
Dompremy,
their
attorneys
sufficiently
founded
by
power
of
attorney,
of
which
it
has
duly
appeared
to
us,
defendants,
on
the
other
hand.
>>
Now
Jaquot
d'Ars
was
none
other
than
Jacques
d'Arc,
the
father
of
Joan,
as
established
in
an
irrefutable
manner
by
Mr.
Boucher
de
Molandon
in
the
valuable
work
that
he
read
last
year
at
the
Sorbonne,
before
the
Delegates
of
the
Learned
Societies,
a
work
that
further
increases
the
interesting
publications
that
the
tireless
archaeologist
of
Orléans
has
dedicated
to
the
memory
of
Joan
of
Arc
and
that
of
her
family,
and
which
have
earned
him
the
so
justly
deserved
distinction
of
Knight
of
the
Legion
of
Honor
(1).
(1)
This
work
has
since
been
published
under
the
title:
Jacques
d'Arc,
father
of
the
Maid,
his
personal
notability,
according
to
the
texts
already
known
and
recently
discovered
documents,
1885.
Orléans,
at
Herluison,
bookseller,
