“They say that a maid passed by the city of Gien, a maid who presented herself to the noble dauphin to raise the siege of Orléans and to lead the dauphin to Reims so that he might be anointed.“…. “I sent to the king’s court the sire de Villars, who was seneschal of Beaucaire, and Jamet du Tillet, who later was bailiff of the Vermandois, for fuller information concerning this maiden.” ~ Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc - Her Story. pp. 9-10