Charles, by the grace of God king de France, for perpetual memory. At this end of glorifier the very abundant ones and distinguished favours whose Almighty filled us, and that, we hope for it, his divine mercy will condescend to continue us, by the means and the contest bursting of the Virgin, our dear and loved well Jeanne d’ Arc, of Domremy, with the baillage of Chaumont or in its spring, and to celebrate at the same time the merits of the aforementioned Virgin and the divine praises, we estimate suitable and convenient to raise it, it and all its relationship, with the honors and dignities of our royal majesty, so that, illustrated by the divine grace, it leaves with her race a memory our royal liberality, and that the glory of God as well as the fame of so much of benefits remains and increases in every century.
This is why we let know with all, present and to come, that, have regard so that above, considering moreover pleasant the, many ones and advisable services that Jeanne the Virgin returned already and will return in the future, we hope for it, to us and our kingdom, and for others certain causes with this driving us, we have anobli the aforementioned Virgin, Jacques d’Arc of the aforesaid place of Domremy and Isabeau his wife, her father and mother Jacquemin and Jean d’ Arc and Pierre Pierrelot his brothers, and all his relationship and chalk-lining, and, in favour and contemplation of icelle Jeanne, all their postérité born and to be born, in legitimate marriage, and by the present ones, of our special grace, certain science and power, let us anoblissons them and declare noble; wanting that the aforementioned Virgin, the aforementioned Jacques, Isabeau, Jacquemin, Jean and Pierre, and all the posterity and chalk-lining of the aforementioned Virgin as well as the children of them, born and to be born, by all are held and considered noble, in their acts, in justice and except justice, and that they enjoy and use peacefully of the preferences, franknesses, prerogatives and other rights, of which are accustomed to enjoy, in our kingdom, the other noble ones, extracted from noble line, which and their known as posterity we make take part in the condition the other noble ones of our kingdom, born from noble race, notwithstanding that they do not have, like a noble origin, and which they are perhaps of other condition that of free condition.
Also wanting that the above-named ones, the aforementioned relationship and chalk-lining of the Virgin, and their male and female posterity can when and all times that they will like it, to obtain and receive from any knight the badges of the knighthood.
Allowing them moreover, with them and their posterity as well male as female, born and to be born in legitimate marriage, to acquire noble people and other unspecified all strongholds, arrrière-strongholds and quite noble, which, asset or with acquériri, they will be able and will be allowed to them to have, hold and have with always, without them being able to be constrained, now nor at time to come, to deprive itself some by fault of nobility.
For which ennoblement they will be in any held way neither forced to pay any finance with us nor with our successors; finance, in consideration and glance of their ancestors, we have full thanks made gift and given to above-named and the aforementioned relationship and chalk-lining of the Virgin, and by the present ones make them gift of it and given, notwithstanding all ordinances, statutes, edicts, uses, revocations, habits, inhibitions and mandements, facts or to make, with this opposites.
For what, we give in mandement by the aforementioned present at our amés and féaux people of our accounts, at the general treasurers and ordered police chiefs or to order on the fact of our finances, and at the of the aforesaid baillif bailliage of Chaumont, and at our other dispensers of justice or their lieutenants present and to come, and with each one of them, as it will belong to him, that they make and leave to the aforementioned Jeanne the Virgin, the aforementioned Jacques, Isabeau, Jacquemin, Jean and Pierre, all the relationship and chalk-lining of the aforementioned Virgin, and their aforesaid, born posterity and to be born, as known as is, in legitimate marriage, to enjoy and to use peacefully of our present grace, ennoblement and granting, now and at time future, without their making neither suffer that it to them is made any disorder nor prevention against the content of present.
And so that it is firm and stable thing with always, we made affix with present the our seal in the absence of our large seal, except in other things our right and the right of others in all.
Given to Meun on Yèvre, December, year of the Lord millet four hundred and twenty-nine and our reign the eighth.
Signed A. Gréelle.
