Jean d'Orléans, count of DUNOIS (1403-1468), known as the Bastard of Orléans, natural son of Louis I, duke of Orléans; companion of Joan of Arc, he drove the English out of Normandy and Guyenne. P.S. "le bastard dorleans," April 28, 1457; oblong vellum, small folio (11.2 x 29.3 cm), trace of red wax seal. Very rare document from Dunois. "We, Jehan bastard dorleans, Count of Dunois and Longueville, confess to have had and received from an honest man and his lordship Thomas de Louvaille, treasurer of the wars of the King nre S[eigneu]r [Charles VII] in his countries and duchy of Nor[man]die, the sum of five hundred and forty livres tournois: For the payment of six lances provided for a quarter dan beginning on the first day of January in the year one thousand five hundred and six...