Critical History of Nicolas Flamel and His Wife Pernelle

of the Butchery, nonetheless shed no light on these two matters.

La Croix du Maine and others. François Grudé, sieur de La Croix du Maine (1552–1592), was a French bibliographer who wrote about Flamel.
Some authors have written that he was from Pontoise, and a legal summons issued around 1432 to an inhabitant of that city, regarding an annuity from the estate of this bourgeois A 'bourgeois' was a citizen of a town, typically of the middle class, possessing certain legal and economic privileges., might support this opinion. Perhaps Flamel was born in the suburb of the city of Pontoise in the Parish of Notre-Dame, a church to which he made a gift in his will.

From the accounts of that year, folio 51.

Flamel’s will at the end of the Essay on the History of St. Jacques, page 281.

Be that as it may, Flamel lived in Paris, either for his entire life or the greater part of it. In the legal acts The original French actes refers to official documents like deeds or contracts. made in his name, he takes the title of bourgeois of this capital: he always adds that of Writer The term Écrivain in this context refers to a professional scribe or copyist., and finally, though quite late, we find him qualified as a Sworn Bookseller A Libraire Juré was a bookseller officially licensed and sworn in by the University of Paris, a position of significant professional status and legal responsibility. in the University of Paris. As for Pernelle, his wife, we do not know the place of her birth or who her parents were: she might have been born in Paris, having a sister settled in this city and having been married there twice herself before marrying Flamel.

These two spouses were, it seems, perfectly matched by their love of work and by a piety in the style of their century; if, however, one does not perceive something more on Flamel's part, in relation to this last—