The _chateau_ of Doulevant was under the immediate suzerainty of the Count of Vaudemont.

As soon as he received his kinswoman's message he sent a man-at-arms with seven or eight soldiers to recapture the cattle.

This man-at-arms, by name Barthelemy de Clefmont, barely twenty years of age, was well skilled in deeds of war.

He found the stolen beasts in the _chateau_ of Dommartin-le-Franc, took them and drove them to Joinville.

On the way he was pursued and attacked by Lord d'Orly's men and stood in great danger of death.