 He spent most of his life in the Loire Valley of France.From his poetic works, especially his enormous 1508 poem "Le livre de la deablerie", it can be inferred that he knew most of the famous composers of the time, even though his own musical works never approached theirs in renown.Although a long period of activity is documented for this composer, nothing is known of either his birth or death, other than that he likely was from Amerval in the Pas-de-Calais.