CABOCHE, SIMON, Simon Lecoustellier, called "Caboche," a skinner of the Paris Boucherie. He was prominent in the sedi tious disturbances which broke out in Paris in April and May, 1413. When the butchers had made themselves masters of Paris, Caboche became bailiff (huissier d'armes) and warden of the bridge of Charenton. After the fall of the Cabochien party on Aug. 4, he fled to Burgundy.
See Colville, Les Cabochiens et yordonnance de 1413 (1888) .