Vol. cxxxi. 1662. 101. Aliens at Dover, with their trades. 102. Aliens at Rye, French. cxxix. 1622. cxxiv. 1622. 103. Strangers at Norwich and their trades. 69. List of strangers at Sandwich and 70. List of aliens at Colchester. 71. List of aliens at Norwich, Colchester, of baize. N.B. These lists of 1622 are given by Mr. Cooper in the Camden volume for 1862. clx. 1624. cccc. 1638. ccccxiv. 1639. 85. Warrant for passing twenty grants of 45. Return of the justices of Westminster 139. Return of the justices of Middlesex The Camden Society's volume for 1862, above-nentioned, gives also in the appendix copies of the returns made of the strangers in and around London in 1618 from the State Papers, D.S., Jac. I, vol. xcix. 22, 23, 24, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, and vol. cii. 6th September, 1618. It appears that the names have been somewhat murdered in the various transcribings. Remembrancia, Guildhall Arch., iii. 89. Return made 20th March, 1612, by the Lord Mayor to the Privy Council of the names of the members of the French Church, given by the ministers. On the 9th June, 1613, returns were made by the Lord Mayor of the names of all strangers who were not of the Dutch and French congregations. Remembrancia, iii. 99. In 1618 and 1623 returns were also ordered to be made. Remembrancia, vii. 165. On the 20th December, 1635, the Lord Mayor again sent in returns of all strangers born beyond the seas, 2,347 in number. In 1638 an order in Council directed returns to be made by the justices of Middlesex, Surrey, and Westminster. Mr. Cooper also gives, in the Camden Society's volume, the names of the French refugees who came to this country between 1678 and 1688, to whom free letters of denization were granted by Charles II. and James II. J In the Sussex Archæological Society's Transactions, vol. xiii, pp. 180-208, is an article by Mr, Cooper on the French, Flemings, and Walloons at Rye, 1569-1727. The registers of their church there are missing. In pages 195-199 a list is given of the names of the strangers at Rye, from the Lansdown MS. A list of refugees at Rye on 28th May, 1569, is given in the Cotton MSS., Galba, chap. cx. fo. 267, Walloons and Flemings. State Papers, D.S.. vol. clxxxvi. 1st March, 1586. It is stated that 1,500 strangers still remain at Rye frequenting the French Church there. A return was also made to the Privy Council for Rye, 4th November, 1572. A book at Zion College, A.B. 10, 22, has a list of thirty-two French Clergymen in London, with the names of the towns in France they came from. Besides all these sources of information, we have fortunately in this country almost perfect collections of the wills and testaments proved in each diocese. It may almost be said with certainty that every will proved by the Huguenot refugees in this country, and by their descendants, is now existing. Both these and the official copies are open to the public on the payment of fees, and to those occupied with literary inquiry these allimportant sources of family knowledge can be inspected and copied free of charge. It is very much to be desired that part of the work of this Society should be the collection in alphabetical form of the references to the wills of all the Huguenot families in the various probate registries. It frequently happened that marriages took place between those of Huguenot families and Englishmen or women, and that these mixed marriages did not take place in, nor were registered in the books of, the French churches. In these cases it is necessary to search the calendars of marriages in the Bishop of London's Office, which exist from the year 1590; in the Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Office, 1559 to 1699; in the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1632; in the Vicar General's Office of the same from 1660. These marriage licences were transcribed, by the late Colonel Chester, in five volumes, folio, each consisting of about four hundred pages, carefully indexed. Those, however, from the Bishop of London's Office, are only copied to 1828. The late Mr. L. L Hartley purchased these remarkable volumes of Colonel Chester's executor for the sum of 500l. They will again be sold on the 12th June next, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, at the sale of the first portion of Mr. Hartley's library. The marriage licenses give the churches where the ceremonies took place, thus reference to the entries in the parish books is easy. By the Act of the 13th September, 7 William IV., Commissioners were appointed to inquire "into the state, custody, and authenticity of any registers or records of births, baptisms, deaths or burials, and marriages," kept in England and Wales, other than the parochial registers. By letters patent, dated 26th October, 1 Vict., the said Commission was renewed, and Commissioners were appointed 1st January, 20 Vict., to report on or before 1st January, 1858, whether any or what measures can be taken for collecting and arranging all or any of such registers or records, and for depositing the same, or capies thereof, in the Office of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England, pursuant to the Acts of the 3 & 5 Vict. cap. 92. There was a further Act, 21 Vict. cap 25. By power of these Acts the Registrar-General could give certified copies of any entry in the said non-parochial register or records, which were thus put on the same footing as the regular parish registers. A Circular letter, dated 1st March, 1857, was issued by a new Commission, appointed by Her Majesty, for inquiring into the state, custody, and authenticity of non-parochial registers, with the result that in 1859 a list was issued of the nonparochial registers and records in the custody of the RegistrarGeneral, pursuant to the Acts above mentioned. This list commences with the registers of the French and Walloon Churches, whose records were thus deposited at Somerset House. In each series there is a certified document stating whence and from whom they came. These registers, 89 in number, form a most invaluable source of information for the family and Church history of the French and Walloon refugees; it would therefore be a most desirable thing for the Huguenot Society of London to deal eventually with the whole series in the same way as the Commission des Eglises Wallonnes of Holland has treated the registers of these churches in that country. It is suggested that certain of the older registers should be first transcribed, taking that of Norwich to begin with, with those of Canterbury and Southampton to follow. The Threadneedle Street registers might come afterwards, as two of the three earlier volumes of that Church are fairly indexed. In the following list of the registers of the thirty-four French churches deposited at Somerset House, the numbers on the margin are according to the Registrar-General's arrangement for the foreign churches, in the official list of the non-parochial registers in his custody. 1 Burn, p. 138. Glasshouse Street Chapel, Golden Square, probably a temporary chapel, used for 11 years previously to the erection of Leicester Fields Chapel. Dissolved. Register I. Baptisms, marriages, and admissions of members, beginning in 1688, ends in 1699, when that of the latter chapel commences. Indexed by Ogilvy. 2. Burn, p. 134. Leicester Fields Chapel, erected by virtue of letters patent, dated 4 Sept. 1689, the founders calling_themselves "the French Ministers of the French congregations of Protestant strangers in or about the city of London or suburbs thereof, of the foundation of King James the Second."* The seal, missing in 1846, was with the deeds. and papers at the chapel called La Patente, but the four registers, with those of the chapels of Glasshouse Street, Rider's Court, Swallow Street, La Charenton, Le Tabernacle, Berwick Street, Castle Street, Hungerford Market, the Chapel Royal, appear to have been deposited, as the congregations were dispersed, at the chapel of Le Quarré. Dissolved. Register I. Births, baptisms, and marriages and banns, 24 May, 1699, to vol. with index. 1714. Folio II. Ditto, 23 Sept. 1714, to 28 Dec., 1725. Folio vol. with index. III. Ditto, 30 Mar. 1725, to 1 Sept. 1742. With this register is the Milk Alley Register, 26 Nov., 1710, to 13 Aug. 1729. IV. Ditto, 12 April 1724, to 1783. Folio vol. with index. The congregation at or before the latter date united with that of La Patente. Indexed by Ogilvy. 3. Burn, p. 152. Rider's Court Chapel, St. Ann's Westminster, between Newport Street, and Cranbourne Alley, Leicester Square, Dis *This statement of Mr. Burn must be doubted from the result of a recent research made by Baron de Schickler. solved. The congregation probably joined that of La Patente or Le Quarré, where their registers were found in 1846. Register I. Births, baptisms, and marriages, 3 Nov. 1730. A small folio. 1700 to II. Ditto, 1730 to 1738. The baptisms are found at one end and the marriages at the other end of the volume. Indexed by Ogilvy. 4. Burn, p. 139. Swallow Street Chapel, leading out of Piccadilly, near to St. James's church, sometimes called the Piccadilly chapel. It was erected about 1692, though the congregation, from the date of the register, must have previously met elsewhere in 1690. In 1709 the congregation had become so small that they sold the lease of the ground. Dissolved. Baptisms, marriages, and members. 1709. Indexed by Ogilvy. La Charenton, situated in Grafton Street, Newport Market, Soho. Dissolved. This congregation appears to have met later in West Street, the register of which chapel is a continuation of that of the former, and the registers of both chapels were deposited at the chapel of Les Grecs. Register I. 5. Burn, p. 142. 1690 to Register I. Births, baptisms, and marriages, with the "actes du consistoire," 1704. Indexed by Ogilvy. 1701 to 6. Burn, p. 145. Le Quarré Chapel, now situated in Little Dean Street, in the parish of St. Anne Westminster, where, in 1846, were deposited the letters patent, 4 Sept. 1689, above referred to. It was formerly in Berwick Street Register I. Baptisms and marriages, 19 March, 1690-1, to 11 May, 1718. A small 4to. II. Ditto, intituled Berwick Street, Soho. 1763. Indexed by Ogilvy. 7. Burn, p. 157. Le Tabernacle. Dissolved. Indexed by 1714 to Ogilvy. Register I. Baptisms, marriages, and abjurations. 1696 to 1710. |