monuments in the French church at Norwich, arranged in the order of their dates, certified by Mr. John S. B. Dawson, solicitor, Norwich, and Mr. Wm. Tillyard, his clerk. 31. Burn, p. 125., L'Eglise Francoise Conformiste, Plymouth, established at the end of the seventeenth century, the congregation merging into that of Stonehouse, about the year 1778. The register, a thin folio, was deposited by Mr. Delacombe at St. George's chapel, Stonehouse. The first entry was the appointment of a new elder in 1733. The names of the Minister, Mr. Pierre du Bouchet, and twenty-three members being appended. Register I. Baptisms, marriages, burials, and admissions to the Sacrament, 1807. 1733, to 32. Burn, p. 80. Southampton, The Walloon and French Church of St. Julien,or God's House, was founded by the Walloons, who settled in this town by virtue of letters patent 29 May, 1567, granted at the request of the mayor. Leave was given by Queen's College, Oxford, for the congregation to use the chapel of the Hospital of God's House for Divine worship, the service being now or lately performed by the Rev. Alphonse Auguste Dupont, who was appointed 28 March 1878. The invested funds of the church are administered by trustees under the Charity Commissioners, to whom the Elders had delivered their trust. A scheme was settled by order of the Court of Chancery, dated 7 July, 1856, which provided a stipend for the minister, payment to the clerk and sexton, and the remainder of the income for the poor French Protestants and natives of the Channel Islands, frequenting the church or being in Southampton in distress. The trustees in 1883 were R. C. Hankinson, Esq., Rev. F. E. Wigram, and the Rev. The minute-book, or " Livre des Actes," of the consistory, now existing, commences with the year 1702 (23 March, 1701-2). At the commencement is a letter, dated 19 Jan., 1719, signed by the members of the church. The register was sent to the Commissioners, 22 Dec. 1837, by George Atherley, Esq., who had had custody of it as elder and trustee since 1832. An elaborate account is given of the affairs of this church in a history of Southampton, by Rev. J. Silvester Davis, M. A., Southampton, 8vo. 1883. Register I. Admission to the church, 21 Dec., 1567, to 24 Dec., 1665. Baptisms, 21 Dec., 1567, to 29 May, 1779. Marriages, 23 Dec., 1567, to 24 Dec., 1753. Burials, 26 Dec., 1567, to 26 March, 1722. Fasts, 3 Sept., 1568, to 8 Dec., 1721. On the fly leaf is the following: "Registre des baptesmes, mariages, et mortz, et les jeusnes de l'Eglise Wallonne, et les Isles de Jersey, Gurnesey, Serq, Origny, &c., etablie a Southampton par patentes du Roy Edward Sixme et de la Reine Elizabeth." These letters patent, however, have never been forthcoming. On the first page is "Ensuyt les noms de ceux qui ont faict profesion de leur foy et admit à la cene le 21 Decembre, 1567." This list fills over thirty-six pages. Then appears the "Registre des enfans qui ont esté baptisées en l'Eglise des Estrangers Walons en la ville de Hampton admise par la Magesté de la Royne Elizabeth l'an 1567. 21 Dec., 1567. There is, however, a gap in the baptisms from 1733 to 1744. After the baptisms comes the "Registre de ceux que ont esté Mariez en l'Eglise des Estrangers Walons admise par la Maisté de la Royne Elizabeth, 1567 en Hampton, Decembre, 1567. Then appears the "Registre de ceux qui sont mors de l'Eglise des Estrangers Walons admise par la Maiesté de la Royne Elizabeth en la ville de Hampton, 1567. Dec., 1567." On the 16 April, 1583, is the speaking entry "Peste a comencé." For some time after a note only is attached to the entries of those who did not die of the plague, viz. "Non peste." At the end of this interesting register is a list with full particulars of all fasts, headed as follows: "Les jeusnes_publicques qui se sont fectes en ceste Eglise contres les temps d'afliction selon la coustome des Eglises de Dieu." The first was 3 Sept., 1568, on the occasion of the Prince of Orange coming with an army from Germany to the Netherlands to deliver the poor Churches of affliction with the aid of God. On the "19 Novembre, 1588, Graces furent rendues, publicquement au Seigneur pour la dissipation estranche de la flotte d'Espagne qui s'estoit rendue aux cotes d'Angleterre pour conqueter ledit royaume et le remettre sous la tyranie du Pape." These celebrations were seventy in number, and it is curious to notice that there is no mention of a fast on the occasion of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. In this register are also a few orders carried out by the consistory. 33. Burn, p. 127. Stonehouse Chapel, near Plymouth. The French refugees settled here in about 1692, the chapel being situated in Shute Street. A new church was erected in 1772. It is probable that the congregation was dissolved in about 1791. Register I. Baptisms, marriages, burials, 12 June, 1692, to 22 July, 1710. A small quarto in parchment cover. II. Baptisms and marriages 8 Oct., 1720, to 9 Jan., 1741. Small quarto, without cover, containing deliberations of the Consistory. Small octavo, vellum cover. Quarto in paper cover. This 34. Burn, p. 121. Thorpe-le-Soken, near Colchester. congregation was founded in 1683, and in 1685 the Bishop of London granted the refugees leave to build a chapel on the bowling-green on Thorpe Common, a copy of the deed of gift of the ground by Andrew Wharton, Esq. of Much Badow, being found in the register, In 1732 Jacques Grellet was " lecteur." and soon after this the congregation ceased to exist. At the close of the register is written, 'L'Eglise Francoise de Thorpe faute de membres fut fermée peu apres ce tems la." In 1772 Mons. Jacques Grellet deposited the register with the Rev. Jacob Bourdillon minister of the church of l'Artillerie in Spitalfields, and it was transferred with the registers of that church when it was incorporated with the Threadneedle Street church in 1786. 1726. Burials, ending in 1718. No. I. is chiefly an index to the baptisms and marriages in No. II. The above are all the registers of the French and Walloon churches deposited with the Registrar-General at Somerset House, but the following registers or copies of other French churches are still existing: Burn, p. 99. Thorney Abbey French Church, Cambridge shire, was founded as early as 1652. The first baptism registered is in 1654, but the first leaf, with twenty-five entries, is missing. The register contains 1,710 entries, and is now deposited at Thorney church, and is copied and included in the history of Thorney abbey by the Rev. R. Hyett Warner, M.A., a late curate of Thorney. There are, however, so many errors in the transcript that the printed copy is of little value. Mr. Francis Bayley, F.S.A., descended from an early member of this church, has made another most careful transcript and index, This he has most kindly allowed the writer to copy. It would appear that the early members came mostly from Sandtoft, on the borders of Lincolnshire, where there was also a French church. Register I. Baptisms, 11 Feb., 1654, to 3 Oct., 1727. Burn, p. 101. Sandtoft, Lincolnshire. In 1626 Charles I. granted letters patent to Cornelius Vermuyden to drain and reclaim the level of Hatfield Chase, on the borders of Yorkshire; and 1634 a chapel was erected by Isaac Bedloe, where service was read alternately in Dutch and French. Shortly after 1681 the congregation was dissolved. The register, which was carefully kept in French from 1641 to 1681, is now missing, though it was supposed that it was in the possession of Peter de Leu, one of the last elders. His descendants have now the French Bible used in the chapel, in which are some marriages and baptisms of about 1660. Stovin, the antiquary, who lived in 1750, wrote a manuscript in which are noted many baptisms and marriages from the register, which are printed in the publication of the Yorkshire Archæological Society, vol. vii. Many of the names in this register are found in that of the Thorney abbey register. The Rev. Joseph Hunter noted many names from the Sandtoft register, which he gives in his "History of the Deanery of Doncaster." Burn, p. 250. Portarlington Church, Queen's County. The most important colony of French refugees established in Ireland, their pastor being |