left undone by the previous exertions of other inquirers into the history of the foreign refugees. There is one Fellow of this Society who can give valuable information on what of this important work remains to be done; it is to be hoped that he will give us his aid. When it is mentioned that there are over 450 Naturalization Acts from and including the reigns of Henry VIII. to that of George II. the amount of work to be done in this line can be imagined. Many of these however refer to English subjects born abroad, who in past days were required to obtain Acts of Naturalization. (Copied from Memorandum in writing of J. R. Daniel Tyssen, dated 19 Dec. 1878.) STATUTES OF THE REALM (VOL. III.) 1509-1545. No. 19. (1581). No. 15. Chron. table, p. xii, 31 Elizabeth (1588-9). 959, 43-44 Elizabeth, (1601) 10 Private Acts. Nos. 3 and 7. 1016, 1 James I. (1603-4) 36 Private Acts. Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 1067, 3 James I. (1605-6) 29 Private Acts. 1113, 4 James I. (1606-7) 20 Private Acts. 1154, 7 James I. (1609-10) 42 Private Acts. 1155, 7 James I. ( ) Nos. 13, 15, 20, 23, 24, 31, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41. N.B.-There should be others in this reign. VOL. V.-Record Office Calendar marked vol. 64. N.B.-There should be others in this reign. 302, 12 Charles II. (1660) 20 Private Acts. 319, 13, Charles II. (1661) 17 Private Acts. 434, 14 Charles II. (1662) 40 Private Acts. Nos. 9, 33. 512, 15 Charles II. (1663) 22 Private Acts. Nos. 11, 12, 13, 20. 524, 16 Charles II. (1664) 10 Private Acts. No. 7. 568, 16 & 17 Charles II. (1664-5) 20 Private Acts. No. 15. 583, 17 Charles II. (1665) 1 Private Act. No. 1. 662, 18 & 19 Charles II. (1669) 18 Private Acts. Nos. 2, 6, 15. 646, 19 & 20 Charles II. (1667-1668) 17 Private Acts. 689, 22 Charles II. (1670) 25 Private Acts. Nos. 24, 25. 750, 22 & 23 Charles II. (1670-1671) 30 Private Acts. (no naturalizations). 797, 25 Charles II. (1672) 11 Private Acts. No. 11. 797, 27 Charles II. (1675) 5 Private Acts. No. 3. 801, 27 Charles II. ( -) 2 Private Acts (no naturali zations). 847, 29 Charles II. (1677) Act for Naturalization of Children of His Majesty's Subjects born in foreign parts, &c. 851, 29 Charles II. (- ) 14 Private Acts. Nos. 10, 11, 12 (Peter Reneu and others). 865, 29 & 30 Charles II. (1677-8) 23 Private Acts. No. 16. 893, 30 Charles II. (1678) 21 Private Acts. No 18. 939, 31 Charles II. (1679) 5 Private Acts (no naturali zations). 942, 32 Charles II. (1680) 1 Private Act. (no naturali zation). End of vol. 64. Copied from MS. of J. R. Daniel Tyssen, 19 Dec., 1878. In the original copy in my memorandum-book are the first few names in Acts, but these are not all given in the Calendar at the Rolls Office. The original Acts must be referred to. the In the discussion which followed the reading of Mr. Moens's Paper, Mr. S. WAYLAND KERSHAW, F.S.A., spoke of the many wide and suggestive lines of action for the new Society which the author had pointed out. He looked upon the careful collection and editing of church registers and inscriptions in places where the Huguenot refugees had settled in this country as among most important, and he was glad of the opportunity of mentioning that a number of gentlemen interested in Huguenot history, who had visited Canterbury last summer to inspect the many refugee memorials in that city, had arranged for the copying of the names and inscriptions of all foreign families interred in the cathedral, or in any of the numerous churches in and around Canterbury. These records he trusted would soon be ready for use and reference by the members of this Society. Mr. Kershaw also referred to some of the historical buildings in London which were once used for French service, notably the chapel in Somerset House in the time of Charles II., to which allusion is often made by the great diarist, John Evelyn; and of the many memories recalled by the French church of St. Jean (la Savoy) since 1845 in Bloomsbury Street, but formerly in the Savoy when it was the fashionable West-end church of the seventeenth century. This church is connected with the "Conforming" section of the Foreign Protestants, and the history of their coming under episcopal jurisdiction would alone form a long chapter, associated as the movement was with many good and eminent English divines. The church of St. Mary, Crown Street, Soho, is a survival of the old French chapel of Les Grecs, depicted by Hogarth in his famous picture of "Noon." The kite hanging from the roof of the chapel is said to indicate that "the good people who compose the congregation, after being blown out of their own country by a religious storm, found a peaceful harbour under this roof, safely sheltered from the hurricanes of enthusiasm and from the blasts of superstition." As regards the Threadneedle Street building, which truly may be said to have been the cathedral of the Huguenots, it is related that Odet de Coligny (Cardinal de Chatillon), on the morning after his arrival in London on an embassage from the Protestants of France to Queen Elizabeth, rode with Sir Thomas Gresham who was his host, and with other persons of distinction, to the French church, to show his approbation of the Protestant religion. Odet de Coligny, who rests in Canterbury cathedral, is becoming better known to the English people through the recent biographies of his illustrious brother, the Admiral de Coligny, and the incidents of his mission and of his death, which have lately been brought to light. Many other points of interest are opened up by Mr. Moens's paper; among others the permission given in 1553 to one Thomas Gualtier, to set up a French printing-press, one of whose productions was a Prayer Book, translated into French by Françoys Philippe, the title-page of which states that it was also printed "pour les isles de Sa Majesté" also the technical forms of service called "Le Discipline," that of the Walloon church at Norwich, is fully treated and described by Miss Toulmin Smith in the Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany. The discipline of the London Foreign Churches, under John A. Lasco as General Superintendent, is known to all who take an interest in this subject, and may be found in the library of the French church of St. Martin's-le-Grand. Mr. ROBERT HOVENDEN, referring to the observations of Mr. Moens respecting the registers in the custody of the authorities of the French church in St. Martin's-le-Grand, urged that one of the earliest efforts of the Society should be directed to these documents, as experience taught him that, where obstacles and difficulties were placed in the way of access to similar records, the apparent want of courtesy not unfrequently arose from the fact that the manuscripts were in a condition that would not bear investigation. If, then, these records at the French church were in the condition suspected, the sooner they were exposed to light and air the better it would be for their preservation. He would also suggest, when volumes were missing from any series of the registers of foreign churches, that Dr. Williams's library would be a likely depository in which search should be made, as formerly many registers of non-conforming communities found their way into this collection. Mr. F. P. LABILLIERE stated that a large number of Huguenot marriages had been celebrated at St Benet's church, Paul's Wharf, and the neighbouring church of St. Laurence Pountney, these being among the nearest churches to Doctor's Commons, where the marriage licences were obtained. He also testified from experience to the admirable way in which the registers at St. Benet's church were kept, having once had occasion to refer to |