Le Maistre, £500; to Captain Amand Lalloue Duperron, £500; to his cousin, Abraham Guichery, living at Loudun, in France, £500; to his cousin, Martha Dupin, £500; to his cousin, Mary Anne Dupin, of Loudun, £500; to Paul Aubrey, the younger, of Loudun, £100; to Renauchon Aubrey, £100; to his cousin, the widow Des Illes Morteault, of London, £500; to the two daughters of the late Mr. Malherbe, who died at the French Hospital in London, living at Spitalfields, £200; to Captain James Philip Moreau, £100; to the two daughters of the late Mr. Francis Mariette, of Spitalfields, £100 each; to the two children of his late cousin, Paul Dupin, Sieur de la Mothe, of Loudun, named Paul and James Dupin, £50 per annum; to Madame Desclouseaux, widow, £100; to Captain Alexander Desclouseaux, £100; to Dr. George Cantier, £100; to Dr. Bernard, £100; to Mr. Caudere, minister, £50; to Mr. Laval, minister, £50; to Mr. Peter Mariette, £50; to the widow Beaurepere, £50; to Mrs. Le Maistre, widow of Mr. Nicholas Rousselet, of Amsterdam, £200; to Mary Roussel, now at Amsterdam, £100; to Martha Dufour, of Loudun, wife of Mr. Dovalle, £500; to his maidservants, £150, to be equally divided; to the widow Charlotta Bleteau, “one room furnished, and a silver cup with two handles, which my wife formerly used;” to his nephew, Lewis Gervaise, £100; to Elizabeth Gervaise, £100; to Mrs. Amiot, widow of Isaac Gervaise, £100; to Michael, Anne, and Peter La Caux, children of Madam La Caux, £50 each; to Louisa Mariette, £50; to Mr. Francis Mariette, £50. — Dated 21st September 1739. Proved at London, 4th December 1739, by the executors, Captain Thomas Eaton, Captain Amand Lalloue Duperron, and Mr. Caesar Le Maistre. [The names of the second executor are not recorded quite correctly. I find in the register of the French Chapel-Royal, under date 24th November 1722, the marriage of Amand Lalloutie Du Perron to Susanne Royrand des Clouseaux.]
8. “March 1734, died, Mr. Loubier, a French merchant, worth £20,000,” says the Historical Register. The Will of Anthony Loubier was dated London, 9th March, and signed in the presence of D. Chamier, Peter Thomegay, and Isaac Delpech, N.P.; it was translated from the French by Charles [Philip?] Crespigny, N.P., and proved on 4th April by the testator’s two sons and executors, John Anthony and Henry, who were recommended to conduct themselves by the advices and directions of their uncles, Lewis Loubier and Charles Loubier. The testator was survived by his sister, Mary, by his two sons named above, and by his two daughters, of whom the elder, Mary, was wife of Mr. John Noguier of Leeds (and had two children, Anthony and Jane); the younger, Charlotte, was the wife of Mr. James Teissier (and had three children, Stephen, John-Lewis, and Elizabeth). He left £100 to the poor of the French Church in Threadneedle Street to be distributed by the elders and deacons, and £20 to be distributed to the poor Protestant Refugees of the Society of the Children of Nismes, erected in London.
9. “November 1733. Died, Philip Moreau, Esq., possessed of an estate of £50,000,” says the Historical Register. His Will, dated 10th March, and translated out of French by Philip Crespigny, N.P., was proved on 17th November by his son, Captain James Philip Moreau, and Paul Dufour, Esq. His son was his heir, and at the date of the making of the Will, had a wife, as to whom it was stipulated that if she became a widow she was to receive an annuity of £50. The testator’s daughter, Louisa Elizabeth, Mrs. Hubert, was apparently a widow, having a son, Michael, who was already well provided for by the Will of her late father-in-law, Michael Hubert. To the Captain were left “my gold watch, and my silver shaving basin, and silver pot and box for the wash-ball which belongs thereto;” and to Mrs. Hubert, “my small silver Hungary water-bottle;” two-thirds of his plate to the former, and one-third to the latter. He had a gardener and maid-servants, but does not appear to have been as wealthy as reported. He desired to be buried in the church or vault of Kensington. He left £100 to the “French Hospital in Bunning Fields;” £50 to the French Church in the Savoy, “either to acquit the debts of the Church or to distribute to the poor as the ministers and elders shall think fit;” £50 to the Charity which is called La Soupe at Les Grecs.
10. Two London merchants of the name of Baudouin were named in the patent granted on 24th July 1718 by George I., for the French Protestant Hospital of London — namely, René and Jaques, the former as a Director, and the latter as Deputy-Governor. Their biographies are written in their monumental epitaphs which I am about to quote. If, however, the Deputy-Governor is the James of the epitaph, he resigned his office in 1720, the year of the death of the Earl of Galway, the Governor named in the patent.
René Baudouin’s monument is in the Church of St. Mary Aldermary, in the City of London. The Rev. Dr. White, the present Rector, kindly sent me a copy:—
