Protestant Exiles from France

by David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

PROTESTANT

EXILES FROM FRANCE,

 

CHIEFLY IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV.

 

OR,

 

THE HUGUENOT REFUGEES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS

IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

 

BY

 

THE REV. DAVID C. A. AGNEW,
MEMBER OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

 

THIRD EDITION.

REMODELLED AND GREATLY ENLARGED, INCLUDING THE FRENCH-SPEAKING REFUGEES IN FORMER REIGNS.

 

VOLUME I.

REFUGEES NATURALIZED BEFORE 1681.

 

1886.

[FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION]

Volume I

Front Matter

• Contents

Historical Introduction

• Section I – The persecutions which drove French-speaking Protestants into exile, explained and sketched as far as 1680.
• Section II – England and the Refugees in the Reigns of Edward VI. and Elizabeth.
• Section III – The Hospitality of James I.
• Section IV – The Times of Charles I. and Cromwell, and the Restoration of Charles II.
• Section V – Church-Government and Worship.
• Section VI – Naturalization to 1680, with Lists of Names.
• Section VII – Notes Gleaned from Old Registers of Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths.
• Section VIII – Gleanings from Wills.

Book First. – Refugees between 1560-1680.

• Chapter I – Refugees of Earlier Date than the St. Bartholomew Massacre.
• Chapter II – Eminent Descendants of the Earliest Refugees.
• Chapter III – Celebrated Refugees from the St. Bartholomew Massacre.
  • Section I – Odet De Chatillon.
  • Section II – The Vidame of Chartres.
  • Section III – Ralph Le Chevalier.
  • Section IV – The Pasteur Brevin.
  • Section V – Refugees in the Channel Islands.
  • Section VI – The Pasteur Marie.
  • Section VII – The Pasteur Basnage.
• Chapter IV – The Earliest Refugees in Scotland.
• Chapter V – Refugee Clergy in the Reigns of Henri II., Charles IX, Henri III., and Henri IV..
  • Section I – Refugees in the Universities.
  • Section II – Alexandre and Des Gallars.
  • Section III – Cousin.
  • Section IV – De Villiers.
  • Section V – De la Fontaine.
  • Section VI – Castol.
  • Section VII – De Laune.
  • Section VIII – Pierre de Laune.
• Chapter VI – Refugees in the Reign of Louis XIII., and their Descendants.
  • Section I – Casaubon.
  • Section II – De Mayerne.
  • Section III – Du Moulin.
  • Section IV – D’Espagne.
  • Section V – Refugees in Oxford.
  • Section VI – St Michel.
  • Section VII – Le Gay.
  • Section VIII – De la Pryme.
  • Section IX – Briot.
  • Section X – Colladon.
  • Section XI – Primerose.
• Chapter VII – Refugees during the First Half of the Reign of Louis XIV..
  • Section I – Refugees enrolled at Oxford.
  • Section II – Danois.
  • Section III – Hierosme.
  • Section IV – David Primerose.
  • Section V – Denis Papin.
  • Section VI – Justel.
  • Section VII – Mussard.
  • Section VIII – De Beaulieu.
  • Section IX – Miége.
• Chapter VIII – Refugees being Converts from Romanism during the First Half of the Reign of Louis XIV..
  • Section I – Breval.
  • Section II – Berault.
  • Section III – De Luzancy.
  • Section IV – De La Motte.
  • Section V – Breton.
  • Section VI – Du Veil.
  • Note
• Chapter IX – Families founded by Refugees from Flanders.
  • Section I – Bouverie and Pusey.
  • Section II – Houblon.
  • Section III – Du Quesne (now Du Cane).
  • Section IV – Le Thieullier.
  • Section V – De La Forterye.
  • Section VI – Lefroy (formerly Loffroy).
  • Section VII – Delmé.
  • Section VIII – Bulteel.
  • Section IX – D’Ambrin, or Dambrine (now Dombrain).
  • Section X – De Lillers.
  • Section XI – Waldo.
• Chapter X – Families founded by Refugees from France, on the occasion of the St. Bartholomew Massacre, and afterwards.
  • Section I – Trench.
  • Section II – Chambrelan (afterwards Chamberlen).
  • Section III – Papillon.
  • Section IV – Carbonnel.
  • Section V – De Cardonnel.
  • Section VI – Le Keux.
  • Section VII – Emeris.
  • Section VIII – Despard.
  • Section IX – Six.
• Chapter XI – Offspring of the Earlier Refugees enrolled as Peers, Baronets, Members of Parliament, and Public Servants.
  • Section I – Viscount Folkestone.
  • Section II – Earl of Radnor.
  • Section III – Earl of Clancarty.
  • Section IV – Baron Ashtown.
  • Section V – Janssen, Baronets.
  • Section VI – Bayley, Baronet.
  • Section VII – Marryat, M.P.
  • Section VIII – Professor Pryme, M.P.
  • Section IX – Chief-Justice Lefroy, D.C.L.
  • Section X – Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie.
• Chapter XII – Offspring of the Earlier Refugees eminent as Bishops, Clergymen, and Religious Authors.
  • Section I – Archbishop of Tuam.
  • Section II – Archbishop of Dublin.
  • Section III – Archdeacon of Ardagh.
  • Section IV – Prebendary Le Poer Trench.
  • Section V – Bishop of Peterborough.
  • Section VI – Clergy of the Bouverie Family.
  • Section VII – Rev. Canon Chevallier, B.D.
  • Section VIII – Dean of Dromore.
  • Section IX – Rev. Canon Trench, LL.M.
  • Section X – Rev. Joseph Sortain, B.A.
• Chapter XIII – Descendants of the Earlier Refugees known in connection with Literature and the Arts, Physic and Law.
  • Section I – Gideon Delaune, and others.
  • Section II – Paul Delaune, M.D.
  • Section III – Chamberlan (or Chamberlen).
  • Section IV – John Bulteel, M.A. Oxon.
  • Section V – John Bulteel, Gentleman.
  • Section VI – Frederic Casaubon.
  • Section VII – Francis Le Pipre, Esq.
  • Section VIII – Rev. Abraham de la Pryme, F.R.S.
  • Section IX – Thomas D’Urfey.
  • Section X – William Wood, Esq.
  • Section XI – Mr. Charles Wood.
  • Section XII – Captain Breval.
  • Section XIII – Smart Lethieullier, Esq.
  • Section XIV – Anthony Lefroy, Esq.
  • Section XV – James Six, Esq., F.R.S.
  • Section XVI – James Six, M.A.
  • Section XVII – Christopher Edward Lefroy, M.A., Retired Colonial Judge.
  • Section XVIII – The Messieurs Le Keux.
  • Section XIX – Rev. Henry Bellenden Bulteel, M.A.
  • Section XX – John Chalk Claris, Esq.
• Chapter XIV – Additional Enquiries concerning Scotland.
• Chapter XV – Genealogical and Biographical Fragments.
  • Agace, Hersent, and Mancke; Bar, Foulcaut, and Sarrazin; Barbon; Bassens; Cisner; Colladon and Montagu; Collyer; Crespion; Dallen; Delafaye; Delaune; Didier; Doigneau; Ducrow; Du Moulin; Du Quesne; Duthais; Duthoit; Hamon; Harber; Houblon; Jeune; Le Quesne; L’Ernoult (or Lernoult); L’Escaillet (or Lescaillet}; Lethieullier and Burrow; London; Longuet; Marescaux; Marindin; Maurois; Meres, Myller, and Evan; Norwich; Obré; Paget; Phillippo; Romieu; Sexton and another; Sharoll, or Du Charol; Six; Soubise; Vautrollier.

Book Second. – The Military Chiefs of the Huguenot Refugees of the Revocation Era.

• Chapter I – The Three Dukes of Schomberg.
  • Section I – Frederick Armand, First Duke of Schomberg.
  • Section II – Charles, Second Duke of Schomberg.
  • Section III – Mainhardt, Duke of Schomberg and Leinster.
• Chapter II – The First Marquis De Ruvigny and his English Relations.
• Chapter III – Henri De Ruvigny, Earl of Galway.
  • Section I – His Career as a Frenchman.
  • Section II – His Refugee Life before Enrolment in our Army.
  • Section III – The Irish Campaign of 1691.
  • Section IV – His Services as Major-General, the Viscount Galway.
  • Section V – His Services as Lieutenant-General and Ambassador in Piedmont.
  • Section VI – His Appointment as one of the Lords-Justices of Ireland, and His Elevation to the Earldom of Galway.
  • Section VII – The Earl of Galway and Irish Presbyterians.
  • Section VIII – The Earl of Galway’s Government of Ireland from 1697 to 1701.
  • Section IX – The Earl of Galway’s Semi-Official Life, from the Death of King Charles II. of Spain to the Death of our King William III.
  • Section X – The Earl of Galway’s Private Life during the beginning of Queen Anne’s Reign.
  • Section XI – The Earl of Galway’s Command in Portugal and the Subsequent Advent of the Earl of Peterborough into the Field.
  • Section XII – From July 1705 to Lord Galway’s March to Madrid in 1706.
  • Section XIII – What became of King Charles and Lord Peterborough.
  • Section XIV – Lord Galway’s Misfortunes in Spain.
  • Section XV – The Earl of Galway’s Later Residence in Portugal, and his Return Home (1708-1710).
  • Section XVI – Debates and Votes of the House of Lords on the Proposal to Censure Galway, Tyrawley, and Stanhope.
  • Section XVII – The Earl of Galway again in Retirement.
  • Section XVIII – Sec. 18.— The Earl of Galway again a Lord Justice of Ireland, also his Final Retirement and Death.
• Chapter IV – Lord Galway’s Refugee Relatives.
  • Section I – Le Sieur de la Caillemotte.
  • Section II – La Marquise de Ruvigny.
  • Section III – Colonel Ruvigny De Cosne.
• Chapter V – Lieut.-General Le Marquis De Miremont, Major-General La Meloniere, and Brigadier Pierre de Belcastel.
  • Section I – Marquis de Miremont.
  • Section II – Major-General la Meloniere.
  • Section III – Brigadier-General Pierre Belcastel.

Appendix

• Appendix I – Captain-General the Duke of Schomberg’s Despatches.
• Appendix II – Dedications of Books to the Marquis De Ruvigny.
• Appendix III – Letter from Rachel, Lady Russell.
• Appendix IV – Copy of King Charles’ Orders to Lord Peterborough.
• Appendix V – Dedications of Books to Lord Galway.
• Appendix VI – The Earl of Galway’s Two Papers for the House of Lords.

PROTESTANT

EXILES FROM FRANCE,

 

CHIEFLY IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV.

 

OR,

 

THE HUGUENOT REFUGEES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS

IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

 

BY

 

THE REV. DAVID C. A. AGNEW,
MEMBER OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

 

THIRD EDITION.

REMODELLED AND GREATLY ENLARGED, INCLUDING THE FRENCH-SPEAKING REFUGEES IN FORMER REIGNS.

 

VOLUME II.

REFUGEES NATURALIZED IN AND AFTER 1681.

 

1886.

[FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION]

Volume II

Front Matter

• Preface to Volume 2
• Contents

Historical Introduction

• Section I – The Persecution in France from 1680 to 1685.
• Section II – The Correspondence of the French Protestants with England in the Time of Charles II..
• Section III – The Reception of the French Refugees in England in 1681.
• Section IV – The Variegated Policy of James II., and William and Mary’s Friendship towards the Refugees.
• Section V – Church Government and Worship.
• Section VI – The Royal Bounty.
• Section VII – Naturalization alias Denization, with Lists.
• Section VIII – The French Regiments.
• Section IX – Notes Gleaned from old Registers of Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths.

Book Third. – Refugees Naturalized in and after 1681.

• Chapter I – The La Rochefoucaulds and the Champagnes.
  • Section I – Frederic Charles de Roye de La Rochefoucauld, Comte de Roye.
  • Section II – Frederick William, Comte de Marton, Earl of Lifford.
  • Section III – Francois De la Rochefoucauld, Marquis De Montandre.
  • Section IV – The Chevalier de Champagné, and Marie, his Wife (née De La Rochefoucauld).
  • Section V – Relatives of the La Rochefoucaulds
• Chapter II – Dumont de Bostaquet.
• Chapter III – Major-General Cavalier.
• Chapter IV – Maximilian Misson.
• Chapter V – James and John Fontaine and the Maury Family.
  • Section I – Rev. James Fontaine, M.A. and J.P.
  • Section II – Ensign John Fontaine.
  • Section III – The Maury Family.
• Chapter VI – Neau, Benezet, and Refugees in our Colonies.
  • Section I – Le Sieur Elie Neau.
  • Section II – Anthony Benezet.
  • Section III – Ancestors of American Presidents.
  • Section IV – Galdy.
  • Section V – Porcher.
  • Section VI – Salmond.
  • Section VII – Sigournay.
• Chapter VII – Hervart and Gouvernet.
  • Section I – Baron D’Hervart.
  • Section II – The Baroness Eland.
  • Section III – Madame Hervart.
  • Section IV – La Marquise de Gouvernet.
  • Section V – Collateral Descendants of the Hervarts.
• Chapter VIII – Robethon, Falaiseau, and D’Allonne.
  • Section I – Right Honourable John Robethon.
  • Section II – Peter Falaiseau, Esq.
  • Section III – Abel Tassin D’Allonne, Esq.
• Chapter IX – Fellows of the Royal Society:– De Moivre, Durand, Desaguliers, and Desmaizeaux.
  • Section I – Abraham De Moivre, F.R.S.
  • Section II – Rev. David Durand, F.R.S.
  • Section III – John Theophilus Desaguliers, F.R.S.
  • Section IV – Peter Des Maizeaux, F.R.S.
• Chapter X – The Refugee Clergy — First Group.
  • Section I – James Abbadie, D.D.
  • Section II – The Pasteurs Bertheau, Father and Son.
  • Section III – Rev. James Cappel.
  • Section IV – Rev. Benjamin Daillon.
  • Section V – Rev. Prebendary Debia.
  • Section VI – Rev. James Pineton De Chambrun.
  • Section VII – Rev. John Deffray.
  • Section VIII – Rev. Armand de la Chapelle.
  • Section IX – Rev. Claude Groteste De la Mothe, D.C.L.
  • Section X – Rev. Alexandre Descairac.
  • Section XI – Rev. John Graverol.
  • Section XII – The Messrs. Mesnard, Brothers.
  • Section XIII – Rev. Henri de Rocheblave.
  • Section XIV – Rev. Henri de Rocheblave.
• Chapter XI – Crommelin, Portal, Courtauld, and the Industrial Refugees.
  • Section I – Crommelin.
  • Section II – Portal.
  • Section III – Courtauld.
  • Section IV – Various Persons and Memorabilia.
• Chapter XII – Refugee Literati.
  • Bouhéreau; Boyer; Brunier; Chardin; Colomiés; De La Bastide; De La Croze; Flournoys; De L’Hermitage; De La Heuze; La Roche; Le Cene; Lussan; Maittaire; Motteux; Rapin de Thoyras; Reneu; De Souligne; Vaillant; Vaslet.
• Chapter XIII – Members of Noble Families.
  • Castelfranc; Pynyot de la Largère; De la Cherois; De Laval; De La Musse; Montolieu De Saint-Hippolite; Puissar; Du Quesne; De Vicouse; Boileau de Castelnau; D’Olier; Auriol; Note as to the Wandsworth Huguenot Cemetery.
• Chapter XIV – The Three Ligoniers.
  • Section I – Colonel Francis Ligonier.
  • Section II – Field-marshal the Earl Ligonier, Knight of the Bath, and Privy Councillor.
  • Section III – Edward, Earl Ligonier, K.B.
  • Section IV – Notes.
• Chapter XV – The Caumoni and Layard Group of Families.
  • Section I – La Duchesse de la Force.
  • Section II – Layard.
  • Section III – Croze and Despaignol.
  • Section IV – Boisragon.
  • Section V – Rambouillet.
  • Section VI – Le Coq.
  • Section VII – Daney.
• Chapter XVI – The Refugee Clergy — Second Group.
  • Section I – Peter Allix, D.D., and Dean Allix.
  • Section II – Rev. Israel Anthony Aufrère, M.A.
  • Section III – Rev. Daniel Chamier.
  • Section IV – Rev. Charles Daubuz, M.A.
  • Section V – The Two Brothers De L’Angle.
  • Section VI – Dean Drelincourt.
  • Section VII – Rev. Isaac Dubourdieu.
  • Section VIII – Rev. John Dubourdieu.
  • Section IX – Rev. John Armand Du Bourdieu.
• Chapter XVII – Groups of Refugees —
  • I Ladies.
    • Mademoiselle Guichard; Henri de Dibon; Jane Guill; Mary Roussel; René de Saint-Leger; Lady Douglas; Magdalen Lefebvre; A Huguenot wife; The wife of Réné Buhner; Elizabeth de St. Lis de Heucourt, Urania de St. Lis de Heucourt, and Magdalena de St. Lis de Heucourt; Helena Lefevre; Sophia Portal; noble Huguenot blood in our Royal Family
  • II Officers.
    • Old Schomberg; Jean La Borde; Rene de la Fausille; Isaac Cuissy Mollien; Henry Foubert; Louis Geneste Pelras de Cajare; Abel Pelissier; Peter Petit; Louis Petit; Rieutort; Mark Antony Moncal; Louis Hirzel; La Fabreque; Gaspard Lanalve; Brigadier Lalo; Antoine Du Perrier; John De Bodt; Pierre Carle; Colonel Dubourgay; Pierre Malié &c.
  • III Clergy.
    • Pasteurs in need of assistance from the Royal Bounty Fund in the year 1695; Ministers of Lucy Lane and Peter Street French churches in Dublin; James Le Prez; James D’Allemagne; Daniel Amiand; Monsieur L’Alouel; Anthoine Ligonler de Bonneval; Antoine Pérès; César Pégorier; James Sartre; Ezechiel Barbauld; Philippe Jouneau; John Cherpentier; Henri D’Aubigny; Pascal Du Casse; Monsieur Roussel; Pierre Brocas de Hondesplens; Charles Theophile Mutel; P. F. de la Rivière; Stephen Lyon; Henry Pujolas; Daniel Lompard; Stephen Abel Laval.
  • IV Medical Men.
    • Pierre Baril; French physicians are memorialized in Munk’s Roll; Peter Silvestre; Martineau; James Reynette; Pierre De Rante; James Augustus Blondell; John La Serre.
  • V Merchants.
    • Deputations to the new Lord Mayor; Banal; Paul Durand; Paul Lewis La Caux; Gabriel Tahourdin; Stephen Seignoret; Paul Dufour; Anthony Loubier; Philip Moreau; Baudouin; signatories to a loyal address to the king; Lherondel; Peter Laprimaudaye.
• Chapter XVIII – Refugees on the Continent, whose Descendants settled in Britain.
  • Section I – Migault.
  • Section II – Chatelain.
  • Section III – Deschamps.
  • Section IV – Maty.
  • Section V – De Missy.
  • Section VI – Thellusson.
  • Section VII – Prevost.
  • Section VIII – Fourdrinier.
  • Section IX – Du Boulay.
  • Section X – Cazenove.
  • Section XI – Menet.
  • Section XII – Beaufort.
  • Section XIII – Fonblanque.
  • Section XIV – André.
  • Section XV – Olivier.
• Chapter XIX – Refugees being Converts from Romanism.
  • John Francis Bion; Charles Charlot; John Gagnier; Michael Malard; Francis de la Pillonnière; Michael le Vassor;
• Chapter XX – Grand Group of Families founded by the Refugees.
  • Allix; Aufrère; Bosanquet; Cassan; Chamier; Daubuz; Delacherois; Delacherois-Crommelin; De la Condamine; Delmege; D’Olier; Dubourdieu; Esdaile; Fonnereau; Gambier; Gaussen; Gervais; Girardot; Gosset; Harenc; Kenny; La Touche; La Trobe-Bateman; Luard; Majendie; Martin-Atkins; Metge; Petit; Portal; Roumieu; Vignoles.
• Chapter XXI – The Romilly Group of Families.
• Chapter XXII – The Raboteau Group of Families.
• Chapter XXIII – Offspring of the Refugees among the Clergy.
  • Bishop Chenevix; Bishop Majendi; Bishop Saurin; Dean Letablere; Dean Gabriel James Maturin; Archdeacon Gast; Archdeacon Jortin; Archdeacon Fleury; Canon Regis; Rev. John Hudel; David Perronet; Rev. Jean Pierre Stehelin; Rev. Jacob Bourdillon; Rev. James Rouquet; Rev. W. Romaine; Rev. Augustus Des Granges; Rev. William Fonnereau; Rev. Dr. Beaufort; Bishop Terrot; Dean Vignoles; Chancellor Pechell; Canon La Trobe; Canon Heurtley; Dupuis.
• Chapter XXIV – Offspring of the Refugees in the Army and Navy.
  • Duroure; Montresor; Dejean; De Veille; De Bernière; Garrick; Riou; Gambier; Beaufort; André; Gosset; Chenevix; Dupuis; Chamier; Layard; Boileau; Du Ry.
• Chapter XXV – Offspring of the Refugees connected with Science, Law, the Legislature, and Literature.
  • Dollond; Fraigneau; Demainbray; Rigaud; Gosset; Beranger; Medical Men; Anthony Chamier; Benjamin Langlois; Isaac Barré; Masères; Samuel Romilly; Other M.P.’s; William Saurin; Duquery; Justice Perrin; Justice Bosanquet; Dupuis; Latrobe; Bosanquet; Chenevix; Thomas George Fonnereau; Mangin; Arthur Henry Kenney; Vignoles; Harriet Martineau; Rimbault; James Robinson Planché; Perigal; Collette; Note.
• Chapter XXVI – Modern Statesmen and Persons of High Position descended from the Refugees.
  • Susan, Duchess of Roxburghe; Baron Romilly; Lord de Blaquière; Baron de Teissier; Vicomte Henri de Vismes; Henry Austen Layard; Isaac Amyand; Boileau, Baronet; Borough, Baronet; De Crespigny, Baronet; Lambert, Baronet; Larpent, Baronet; Pechell, Baronet.
• Chapter XXVII – Genealogical and Biographical Fragments.
  • Addée; Allais; Aubertin; Balicourt, Long, and Watkins; Berchère and Boissier; Bousquet; Chassereau; Comarque; Debonnaire; Deslauriers; Durand; Espinasse; Gaches; De Gastine; Guillemard; Hubert; Jaquin, De Moivre, and Gomm; Jaumard; Jolivet; Laforey; Lautour; Le Quesne; Longevity; Mercier; Mignard and Parr; Morell; Normandy; Pain; Pratviel; Rouffignac; Rye; Sabatier; Savary; Surnames; Turpin; Turquand; Wandsworth.
• Chapter XXVIII – Supplementary Collections regarding Refugees in Ireland.
• Chapter XXIX – The Refugees and their Ministers in Edinburgh.
• Chapter XXX – The French Protestant Hospital of London.
• Index
• Biographies – Alphabetical Guide to Biographies in Volumes I. and II.