IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I M 2.8 ■ 50 m Vi m 14^ 12.5 1.8 1.25 1.4 16 4 6" — ^ ► Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WeST MAIN STRKT WIBSTIR, N.Y. MSaO (716) S73-4S03 o &p 4l^ /m?.. ^r l^ \^^ '^ (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol V (meaning "END"), whichever applies. Un des symboles suivants apparaitra sur la dernidre image de chaque microfiche, selon le cas: le symboli '-^ signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbols V signifie "FIN". Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre fiimds d des taux de reduction diffirents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul ciichd, il est fiimi d partir de I'angle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n^cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 I HI i ^> 4 !^-^J &^ Pi B TO THE RIGHT IIOXORAIJLE THOMAS LEFROY, LATE LORD CIIIEl' JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF QUEEN'S I?ENCir, IRELAND, ELDEST LINEAL DESCENDANT OF ANTOINE LOFFKOY, CAMBRAY. :--A THIS FAMILY HISTORY IS DEDICATED BY « HIS AFFECTIONATE COUSIN AND SERVANT THE AUTHOR. I S£Si:^^ . ■Si ► , m d^i? 3 hS5 rilKKACK. Lki> !)y iintiinil and ppiliiips lirnMliliin taste, T have for many vcais taken ii i;reat interest in family history, .•m\ collected everytliini; tendin;; to llirow light upon it. The inconvenience of a great accumnlation of memoranda in MS. the risks attending it, and sonic favourable conditions for [)rinting, have at last decided me to proceed to that step, and to render accessible to all the members of a widely extended family what is iio« .at the command of a few only. This is a work not addressed to the world, but to those only in whom it is a natural and laudable desire to know somewhat of their own origin ; a n nd)er of detai's are uiulcr those circumstances admissible, that may ajjpear very triMal tn one who is without a clue, and who takes no interest in the persons, events, or places, referred '.o. It is scarcely necessary to say that I have been greatly assisted by previous compilations, especially one made for Charles Edward Lefroy by Mrs 1!. Lefroy aiid her daughters, about 1810, ami which is contained in a large MS. vcdume at Iteliel ; but every statement has been authentieated by a comparison with the original documents. Soitie variations will be observed in the spelling of the same ))r(ip<'r names, but this is unavoidable. The nearest contemporary authority, or the docnment (pioted, is followed in every case, without an attempt to systematize the orthography. A few leaves have been lef' blank at the beginning and end tor MS. additions and results of future enquiry. J. II. LUKUOY. Wooi.wini, Oclolicr 1H(18. 4 ^^■3 ^ i Sj &s P M P y M ^ ^ IS La2j H s c * -^ f OS BS ^^? '^ 11 m xvii nolo xliv Eim.VT.V AND ADBEXDA lint' Tl m^ . lull lllll'H ^X-J( 1 1, 3 « H, S 2 7. ^aD! , u, H t 13. 1, \* '* 4 BSi ■ 4, j^y^B „ m. • 25, ^^ „ 27, P 7 8 7 11. 12, Vi! „ I i > 3 te) 9 1, i 10 1^ 15 5. 10 7. aullmrity for lliis story of I.'Ofroy, Lord of Laiijjliiy, lin' oninc to li^lit ill a |i;i|)rr preserved liy Captiiiii H. L. LelVny .if f'lirileiitoii, where tlie iiidividuid refened to is ealled ^'ir Jol-.ii I/Ufn', Lord of Laii-jlois, son of Sir .loliii l.'Ofn- by Joliannali I'-.iiliaiii, and it iiiuci'ed'* to say that lie died at Walliii^^fo'rd, in lle''«shire, 133i;. If Mich a person really existed these data may fiiniish a eine worth follow (lie double coincideiiee of L'Ofre or Ij'Ofroy, and Laie/lois, tw wliiel. really meet in the IStli eentiiiy. look palmed olf on a eiednlons eni|iiirer. for d'llougcndorp, rend Olivier d'IIoin;eiidorp. fur L'Offroy, read Lolfroy. for I'ia, real! I'io. Andrea del Medieo Staffi'lti is son of (Joiiiil Frai George. for I'amiy, read I'ranci's Jane. for Massey, rend .Massy, for Angustin, read Augustine. for Heiijamin Lcfroy, reml lienjaiiiin Lanu for La Neve, rend Katlierine Tessier de for Telford, reail Isabella Telford. fur Mincliin, read William Saumel Mineliin. for Robert Tiirbett, read Kobert Kxani Tiirbelt. from l)oltom,,/br 18fi2, rend I'Til. add after Mary Sn|ihia, No. IS.'i, »;. Uev. tjc the Forces, S.'pt. ~'li, ISIW, (ieoi-L; for Lucy Sophia, rend I.ney Kliza. n(W after No. I'J'J, Trederick Kriiest Lanijlois, fi. ISC.T. The lU'Vl Canon Hawkins, 6. 25 ,lan. IsO;.', d. 5 Oet. ISf.S, from bottom, /uc Keid, read Read, No. 2ilt. from bottom, /oc Edward l?neknel, rend IMwaid I'rederle, /i. for B. Langlois, read Henjamiu. Note th.at pages 10, 11,12 are a reprint, in eoiise(|iieii f enrreiliiUH siner they were first struck oil'. for 1588, (•rarn558. The portrait referred to as that of Isaiali LeflTmy is ;lois Lefroy, Ni Nall/e. 0. M ach' .\iillionv Me.idi M.A., Chaphiin to , /). .Inlv 2:;, 1m;-*. i-i;i. probably be Israel Leifroy. 'I'heie is aU Langlois family, but whieh does not appe; named ; I rather consider it to represint Israel, Marie wife of Israel, and Sarah, al'te the perioil to bo about UlSO misnamed. It may on|) said to be of the le correct Iv U'l'onp to I ■ellV ards .Mrs Hanson, and Silk dying aiipears to iiav(^ been introduced about 1012, and to hav< c iieconie leeuil enni the subject of S| Society 1.S62, xxxii and SO tnii-nt 10^2, see rroceedings of Camden 1 hi) -1^ ■ibiiC^^Ciaib VIII KIIII.VTA AMI ADDENDA, pflifH line Is, iiflcr i)iinif;ra|)li (Hi) mW as follons : — (llj Isi'ail LclTroy sclUi's on Jaiiirs Lcn'roy nn liis iiianini;r with Mary Dc llanc, KISS, all Hint inissiiaj,'(^ iir TciicmiMit, Sic. &(•. niiil !'< aciCM of arable («f) ami |)n»lure hinil in llii' I'ansli ol' S' Cosnias iiiiil Daiiiiaii in the Blcaiic called Donalrood, Ihcii in the oociiiiatioii of Thomas Cooke. Il appears hv Hasted, Vol. III. p. Ui», Thai A. Lelioy sold in ]771 his le.isi^ of Charthnm Deanery (see p. 195), under the Uenii and Chapter of Canterbury. 22 12,13, /o)- Lonmiat, cfflf/ Longiiet. 2.S 2, for no, reail know. 2() ."), af/er I'lnebe, ai/i/ I^efroy. fi, for to, rend of. 15, n/ler brother, nifj havinj; issnc. The form of the monument, whieh is carved in hijth relief, shews that the stone iias not been turned ; the ))resent inscrii)lion is slightly reeesscil, il was probably therefore lefaeed in 178.5. ■H- 7 from hoUom./or 1780, rend 1789 (death of General Langlois). . The name Langlois was changed in Scotland to Inglis, see Proeeedings Society Antiip Snd Series I., for a notice of Kslher Inglis or Langlois tlie celebrated caligraphist, by R. H. Holmes, F.S./V., and further notices by David Laing, I'.S.A., in Proceedings Society Antiq. Scotland, lSt)7. She was the daughter of Nichohis Langlois and Marie I'risott, appa- rently of Lvons, who endgrated ni.er the massacre of St Bartholomew, 1572. She died IfiSl. for afl'atc, rend all'ati. 47, last line, 49 It should have been added that the LaP';lois crest was a Rock proper. Motto, I'OJSES SI VKl.lES. C3 75 70 100 Vie, 137 In note, for nnron, 20, 26, for I'osta rend Porta. 21, for gillo anico, rfWgiallo antieo, 2 from bottom, for dining-rooin, read drawing-room. lend Count. 4, for his, rend hers. 12, for i\ny, rend .h\]y. This sentence is an interpolation of the editor's, the appointment of Chief Justice being subsequent to the date of the publication quoted. 21, Kli/.abeth, not Isabella Brydges, became the wife of Lieut. -Colonel Eadcliffe b) second marriage. 4, .lohn Kent Kgerto.i Holmes married the Hon. Matilda Arthur Marina ^^.(U Aniiesley, daughter of 'Jth Viscount Valentia, in 1S45, and died in - 1848, leaving one daughter, Matilda Arthur Marianne, 10, Mrs Quilliiian left two daughters, residing in 1S6H near Keswick, nnd unmarried. 142, note, last line but one, for Cambrcais dis I'au 1196, read Cainbresis des I'nn 1196. Crondnl coins. The locality of this find is incorrectly given. If n line be drawn on the map from the Horns to the North Horns, it was on the waste about nddway between the two, a little to the left, or N.W. of it. The seal of a Giffahd of Itchel was found about 1860, in grubbing a tree on Court Farm. It is now in Mr Pole's possession. sKIiI 147 V"*""^ rt^ v" ■* '® 152 V*- -B 156 ShJi 7, for gift of the architect, read gift of a sister. H.- (Bi- (Bt 'r^" ■,^^- dx- LBrnor >m\'M«e Rorn.on, imf \,.y know Very littk- of liimsclf, mill nothing certniiily of his nncrstors. Tlic traditions wliich have come down to us of his orii;in, and the ciiiisiMif iiis cxpalriation, ar<' nicajirc and not al«a_vs consislcnl, l)ut tliry oiriT a sulycrl of legitimate and rational investigation, and I proimso to consider on what they rest. I. We have the entry ia the marriage register of the Walloon congre- gation at ('aiiterl)nry, 21lh I'Vhriiary, 1011, O.S. (or lOli, N.S.), /m/V //',/'",'/ fl/: (le feu Anliiiiii: natif ili.' Cambray, el Mitrii' Ic Siigc J'lUf ih: fvii, I'iirrf niilir/' (If Caul erbii 1-1/ . There arc several copies of tjiis entry in French and lOnglish. II. A scrap of paper with this memorandum : — " Anthony lioffroy came over with Isaiah his son, and after he came hear hail a son wich was named David, that son I have heard my Ann! Agger say went to HoUond. Isaiah married and had James and one daftcr. Anthony Loll'roy came over with Isaiah his son and had a son born here. David went to HoUond. It appears hy y" Register hooks that Isaiah must have heeri in (."anter- bury upwards of ~0 years before he married, lie had James and James liad Israeli {mhkd in a differenl liuml) & Isr.iell had Thomas and Thomas had Anthonv." 'mmmmmmsmmmMmm;:. TV) ix* >■ - <1 ^ S X iNTiioin;c"rioy. " Mv aunt A!;!,'tr " must be Hester ilai of James Li'ffroy, and wife of Benjamin Agar, r,s<|. Sill- was living in 170;' i e n. liew or niece to whom we owe this inforniati.,.. must tither be Thomas /i/,. ' ' -elTroy, (Mrs 01J.".eiiI). prol)abi.v the first, as tlie hanilwriling is rati, it ol i than of a woman. Like his contem- porary, Mr William Wimble "r " did ..ot like I'edanlry in spelling, and spelt like a gentleman, not like a schb...r," which, however, does not diminish his authority. (Spectator, No. 105). 'riic next paper was written when Mary (he wife of James Leffroy (ill.) was still young, and while Iknjamiu Longuet was living. She niarriiil about 1710, he died in 1701, and we cannot place it lalerthan 1750. It is in the handwriting of Anthony, son of Thomas Lellrov. III. " Anthony Lefroy (Antoinc LofTroy, e^/.), came from Flanders about the year 15C9, iny" time of the Duke of Alva's I'ersecution, he brought with him a considerable sum of money and Jewells, but his estate shared y" same fate with that of many other Refugees who left France on account of their Religion, being confiscated, and all the Family writings. Tapers, &c. lost. His wife was a Flanderiue Lady of the first quality and very rich, of the Family of the l)u Hoorns; he had by her two sons, I'aiah who was born in Flanders, and David who was burn after his arrival in Kngland ; he finding a number of Uefugces at Canterbury, made some stay there, and becoming aecpiainted with many families thereabout & there being the convenience of the Frcncii Church, he at last resolved to fix there, living upon his Estate or Fortune. " Isaiah Lefroy, son to the above Anthony, was married y° 21th February ICll (1012, N.S.Cf/.) in the Walloon church at Canterbury to Mary De la Sage, daughter to Peter De la Sage native of Canterbury : he being the eldest lived \x\m\\ the Estate which his I'ather had left, and he had by Mary De la Sage one son, James ; it appears by the lU'gistcr Books in y" above Walloon Church that he married about 20 years after ho had lived in Canterbury. "James Lefroy only son to Isaiah, we find married an English Lady, and had five children, i.e. two males and three females, he himself lived upon the Family estate, but being obliged to give fortunes to three Daughters and to I mmm p' \2" f TV INTHODUCTION. itiaiiitaiu liis two sons aiul provide.' for the vouiigcr, he greatly diiiiiiiisliitl th( estate, and at his Death left not above half of wliat lie liad liad from h Father. His children were Samuel, Israel, Elizabeth, Hester, and Sarah. " Israel Lcfroy, son to James, finding the estate whieh iiis father had left too sni.ill, and his wife, who was a Dutch Lady, not having or nglit any gre:it fortune with her, resolved to follow business which he did at Canterbury, he had one son named Thomas by his wife who died soon after being brought a-bcd : he married a second time and had for his wife a I'roncb Lady, by wlium he had one son named James, she having brought a jiretty good fortune and being a hand- some woman had sufTicient pow.'r to persuade her husband to leave the estate to her own son, as she insisted her jointure should [be] secured. He consider- ing that, separated, neither the one or the other would be sullicient to maintain a family genteely without some other resource, resolved to have it to bis second son James, and to his first son Thomas which he had by aimtber wife only a small income just sufficient to live on. "James son to Israel finding himself thus master of a pretty good fortune and estate, at his Father's death, married a Person of no fortune, by whom he had one son named James. She was rather profusely inclined and he a very gi'uerous man, so that they again made away with a good part of the estate, and left at his death to James liis only son, but a very small income. "James, son to said James, son to Israel, at his father's death being very young, got in love with a woman of no fortune and would absolulily marry her, wliieli he did, he has hitherto had no children but his wife is slill young, and he nut very I'ar advanced, they live on the remainder of the Family estate, Hliich is however but very small. Younger liraitclies. " David Lcfroy second son to Anthony Lefroy having had only a uiungcr son's portion resolved to increase it by putting it into trade, for \ihieh eml he ninl to Holland, and fixed in business there, but whether he was married or not is not known.* * Knijuirieii mailt' at Ilottontaiu in 1807. and ritcnilL'd (o llolliiDil ^i-nurtill)-, f. r hml nviilonlly nut Hanlud till' roi^ihlt'rrt nl tin- WHllntin cliuri'ti, ..r lie wnitlil have liiHciivtTf'i lln' iniirriit^M' ut Duviit Lttirru)- in lUlll. 1 ''/T i>Zr< mmMmsmmmmm^mm^:^:U mmmmmMmmEEmMMmm III jjji INTHODKTIOX. "Siiinuil LHiw first son to Jiiines and bfotlierto Israel died rather young and li.iinarricd. " Klizahnli (hinglilcr to James Lclroy and granddauglitcr to Isaiah and little iiicce to David, married Samuel Longuet, Esf|,, by whom site had three sons, Jolin, Samuel, and Henjamin, and John died a very young man, Samuel aged about 50, and Henjamin still lives and has an income of £3000 sterling a year. " Hester Lefroy second daughter to James Lefroy and sister to Elizabeth and Sarah married Mr 'rimmas Hanson, by whom she had two sons, Thomas and James, the first a merchant in London, and the second James Hanson, Esq., a Counsellour-at-Law. "Sarah Lifrov third daughter to James Lefroy and sister to Elizabeth and Hester married John Agar, Esij., Counscllour-at-Law. " Thomas licfrny first son to Israel Lefroy by his first wife having had but a very small portion for his fortune, followed business, and having very soon increased his fortune, he married Phoebe Thompson, daughter of Thomas Thompson, Es(|., by whom he had niiK^ children, Anthony the eldest, and Lucy y*^ youngest the oidy two surviving. " Pha-be Thompson wife to Tliomas Lefroy was daughter to Thomas Thompson, Esq., who married Phoebe llaminoiul daughter to Anthony Hammond, Es(|., of St Alban, who married Ann fiiggs daughter of Sir Dudley Diggs of Chilham Castle, Master of the Rolls and Privy Council in the reign of King Charles the Eirsl. " N.I!. — The Kaniily of the Lefroys is of tlie I'rovinee of Noniiandy, and fornierlv were ealleil OlVny, one of wliieli was one of yf Slaiiilard Hearers to William y' Con<|iieror ; anil alioul ili<' year k'Olt llie Freneli iiilcled the artiele De lo their Kaniily name nnil y" l''leiniiiirs (hut of l.e, wliirli iiiakes j^' dillerenee between OlVoy and L'OIVoy, which last nanii' \'' K.-iinily went liy liinnerly in KnglaiKl." The next is i:i a dill'erent hand from either of the foregoing, I think that of Mrs Thomas Lefroy, and was written laler than 1715, as it mentions I. P. G. Lefroy, who was l)nru in that y<'ar. IV. " When the Duke of Alvn commamled in the Netherlands all Protestants were driven cut of that coinilry, some settled in Holland and some in England, anil anu)ng»t them came o' • 1 nbout the year 1509 Anthony Lefroy with his two sons Isaiah and David, the youngest went and settled in Holland (where I am m- n. sly S3 S3 si Sc ly C> S3 fv2 a.. » SO INTRODl.CTIOX. Xlll fnrinnd the Family yet remain and are morcli" at Rotterdam), Isaiah the ehlest reinuiiied in lOnffland, and was married to Mary Le Sage, who liad James Lefroy who was married to ... . who liad Israel Lefroy wlio was married to . . . . who liad Thomas Lefroy wiio was married to Phoebe Tiiomson, who had Anthony Lefroy who was married to Klizabeth Lansjlois wiio hud Pha-be Klizabcth Anthony IVler Isaac Peter George Lefroy." V. Tiie next paper wonld apjicar from internal evidence and style to have been written by Lney Lelfroy the sister of Anthony Lelfroy, subseiiuently to the death (if James Lelfroy (in.), which occurred in 1764. It seems to have been addressed to her nephew Rev. I. P. G. Lefroy, but the document has tiic appearance of being a copy, and the hand is not one whicli can be identified among those of the family. The confusion in the mind of the writer between the persecutions under Alva, and those which occurred nearly a century later under Louis XIV. is sulFieient to prove that it cannot have been written by Aiitiiony Lefroy of Leghorn, an antiquary and a man of too much historical learning to fall into such mistakes. " I received your kind letter wo inimeiliately set nhoiil lliis nKi'oa1)1o nft'iiir in ^'iviiifr yna the best lu'coinit cif my Kiitiicr's I'lniiily ; my MciIIut Iuis heard IVoin my IniIIht's Aunt (Mrs A;;nr) that his Ancestors came over in tlie prrseeulicm a;,'ainst the I'lcitcstanls in Ihr reiKii of Lewis, Kill"; of Fraiiee, inid setlh'd in (Jaiiterhinv, when a( ihi^ same ti'iie maiiv Doetors of Divinity settled liciv, & nt Saiidwicli. Mr I/IVoy's family hiniiiiht "»er viiy eoiisiilevnble in money, but he slinred the tale willi llir other Iti'l'iiirees ivliicli was to have their Kstales behiiid, and ^hid to escape with llicir lives. l!y llii' kiiii;'^ (inlcr all »ri(iiiL;s and ehiirch registers wre Ijiiint and destroyed, also the Kslales wliieh l)iliini;ril to the I'ro- testnnts; lull to return to our family. At their liisl nrriv.il they lived mi Ihi'ir own tniliine; the tliiid j{eiicralion of my Father's Family was Jaiiu's, S: he married an Kii'j:li«h (ienllr- woinan, and neeoi'diiig to the F.ii^lish eii«tom, tiink to hiisincss ; and as the prisi'diliun hail drove many Master silkweavers S; their men hcic, Mr lii'fniy took lln' »dk d\iii;,' trade, & lived in as nood credit as any man in Cantcrliiiry mid dealt in fcvcral liranclus (it traih — lie- liail two sons and three l)aiii;hteis — one Son died a lialehelor hninu'lit up to no liiisinc-i. His son Israel succeeded his Father in l)iisini'«s. Mis eldi'-Tl XIV INTRODUCTION'. "i-ncnilidti of irv ritlin-'s sid.' was Jnmrs, mid lie wn^ my Orcnt Omiiill.itlicr, .Tnmcs ninvrled ^M l-'ri-li-li .'.•nllcHiiniiin, my (ircat (iraiKHiilhur liiid two sons and lliree diiu^ditcrs, ono son di(Ml .niimirriod, his otlmr son was Israel who was r ,- (irandfathc'f, and my (iirat (irand- lalhci's dannlilci-s one nnn-nrd Mr Lonftnate, one married Mr llatisoii, and one married Mr j\.'ar, who were all ehildreii of my Great Crandlather James Lelroy. . „ , , Mv Urandfalher Israel, who was James's Son, married a Lady ol Pntc i extraction, & liad liv her .lie JJoii, Thomas Lefrov who was my Father— the Diiteli La.ly died, & my Grand I'alher Israel married a second" Wife, a l''reiicli Lady, & hy her had Jnincs, who was my ljii,.|,._y,iii must observe two molhers and on. Fallier James Lcfroy lull one sou James J,efrov who is dead and left no children." , ,„ „ The paper annexed is sim)ilv this. "The 2+ Feliniary Ifill were mnrried in the \Valloon Chnreh of Canterhnry Israel" Lefroy son of the deceased Anthony, native of Cambray and M.irv le Sane ihnii;hter of the deceased I'eter native of C'antcrlmry. Anlliony I clVoy came over'wilh Isaiah 1ms son, and hail a son bornd here named David, David went lo I lollaiid Willi i:;aiiiii Ills 3IIII, iiiiit ini'i " "■ > - ----,.- it aiinears hv (he Kcister book that Isaiah must have been in Canterbury niiwurds of 20 .11' • . . ° .. , I . 1 I 1....I r„....,.l »> years before he marrieiL " lie had James, and James had Israel." VT. Lastly we liavc tlie fullowiiig, in tlie form of an entry on llie back of ii large sheet containing a pedigree, wliicli I call A. It is entitled — "Copy of an old almost worn ont paper in the possession of Anthony son of Thomas Lefroy," and is almost a copy of Xo. II. " The Family of the Lefroys was originally of the Province of Normandy, and was called Ofroy, one of which was standard bearer to 'William the Coniiucror. Another Branch of it settled in rianders, and about the year 1200 when the Trench began to add to their respective family names the article Ik; tht^ I'ieinings added the article Le, which makes the dillerence between D'Ofroy and L'Ofroy, the latter of wliich the Family went by on their tirst coming into Kngland. lint in the space of about 20 years the name underwent another change to comply with the Knglish pronunciation of it, for instead of being called L'Olriiy, accord- ing to the laconic custom of the English, the o was oniilled or rather changed for the short e of the article, which the Family readily ndopted for the sake of Anglizing their name and for the same reason came as readily into writing the name Lefr-y instead of Le Froy. "Anthony Lefroy (the iirst-ment ioiicd in this Pedigree) came from Flanders in the time of Duke Alva's Persecutions, A.n. 1509. He brought with him a considerable sum in money and Jewells, liut his estate shared the same fate with that of many other refugees, who leaving France on account of their religion had their estates roiifiscatcd and all the family writings, papers, &c. destroyed. His w ife was a Flandcrinc Lady of tlie first Quality and very rich ; h^} H»KS'P!W»i . \Js/[ ')^jMv<3:X<5*X<^i. .'F?5^'r ^'^'^ /LSJ^i:' >■ -- (k? tkj INTUODLCIIOM. XV of the family of tlic Dii Iloorns. Tlu; Count of tli;it ininic «illi tin; I'liiito of ()ranu;e and Count Egmont made liead against I'liilip of Spain when he wanted to add tlic Low Countries to liis otiier Uomiiiions. The Count Hoorn, honever, was most unfortunately taken and beheaded ahout .*.i). ir)7;J. lie the said Anthony had two sons, Isaiah wlio was born in ('anibray in FlaiMhrs, and David who was born after his arrival in Kngland iit Canterbury. \\ lien Aiilhonv finding a number of refugees who enjoyed tiie ei nveiiiency of a l''n iicii ehurih, and becoming acquainted witii the families of the neighbouriiood, resolved to settle living upon his estate or Fortune. tx-: Annexed is an exact eopy of this Pedigree. Tiu' earliest we know iif, omitting only, for want of space, the deseendanis of .Joiix LoNiiiATK, which arc given belort'. Now it is quite evident that this Pedigree is a late conqiilaticni, for it is very much based on the Wills of Jan.es and Israel J,ell'roy, and from the circumstance of the descendants of Thomas Leffroy not being inserted at all, there seems every probability that it was compiled by him or his son. It will be noticed that it gives a later date for the innnigration t. .11 the papers before cited. There are dates inserted so late as 1761, 17('>2, and 1770, but although these are all in one handwriting in the present copy, they may have been later addi- tions to tlio text of the original; on the whole we cannot assign it to an earlier period than 1720 ; and there arc so many errors and omissions as to make it as an authority of little value. See the fuller Pedigrtt', based on recent exaiiii- iiation of the Kfgisters of the Walloon Church, which will be found furlhcr (ui. The statement in this paper and in No. II. that the wife of Aiitoinc Ldlfioy was "a Planderjio Lady of the lirst quality and very rich," of the family of l)u ilooni, may certainly be true, but it cannot be said to rest on any sullieieut proof now ])rodncil)le; no genealogy of the Du Iloorns makes nu'iitioii of such an alliance,* anil with res))ect to the uncertainly of floating traditions in family as in graver matlers of historical moment, 1 cannot do belter than (piolc the ncinl Ian- guage of an CNeellent antiqnary,t " Witlmut impeaching universally all oral nporls or tradition, I must avow that I can assign no value to them unlc-s atemn- • Si'p fnr t'xftinpip t'ftrpiiilii'r ; and llic Ht-ciir il Grtii-ahi^iipn' di tjiniilli's ui'ii;inuiri'> di's I'liye Ua.-.. liut- l.nlaiii, .M.DCCI.XXV. t Mr Kdward ^uiiikc, in the Aicljculugjical Juurual, ISOO, \>. '.'L'U. mrnm^Mmssmssmnsm IZ^t' » ~H . "i 1 J. ' -^ ? ■ , £. -■ 1 ~ ?■ -• ^ , " »'~j>. 13?H J.'-. 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Without this condition the statement of Ji is no more than idle gossip, a mere rumour Mam ficti previrpie tenax quern nuneia veri.' Where the statement is to pass through It succession of persons, fathers and sons, tlie value becomes less at every stage, for it soo)i becomes impossible to verify the relative jiosition of each successive declarant, or his means of knowledge. In short, any one who has liad ordinary experience of the various scourccs of errors, misconception, and misstatement (apart from intentional falsehood), must sec that every step in the devolution of a mere oral narrative makes the attainment of truth more difficult. In fact, it becomes /ff/y;o««/'^4' to say whether it be, or be not, a case of real tradition at all ..." This ai)plies in ,in especial manner to the tradition of the Norman origin of the family, which is ren- dered all the more sus()icious by its association with a baseless speculation about the prefixes de and le, and the introduction of one of those mythical standard bearers who figure in so many pedigrees of the last century.* On the other hand it is conceded to those who cling to old beliefs that documeniaiy [uoof may have been once pro- ducible which is now lost. It is extremely probable that James Lttl'roy, eldest son of Israel LelTroy by Mary de Mane, his second wife, whose line has been extinct for a century, ami in whose favour Thomas Letfroy, eldest son by the first marriage, was cut oil', may have come into possession of pa))ers for which we now seek in vain. There are slill numerous lamilies of LuliVoy in L'icardy — see the interi>lijig letter of M. L'.Vbbe Lotl'roy, p. xx, -but I have not yet met willi the name in .Nornjandy. Not ihe slightest iniiiurtance is to be attached to the fact that in some of tin numerous versions of the so-called Roll of liatllc Abbe_\t names remolily resembling Lolfroy are sahl tu be found. These lists of names are now admitted to have been compiled long after the compiest, and are of no sort of autliorily, Probably the * Sec the Uerah) and (tonuato^st, hy John Uough NiclioU, F.S. A. , IHtVl, un 8uruatiu'8 uitli tbc pretix JJv, which ho shews tu inilii'iile cvcrvwhcn* n htcal or tiTriloritil uri^in, tis Lc has a {xTsnnal iirji;iri. The prolU hc^aii tu t>o ^cnLTolly laid aside in Lugland in tho loth ct'iitury. t See Mr Joseph Hunter, in tlie Uth Vul. Sumcx'b An;hieuluf(ic&l Collcctiuns. 1h.VJ, and lur t-urlier \\i>\» (iratloirn Clironii'les, ll'dliii^riilii'd'n llibtury. Stuwe's ('hn)nii-lt'U. Lt'liind'it Cullct'iKni a. KuUiTH C'hurcli IIi>lory. Fuv Acli4 anil Moriumerits. Ilisi tx-ij iV' 'A"'? xvin iNTiioDv; i'ox. niM-^t niilliciilic mil iij' llic Xoriiiiin com|i!ini()iis of tlic ('onqncror is the nnc rninpili'd In M. [it'.)|i(ilil (If Lisli', and engraved hy the Sacii'/r F/tnii'aini' i/'Arr/ii'iilni/ie in August, ISO^J, on the Hcsteni nail of the nave of the Church of Dives in Norinandy. This list does not; contain any name resomhling Leuvroy or Lolfroy, or from which the latter name i onhl \u: derived ; nor, if it did, would the fact, standing alone, be any foundation for a claim to descent from the family named. In short, as (,'ambray is not remote from the I'rovince of Normandy, it is possible enough ihat the founder iif the f'ninbresian family oanut from thence, but the legend related above is too like a common class of genealogical fictions to deserve cri'dit, until supported by evidence. The names Lofl'roy and Ofroy ari' still to be found in the Paris Directory, and there was a few years ago a Mr Ch. Joseph Lefrny residing there. llespccling this gentle- man, on whom I called in 1837, we have the following particulars, which were communicated by the Minister of Public Works in answer to an en([iiiry erroneously addressed ii the Minister of War. The courtesy and fulness of the reply, as well as the good sense and administrative activity which put the enquiry at once into the right channel, cannot be too higlilv commended. I'aiiimIo 5 S.'|ili'iiiliri'. IHll.t. Milli/ilriV. I»i: L'AoHien TUKK ur fluMMKnei; Kr Dks TllAVAlX I'l lll.K s. JJirisioH r,/. ,V/7 / ;_''< 'J/ nir ii.tift V *iirran- MoN.iiKLii. Par inic lettre iuiposee ii S. S Ic Mareclial Ministrc de la (incrre, tpie niVn a fail le rciivni, voiis dciiiandez dcf ren seignnients sur feu .M. Cliarles Joseph Li:froy, ii qui vous (Innmv. Ic i|ualifirati(m tie Co.onel i\ I'ceole des mines, et qui serait ilecuclc vers rnnnec 18;i!l. U's rcf^l^tres da personnel du Corps luqic'rial ilcs uiinos font counaitrc qu'uu Inj^'eiicur da iioni (le I.el'roy (Charles Joseph) nt^ i"i Clinrtrcs, department d'Eure ct Loir, en 1771, .~i <;tij alli(elii' ('( I'ccole des mines en quHlit(j d'Inspectcur dcs etudes; et qu'il a rempli ces functions depuis V- mois de Janvier IS 1(1, jusqu' ii la fin de 1S30, ('qioqac Ti la(pielle il (-( (itc eleve an grade (I'liispeetciir (i('nerid. Admis ii la retrait;.. Ic 19 Janvier 18U, il est decedc le '.t Kevrier lSi2. ■i'P^'i >.^mmM (y ^ y^k^^XiJ^ Mi «n if. msiiSi^si^iSSM INTItODUCmON, XIX Je (lois njoutcr qu'eii me transincttant voire lettre M. le Miiiistrc do, la Guerre in'a charge K3 TkAVAUX I'i'ni.ICS. Voiir h MiiiLiIri! ft pnr son autorisation. fiE C0N3K1LI.E11 IIETAT, SecIIETAIRK (lENERAt., (iiHiue ill.'};il)li'). M. I,i;rii(>v, Ciiloiirl d'Ai'lillc'vie, ail -icrvii'i' lie S. M. l!ri(iniiii>|iii^ Ti Woolwich. This letter, written witii heiiiitiriil |)oiiinaiisiii|i, and cmiiiiasized liv the iliU'crenees of oiiariicter indicated ijy type al)ovc, fiirriislie.s in niunv ways a reMiarkaljlc contrast to English olTicial letters. Who M.Charles Joseph I, froy was lias not been ascertained. The wrifer.a yonlh in l^'il, and not at all master of the hini;nagc, could i;athcr little from liiin. Mrs McClintock who had met him a year or two before, was not more successful. In fact lie seemed to know nothing of his own parentage, and the suspicion would naturally be that he was an illegitimate son, if there were any one to whom sudi a birth at (.'harlivs in 1771 eouhl be willi proliability attributeil. 'inhere is, however, no clue to the mystery, ami the coincidence of name may be accidental. There was also living at Amiens in ISliS, M. Louis liaptiste (^lanch^ l,oll'roy, ccwi'/t'r; born, as be informed me, iolh JIarch 1702, a native of M.ircbe-Aliouard near Koye, Somme ; and a Madame BJinard-Lon'roy his great niece, lie knew nothing certainly of his ancestry beyond bis grandfather, who wrote his name Lolfroy de lioutville. There was, according to his belief, once a Manjuis lioil'roy de lioulvilie, a great Seigneur, of Koye or the neighbo,irhood. Thi^ family has alwa\s been (alholic. lie had never heard of a Uavid Loll'roy. The name, he said, was never spelt with L. There was at tin same period a M. Charles LollVoy luynridii/ in I'aris, niarrii d to; cousin of the same name. This gentleman wrote — 'mmm?mmms:sm'$wm$mfmm r w V>. ! ^^ JitiJiL: 3 i>^ E3! V "■ •■ .... •< 3 V'"'*' E3 '^ 3 ISTIlonUCTION. " Ma familli^ lialiito iin pdit villn!;n mix environs dc Monldliliir, on les rcgistros ctnicnt tenus \m\- Ics [m'tri'"! w ,-s i m i;«TaoDDCTiox. XXI SB t. /"v- 1 t ft lioly man of the Stii cpiitury, aftor whom tlic monastery of La Croix S' Loufroy, in till! ilioccsc of Kvrpux, was named.* It, would he very agree.ihlo to entertain such a belief, and to give every jiossiblc assistance to any future genealogist ; I subjoin what, Alban Uutler says about him, and an account of the chapel formerly dedicated to his honour in I'aris. 5^ Lctifridut, in French, Lciifroi Ahlut, " lie was n native of the territory of ?iVrcMX, an. 2:i2, M.) As none of these arms resemble ours it is needless to quote them, but there is cme note of some interest. (icnealoi;irs par M. Montnubnn li>iii !>, p. 25(!.* { Pierre Lcroy, Esp. Colir LolTroy. • .Ti'an ill- I'i(i'|)aii-l>ujrr. Si'ii^nriirilpMonlnulinn it IVv.'.t .li' VnlpiK'iMuica, ilipil Kin. Hif gcnin. It-jji'^rtl wi'fk in wvi'n MS. vi.liinirs tti prrsfn'cd in tin.' Uil>liotli(ijui' Communalc do C'onibrai. Il iTH^Tr .^<^J1S1115. '^imssiffi^ i INTRODUCTION. XXV The paper boars at tlip foot tlie words, "I'Ablji' tranrliant f'liiipihiino !\ la Mi'tropolc u Carabrai," and is, I have no doubt, a meniorandiini given to the Rev, I. P. G. Lefroy at that place in 1775, i)eiliaps by that {.'Piithman. The same JIS. is still to be seen there, but on turning to the place (piotcd it ajipears jjretty certai'. tliat the name was niis-rcad. It may bo OlFoy or Ostoy but is not OU'roy. However, the very obliging Areheviste M. C. Paul Lefebre assured mc that he had met « illi th(^ latter, and we may entertain hope of sonic future information from him. (y^i !^2^ f*^ There can, I tiiiiik, be little doubt that the first LolTroy of Caiiibray was (if the same family as the Lolfroys of Picardy, or the latter descended from his. Canibray, Peronnc, Roye, Montdidicr, the only localities as yet known to us as presenting the name, are all in the same region. On the other hand it is not a lit lie curious that the blazony/t7/('can be traced in Canibray to one great House and its raniilications, only, and looking to the real significance of armorial bearings in the 10th century, it may be safely concluded that if the coat we have used since the beginning of the last century, was used in the previous century, and is, in fact, that, of the first emigrant, he was in some immediate manner connected w ith that house. Desirous to state nothing as a fact which is not susceptible of proof, I insert a qualifying i/, because I have not yet been able to find any seal or copy of arms earlier than those of Thomas Leffroy, who (lied 17~3, but there is not a shadow of presumption or probability that he assumed his arms. W'v will let the discoverer (jf the above interesting fact F. ('. L., speak for herself: — "With us, if a family is to be traced, we seek it throngli its name, and identity of name is generally accepted ns identity of stock. In Cainlirai the name i> a point of much smaller importance, as she followed the continental rule, and every younger son took the name of the castle, house, or farm which fell to him on his father's death, while the eldest son alone inherited the name or title. As an instance of this foreign custom, a sister of our ancestor (leneral la Meloniere married a M. de Serriere, and her four yonnger sons were Messrs do la Mott<', dc la liiosse, de (Uniiric', and Lubiere. "A family of foreign extract ion cannot therefore be traced by name unless the descent be from eldest son to elde^t son in unbroken succession. All other descent must be establislied by the armorial bearings. ' Les terrcs changent .souvent de .Seigneurs I! i I ill 1 ' ! 1 t|l 'itiiy*!- .JP Ji '■'^5r>"gEfgf?^f«fss I t jxyi INTRODUCTION. Dt Ics arinoirics au contraire dcmpurcnt tonsjonrs h. la fainillc' For the younger sons, 'Eiifans Puis-nt's/ bore the paternal arms, with or without a difrcrence, and generally the paternal name as a battle cry. " 'riiis reflection led me to try whether our arms would throw any light on our origin, and for tiiis end I have hunted the /«% througii every page of Carpentier'a Ilistoire de Cambray. I liave read througii 1000 or more bearings, aud scores upon scores of pedigrees, and what follows is the result. "Out of tiie whole 1000 I found only about 33 families bearings fi'e/.fj, showing how very rare a charge it was. And on a more minute search, 1 found that 30 out of the 33 were all the i'liisno's or younger sons of a family extinct in Carpentier's day, of the name of Scchclles. Only in three cases was I unable to trace the descent, these three were Canibrin, Sourdeval, and Sohier." Tiic following is tlic passage, Vol. II. p. C54 ; — "Geiic,* Ui)scl,t I'raucliommc & autrcs curiens rechcrcheurs de I'antiquite trouvent (pie cette famille de Sechellcs fut aussi la Souche dcs Famille de Af oiiy, de Libcrmont, de Sailly, de JIachcmy, de Soicourt, de Humbercourf, de Ilumirres, de Saueourt, de Bcnsy on Pieardie; parrillcmcnt de ccllcs, de Waencourt, de Ilamenincourt, de Neuf- ville, de la Caucliie, de Soiiasire, de Sombrin, de Daigrenan, de Bailleul, de AVillcncourt de ^latringlen, d'llcont ct autrcs en Artois, lesquelles portent toutes I'escu frette de divers niettaux ct coidcurs. Cecy se poudroit en partee verilier par deux chartcs ipii se trouvent dans Ics archives d. S. Aubert, dont Tunc date de I'au 1150 ct I'autre de I'nn 11C5. " Now, the points I wish to establish are, firstly, that the House of Scchclles was the one and oidy source of the /re//y in Cambray and the Cambrcsis; and secondly, that we ourselves are descended from it through one of the younger branches. The first point this (piotalion from Carpentier partly establishes, and it will be more fully shown in the list of the Puis-nes of this House, which I shall presently give, and which will • riirnniquc ilc Crtmbrny do Pnul (ii'lio cflcril envirnn I'nn InV-. f KvcueilH des I'umiUos nublos par Jean et Cuiiiillo ituecl Cambrcsicnfl, en 3 Uttci* :xSj:r:i!>.n^ M 'f^'f^'^ <'^h^>c ^'[^'^ snEiMiiigm^ ^ s i m m M I i ♦ i 1 M M 4 M i 1/ .J ISTnODUCTION. include every family I have been able to discover in, Carpentier, vvjio bore a sliicM frelti/. The dates which I have afRxed to some, indicate 'he earliest mention. On this list I depend to shew the probability of my second point. " I will speak of SechcUca, and then give the younger branches in al|)habctical order. " SccliellcSj ' une illustrc famille de Picardic qui portoit d'azur fret te d'or, d'ou estoit JIathieu I'an 1125 Bienfactuur, des Abbayes de Ilonni'court, de Vurmaiid, de S. Aubcrt, &c. duquel est dcscendus JIathieu Sig'. Secheilcs (jouverneur de St Quentiii i'an lao.*} qui fut pere de Pierre Sig'. Scchelles & d'Areucourt, ct d'Agnes femmc de Jean Tyrel Sig'. do Poix.' Tliis was I believe the end of the family as it was henceforth nnrged in that of Poix who became Lords of Scchelles. It is known lo have existed before 1050 when Mathieu Sig'. de Seciiellcs, de .Maisieres, et Handaincuurt, married a daughter of the Count de Guines or Guieiincs or Gnjennes, a noble of the highest rank, whose descendants married into the greatest and most illustrious Houses of the Seventeen Provinces, amongst others into tiiat of the Counts of Flanders. " From this House of Scchelles sprang the following families : — Arancourt. Kailleul. A7.ur frettu d'or. Ueiisy. tie la Caucliie. Dni.nrenan. (rKoout or Ecoud. Hanii'iiincourt. Hniiieliiiiicourt. I'oitiiit d'azur frctlc d'or — O-y, ' Scelifllus.' ' Uiic tiis illii>(ri liiiiiillc ' Tliey hiul their srat in the Senate ol' Caiiiliniy, or held some 'charge l'ubll(|ne,' and had the flight of figliting under their own hnnnor in battle. HumlMTOourt, a.d. 1150. ' Cetle Miiisou ilonna dt» l,ie\itcnan3 ficncranx a la Piranlie, an Dauphine, an I'icmont, des chefs St Maresohnnx aux iirniirs dis Hois de I'liincc (t dis l)iic (lii liouignngnc, Sic. des Chevaliers a I'Ordrc de la Toisou d'or, ct aux deux Orilres du Hoy (It! I'rnnct!.' de llumieres. D'nrgcnt frettt; de Sable. Liberinont . Macheniy. Mnsiercs. Matringlen. tie Moiiy or Moy Gneulcs frette tl'or. Cn/, ' Seehelh'!",' a.d. 1'J2:!. The«i' Muwy beiiime Harous Si .Marquises & enileil in nn heiri'ss who married Ileiuy Count tie i.urraijie iv Inid an oidy daughter married to Florent I'linee de Ligne Sc .Marquis de lioubiiis. Younger branch dc Soyccourt, il'argent frettt; tie Gueides, a.I). litiO. de Neufville, d'or ffettt' dc Ouenlea. One of the ftunily kiitiwn us Ihnnbiiti Si;;' At- \:m\v\ was fainiius in the ilays of (ifidfroy lie liiiillon. They earrictl their own baiunr !v liinl their share in the goveinment of the stale, (Ciiiubray). Younger brnneh, Uari|\iihein, d'or frctte dc (iucules, Onj, ' Xcufville." 121.'i. Thiy hail their seat in the Senate (Cuiiibray). wmm -■ '* ^oniiiiiT lir.niuli of Unrquolir — Bni'iittc, who bore d'or frottc? de Gucnlcs an cnntoii dc SiMoiiUi tuivuii) a l;'i I'iisn; (It'gs) urgent, cliar^'u, de 3 Merluttcs dc snblo. I'roni liiiraUc, 1 prcsunic, spraiijr Cambrin, as they bore d'or fnittu do gueules nu canton dc Sin(i|)lc I'liargui! d'unc ai^d>"»rcv» i I ' 7 ■ I * >u-ii "1( XXX IXTRODUCTIO.V. luiblosso iiiid tlio great laiiil Imldrrs; but I believe I am correct in saying tliat there is 110 such name, iiotliing that resembles it but our own name of LafTroy or LolVroy.* " In comparison willi many others, we cannot boast of the anti(|nity of our name ; for our parent house 5, pour nliligor los ClianoiiioH a prior Dion pour 1 amo ilo son i'cu mi\ry. ^—Cifpoitiey SI. t The writur says ''tho liimilv tradition," but I am unaMo (o traoo any tradition to tliisofToet. It apjiears to bo only an infjoniijus spooulaliunof inodorn origin, anil 1 l:avo taliou tbo liberty of Bubstiluling tho word " boliof." X In Wionis's Biblo, l.'iOl. is an cngravinf; of a fool-dwarf mocking. It iorinsonc uf Iboilhistrations of (111' paraldo of tlio rnidii-iil Son. On Ibo boail of (ho d«arf i» a oap of a bbapc muob roBCUibliiig tho ono in question. 'A 3 - - TV) 11^ l?p'?^»prt;r?prx;vp7^yprt:?p^?j^W^) ■^>^:^^:^iM;^:mM^-^m >rx y^c^ >/srr. y\: "r v^y >>X^ V'\^>'\y >^tv^:c v^:c>»;^^ C_?<'^\y4bic!ibidib«riAbJd4b!iLjd*biJc;4!3fc/:^ "iiiXjClASLdi^ INTRdm.rTION. '■,"1 i;^' bv^ LK"*!' account nf tliciv religious principles, ami groiit numbers left tlic provinces. Vliilip the 'Jnd continued these severe measures, and moreover resolved to establish the Inquisitinn in the Nethi'rland--. On his departure from that country in l.V'iO he loft Ihi re ;i" Ite^'i'iit his half- sister, NFar^ret, Duchcas of I'.irma, and, a-* Ium- elurf advi-cr, Cardinal (Iranville, Arch- bishop of Jlechlin, a man nnivcraally disliked for the severity of his character, and his determined opposition to the doctrines of the Ueformers. The French nobles were almost all inclined to the new opinions and resolved to prevent the establishment of the Impiisition, a measure ajiproved of and urged by (iranvelle. Tlicy were proud of their descent, and remembering the favour ever shewn them by Charles the jth, were ijrcatly ineensed that one of inferior birth shoidd thus be placed above them. As a proof of their hostility to the Cardinal, aiul opposition to the Oovcrnmcnt, lientivoglio gives the following : — "The Earl i)f IJi/monl, the Marquis Jo Benjheii, the Buroit de ilonlijni, brother to I he Cuiiiil dti Horn, ami many others their fiieuds, being at a banquet given by GayiarJ Schela, Lord o/ Grobcniloiicli, the conversation either accidentally or purposely turned on the liveries worn at Court by the pages and footmen of the noblemen who freipicnted it. I'pou this one of them rising, saiil, ' Why should we not all make ourselves a uniform livery by which we may express in the similarity of our colours the uniformity of our opinions.' The proposal was instantly agreed to, and lots being drawn to determine who should devise the livci'y, it full to Egmout's share. lie chose for one, certain lioodn which are considered in Tlanders ridiculous, and worn on the head by dwarfs and similar people kept fur aumsenicnt. ilany others of the Court immediately adopted this livery, and for many ilays nothing else was seen at Brussels. The Duchess was much displeased at this, because no one doubted that in this dress an allusion was made to that of the Cardinal. And even if this were not done out of contempt for him, it was yet to be feared that it might prove the eonunenccment of a league and union within the Coiut which might, to the great prejudice of the King, shortly spread over the whole country. ICgmout (vas especially reproved by the Duchess on this occasion ; lie apologized for the iitl'air as entirely accidental, end without the least aim at ofTemling thi; Cardinal, nmch less at doing any injury to the lloyal service. They afterwards laid aside their hooih and took for their common badge a bundle of aiTows bound together, a device often used on the King's coins. They wished to have it believed that this signilied their imion in the service of the King; but it was generally thought that such a union had for its ol'ject the defence of the public privileges, and tliiir unanimous determimition to conspire against Vranrellc." — Translated froui Bentivoglio's " Delia Guerra di i'iandia." I'aite I'rinui. pp. 22, 23. " ^Yilh regard to the motto, the following account, which has been put together p.".rtly from i?<'M//coy/((), partly from Walmn's History of Vhitlip the 2«(/, and an ' Jiilrodiiclioii to the •■M^ms x-JT XXXll INTRODUCTION. Jliilor!, of the PrUcipd Kinj,hm of Europe, h,j Samuel Vujendorf, mmh E,„j1Uh from the criginnt Ilhjh Dutch, TmIou, \1W^: seems a clear mid salisfactory explanation of its origin. " In 1553 or 3fi, a paper called the Compromise, was drawn up by several t;f tlic Flemish nobility, in whicl. they bound themselves by a solemn oath to resist the establishment of the Inquisition. This was quickly circulated over the whole country, and signed by great numbers of all ranks. When the confederate nobles found themselves so wc^l supported, they resolved to assemble at Brussels, and demand an audience of the Regent for the purpose of presenting to her a jictition against the Inquisition. " Accordingly in April 1506 they met at Brussels, at the house of Count Colenburg, some any to the number of two hundred, some three hundred. The Bigont at first hesitated to comply with their re<|uest of an audience, but her Council agreeing that it was not advisable to irritate so many nobles, they were admitted. The Earl of Barleniont, who then stood near the Regent, did tell her, in French, that they were no ways to be feared, because they were only Gmumns or Beggars. This observation being repeated to the Confederates they imme- diately adopted the name of Gueusans, assumed the appearance even of mendicants, and were guilty, according to Bcntivoglio, of many extravagancies. Ho says, 'not satisfled with tlic colour and di«ss of beggars, they wore, some at their girdles, some in their hats, the meanest articles used by such persons. The word Giienmn was for ever on their lips : they celebrated it in every place and on cveiy occasion, but especially at table when excited by wine. This happened one day in particular, when a numerous company of them were assembled at a great banquet in the Hotel de Colenberg. Here they vied with each other in vaunting their name of Gneumm. The wine circulated rapidly in mighty cups, and at every draught they cried, 'Ixig lire the Gueimaiis,' till not only the saloon but the whole house resounded with tlieir shouts. Then another vile oath was taken, one most suitable lo that scene and place, 'By tlih bread, this salt, this wallet,' (and one was passed round), the ' Giieiisaiis trill never change — muteratino mat — however they may be opposed.' Not satisfied with this, almost all of them wore about Brussels a medal of silver, or some oilier metal, hanging from their glidles, on which were two hands joined together, holding a wallet. Round the medal might these words be read in French, ' Faithful to the King eten to beggary,' so much did they rejoice and triumph in their name of Gueusans." — Beniieoglio. " This oath of the G\ie>isan nobles, as related by Bcntivoglio, seems clearly the origin of the • Mntare Sjienio. Anthony Lofi'roy might be more inclined to adopt it as a testimony of liis own inflexibility of purjiose, from the fact that many of his party proved less firm in principle. In little more than a twelvemonth from the time wlien the Gueusans thus swore never to change, come what would, the Eegent having recourse to force, and her troops at first gaining many advantages ; Bentkoglio says, ' The Confederate nobles shewed signs of vacillation. y the niirheas.' "—Si')Uitio;/!io l.iln-n, p. fil. The Earl of Eginont was sent by the Regent to Ifadrid in l.")0.'). King I'liiiii) "C'lut qu'il lie devoit jias dissimuler le rcsscntiment (jn'il avoit de la dernicrc con- spiration de la Noblesse, c dc cette facon d'liabits (pii avoit este inventec ponr sc moc(|aer du Cardinal de GranvcUc. Slais le Coinptc assura le Uoy par tontcs sortes de sermens que tout ce qui avoit estt: fait n'avoit este (pi'uu jeu sans dessein parnii les rejouissances de la fable, ct qu'il avoit invente ees eliaiJCiiux de bonlFons alin ipie cette extravagance dc personnes uii peu celiaulles par le vin donnut plutut sujet de lire que de craindre." — Strada. " la .Time 1508, Counts Br/mont ami Dii Jfoni were excciiteil, and alioiil tlie same time tlic Dide of Alva cited the I'riiice of Orange (tlien in Germany) the Comili i!e lluog-ttraten, and Cutemherg, with fcvcral otlicrof the Confederate nobles, to appear before liim within a certain period, and answer for their conduct. AVhen the time had [lassed, and tlicy had not obeyed the summons, sentence was pronounced against them ; their iirnperly was confiscated, and the house of Cuunl Colemierg at Brussels, in widch the Giitiisans had held their asscniblies, pulled donn. " Most of the nobility on this occasion joined the Prince of Orange in Germang, some took refuge in France, some in England. " To this latter country lied Jnlhoinc T^Jfroy, his wife, (said to have been a relation of Count de Uont's), and their young son Isaie." I add two or three further extracts from original writers to cxiiaiist my casual notes on this subject. For the general history of the jieriod it is needless (n say that Motley's "Itise of the Dutch Republic," 1S56, and "History of the United Xcthcrlamls," 1800, arc the two indispensable guides. run (Icr ITiter do iniliis (iimuUunm Belgkornm. Diiaci M.l) LXXXJ'Il. "Ca'nabant apud Casparnm Sehetum suprcmnm erarii T^egii sen, uf loqnimur, Financiatnm Qiia?slorem, Egmondanns, Herensis, Montigneus atqiio eins ordinis, homines nomudli. [nter pocula exoritur is sermo ut sublata ca vcstium signoruraquo diversitate, qua singulorum EI- So S^ iS3 (DO Sv Sv (\ ''■^ if . n; i I 'In tAl '^ij •.XXIV INTHODUCTIOir. 5^i f?^ iniiii'tri <\i: ni.irc (listingufvcutur muim ali(|iio(l vestis goinis, vcstisciuc mmni aliquoa si-iMiiii suincnduiii diccivtur iiiio oiiiiiiri in iinivcrsuni iniiiislri utcrcntiii'. JIulUi ndfcniiitur, cm- lioc bcili cuusilium oportcat. Ununi (luiurcbatur ciiiiiam pdlis-iiiiuiii id tiibui oiiorliat iili vcstem sigimmquu prcscnbcrct, sorlilo cam conlrovirsiam placet dcfiiiiii, tiibus itaqiic jactis nlcis Kgmondanus enm Provinciam sortitiir, vcs'.as iiiaras o paiiiio bmco sigmim at innnicas ciicullos niorionum ex iuipirio dcsi^', t. rassiin itaqae per sartorum oflicinas plena liisce vestibas univci'sa, vuli;o ila rem iiiterpretante, uti societatum pvofitcri liosce proceres in Cardinalcni alliniiaiet, qui nppcnsinn Imnicris eiicu.iiim gestarct, ct ut dcliia, sic contcmiicre pnc sc Helgii nubilitateni cnnsuessct. Non pliicet Pavmcsi iiistitutum imlecoro ab iia stultilia notas assuiid (pios prudentia niodcstia(iuc coniinendari in ijublicuni oporlcbat. Futuiii .pioqne allirinat, uti pc^ssamo exeniplo siiscejitfi coiuratiouem liouiinoa nrbitrcntur icspondet I'.gniondanus una se suosq coUcgas societatcm spcctare, qua: ornti oidinis institiito, a"natii>nu nccessitudinc, Kegis publioaiiiniq reium studio cotinerctur : sumplus qui inipcndi niinistrovfi vestibus dcsignandis vitanisso si nota minus piobaretur, alia scse quro lepieliendi no posset, esse designatuvu. Cucullis itaque rclictis coUigaiu sagiltatfi fasccni proponit, sine ea (uti videri volcbat) ratione, quod hoc uti symbolo Reges Catliolici numisnuitib-soleret sine (quod vulgo credebatur) uti invictos futures eoUegas, ncq Cardinali ccssuros profitcretur." Sec. kc, p. 100-7. Carpcidier'a allusions to Alca's pcrsccnlwus is usfolluics. lie wrote in ICCl : — " Uargueiito d'Ausliiclic, lors gouvernante de ccs Provinces, fascliec de voir mepriscr si arroganunent scs coasiils, qui cstoient plus donx, et comini; Ic lemps I'a monstru, jilus utiles que eeux dc ccttc monstrueusc rigeur, dcmanda conge au Eoy Phillippc de sc rctiier ; cc qui luy fut aceorde. Apres son depart Ic Duo d'Alvc restablit solcmneUemcnt I'lnquisition, et dcclara que par unc Sentence doiniee a Madrid Ic 20 do Fcvrier, tous les pcuplcs Laics, Nobles ct Com- nninanli'z du i)a\s, estoicnt eondenuicz commc licrctiqucs, ou fautcurs do I'hercsic, par eons((pu'nt tons conpablcs et sujcts aux pcines de lezo majestc au premier chef, sans excepter estat, (inalile ange et sexe, liorsmis (luebpics particuliers, qui estoicnt denonnnez aux informations. Toutc la Belgiquc trcmbla dc frayeur, ct baissa la teste au coup do cette I'pouvantable sentence, ct pcrsonne nc se croyant en surctu, il se fit un grand dislogement de gens de bonnes eondiliims : dc sortc qu'il sprr' l.nit que cette terre s'en alia cstre entierc- nient abandonm'c de scs mcillenrs liabitans. Lc Due d'Alvc commenija ic premier acte de sa tragcdic par la jnort de deux illustrc testes de Lumoral d'Egmond ct du Comtc de il?3ISllllS^SM^^I13SM5SMlSI^ INTllOUUCTION. XXXV Homos, apres cclte inemoniblc cxcciilioii (June l.')6s) sa friiaiitu sc doslwiula iiiiivcrMlliiiinit sur toutes sortcs de pcrsoniies, liommcs, ct foinint's geutils-lioinmcs, olTicii w, mai^islrnts ct riches llouri^cois. Do qut'lque cosU' qu'on se louriiiist a la Villi; ct nu\ Cliauips, ou n'avoit pour objct (pie dcj poti'uces ct lies eseliallaiits." — p. 17'.*. ■ .i try J'tiHih-r I'yiull, ill his llislulrc des iroublis dc I'tiis lias, gives the fidhm-t,i,j accouiU : — " I'll jour 1' (pi'oii iliiKiit on lio'.uu' conipagiiif iluz le H' il'. Ciroljbcniloih', Ic (li^C(>ura tonilia casuclleiiRUt sur I'cxccs^ivc ili-pcnse ilea livivts, ou IVxample ilcs uiu ciitraiiioit Ics autivs, Qut'lcpi' uii proposa J'iiiiilcr lu moilu d'r.utrcs nations, ct ile so distingiicr cii piciiant Ic coiitic pied : li\ bonne limneur coiitinua durant le rcpas, on Ics riches livivcs Uu Ciirilinal Irouvcient Icur censure, le C'omte d'lCgmont fut clioisi pour n'l^ler ct introiluirc la iiouvellc iiioilc, ct Ic Icndcniaiu il fit liabillcr tons ses donicstitpies dc gros drap gris-noiiatrc tout uiii. C'cla fut goiito avec taut d'avidite ipie tous Ics taillcurs de Uruxelles ne siiflisoieut pas u travaillcr ii CCS series de livivcs, distingiiees sculcniciit par ipiclqucs couleiirs nux innnchcs pcndantcs on ailerons, qu'on portoit en ce temps la. Or snr ccs ailerons ctoicnt figurccs des devises et des cinblemcs : ou y trouvoit en broilcrie des tit 'S rouges, dea Ictes eiicapiichoniu'cs : toutes ci s faulaisies ctoicnt cxplicpiccs par Ic lucpris pour le (.'ardinal. La Gouveniaiilc, an commenccnicut, inforniee de cettc nouvcUe mode, n'cn fit que rirc, et le public aussi : on dit inenie ipiMli- envoya une de ces ailerons biode en Lspagne, pour dcvcitir le roi : inais (piauil Ir Canliiial ^^■u fut applique lui nicine le malice, ct qu'il en cut eeiit au ('our ;i sa inanirre, on en prcl mi uiiibraire plus scricux : son nltcssc fut obligee de dcfcndrc ces tctes ct ccs capiielions : alcus on y subditua Ics marques d'linion par un trouoseau dc llechis." — p. 121. Ai^aiii we liave an account of the adoption of tlic iiicknainc of (iuiiix, ami tin; cnililem of a beggar's wallet and wooden cup by llie confederates in lOlilJ: — "Ou a. ait dejii parlo de donncr un iiom ii la eonfeJeiation, ct aux confedeies, sans niu decider. Brcdeiodo fuisant le iveil dc la \n'emiere audience aux C'ouites de Culcmbourg el d:; liergli, se souvcnt que son altesse, voyant cettc nonibrcusc depnlalioii dc supplians, parail un pen elonuec : mais que le Comte ile liarlaimont qui e'toit de sa cour, pour la lasburer, lui dit a dcini-bas quo ce n'ctoit ipic un ramas du gueux." — p. 1111. It would have been a groat satisfaction to me to have establi.-lu il by direct proof (he exact year of Anthoine Loll'roy's emigration, lu (hi.s I have not been succosful. llcfcrring to the documents quoted before — X>»fiO," ill wliich it is followoil liy IV. and VI., Iiul llii; pcdi-ici', which follows the hitter, says " 157'J or iTrtainly before 1587." ll I txil f>4 Lastly, another iiodigrce quoted at p. lOOs.iys, willioiit (iimlifieation, 1587, mid sonic weiiilit must 1)0 attached to tlic casual remark of Rev. T. 1'. (i. Lefroy nt Camliray, in 1771), that liis ancestors had left that place nliiiost 200 ^cfir.i hefon'. shewing tliat on whatever grounds the date then adopted by liiin was later than 1570. There arc almost insuperable dilliculties, some of which I have alluded to at p. 11, in admitting tlic date 1569, and since that sheet was printed 1 have found a very sufTicicnt reason, irrespietivc of the notorious opiiression of Balagny the Governor, for the emigration of a wealthy citizen ofCainbrai professing the Reformed religion in 1580 or 15S7. A Provincial eoniieil of the Archiepiscopal See was held at M jn opjndo Muntis Iliniiwiii'ir) in June 158,5, and again the following year, for legulating the affairs of the chnrcli. In 1587 Phillip 11. gave effect to their decrees in the following IHnccnH (h sn maicslc stir I'execiitioii iles deerclz tie la si/node Proiiiicitile tie Camhraij, tcnuc a Mom (lit moli d'Oclohrc 1580. I do not pretend that Phillip's edict ran in Cambray itself at this time, but wo m.ay be sure that the ecclesiastical and civil authorities of that city were not behind those of the rest of the Archiepiscopal Province in their zeal for the extirpation of heresy. " I'liillippc par la grace do Dicu Hoy dc Cistille, d'Arrngo, do Leon, dcs deux Sicilies, do Iticriisiikin, de I'ortugnl, do Naiiarre, dc Grenade, do Toledo, dc Valence, do Galico, do Maillorcqucs, dc Seuillc, dc Sardine, dc C'ordubc, de Corsoquc, de liliireie, do lacx, dcs Algnrbes, de Algczire, do Gibcltnr, dcs Isles do Canarie, ct dcs Iiidcs tant Oriontalcs qu' Occiden- tallcs, dcs Isles ct tcrrc lirmc dc la mcr Occane, &c. Stc. V-^} ;- ■! 3 m " Art. i. rrcniicremcnt que tous ccux qui d'orcs en avaiit seront, mis en map^strat ct loy tant dcs villcs que villaigcs du diet arclicucsclie do Cambray ensemble tous oflicicrs publiqiics, si commo Baillis, Prcvostz, Consuilliers, Ponsionaircs, Grcfiors, Procurcurs de villes, ct tons autrcs dcpendaiis de la lusticc seriJt tcnez fairo profossiO de Icur foy, touchaut dcs doigtz la eroix ou los saiiicts euangilcs en la fonne et mauicre que s'cnsuyt. W^ :smsm r$ IS'TBODUCTIOX. xxxvn ry ii|iwni(li (if tlicrc'uhoiits. V[., hut Ihu 87, nnd sonic nt C'ambrnv, slicwiiig tlmt . There arc , ill ailmitting icicnt reason, lie emigration 580 or 15S7. >/)pi(io Maii/is the nfTairs of iving PlaecaH 'amlray, Iciiuc :■, but Hc may behind those III of licresy. DUX Sicilies, dc dc Galice, do , de laex, des cs qii' Oceiden- agistrat ct ley ici'S iiubliqucs, villcs, et tou3 laut dcs doigtz "Emm "Art. ii. Ii" N iiire par le Dim tout puissant 't sur la daniuntidn do iikui nnii' (pie ie crnv lout ee que rroit I'cgliae Catholiqiie Apoatoliipic rt Itomainc et qur ie tieus la doctriao qu'flli' a tcuui: ct ticut aoiiz rohcisaauco (In iiostrc saiuct pcre le I'upc. Dctctaiit tmitcs doclriaes contrairca Ii iccllc, si coinme dcs Luthcricns, dcs C'aliiinistos dcs Analiaptistcs ct da toua autrcs Ilcrctiqucs cl scctuiics, ct c|u' culaut (pi'cu nioy scni ic iii'oppoacniy el coutruiruray a iccllcs, ninsi quo m'aide Dieu et tous Ics saincta. " Art. iij. Laqiiollc profcssiun dc foy sera rcnouvcllce chacuii an par lea orticicr.a pcrinancus, siguammcnt lea priiicipaux. • • • • "Art. iiij. Auasy ordnuaona que tous Libraircs, Iiiiprimcurs, Maistrcs ct Maistrcssca d'cscoUca Latiiica, ou autrcs, sans iiulz exccptcr fcrot sciuljlalilc profession do lour foy ea inaius dc I'Eacholasti-e ca lieux ou y a Eacolatre, ct ou point, cs mains des Archprestres ou I)oycn, do elircsticntc, saiif que lea maistres d'escollcs Latiiica so fcront scloii la forme [iicscritte par la biillc dc fu nostro sainct I'crc le I'apc Pius quartus. Kt doiit sera tcnu note par tous Ics susdict/S." Tiie proclamation proceeds to lay down reguhitions. v — viii. For the better observ- ance of tlie Sabbath and Saints' days by all classes, proliibiting secular cinploymeiits. ix. Against irregular baptisms by sage feinmes. x. Against alienation of their property by ecclesiastics from the cliurcli to their own relatives juir on 11: (IfinenreiU im- proiiiiens, sijnammcnt cii leiir vlellassc. xj. l''or tlic better niaintenaiiee of the rural clergy and repair of cliurchcs. xv. For schools. Et a ec que les dittea escotlcs soicnt bciu frcquentce (ils) auront a fairc; eonstraindrc Ics cnfans seniiteurs ct scruaiitcs d'allcr ausdiclos e.si'olles en puiiissant les parens maistres ou niaistresses, qui ne peront dcuoir d'enuoycr Icurdicts enfaiis, seruitcnrs et seruautcs ayans besoins (['instruction. xvji. For preservation of the rights of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and .«o on to the number of xxv articles. The profession of faith required to be made is given at length in French and Flemish. I transcribe a jiortiou as a specimen of the mother tongue of our ancestor : — fP^ ..isi6# i|i t* i ii i H!,i:l Ea'-V 6 ^0 iNTiinnrnrnv. Jo X criiv (Ic feniic foy ct cufesse tons ct diccims :ir(iclcs cutenus an syinbole de la f(iy (In (iiicl vse la Siiinrle Kglise Roinnine, a scauoir. If. C'roY en Ditn Ic Pere tout puissant CrcaldM- (In M ct du la tcrrc et ile tonti's cliosus vijil)' ■ et invisibles. Et cu \m souneniin fei^'nl'n^ lesn Christ filz vni- qne de Dicn eni^cndic' dii Perc aninit tontz les sieeles, Dien de Dien Lundere del.nmiei-e vray ])ieu de vniy Dien. Kiigendrc non pas Cree. Consnbstantiel an Pere par lequel t(nites elioses ont este erees. lek N met cen vast ;^eloone, gelooue ende lielijde, alle die dinglien ende elck bysonder die begrepen zijn in Syndjolum des glie- loofs, liet welekc ghebvnyekt die lieyliglie Iiooniselie kireke, te weleii lek gheloone tn ernen (iod Vader alniaclilieli nniker dea Kernels ende Gertryer, van alle sienlijeke ende onsienlijeke dinglien. Ende in ernen lleeve Jesuni Cliristuni, den eeniginn glieboken sone Godts eiule gliebozen \vt den Vater voov alle eenwiebeden. (jodt van Godt,lielit van light, waeraehlieh (iodt van waerachticli Godt Glieboren ende iJct glieniaeet, va, ceiuler wesen met ilen Vader deiir wien alle dinglien gemaeet zijn. After tlius recitinir the Apostles' Creed, it proceeds: le rc<;()y et einbiasse tres finnemet les ti'adilions .\piist(ilie(|nes ct eeelesiaslieiiues, ct tontes anltres vsances ordonnances de la inesme Egliae. Seniblableinent i'admeetz la Baincte ]Oscrit\ire selon le sens qu'at tenu et tient la saincte mere Eglise a laipielle ajipartiet de ingcr dii vray sens et interpreta- tion des Sainelz ICseritnres ct ne la pvedray n'y exposeray ianiais (pie selun rvnauiime eunsentciiient des Peres. D'auaiitage ie con- fesse qii'il y at sept vraiement et propremeiit sacranirs de la nonclle loy institnez par nostre Seigneur lesn Christ et necessaires (cobie quo no pas tons a vn cliaeun) pour le salut dii genre huinaiii. J'einbrasse ct recoy tout ee qn'nt este deeis et deelare au sainet sacre concil do Trcnte dii pccheorigeni.,et dc la jiistilieation. Je eoiifesse ]iarcillcment qu'en la sainet messe en oirre a Diciv vn vray, propre, ct pro- pitiatoire sacrifice pour les vinas ct les lek late ooc vastclije toe en omhclse die Apostolijeke ende kerekclijelic traditieii, en nlle aiidcre onderliondingcn ende ordinantien der selver kerekc Item soo acniieerde ic die hcyliglie Scliriftucre, naer den sin die oiise moeder die lieylige kerekc tot noeli toe geliouden lieeft en nocli lioudt, wie toevc- lioort te oodeelcn van di'n waerachtiglien sin ende wtlegghinglie dc heylighcr sehrif- tuereii, en ick sal die soee nimmcnnecr nemen oft wtlegglien, dan neer het ced rachticli aecoort der Vaderen. lek bclijdc oot (latter zijn seiicn waeraehtelije ende eygentlije sacranicnten das nicuwc wets, van Jesu Cliristo dii sen lieere inghestelt, en noot sakdijeke tot de salielieyt des niciische- ligcr glieslachte al en is ciek Sacrament cen vcgelijs mensche niet nootsakelije, te wecten, Ooc acniicerdn icli ende ontfange alle t'gheno ende clc bysonder dat t lieylicli concilie van Trcnte van der erf sone ende van deriehtiieerdicli niakinghc, boor wijfdom wtghcglienen ende verdaert hecfl Doorles soo bclijdc ic dat in die masse Godt glicoffert wort voor leuende ende dooilc, cen wacracii- _ J 0; 6 ^ J cXi^ h_ 6 cXTy t 6 W (T y^ \j^. ^-"1 "SIE. r'u-ij iXTltonrcTloV. Olio, p;olooiie cmle iile elck bjsoiuler iiljolum (les glie- fckt (lie liovlidie I Ick ghclooiie tii litifli iiiiiki'i' (lu3 an alio sicnlijcke Endc ill ernen , (leu I'diiglicu gkt'ljDZI'll \Vt (ll'll (l(ii. Godt vim nclilioli Ciodt van oren eiide iJct II met di;n Vader lacct zijii. li-cspnsscz et qu'eu ee saiiict sacrament de reucliaristie et vraynieiit realemOt ct sub- sfautiellemeiit Ic corps tt Ic sang anec raiiic ct la diiiiiiiti; de iiostrc Seigneur Jesu Christ. S;c. &c. &c. tiel), eyglien, eiide vorsoeueiulc sacrificie : ende dat int lieylichste Sacraiuent des Outaers is waeraelitelije in weseu ciide nature t'lieliaem elide t'Mciet t'samcu met de siele ende Uodllieyt oils lleereii Jesu Cliristi. Sco. Sic. S;c. Sec 743r)-7-t;!G. Acta et decreta Sviiodi diiceesaiia' eameracciisis eelelirata' auiio liedeiiip- toris uostri Jesu Cliristi MDL. niense Oct. Ed. Parisii-, l.")51. A Ijcautiful copy on velliiiii, formerly the property of the Prince .\rchbisliop llobert de Croy, emblaioiicil willi 13 coals of arms and his motto, .v Jamais Ckoy. '.") )e en omhelso die eke traditicii, en ende ordiuantieu iicnuecrde ie die Jen sin die ouse e tot iioeh toe oudt, wie toevc- 11 waeraehtighen heyligher sehrif- oee uiminermcer 1 neer liet eed ■cii. Ick belijile leraclitelije ende is iiieuwe wets, [■re iughestclt, eu eyt (les meiisclie- k tiacrainent ecu ikelije, te weeteii, c ontfange idle ■r dat t heylicli '.r erf sono endc he, boor wijfilom liccfl Doorles soo ; Godt pheoffert lie, ecu wacracii- 6.. - ' 7427. Canoiiea ct Reercta Sacri Concilii proviucialis Camcracensis. 156.'). 7428. Synodiis Diocesana Camcracensis. 1.507. 7249. Concilium Provinciale Cameraceusi in oppido moiitis Ilannonia' (Mous). 15S6. If tlic result of the present enquiry is a dis-ippoiiitmcnt to some of tlic descenilaiits of Antlioiiie LoH'ioy, by postponing tlie date of his emigration to a period 1 1 years subsequent to Alv.^'s persecutions, it is in otiicr respects satisfactory, lie was either born a I'rotestant or became one. If the lirst, «c hiive only to carry back to bis parents, as yet unknown to us, the faithful and heroic struggle hitherto credited to him, in which ease his motto, MiT.tliE Si'Eiiyo, becomes a true expression of bis constancy in adhering to their principles; and if the latter, he did not the less sacri- fice fortune and country, friends and kindred, althongh the reign of the liiquisition was over and the rack and stake had lost their terrors. In any case he lived through that terrible time which jirecedcd the cession of Cambrai to the Duke i'-iicnijou in 1078, and his soul must have been early tempered to that iron detcrminalion sustained by Divine grace, by which the Huguenots foiled "the Gates of Hell" and aided our own Reformers in cslablishing for ever the "open Uook " we now, but not thankfully enough, enjoy. Camukay lies so much out of the usual lines of (ravel at the present day, that I am tempted to conclude this Introduction with a few words on the present condition of ^l?\i m^^m'^ :ife. ^m^. INTIIODUCTION". IW f cXaS 'T'Inm tlinl citv. We a.'k in vain fui' ilii' (',iinl)i'ay of Cluirlcs V. and riiilip TF. Of tlio tea ;iiicii'nl clmrclics — S. Gciiriti', 1.11 Mii;;(liil:iinc, S. Si'|iiilciv, S. Nirliolas, S. (ilTV, S. Croix, S. Mni-liii, S. AuliiTl, NoTiir. Dame, S. Fraiicois, HI" not one remains. The Catlicdral was razed to tlic f,'roiind in 1793, and its site is occupied bv a public garden. Of tlie Arciiicpiscopal I'alacc once occupied by Feiielon we ilnd only a dilajjidated gateway. A portion of the cast wall of an old chnrcli of S. Cit'rv remains in the street of that name, as the inclosurc of a coal merchant's yard, and we were told of the shell of another church now a hay or forage store, but were unable to discover it. The modern church of S. Sepulcro, which is in a heavy renaissance style, was destroyed by lire not long since, and is now being handsomely restored. We were unable to sec the tomb of Fenelon or the picture attributed to S. Luke, which were its attractions. The modern church of S. Ot'ry is a very lino building, dating from the early part of the present century, near the. site of the former Cathedral of Notre Dam", and the Church of S, Aubcrt. It contains a series of large pictures of more than usual excellence, especially one by Scnsec, 1771, of the 15. Virgin presented in the Temple by her parents; An entombment, said to be by Reubens; Demanding the Tribute Money, by Wampe, 174t; an Assumption, with the serpent under the Virgin's feet, according to the usual Romish corruption of Genesis iii. 15, and many more. But the finest object in the church is a very beautiful marble coniposition at the west end, under the great organ. This fine piece of sculpture consists of an arcade of three arches supporting a gallery, of vihich the face is divided into six ])anels, each containing a composition in while marble — C->^ Christ cnslini; out n Pcvil. TI\o iiiirai'le of Cnnn. The raisiiij; of Lazarus. Letting down the Pamlvtic tliroiigli the roof, ('hrist stilling the waves. Sonic inoilcrii le;;cnd. These are richly framed in pnncllings of coloured marble divided by three small nilliu's ninl three statues — W^ m INTIiOniTrlON. xli r. Of the ten ami its site is icd In- Femlon 1 old cluircli of ercliniit's yard, itorc, but were is in a jicavy ig handsomely attributed to ' is a very lino hhe site of the )ntaiTis a series nsee, 1771, of )nibment, said |)c, 1711; an to the usual hicst object in nder the great lies supporting a composition rougli the roof. im CXj", i^tJ The spaiidrils and other spaees are filled in with einrpie cento foliage, ainoretti and fanciful devices. Tlie whole has a frontage of about 10 feet, and stands pc ' ips 21) feet higli; it is in a good state of preservation, and it may be compared in merit witli the most beautiful carvings in tlie churches of Antwerp. The church is almost entirely destitute of monuments; it is needless to say that the tomb of tlie Canon du Quesue referred to at ]>. 15 is not here; hut there are two, which mii>t have been saved from some earlier structure, and one of those had just been brought to light at the time of our visit (1st April IStiS) behind some panelling in the N. transept. There seemed to be no intention of rc-erectirig it, and whrii we saw it last it was in a small court of the Sacristy, under the drip of a roof which w ill very soon ruin it. 1 therefore transcribe the inscription : — " Ici repose le corps ile Mcssiic Ie.vn de l\ SIotte en son viuaiit Cheuulier Bnron d'llaui'iiicourt Seigneur de Difqiie, de (iovy en Artois, de In liouucrie, de Salteurs et AValspeet, &:e. Capilaiue Lieutenant d'uiie Compagnie d'liouiiiies il'nniies u service de Sa Miijeste Cutholicpic, lequel u fonde en pcrpetiutd vno uiesse tuns les vendreilis laqvelle se doit dire par un des Jlcssicui's de ectte .Vbbaye. 11 mouiit I'an li;l2 agi' de jT aas. " ^ rW m 'ontcicci til 'J/uce, There arc sixteen shields of arms round the margin of the slab, viz. Deliniiolte, I'rexot, De vie, l>e Menin, llavdion, CoTTUKI,, T.iinnov, |)v|)ie. The otller sliiiie is lo- ]1» Hiciiveq, ('oe(|Ml. Com- IViidie, Alni^cli, I)avM|iie, (■lielldM, JyC I'icvost, CauUneoui'l, llnnncralile lloninK^ .lean llenvi lievoii Kelievin de cette ville di'ei'de le 27 I'd). M'l^l, Bgi: dc 37 nns, It was uUo in a depository of hniibcr. BO 1< .-N<5 J>»< vJW(: j.>v<>-N^iJM: i I II Ea'-? ;c>^r:cj/^^^>^:;y>' j^ljj INTItODUCriON. Tlic oconpnlion of C-Mnhny by tlii' IJritisli in ISIS is well n'meiiib.icil, and romem- Ik'toI Willi fVrliiii:s of kiiidiKss; witness tlic follo«ing ext met from ii bmrliure by M. JcMii Paul I'abir, p-.iiildMiiin for Ibc unliable anil karncd arclueokigist of (bit town, ]\l. l.ilVbvrc. lie i" describing tlio arrangements existing at difl'erent periods of bistorv in Caml.'riiv for llic promotion of music, wliitli is now much cultivated tliere : — "On pent duiic iinirmer (1110 drpiiis IfiOS. C'limlinii u'a jiiinius etc eoinpI(''lcmciit scvro do la plus luilverselleineut goatee, parce qu'ello est la plus piussaute, des jouisbauces (jue procure la inusiiiue. "Nous u'en n'avniis ineiiie pas etc prlves de 1815 a ISIS, Iriste souvenir! pendant rcH'inipatioii t'traiiirere. " Car, d;iii3 la vue d'etre ngrenbles ii leurs botes forces, lea cliefs des reiiiments anglais e,\ ■■•arMisou a taniluai, faisaieut exeeuter cbatpie diinanelie pendant la belle saison, a deux pas du kin^cpie du jaidlii aetuel vis-ri-vis Ic grand esealicr de la rue St-,Tenn, tons les luorccaux (111 rrpcrtoiie de leiir? uiusiques respeelives ou figurnient eu premiere ligue Ir Coi/ sure the ,':iiiff et I'air caiiiliresieii eu graude vogue alors ; J'ai j)erdit mill hi, cha iii'faU du ma, presipic aussi spiritucl que rieil qui remiie. " Nous ne faisous aucuue dillieulle de I'avoucr, ear les ties-peu farouelics enfants d'Alliion se sout adiuirableiueut conduits cliez nous duraut kiir njne, ces concerts en pleiu air elaieut aiissi suivis tpie eeux d'aujoiirdluii. "Ce (pii eoiilribuait ii atlircr la foule, c'etait la prneiiee de plusieurs negres et d'iudicns ail eosluiuc pitloresipic, auxiliaires des artistes propieuient dits, dont ils attenuaient les di^5onallccs parfois eouiproinettaiites, a I'aidc des eliapcaux cliinois, de ejiubales et autres iu.-truiiienls de peieussiou dout ihjoKtiicnt a ravir. " Apres les depart de nos amis les emieniis, un corps de nnisicpie a pen ]ires niiiuieipal flit elabli et pourvu d'un Hiiifonue sjileudide, prnpre a liii lurnieltre de li^urer avee alat eu tete de la garde civlquc alors en grandc faveur. 11 y eut quelques laeunes daus ses etals dc serv ices, laeiiues causres par des tirailleuieuls oti raniour-propre et un sentiment eongi'nere avaieut plus de jmrt ([ue la jiolilicpie: ear il n'y a guere que 3000 aus, que llesiodc I'a constate : J.e jiolicr jioric eiific an jiolivr, Ic miisim'u an musicien." Caiubray enjoys one of those institutions which are among the noblest .e liievements of nuiilern rreneb civilization, a Coinmunale or Public Library, open at certain lionrs to all the world, well catalogued, presided over by a karncd luiil courteous librarian; 1 '^c-y^'-^K''- INTIiOra'CTION. xliii I'i'il, and remem- ii Ijiucliure by ;ist of (Ik; town, urcnt periods of nucli cultivated ipli'lcnient sevrc s jouissauccs (jue 5iivenii' ! pendant incnts anglais en lison, a deux pas ons les niorceaux Cor/ sure the ling (111 ma, prcs(i'ie enfants d'Albion 1 Jileiu air elaicnt gres ct d'indicns I altenuaicnt les lubales et nutres 1 pres mnnieipal ignrer avec eclat es dans ses etals inient eongrnero pic lleaiddc I'll I iiejiirvemcnts ■ certain lumrs !ous librarian; '\."i rieli in rare books and manuscripts, and with every arraii^'mient inaile to facilitate tlie studies of those who desire to I, ike advantaj,'o of their resources. I liave personally, and as a total stranger, availed myself of them in Paris, Valeiieieniies, Caiiibray, Amiens, liouloane, and imagine from this experience that they are to be foniid at nearlv all large towns. In each case I have finind [lersoii-^ of all ages, and sometimes of both sexes, silently sitting at desks provided for them, and pursuing their proper studies in the midst of that calm atmosphere and seclusion from distracting sights or sounds, which make a great library second only to a great church in its silent inlluence. On the day of my first visit, the governing conimittee was ci snince, and the iniblic not admitted, nevertheless, on ex|)lanation, 1 was with the greali^t courtesy permitted to enter, and furnished with books I wanted at the council table itself. England may perhaps find some day a better use fur old iionks than to convert them into ])id|i by the ton, and a belter training than Mechanics' institnles for the more thoughtful and aspiring of her lower middh' classes. AVc spent a couple of hours with extreme pleasure at a Creche and Infant School or ^/a^A', conducted by tlieSueurs delaSagesse in the l!ue dela Cyuiie. It is in an old convent, and overlooked by another building formerly the quarter of Les I'auvres Clarisses. The Creche made n]) 20 cradles and cots, tln're were about 2.") cliildren nnder 3 years of age in it at the time, for each of wliom the parent ])ays lOe. per day ill winter, and 15c. in sunnner. The price in w inter is lowered in consideiale kindness to the poor. They are taken care of from a.m. to 8 p.m., in which lime they receive •!• meals. I cannot exaggerate ll perfect order and cleanliness thai prevailed; eacli bed with its snow-white curtains and coverlet, tlii^ weil-slocked armoire of clothes, the arrangement of the ainiiseinents of the children, or the sweet benignity and gentleness of the sister, who explained to us, with delight, all her little arrangements. Slic was assisted by two nurses who receive alidut tXt francs a \ ear each, without board. Her own labours were of emirse the hdioiirs of a life of devotion, looking for no payment here; and if the image of the lilessed Virgin, which occnpied a large niche in the garden, syinbo!i/ed loo truly tlie course of some of her devotions, we eonl.l nol but believe thai lhe\ were heard beyond that spliere— She prayctli best who lovetli lie^t, All erentures p,md ami siiimII, I'nr llie iliar (iod who lovrih ii<, lie niailc and loveth idl. illSi M r'slnMCfiauria: ArViCrArk t' i rvjr ; rv/r i rv. Nliv INTHnlllCTION. f^ ft-n) The iiifiiiit scluiiil was very iiiiirli liku otlit'l'S, oxci'pt in llir ^'nvit vivarilv witli wliicli tlic lessons wi'iv givoii, ami tli(Mli'via'3 to ciilivcii tlic children, one (if wliieli consists! in an aeconi|ianinii'nt by tiie mistress on a sort of castinct, when the children ;;..iitlie(l or san;:. The iiistriinenl was simply two wooden boards slii,'hlly liollowed and liin"ed toiret her with a little spring; lioldi' this in the left hand, s^he performed by the aetion of the lingers and gave the timc,^, , the irrn' of a tanibonr inajeurand the aeliiin of a ilachel. The ell'ect was capital, but this good sifter has al>o the '-.nv endowment of a very rieli and |)owerfnl voice, and was <'vidently a person of e\ce])- tiiinal eneVL'v. iShu had two assistants for abont 100 children of both sexes; one of them a lav person of tiio hnnibler class, the other a sister, a young creature of 17, very pr<'ltv,and also possessed of that great sweetness of expression, which tcstilies so plainly in many women of the religions orders in Komaii Catholic countries, as in spiritual life in Protestant lamls, to the sunicieney of the service of a ileaveidy master to irive peace ami satisfaction to the soul. There arc three .lij/Zi's in (,'ambrai, but only one Creche. We were told that miu'h misery exists at times among the poor, but inadequately met by all these benevolent arraugements. Tlure arc at present but few Protestants, who belong to the Consistory of l,illc. The present sous Prelet, M. le Conte d'llougendorp is one of them, and as this geutleniau is said to interest himself in the history of his co-religiouisis, we regretted not having time to make his acquaintance. It afterwards turned out that he is nearly related by marriage to a Scotch friend, who was actually on a visit to biin at flic time. So unex|iectedly do links of comieclion present themselves. The fortilleatious of Cambrai perhaps recall its history better than anything else that remains, and have undergone little change except that the broad wet ditches fed by the Schelt [Ek(IiiI) which formerly surrounded the south and west sides, have been drained on the xvest, and ari! now cultivated. The great ditch on ihc north, with its massive earthworks, remains as it has been for ages. It is much more like a Itoiuioi wiirk than one of modern fortilication ; the escarp ami counterscarp rise in nniuy places from the middle of the slope, and the crest of the parapet must have a com- mand of something like llHi feet. The north gate bears an inscription which we m t viviifity willi , 0111^ (if wliich L'li tlic children glilly hollowed she |icif()riiii'd Hir niiijciiriiiul s al.so the '■•■nv son of (Acoj). sexes ; ow (if •eatiire of 17, lich tcstilies so )untiies, as in L'aveidv master ;)ld that nincli so benevolent tory of l.ille, , and as this we regretted at he is nearly n at t)ie time. inythinir else ■t ditches fed OS, have been irtli, with its ike a Itoniau ise in many have a coni- un which wc :-^^ « JitiiJikyit^»&3iQr:'i'-o-'* .xrspt:j INTIIODICTIO.V. xlv could not read, and the date 'iCii'.i. Here the escarp on either side presents a very Iiietures(|ue feature in a number of external buttresses; and tiip iunnensc height of the bridge, combined with the long extent of rampart visil)le ; the redoubts, ravelins, countersuard ; the (piaint old Chemin (h' ronde, once paced, perhaps, liy the heroic llen('e d'Aniboise, and now a rope walk; the covered way and glacis, stretciiing out over many a rood ; all make a picture wliieli, to a military eye, is full of interest. The works have been much neglected, and in many places, especially in the counterscarp and gorges, the surface of the briekwoik was tumbling down in con- siderable masses, but I could not identify the site of the breach by which the Spaniards entered in 1.595. A litth^ restoration was going on in the Citadel, a work of Charles V. which still domineers over town and country, and some also at the lower end of the main fortilications, where some of the old semi-circular bastions were being rebuilt. The glacis however has been newly planted, the value of which is well appreciated by Kngiiieers, and on the whole it is still a respectable work of defence; easy to breach with modern artillery, but not easy to enter when breached, if respectably defended, as w ho can doid)t ? C'arpenticr's description of the men of Cambrai seems c(iually ajjplicable to its inhabitants at the present day, whose characteristics are rather Flemish than French. " Les liommcs (|iie cettc villo produit sont ordinnii-ement Jc belle taille, beaux, ct hlanes, ]niissans (^t roliustts, leurs courages no sont p.Ts nioin forts (pie leiu's corps. C'est uii peiiple d'uii natnrel ouvcrt ct ngn ;il>le, gmndtinent industricux, fort addonne au tratic, niais particidicrcnicnt nux ouvrag^^ dcs luajiis, et aux nieeliani(iues : le plus industricux, Ic plus rare ct le plus ndniirable de tons ses oiivrages est celny des Toillcs (ju'il pent fnire inissi fines et nussi desliiVs (|iic raraign('e fait la sieune, el ((lU' sunt Iropfuis plus precienses et plu.s clicres (jue la soye nicsiiie, eonniies de loutes Us nations sous le noui de Toilles dc C'nmbray." Under the name of Jiafish' this manufacture continues to be the special industry of the town. I ■ lit'' il ! m ^ '^i ■ ; iiiiiMii.j' TluTC is little to be nddcd to the foregoing notes and documents, except the evidence of tlic Registers of the Walloon Congregation of Canterbury, which are jireserved at the General Kegistry Ofllcc, Somerset House, under the heading, I'oKEiON CiluiicilKS, 28 ; of tiiese there are nine volumes, viz. : — 28. I— II. Dcntha, with a few baptisms and ninrringea. Date A. D. 1581 — 1629. III. Deaths 1030—1715. IV. I?ii])tisiii9 nnil inarrinfrca 1590 — 1002. V. liiiptisins and miuria^es lt>02 — 1021. VI. Hiip'isn's and mnriiiiges 1022 — IC+l. VII. Biiptianis and nianiages 1015 — 170+. VIII. (Svo. loose), llnnns and marriages 1045 — 1701. I.K. linptisms 1719—1837. X. tti\uu3 and marriages 1721 — 1717. The first of these No. I. II. is a tattered volume of about 42 pages, not numbered, which looks like a collection of stray leaves recovered from a larger book, they arc not consecutive in order of time or sidyect matter. The earliest date is 1581, and from thence to lOOS every year, or a portion of it, with the exception of 1584-89 inclusive, is to be found by patience .somewhere, but there is a gap from 1009 to 1022. The pages for 1623-4 are before tiie entries of death for 1596, a sample of the confusion of the volume. There arc very few deaths before 1590, when we find lea noms rle ccaux qui sort mort dentre lea edrangers refiKjh's eii Caiilorhnry flepuiit le mots de Fcvrkr 1590. AntoineLoffroy was deceased in February 1012 N.S., aiul tlie absence of any record of the years 1009, 1010, and 1611 probably accounts for the want of success which has attended the search for his death. It is probable enough also that his wife, of whom we know nothing except that she was living in October 1595, if she survived her luisbaiul, died before the register recommences in 1023. The various spellings of the name, due perhaps to illiterate yrefficn, have been faithfully followed in the following extracts, but some mistakes may have been made in the copying, much of the record being in the difficult German character of the 17th century, the ink very faint and nearly illegible. Those who arc curious for fuller information about these refjislers may consult The IIiolexots, by S. Smiles, 1867, by far the nu)st interei-ting and eoniiilete work that has appeared on the subject; also an article entitled "Curious old Registers at Somerset House," by Edward Whitaker, in " (iood Words," Nov. 1800. r X t£> ■ ">J ^ ^-0 ja-^ - K s 1 oDE ^KTj *i— 0^ /^rC aC3 "^^ I ir~\/ ^^."tO P w iL/<^ [rT^ T~\A r^~i K @ 1 @ © p m > tklJ rw^) 'Xll' — - -< tx^? WEmM except the Si/, , which are '^^ - le heaiiiiig, t'T^ii r^ T^^ srvi '.1 Extracts from Ri-glHen prcfcrved at the Gmmral Bfghtry Office, Siimer.ift Jlmiw, 18(!7. rxjrvx)y\y. INTEODUCTIOy. xlvii J.'iii. ^'7 ... ... 1028 1 Sept. 1 1 ... ... 1631 Nov. 13 ... Biiptizr llavid fiU d'Aiiloine Lnfl'roy nyaiit pour tesmoins Mclrtu: Williiim, Jacpica IVriii, I'lin'.iette do lloiie, Marjiiurite LVliiii. Baptize' rior. .! filz d' Aiitoiiio TiOirrov nyiiiit jioiir tesnioins Cliarlesdo Niimiiiiy.Cliai'lcs llarrot, I'oiiiiie feiume de Uaiiiul Spiniboiu'ij;, Mariu I'uinme dc, .lacpii's .Marliii. Baptize Marie tille d' Aiitoiiic LolFroy ayacit pour tesmoiin et Jacpies lioiiel, Catliariiie l)(;siiiare!i(|et I'cToiiu fpiiime (If Tiery [82]. Haptizir Marie tiile d'.Viiloiiie liOflVny !>yiint pour tcsnuMiis ,Iau iloiiore, .\iitoiiie dii Marcaiix, .\larie feinini' dr Miulicl Ic Fan, et la feiimu! de yiiarlcs de Ninmiay. [Ill] Marie fille d'Autoiiie Loirroy. Furent Maries dans I'eglizc Wallou do Caiiterlmry Isaie Loll'roy til/, de feu Aiitoiue iiatif di; Caiiibray et .Marie le Saj,'e tille de Pierre iiatif de Caiiterlmry. IViptizi'e Aiiiie tille d' Isaie Loll'roy ayaiit pour tesnioins David Loll'roy. Michel de Uoiidry, Marie le Sage, et C'lirestieiie Vaiicoiirt. Haptizi' Saninel lilz d'K-saie Lotrroy nyant pnur tesnioins \oe le Court, I'ierre le Sage, Marie: llaclie et .Marguerite Uuiiiiel. Maries, David Loll'roy lilz ir.\iitlioiiie Loll'ioy iiatit' de Canluibery et Marie du Beuf Idle de Jan, ans.• Baptized Israel y' son of James and Susan Lefroy. Parish Rei/inler, Jll Sahifi', from a eerlili"atfi siu'iieil Theodore Delafaye, Kcctor, April 13, 1'liS.— MS.at ICwsliott. 1715 Baptized Lucy dnugliter of Tbomas and I'licebe Lefroy, i4. 1717 Apr. 28 ... ■ ■• Baptized James son of James and Susan Lefroy, it,. 1717 Slay 19 ... ... Baptized Henry son of Thomas and I'hcube Lcfroy, I'i. • Deloraere. De La Slarr. La Marres, a place I rWest daughter of Anno do ITano, of iho Parish of nonr Cnen, notl.inj; to do with la mcr. (Rev. A. I Huly Cross, Westgatc, near and without the wtill!« of Dolnmero, Juno 1867). tho city uf Cantcrhury, in the 'uid county of K. m, t She 19 described in her marringo settlements as widow. iNTDOPrrTiov. Ill I i|l"lr,i Further noli' mi //w /Inim of t/ic FiimUy. Since pngo xxii wns printed off, an opportunity lias born nfTordcd nic of i xamininj,' llio peak on a number of ori(,'inal documents, tiic result of wliich is sulTicientiy interesting to be here appended : — 1702. The seal on James LclTioy's will (p. 20) is too imich defaced to lie read, even with the aid of a magnifying glass. 1713. The seal on Israel LcfTroy's will is a Lion rampant of rude execution, and wc meet with it again on a Hcleaso signed at Leghorn by Anthony Lefroy in 1742. It was therefore a family seal, and may give a clue to some of the earlier connections on the female side. 1717. The seal on James LcfTroy's will (ii) is a Cupid astride on a swine, apparently an anticpie. There is the mark of a seal on his widow's will of the same year, but it has come off. 1723. The arms en the monument of Thomas Lefroy in Pclham church are as engraved at p. 25. 1712. The Release above referred to, is also executed by Lucy Lefroy at Canterbury; she seals with a dcmi-wyvern. 1761. The will of Pha'be Lefroy (p. 26) is sealed with a coat of arms, the shield is broken away, the crest is a Hand grasping a fish. 1704. The will of James Lefroy (iii) is sealed with a dcmi-wyvern, as is that of his widow Mary, dated the folloiving year. The use of the same arms by both branches of the family carries them back at least to Israel their common ancestor, as there appears to have been an absence of friendly intercourse between them, due to the elder son by the first marriage having been disinherited in favour of the elder son by the second (p. xi) ; and it is quite certain that if either branch had then for the first time adopted the present arms, they would not have been adopted by the other. Having thus traced the arms to Israel LelTroy, who was bom 1650-1660, wc may feci assured that they are those of the first emigrant Antoine, who died about 1610. There is an additional guarantee for this in the fact that the father of Israel, Jacques or James Lcfl"roy, born 1625, survived to 1702, hk father was born at Cambray, and his authority on such a point would be conclusive. 1781 The arms on Lucy Lefroy's tomb in Petham church are the same as those on her father's tomb, which is next to it ; but arranged in the form of a lozenge, as proper to a maiden lady. K l*Ki)ionF,i; li, iK-ins t!io ^nmc as A, |). \vi, wiili .iiMitiuiii mu AmnoiXB Lofpbot = A Lady of Iho I.. l.JW, m, about 1585, rnnir? to Kngland prnhalily in 1587, rf. before 1611. F«milj of Vv UOOBH or DB HoBNEfl, liring in 1505. I'erhapa Marie dc Homes. See p. 103. Aniif 1.. - Jiupti'S C'lirun. lli-jaiz-.! j Oft. II- 1)112, IV, .lat;. 31, Itial. I Sniiiui'l I,. liiipli/t'd Peb. 18, lUUI, N.S. iTnques, I'aptiziul TlnmiHs Lcffroy, liis Ti'SiHoin. IsiiiL' LoH'niy fj. ut Caiiibrny, >». ■-■1 Feb. Itlia, N..S. KstlllT, ]tnp1i/f() Apr. 1(1, ItllO, (1) Marie lo Siii;.', daij^bter of deceased Peter le Sage, of Canterburv, ((.Mar. 21, 1(113, \.S. (J) Martha Martin, May a, ItlM. David Lolfroy, = 6. at Canterbury, ' Nov. 15IH), ffl. Dee. (1, ItllO, lU'Iievinl to liavo settled at Kotterdain. Marie du llieuf. Anno, I: 11)18. Marie, = Itaptizefi Dec. 25, 11)21. (I) .Taques Ii2, Will K. i). Nov. ,1. '723. Kliaabeth Leffroy = . . OldUold. Anthony Leffroy = b. Dec.lO, 1703, m. Feb. 27, I 1738, c(. .iiilv, 17, 1770, liill Jl. Elizabeth Langlois, llaptizeil MavO, 1720, rf. Nov. 30, 1782. >>'f >j/' >•«' Luev l.i'tfrov, '/. 1715. ■ rf. .lulv 17, 1781. tdiiniirriVrf. Other rliil'tfcn tliCil l/Ultltif, James Letfroy = Susan Ktberick. Baptized June 7, 1080, HI. Aug. 31, 1711, died before Feb. 1717, mil C. Jacob L. Baptized Jan. 18. 101)3, N.S. trirael Lefroy, Janies brfniy — Marv I'etiiian, d. Aug. 1(1, llu|ili/.il ,/". 1701, 1713. Apr. 2M717, Hiim. tn. rf. S.I'., 1701, mil F. Julia I'liieb.', I. Ml. i;;io, it. .Wg. 1730. I'IubIh. Klizabeth Letroy ^ IVmnt di'l Medico Stalfeti, ft. Mav 17U). m. Apr. 17117. rf. 1777. of (.'iinira. Tuscany. Sfe p. 1 Jhr thrir Detceadtintt^ Anlhonv I'eter Lefrov b. 1712, m. 1705, .(. Seiit. II, IHllI, Lieut. -Col. Olh Dragoons, 1785 to 1701. i Anne Gardiner, rf. 181'.'. if.r p. 2-07;.e ll„ir l)eirf,i.l,iiili. ITALIAX h'AVIUKS. inisn fAMlLlK^. inar tlip siimc. as A, p. xvi, with .(dditiuui aiul corrcrtiuiis from rcrcnt research. AnTnoixE I.orpBOT - A Lady of tUo I,. 13H1. m, about IbSo, pami? to Kngland prnhal'Iy in 1,)S7, rf. licforo 1011. Family of Du UOOBX or i>B noRXBS, living in 15i).j, rcrhapg Marie de Hurnos. S« p. 103. David LoHror, 6. at Cantorbury, Nov. 16110, m. Dec. tl, ItllO, Uclievcd til liavo settli'd at Kottcrdam. Mario du Jliruf. I'iorri' Lotfroy, llaptizod Not. 1, 151)2. Anne, '.. 1019. Jaiiucs l/oilroy, = (i) MarjuiTito I'igdcu, Itantizi'fi 17 July, lO'-'S, «i. (1) 2 Oct. 11117, d. Nov. 12, 1702. hill A. of Subon. Kliznbi-lh Lolfmy, Itapti/i'd Jan. 27, 1028, N.S. (I) Mario Lotfroy, Haptiziil Aug. 20, 1591. (!) Jlario LoflVoy, Hiipli/cil Oct. II. isn,?. i. Mav 31, 1590. Jah.l 1,. llaptizt'd Not. 13, 1031. Ttiomaa Loifroy = Aouo — ^ lsait> I,Mirr.iy, Juann.> Lulfr-iy = Pi.-rr.' b» Due, Ilnpti/t>d Ittiph/i>et:'rn:l,inli. iSn p. 7 11 for llieir thaciiKhintt. IRlHll r.l.MlUKS. KXiU.l!i?v>, PS^ i MEm w- ■-. 5 m n:^3 ISTEODUCTIOV. ^>)->2;,* i'PTj'R^'i >5^;'-S/ 5 JM". 3J\ ■ilJS/lJjSOJMlXjVSx ■l'f=^'P^'r^'F^'P^»HV:X ' ■t 1 . J 1 '1 _ X"' * m P ^S^ISS Hill III ! '11 ^■■xj msmsmEEEmMSMmE^ -c>X-c>v-. [ 1 J Dcsccndauts of AXTOINE L'OrFUOY, living 1st Jan\ 18G7. [Tlio names ^fpcrsous deceased arc added in italica to coniplcto tbo linVa of connection] , Beicemlcil from I'/nric I.efmj, b 1710, rf-baplhcd Cecilia on adhilst.tinn to the C/iiiir/i (if Riimc, in. // Siynoi Coiite Cartu del Medico ii/iij'ct/i of Cunurti, Jj,ii/ iO, i7U7, d.-li'^iid 1777. jl'iJrea SlJohi Aiilliony Francis Peter, Count del Medico Sloffelti, b.l70S. Eli:»Lcllia Maria Xleanora Conteasa del Jledieo, h. 17C9j m. Sii/iior l',irii:;o of Genoa. Miirta Anna Luuina, u. 1771. Francis Anthony Hlqihen Philippo Maria, b. 1773. Georoc Gtivtauo Charles Liilgi Maria, h. 1776, and tiro others vho died IJOIUKJ. AXDIIKA C'dlNT DEL JIkDICO S tAF Fi:!']!, I. Ilbollt lSO->, «l. liniiiiiia iii'e I'liiicusse I'iu tie Jjino^e. l'"rmicis, li. tibout 1S53. Hercules. Julius. Augusta. Aniiii Wiiriii. ; jpntj ?p^»p7tjf : V;^'^?r^'T-iJi^ .1 i !'t ill liihi \i I ^0 ^ I 2£22SSMEES2S^SMS®^ 31 3:.' 3:! 31 35 3r> 37 38 ^/\J 39 s •10 ^ 41 0^ •43 <;VC 43 8 44 C\3 ■15 P^ 46 O-T^ BGji 47 ^ 4S •yrf 49 ^Vs 50 Ann Mary Hon. Jane CHANAN of HOT, uniitt*. izubulh J. S. A. d. of 'riKJhiiis Lmiglois lliigli. lluuli Au^nslin, 45lli Ili:j;iuicnt. Antliony William Iliiinon. Cliin'lcs K(1h;' Allnd ll.iiry. .Murgiiivt Kvcrina. Mnvy (ieorninii. Milltceiit, tliei/ Minc/i, 1^04. (Inire lOlizalielli. Frances Anna. Itev. JfllVy Lcfniy, licclor of Ai;liaderi;, Knral Dean, l>. I'^OO, M. llc'lina Tveneli, 1S14. Thomas Clunlos IVrcival, rreilericli Antlmny. Ji'lViy Aillnn-. li^orgc Alfred. * Francis Paul. Edward Heallieote. Helena Mary. Mary Frances. George Tliompson Lefroy, 4. 1811. Jane Lefroy. Anne Lefroy. Mniy Lefroy. m^m:^^^:^:^:^:^:^^£^:^:mm:s '^■f^'n^ 5:X ^1 nmi iM.k \ ',i '■ ' ''%n ";l n Juliii Wliitliill, „(. UoiiKiiT I'owEi.i,, Ks((., Jim. 1SC5. Itlmii'hc Whltlull. Tlimiiiis K. I'lvMon I.clVny, //. Aiiijust l;t, 1815, m. (I) .liiiin Jcinima lijroi), Sciituiiibfi' y, l8+(i ; she :=iH Jib^jbidiL 70 77 78 79 80 SI 83 84 [ 4 ] Ciiptain (1807) Bonjamin Lefroy, late Royal Artillery, i. 17S3, resigned his Coiiiiiiissidii, 10 August, ISll. m. I. JUari/aret Savage, slic d. July, 1815. II. 7,0 A«-e, 1818. IIL Telford. I. Arilliony George Lefroy (U. Caunda), m. Elizabeth Ann Dampier. William Langlois, b. July 23, IS61. Anthony Aylnier Bowycr, b. Feb. 22, 1863. II. llcniy Lefroy (Xlelbourne), b. TliDinas Langlois Lefroy, wi. Elizabeth, widow of C. G. Ashley, Esq., A|iril, ISIii. George Lefroy (T. Canada), in. I'liajbe Baldwin, Oetober 20, 1857. Erne«t lialdwin, h. Keb. 20, 1801. llinol,! liahlwin, i. Jan. U, 1803. Benjamin St George, b. June 2, 1805. Catherine Isabella. Benjamin L'.froy, Coinniander, 11. X., »«. D, .M'Grath of Guernsey. Eleanor Kate. Blanche Lney. Frances Mary. Eva Margaret Isabella. Amy (jeorgiana. Vlnirnee Sarah Minnie. JIary Jane Lefroy. Kiillierine LelViiy, w. of — MiNiMllN, Esij., no issue, Fanny L<'lVoy. Lucy, ir. of KdllKRT TlUHKTT, Ls(|. Uobcrl Tnrlielt, //. .May, ISOt. Benjamin Liuiglois Tnrbett. IIL Uichard Telford Lefroy. b. Bobert Tellord Lc I'riiy, 'JTth Ueginnnt. \Yilliani Kdivard Lefroy, Caiitain, 2nd Royal Lanark Militia. Isabella Lefroy. lot (7ii-!«/oj,/iir liffioi/ b. I7S1., k. on kmrj llJf.S. Suns Fhiiru:n, 30 iiuiin, ill iirliiiii mill llif I'xi/clir, l.'J//; Fi'brii'iri/, 1805, a midsh'qiman. See James' Naval History, Vol. IV. p. 170. ST Tmwm^ iiSS:(:^;5:Cl lar^jCsaiwrrsr iillil ; •i I II Hi ! llSNi I ) .|l,!*^ 105 Rev. II. Lcfroy, Vicai of Snntry, Pul)liii, Riiriil Dcnn, i. 1789, m. Borotfica '(/Gi-adi/, ilauglitcr of 'IkeO'Ckady of KilballjoHfii, 1814. 106 Anthony 0'(irn(ly Lcfroy (\V. Austu.lin), w. Mavy l?nice d. of Lt.-Col. linicc, late IStli Iffgt., Staff Off. Pensioners, 1853. 107 Henry liniee. 108 Anthony Laiiglois O'Clviiily. 109 Mary. 110 Dorothea .lane. 111 Emily Elizabeth. 112 Gerald Ue Conrcy LelVoy (sometime of \V. Anstralin), m. 18,52. aI? 113 Henry Maunstllc LelVoy, m. Ellen Sh.nc, 1S60 114 Henry. 115 Dorothea. lie Eliza l.efroy. 117 Anne Lefroy, widow of J.\Mns S'-JiiN, Esq. w. 118 Itobert William Stein. 3 120 James Ed^jni Jiteiii. /3. 131 Dorothea .\le\ina D'Grady Stein. /vJ 122 Anna .Xdeliiie Stein. ^ 12 ;i Ea\iiiia .Mary Slein. g 121 Mary l.efroy. 0^ 125 Dorothea Lefroy. y^ri, 1~'' J''i''i/ l'iji'"!Js '"• ili'ijli ll;/rcK Ji(il,-i'r, l'!ii{. 180 127 128 129 Kev. llniili Lefioy llaker, JI.A , tii. Syhella Moekler Graves, Deeendier, lS;ii. Kev. Hu^h Hyves Baker, m. Eraiiees Einineline Cornish, June, 18117. Sydney Haker. -i l!ii> Vhaelic Ltfroy, m. Rii/iurd JiitUer, Esq, i»r-^»?^«H^'H^«i=^»i=>?S'P^ri=^fp^»p-H»r^'P^»P^»F^ mmr" iffTKfsrXi' 'iM ^:m V-'K^ •-t>^:x»^^:c>^p<:>^^xa:x^.y :^4bL^at3-r'i= ^^ fl hor 4 "-v-r:? •- rk-rr d [ 6 ] i:n Siiivf hfi-on, in. CyjA///; /tf«y;/« Cmrkmvj, 1799, she f/. 1836. 133 Joseph Conrtcnay, d. 133 Kcv. Aiitlioiiy LelVoy Courtciiay, ni. — Liiidesay. 131 'Xhomai Conrlenai/, m. Jane Caroline Jlorris, rf. Feb. i864. J 35 T/ioiiin-i, lale Eimi/ii 23n! l!i''jt. d. Dec. i, 1S84-, in India. l;j,j Gcoi-','e Chris. OMlielil Conrtcnay. ■"" 137 Kcginalcl Courlcnay, Utli Itegt. 138 Arlhnr Conilenay. I31J Frederick Courtenny. 140 liniily Conrlenay. VH James Conrlenay, in. Jlarlha I'ox, .Vpril, 1859, 1 1.3 Thomas Paul Fox. I.l3 William Fox. 114 Susan I'ox. 1 15 Fmily Fox. l.i(i Alicia Conrtcncy, »«. — Holmes. I UT U,:,i L'i'ri'^, b. 17S0, m. lu.hard Sadlii-r, 1817. U8 U9 l.-)0 1,-1 1 l.'iS Aniliony Sadlier, m. Amie !Sa(lli( r, ui. Captain Hen.famin Newman, 13-tl. Heiijamiu Newman. IlenricUa Ne\viiu\n. Thouias Sadlier. l.j:i Aline l<'fr'\>/, '•. 17s7, in. Majm- Poirer. „,rr32siis'^ 'M SSSSj. li^'iir i« ' III. Dcncenihil from the Rci\ Isaac I'eler l m. Anne Jirydi/ea, 1778, d. 1S06. Ljin. "^r.A., h. 1715, 156 157 158 15!l IfiO Ifil 1G3 Litn/ Jemima Lrfrni/, h. 1779, d. llt!i March, 1863, m. Rev. II. like, isOl.wlion'.'Sopt. 18G0. Suraf Rice, h. June tSO'r, m. litv, T. Pocolas Hodgson, Miircli, 1S2S, (/. April, IS-JiS Doiinha nice, b. IVb. 1829, il. July, 1860. Siinili Jiniiiua Uicc, m. Kev. W. Kycott AUhtin, April 1856. Dougliis KvTOlt llnrtiii. Mary Wopliin Mnrtiu. Ellieldred :?iinih iilartiu. (atli.iriiif Lucy Martin. WraiHjr I'niuces Aiuv Martin. A-T I CI ^ lor, /v3 ICn ^ I'M /5 IfiS ^ ll!9 x3 i;i» S 171 s 173 ^ il 173 '■^^ ® 171 ^ 175 AtT 176 103 Henry John lli)(ij.'>on, Counnandfr K.N., h. Jlarcli 1, lS3i, m. Kiuuia Jane I'rycr, 1H07. ('Iirislojlicr ICdiciiril Uui/i/atm, h. .Sept. lS3i, d. Aul'. H38. KllieUlreil .lime JJoi/i/soii, h. Jinie, 1835, d. April, 1839. Chiirlex Frederick SI Uarbe lludijmti, b. Jan. 1836, d. Dec. 1^3fi. (icorai; K^i-rton liodf^soii, Captain Utii Rfgt., /(. March, 1837. Eleanor Man/ JIo(fyioii, 4. July, 1S3!<, rf. Ai)ril, 1804. w. GiBBES JoiiliA.v, Id). iHCii. Douglas Lntlcy Ji>nlaM, /;. .March ;.'i' l^fii. KIcanor Sarah Jordan. Christopher Allicrt Hodgson, //. April, 1841. Ji'cr. .J. II. (u'orje l.e/nu/ of Aslin, b. 17812, m. Saji/iia ChUrell, 1806, (/. \hi-i, Aw. (/. An.L'ust, 18(1:2. Anne Lclioy, m. John AFClintock, Ksii. of Urnmcnr, August 1829, Lord Lieut. Co. Louth. Charks Edward li'/rnii oi V.\\f,\\ol\,b. 1810,rf. 1801. m. Janet Walker, August, 1^45, she d. Ib58. Charles James Maxwell, b. Sept. \i, 1848. Clement George, b. t'eli. 20, 1850. h ,'1 ilifcl [ S ] 177 1S5 111 5 Fratice.i I'hn-he Irfroi/, h. 1811, d. Sept. 22, 1859, m. Geokue KEn'ELUV KicKAiiDs, Ks(|., August lsi2. Arthur Gcoriie Rickurils, A. May H, 1S48. Katliariuc Sophia Hickarils. Helen Frances Uickards. lulith Cordelia Hiekanls. Emily Mabel Kickarils. Laura Georgiua Uiekards. Jlev. Anthony Coltrell LeI'foy, M.A. ol' Crookhain, h. Aug. 1812, m. Anne liickuinn, April, 1S41. Mary Sophia. Lucy Sophia. AnIoniiKi. Graee. Sophia Anna LflVov, w. Kev. Eunest Il.tWKiNa, Canon of West- minster, ]!.!)., July, 1852. Brisadier-Genirnl .lohn Henry LelVoy,ll.A., E.R.S., b Jan. 1S17,»». (1) Kniiiy Jlerry Robinson, April 16, 1846, she d. 2Uth January, ISJ'J. Henry George LeIVoy. +4111 Kegt. b. Feb. 21, 1S47. A. II Frazer LeIVuy, h. June 21, 1832. Eniily .Mary Ij'l'roy. .like Muudr hfruy, b. June 1^50, d. Dee. 1, 1852. Augusta Maude LeI'roy. III. (2) Charlotte Anna Dundiis, d. of Lieut. -Cuhniel Thomas Diiudas of Fiugask, widow of Voloiiel .Irmhie Mountain, C.li., I'Silll. Henry .MiiXHcll Lefroy, of \V. Australia, b. Aug. 1818, m. Annette Hate, Novpudicr l^.'jli. George Anthony Collrell, b. Jan. 27, lS(iO. Charles Edward,//. .Nov. 1S«2. John Henry Maxwell, b. Dee. 3U, 18U5. .Xnni'llc I'.lizabcth. Luey lllatehforil Sophia. Ainia Theodora. Isabella Lefroy, m. Rev. Charles I'rederiek Sev.moiii, Ueelor of WinehRehl.'llants, Feb. 18,54. Charles Rcid Seymour, b. Feb. 6, 1855. Edward Huekncl Seymour, b. Mary .\inie Seymour. Agnes Isabella Seymour, »r. - s; .UUU. n I it u ii ii (.J ^ 212 ^3 213 ^ 214 M 215 ^11! ® 217 r^i S 218 219 *o^ 220 y » -JO 221 ^ir' 222 r -..< vrT|) 223 [ 9 ] 203 Her. B. Lmghns Lefroy, b. 1791, m. Anna Austen, Nov. ISli, il. August, 1S20. 209 Anna Jemima Ltfroy, m. (I) Tuomas E. Preston Lefkov, J. Oct. Is55. See nbovc No. 71. 210 Julia Ciissandra Lcfroy, m. (2) Geo. K. Bickahds, Esq. See above No. 177. 211 (is Lefroy, m. G. A. Slv.mkr Tekkv, Scjit, 1»17. LilHiinl i'ynicr 'liin, i. .Marcli .'), ISJ2. lleury Abired Tcny, A. July 1, 185.'i. Ltlit'lilrcd (ii'or^iana Ttrry. Caroliuc Luuisa 'IVivy. Aiuia Jciiiiina Ttin. ■if. 22'1 Tauny Cuciliue Li'lVoy. ' 'i'i &■ 225 22fi 227 228 229 230 l.ouisii Langlois Lcfroy, in. Ilev. SEi'iiMrs ]U;i.i.as, July 18)7. Margaret liellas. r.lizabetli Lucy Lcfmy. w/. Iicv. AiiTlli a P. I.ovkday, May 1S59. Arthur Phillip Lovcday, 4. Jnu. 2, ISOU. Charles lulwaril Loveday. Frances Charlotte Loveday. it-y I * ;! Ill Ab»p. ( unrlrrlv. Ul nncl Hrd. Virt, frrllv i>f S arp'iit, nn n dui'r of llio nooriid, a Cap .'.r l.iliiTly lirlwc™ t«ii M yvcrns i;ul''« f"' I.EFIinY. Tlio uvvorni nr 1 nu. *Jiiil anil 4lli. Az.. a clii'vrou or I'otv.-t'eu Ihrri' crescents, on a iliicl'lju., llirci' nmllcta arg. I'ur Lasuloib, p. lu. Chest. A (UMni-wyvcm (jnlt-s. UOTTO. Ml'IAKIi Bl'KUXO. The above sLielil impales Uoxdab of Fingask, sec .\o. 11)0, p. 8. Anthony Lkfuov, a native of Canteriiuiiy, l)m resident at Leoiiohn for lifty yenrs, wlio (lied in 177!), wiis the sole reiiresentativc of Antoine Loifkov of Camiiuay, one of tlic Ihigue- it or Walloon refugees of tlie 16tli century. He left two sons, founders respectively of tlie I nt Iiisli and English hranehes of this family, and from one or other of them arc descended all the fandliea and individuals whetlier in England, Ireland, Canada, or Australia, who are entitled to hear the name; a compleie census of these has been given in tlie ten preceding pages, and it is not known to the present writer that there ore any other families of llie same name. It has always been one of the most unusual names in Great Britain, and wlien met with, as it somctimis hut very rarely is, out of this connection, has always turned out to have been improperly assumed, or attributed in error. Thus so recently as Mnvcli, 1887, n laboiner of the name was reported in tlie papers to have been killed in a railway accident at D.iilford in Kent, but on eni|iiiry on the spot it turned out that no person of the name of Lefroy or any name at all approaching to it was injured on the occasion referred to. A still more unaecountabh' occurrence of it presented itself in the " St Louis Uemoerat," of September 1851, where the Sioux interi)reter at Port Laramie, Miss., was twice named as Lefroy lott. Whatever may lie the source of the name or of the mistake, in these instances, I'|:'11lh !« • '* 11 . -t [ 11 ] ami in one or two others, it stands ns the result of much enquiry that its legitimate cliiimauts arc restricted to the descemlaats of Autoiue Loll'roy of Canibray, and his repre- sentative Anthony I.cfroy of Canterbury and Leu'horn, above referred to. I have given at lenglli in the Iiitroduci'iu the documents which have come down to us respecting the first Hefugee. It appears impossible now to ascertain llie precise year of his emigration, or that of his death, all we know with certainty is that he had n son David born in Canterbury and baptized there 2ath Nov. 1590, iind that he was no longer living in February l(n2, l)cing referred to ns feu Aiito'uie at his son's marriage, lie was born in 1549 according to one pedigree, but this iniportant date is wanting in the other copies. There is, however, no reason to doubt its accuracy.* There arc considerable if not insuperable dillieultits in accepting so early a date ns that assigned by some of these documents for his euiigrathm, viz. 15fi9. In the first place he was married n year or two at leait before he left Cambray, and hail a son born there ; but he had children Ijorn in Canterbury in 15',l(), 15112, and l.'iUj. The interval between the eldest and youngest children of the same couple is very rarely so inueli as 28 years, (-j) There is a statement that " it appears by the Itegister Hook that haiah must have been in Canterbury upwards of 20 years before he married," this only dates his residence from 1590 or thereabouts, and would be extravagantly incorrect if he had resided there from 15C9. (3) Isaio himself had a daufshter born in Novendier lf)31. lie would have then been about 63 if he was born before l.'iO'J, an unusual age. The date 1587 which on several grounds I prefer, is attended with none of these difliculties, and is supported by some documentary evidence. The sole didiculty about it is its incompatibility with the tradition that the persecutions of the Duke of Alva were the "Use of Antoine Loffuoy's expatriation. Alva (piitted the Xetherlands, never to return, in 1573, but that terrible name would long survive in Huguenot families, and be associated with the whole system of religious persecution of which it was the symbol. 1 have shewn in the Introduction that it lasted in a mitigated but still intolerable form at Cambray to 15S7. Antoine may have ga?ed with the crowd when Alva, with the Prince of Orange, the Count Kgmont, and other grand seigneurs, rode through Cambray in 1559 on his way to Paris pour eipoiuer lajille ele France pour le Roy d'Enpat/ne. He must have well rcmendjcrcd that fiturmy banquet given to Egmont in the Citadel in January 15n5, which was the fust outbreak of revolt, although too young to have been lu'cseul ; and if we are correct in placing his emigration as late as 15S7, he lived through that Iteign of Terror in which eighteen thousand men perished at the hand-, of the executioner by Alvn's » Till' pnprr ill iiucfllion iR n copy niftile in onrly lift' I'v t'aiiliiiii It. L. Lofr.iv oi' Canlt'iitori, from one ill liiK luUirr's |ii>KM'ti8ii>n, anti it Iiiir iiiii>\piTliMlly tiiriii!.lii'o.I. Tlie (Ullhorilv ipioleil iH a VVilldiiteil lota, 'i'liis piiper ansi(;iii» tltc (late LiHT to the eriiiffrndon, anil reliiarki "iiiuliat yi'ur \\w Cup of LibiTlv niiil Iwii ^sYVll'nH were ailileil iloen not iip|H-ar. proimMy liy ftuiiie* inter* iiiurriaj^e, ami hu blazoned instead ut' Ix'iii^^ quartered. " lMSnSSS51IlS21SSSMs3 llhj, d: m i-> ]^M ■il^AHjrii'r. iibJit l-<-ll-»-l [ 12 ] orders, not counting n million of persons wlio were mnssnered liy his soldiers in llie towns and country, or those wlio iierislicd of fiiniiiie nnd misery in the woods. Canibrny, then held liv tlie I'rench, was besieged by the ])uke of rnruKi in 1581 nnd endured the worst liorrors of fiimine, from which it was (Ulivercd by llie Due d'Anjou, after which its citizens were left in coinparntivc security under the Government of lialagny, liusband of Kenc'c d'Amboisc, until its recapture by the Spaniards in 1595. We know that Antoixk Loffroy had found slieltcr under the broad .Kgis of Elizabeth some years before this event.* The tradition that his wife was a I'landerinc lady of the first quality, of the faudly of the uu Iloonxs, will be found in several documents (pioled in the Introduction, and 1 have given in Appendix the result of an exaudnation into the historical probability of such nu alliance. The name of LollVoy is not to be found in the general iiulex of Caiiientier's History of t'ainbrav,t nor is it to be foinid e.iaclli/ in the special list of the more distinguished families which he extracts from the old registers. We find however iu the latter list a name, DE L.^FFKOY, which is so nearly nlenlieal as to leave no rcasoi»\l)le doubt of the family being the same. It is nearer Loffkov than the latter is to the present form Lefhoy, accented on the last syllable. "Les families," he says, " que j'ay trouve dans Ics plus vieux Rcgistrcs du pais avoir jadis cste avancecs dans ce Sennt et aux autrcs charges I'ubliques de cctte ville et que '\i -^'."s li bon droit nonnner rnlriccs, sont cclles, etc." len follows a Ioms; i' iwliMi includes the above. The Senate he describes as "compose do grands perjonng ■ ...i..."! d'entrc les plus edebres et les plus nobles de le ville." (I. 2(i7). Mr Duni!.' Cooper, F.S.A., printed in the Proceedings of the C'nnulcn Society in 1.SB2, "Lists of the Foreign Trotcstauts nnd Aliens resid. nt iu England, 1618-1()C8 ;" at p. 7 of which we find, — " The catalogue of the names of the Artizans, Strangers, llenisons, nnd English borne of the Walloon cou; Aniu'ne iMTH'iiiullv, IS ■■■liHiiG tui'iiirrly ia tl.e I'rar}' ul It* iim.. nnii imw in iiis luiKWHwiiin. UlsTiilMA 1>K MkxIio run I'l di'iiCTliri'rii. iiio di'lil mio\a Ki>;mnn, ciiiii|ai'»lnitn pur I'l triuv illiiRlro y valiTi'Ro IVinripi' 'mi I'lTlianito t'nrti's, Mnri(iii>8 (ii'l \'ftlio CH-rila ,' f i'ranciiii'i t.n|n'z di- iinniiira, cli'rijjii. Kr. - 'n.Ti.. i ii cannili' l..^n '*lii l«ii>, I.'iiM. p. ,'tHt. CiirlrMiln-.l ill Dt'iTiiil'iT, 15-17 V ilij; Aiiliii»- liki' I'Tpry (itliiT _v null lit' •■ . •>pi i •mii i.umt Iii • i- liait Ilirt llliat'iiwilli'll llllm .■..•! i.r M.ir. its of tl.' Iirvv iMirlii. Hill! I'M'ilrii li) thi (;i..iii',. ifiiiU m-tit liiitiH' tiv tlic t'inti)ui.*liiili'r«. V I' ■uniirino tte plittii, inw Vtilia vii/nlf y i/iur' , •nii ^* ft de OM. i'in'il herimjiil i/ mat lU vir >illt ■< Vttlb \ Tl . "tipitut fie rttn'n tie itlirritn rnfor fitwnteri'log iff nro. n J'htfa v }nrl>m, am) iiintilirrli-Hti ol)ii>ri4, not tu sjir.ik ul' tbi> Htraii^e anil K'aiitil'iil diMiii-trnpii'al priiitiiiliKiis i>t' iiitfiiiT uliii'h (laiizli'd till' rycH ami laxril tlie |ii-iiii of llii'liiHlniifiiis. TliiH voluiiii', liulilinlii'd in tln'Sjiniiiiili >ij|)icrlandfi, would have naturally talli'ti into liia lianihi, and (ht'rr \» no milisi'iiui'nt iirrioil at whirli itn iiciiuiMtion \i iiHoiiftlily |irolmhli'. Tlipro in no iiiiiiviihial nil' ' ii Iuk di'iii'i>nilants iiki'ly to hnvo road .^iimiii-lt or ^|.l I'iaily intiToitt il in tin' nuhjort. Tlicro id no mark in tin' nook cxci'iit No. ;U in liuurri of curtv lorni, the initials T. S. uu tlio titk- i>a<;r, and the iini.'>1l I' t' !■ a. f. at tlio oiid. ■f " lliNtoin' (t('nrnlo((i(iuc don paiiiliaii. on Hiftoiro dr Canilirav I't du ('auihrinis par Jean h' C'arpmtiiT." ik tiidi' .M.DC.LXiy. ItrC T>:X<;>:X^ ;4< K) { O-tI About 81 cf the foregoing arc marked separately as " English 'lome." Esajc Iieffroy liaving been born at Camljray, is not in this cnunicration, but the presence of his name at all seems a proof tlint he liiinself ami proliably Antoine his father was, like most of the reliigces, eoncenuil in trade : nol« itlis;,.:i(ling the slatiinents to theell'eet that Jacques Lcft'roy or Israel his son were the first who were reduc^.'d to this extremity. Hasted remarks* how largely their industry eontributei! to Uie prosperity of Canterbury, and gave " new life •■•.id vigour to li ' trade of this kingdom, l)y the coniniuniealion of the paper, silk, woollen, and olliir valuable mimiil'aelures, almost peealiar iil ihat time to those countries (lirabant and Fl.mder.-), and till tiien in vain atteniplu' visewliere." There were 12'.t Walloon households :it 'audwiih as (arly as 151)5. f Tiny introduced tlie linen trade at Maidstone in 15(!H. It ha^ laki n two or three centuries to prove by the result how iu.separably civil liberty and eiiaimirri;d pnisperily are uuilc'd to the principles of the Itelurmation. England in entertaining strangers in the With and XVUth cciii '.y received angels unawares, and laid n fiuinili.tiou lor her own fulure greiitness; nnd those exiles, who went forth not kiu)wing \vhiili( r they wi'iit, found thi.i -\ll the paths of the Loril are mercy and truth to those that ki rp His covenant and His 'leslimonies. *^li T''e im'uiorial of the iirst refugees to the mayor nud '-urgesses of Canterbtiry is preserved by Soamer.J He writes ;n lliS'.l, and .ir.i-s not give ''> di. .' of the document, 1) t ' apjicars from Hasted to have been about l',ol, in -.'li"!! ye.ir tv.ipcn Elizabeth assigned ,he uiuler- eroft to the Walloons. (Speaking of (,.i:.: -bury C,iihed;:d, ■' Let me now leade you," he pays, "to the L'ndereroft, a place lit ami hajily (as one ca\is''l !■! icd 1 1< "■; .-pe in memory the subterraneous Temples of the I'riaiitives, in the times of persec li'in. Thu \e9t part thereof being spatious and lightsome, for many U'ars hath beene the Strangers Church. A congregation for the most jiart of distressed exiles; growne so "real and yet daily multiplying, that the place in short time is likely to prove a hive too i tie to contain suei. n ;-warme. So great an alteration is there since the tinu' the first of 'lie tribe came hither, tiie number of them then consisting of but eighteeiie families or thereabouts wliieh with the terms or articles granted them at their %t • History of Kent. Vol. XI., p. 01, 2nd FaUion, Hrn. IMIK), t llmi, Vul. IV. p.2t»7. J T!io Anti \ vctlriiH ; unpplii'dnt tifinini lihcnnn nninxinnt'iii in hue urbc jicruiiUi, uiii jtriiis ♦■>,< pruii/ulis sujjicifn.i Icn/imouinm rul/is ihdoril. H'rr/iwi Arliculu-'i. 3. El nf. Inrenlu-t incnllu vnini'at, n-quirunl pmniiiinnt'm duri pr/rripfori, qncm aeenm udi/uxcruiit, innlruvudi Invcnci, turn con quon ■lernni. iiildu.rir(nil, Inin ivn qui foliinl Uiif/nam C'al/icam diicen: Qnartua Arliculun, i. Ar/eii ad qiian ercreendun sunt vucati,i't in qnifjiin luhnrnri' rnpif tula socie/ai, lull vi'itro I'livore vt pro/irtionc sunt Florence, Scrijei, Jlondmsin, I), of Aieat Serges, ^v. of Orleanee, I'rol:, Silkwever, Miiuqunde, Munnle:*, Jliti/ei, i)e. Slu/'c Monqiiades. Nomina .lujijilicunfinin sunt, Heelur llanwn Mi,iiiiler verlii Dei. Vincentius J'riuionl Initi/ulvr Invenlulis. E(jidittS Cousin Muffisler operuui, el conductor tofius congregalionis in npere. Mie/iel Ciiv.vn. laeohns Qmrin. J'elrus du Hose. lo/iiinnes de la Furleri/e. yoel Jjeslene. Hicolaus Duiuiason. Antnnius dn I'erdier. J'/iilippns de Xeii:. Itiihertus lorelin. lii/iiiiii. ' le I'etu. Petrus de Spoptes, Lieubus Kuuelet. Tres vidiiic. ^^mmmMm^mmmmmmmmM yc?ihuri*k-di' iihuii\nur'i'-kJ^lisiJiy. r fA-i r^^ [ ir. ] TliB nppennn. rf tlu^ Inst nf tlic petit ioiior-i, tlin tm, riitii/r, seeking to cnrti tlieir support Iiy their liil;our in n strnn-^c liuiil, touel.iii^'ly reinimU us of tlie distresses of the times; mid if tlieir husbands luid perished at tlic luuids of tlie Spanisli Inquisition in the Xttlierlands, they would not look for sympathy in vain in Canterbury, where but three years before, Nov. 10, l:)88, three men and two women yielded their lives at the slake for the Protestant faith. The absence of the names of li'OllVoy, Du Quesne (now Duennc^ of lirnxted Park), Ilomiell, &c. shews that they were not amon;? the fust rcfui^ees. John Du Quesne, is said, about 1.171), to have "lied to Knsli.nd out of Flanders to avoid the Puke of Alva's persceulions," aud as the name was leeorded amoni; the early marriage'! of the LellVoys, it appi'ared probable that the faudlies nei-e allied. The present representative of the Du Qucsnes, however, informs the editor that he cannot trace any eonnectioi; with the family of I-ellVoys. " I have referred the 8ubj(>et to my brother, and to a eousiii, who have both of them for some time past been nuieh interested in traeiiiu' out our family pedi^'ree, they however inform uie that they can find no trace of any sueli uwrringesasyou mention in our family records. 1 imagine therefore timt the branch of the original Du 0^'esnc faudly with winch your ancestor became connected, was the one which remained in I'ranecv. i n the original family became divided into two branches, and about which wc have no very perfect information. Some members of that braueh eanw over to England at a much later period than ours, and became possessed of cousiderablo pioperty in Norfolk, but the last mend)er of that fannly died at least IIK) years ago." Subse(pient examination of the Uegistei has made it appear that the name stmuld have been l)c llanc* The hereditary worship of these strangers is still conducted in the same place. They have used the Prayer book (in Frinch) for the last 70 years; it ai)])cnrs from Hasted, that tho persecuting spirit of Laud forced eonfornnty to the Church of I'nglaiul nt an earlier period (about IfiSfi), but they afterwards resinned the Presbyterian forms of the Continental lleformcrs, aiul retained them imtil llisliop Portcus, by milder methods, induced them fimdiy to adopt our Liturgy. The pillars of the crypt are still covered with Freneh texts, of which the following will serve ns a specimen. Many of them have become illegible : — • " In the Iti'fvUtcr of tho Wnlloon clmreh at Cnn- tertiury (1081') Anne Du , to lie e(|Mally divided between them chargeable with an annnily from the renl-^ therinf to his lister Liiey l,efroy for the term of her natural life. This farm probably ciime from the Tliomiisons of that parish. Ool Vrom the mention of "my household ;?no Is that I have at Caiilerlmry," "The Faniilv Pielures that are at Canterbury," in the same will, it appears that there was still in 177' a family residence there, probably one of the honsis refened to in the pn din^ arliele, " There was a tradition in my family," writes 5[rs 1!. L. licfroy, " which must have eoiiii' from yours, that the great Fountain Inn at Cantcibnry had been the family residenee of the Lefroys, and I have heard that your Grandfather was used to speak of his own and his Brother's holydnys at very dull, and that they passed them in a large old house where there was only an old woman to look after it and them." The Fountain Inn, which is still kept up, bears the date 172.3, but we have been unable to obtain any confirmation of the above tradition. The brothers Miette were both living ia 1857, and readily odered the writer permission to examine their title deeds, of which he. was unable to avail himself. He, however^ under their direction identified some of the houses, which were then laoatly poor tenements ocenpied by people of the lower classes, but had evidently known better days. The following note was made at the time : — Memo of enquiries in Ctinlerhtir;/, Seji/emier, 1857. Monday, 28th September, 1857. Called on Mr Charles Nicholas Miette, who with his brother Matthew Troc(iueme Miette, purchased the last of the Lefroy property in Canterbury 1 ■ ;' IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 5< /, i/.. 1.0 I.I ■ 50 *'^™ 2.5 1^ ^ li£ IIIIIM 1.8 1.25 hL J4 ^ 6" - ► p 7i 7. ^'-t r ^ y Hiotographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. MS80 (716) •73-4503 r O '■"^ [ 19 1 in 1809; a fine old mati of 81. He informs me thnt he nnd his brother arc, he believes, the Ittst wlio carried on sillt weaving in Canterbury. It was succeeded by worsted spiiming, of wliicli a little has survived to this day. He shewed me his abstract of title from which I took the rollowin<; note : — 3rbe Thompson nnd heirs of her body by said Thomas Leffroy for ever. Tbomns Leff'roy, it is further stated, died intestate, leaving one son nnd heir Anthony. Leffroy, and one daughter Luey Leffroy. Anthony Leffroy made and published his will dated SUh January, 1775, leaving his houses in Cock Lane nnd Northgate to bis two sons, Anthony Peter nnd Isaac Peter George, subject to an annuity of £20 per annum to Lucy Leffroy, 17-18th March, 1791. Anthony Leffroy, of County Limerick, Lt.-Col. 9lh Eegiment Dragoons, sells a portion to Isaac Peter George Lcfroy, for £125. 10-17th August, 1809. John Henry George Lefroy, and Christopher Edward Lcfroy, sell the above named messuages to Charles Nicholas Miette, and Matthew Tioequcme Miette for f 900. Tlicre was a good deal more Lcfroy projierty purchased by others, and Mr Micttc is under the impression that the family residence was n house opposite All Saints' Church in High Street, now belonging to Mr George Neamc. I visited this house, which has a modem stucco front, and bears no appearance of being much older than the century, the present owner has been three times Mayor of Canterburj', his son who was n most uncivil person, refused to give any information, not even his father's address. Ho evidently fancied my enquiries were directed by some interested motive. " Nor am I alone herein, it being the [ »« ] complaint of divRW nntiqiinrinna that when they linvc wnitud on mrtnin gentlemen, to enquire something rclntiiis to their ancestors, predecessors, or otlier tilings nbout their estntis, ihey have been looked upon as persons that hnd some ill design upon them."* At the opposite corner of the Inne which flanks this house, is a fine spoeimeii of an ohl family mansion, now occupied by Mr De Lasaux, n wine merchant, and made into wine and spirit vaults, SiC., this I should like to identify as the family mansion, as it may very well have been. The four tenements in T'ock Lane, now called Westgate Grove, ai-e immediately beyond the Westgate, two of them an', olil, and one of these is a pubMe house of the sign of the ( 'nek ; the corner house is, or has very rea'Utly been, a worsted manufactory. A large manufactory of parchment faces them. Of the houses in Northgate Street, a pawnbroker nauuul .\braliams occupies part of the site of one, with a small modern house. He was very civil, said he bought it of "Crows" wlu built it, not of Miette ; the next house however is old and highly interesting. It has evidently been a facturj-, and Abrahams in answer to me, said it was an old silk factory. It would do eipially for weaving or dyeing, running far back, with four gable ends to the north, and long narrow windows, such as we sec in such establishments. It is apparently tenanted by the very lowest and poorest class of people, and was too disreputable to invitt; me to go up stairs. Further on, opposite New lluttington Lane, the King's Head still exists, next is Kilmer's, a grocer, and next the lloyal George; all three are old houses and a good deal dilapidated, especially the rear of one of them. Filmer's and the lloyal George arc the two houses settled by Thomas Leffroy in 1702. The will of James, grandson of .\ntoine Leffroy, dated 1702, is the earliest that has been foun of lloriricli, 1730, p. iv. 8? [ 21 ] Body I lenvc to the enrtli to be decently buried. Item, I give unto my granddnughter Kliziibetli UUIKeld and heirs all that messuage or tenement Uaekside nnd garden with tlic appurtenances situate, lying, and being in the parish of the Blessed Mary of Northgate, in the said City, known by the sign of the King's Hend, and now in the occupation of Anne Landman, widow, or of her assignes. Item, I give and devise unto my said granddaughter Elizabeth Oldfield and heirs, all that messuage or tenement with the appurtenances, situate and being in a certain lane called Turnngain I^ane, in the parish of All Saints' in the said City, nnd now in the occupation of Saffoiy Day nnd a Ffrenchman. Item, I give nnto son Israel Lefroy and his assignes during his life, my piece of land called the Tenterfield, lying in a placed called the Ffriers in the said City, and after his dece ise I give the said piece of hnd called the Tenterfield nnto my grandson Thoiris l^efroy and his heirs. Item, 1 give unto Elizabeth Vnnson who now liveth with me the sume of ten pounds and a feather bed. Item, I give to my son Israeli Lefroy and his assigns during his life the use of my presses, coppers, ffatts, nnd all otiicr materials, belonging to my dying house and after his decease I give all the said presses, coppers, fatts, and all other materials unto my grandson Thomas Lefroy, and the residue of my goods, chattels, and personal estate I give unto son Ismel Lefroy. And I do make ihy said son Ismcl Lefroy, sole executor of this my last Will and Testament, and I give unto my daughters Longuet, Agar, and Woodman, and my granddaughter Elizabeth Oldfield, and her husband, nnd to my grandson Thomas Lefroy and his wife, to every of them five pounds a piece for mouniing, and I give ten pounds to the poor of the Walloon congregation in Canterbui'y. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and scale this twenty-sixth day of September, in the first year of the reigne of our Sovereign Lady .Vnn now Queen of England, &c. nnd in the year of Our Lord 1702. James Lekboy his mark. Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said James Lefroy to be his lost will nnd testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence and at the rc(iucst of the said testator. Isaac Ilawkes, Margaret Bright, Elizabeth Vanson, Jolm Eaton. Proved at Canterbury on the 2nd day of January 1702 by the oath of Ismcl Lefroy the son the sole executor to whom administration was granted. The mark is that of a person in exlremit. There h a seal to the will, now illegible. JW s liOSGCFT. Ar-iirc, a fcsfl nr, m cliieC, three Ifoijarda hfM(ln or. [ » ] Tlie rcsoiiililance of names, and t)ie refuse connection sn^i^est tlie probaliility tliat .MrI.onf:net, wlioniairiiil Klizalicth Lefi'oy alioiit 10^5 was a descemlant of Hubert I.anumt wlio (lied Ij'i], "a learned man, b\il a revolter from tlie Callmlic faitli, and a I.ntheran, a follower ^f Melancllion and afterwards a f'alvinist." He uas reimted the author of a once famous book, Stephani Junii Uriiti Ceitii', Yindieiiu contra tyrannos, printed in I'aris witliout date, but about la/S : and on that supposition Hollis eugraveil iiis portrait. The bo>k was translated into Eni^lish in IfilS, but its authorship remains in doubt. There were three sons of this marriage, of whom Benjamin and Sanmel Loni;uat left no posterity. The youngest son John Longuat left two sons John and Benjamin, the latter of whom died 17(11, aged S2 ; also two daughters, one of whom died unmarried. The name is spelt Languet on the draught of arms copied on the margin, which is on vellum. The heads arc as represented. Salvage heads langued nml not leopards, though so described elsewhere. Hester Lclfroy, who married Benjamin Agar, Esip, left no children. She is more than once quoted as an authority for traditions respecting the faudly.* Sarah LeIVroy, wicc of Woodman, Esq., at the lime of the testator's decease, was widow of Thomas Hanson, Esq., and she lived to marry a third time, King, Esq. By her first husband she had Jnnics Hanson, a practiouer of the law, who died 175(1, leaving a widow, Mary, daughter of Thomas Conycrs, Esq. anil widow of — Wilson, who died 1702, nt the great age of 98,f also Thomas Hanson nAirsox. Aruont. Thiw of Crosby Square, London, Merchant, who died S.P. in 17711, leaving rf'M!I.'fl?rt"'r"'J,ir,riirra,n'. •^^OO to cotton's Hospital, Cnntcrbnn,-, and £1250 to other charities. limit. piiHHiinl ftn. Ihhijiu'iI gii. . • r y < r i ii iioi.iiiiK a niueic sa. bctwtcu llicre IS n portrait of hiin at Itctitil. his paHD. • Agar is (ha fainily nnme of tlio Knrl of Nor- mnnton. Arms, az.ft lion rampant or. in chief. The above conjocluro has been disproveil liy the arras. IICDBRT L\»ocKTbelont[p(l to the family of Lnnguet DB Gbbqy bn ArxoiB, which bore "d'ABur, nu trianglo clccht^ et renvorst^ d'or, cliargd de 3 niolettea do gueules, jMisHees uno h chaqun oxtrSmotu iiu triangle." Lonuukt o» Pabis on the other hnnd Iwro arms closely rewnibliiig the ohore coat, "d'azur, i\ la fasce d*or en ehef, chargiH.* de tiles de lionn d*aaur." Of thin family tlio Dictionnire de la ynhlcsse has tho following account. ** Lohoukt a. Paris famille dont il 6toit Louis Dknib Lonouft, Seigneur do Ver^ mouillot ct do Chauviliiors ]*ayt'ur des rentes d'llotel do Ville, mort lo *2H .luiii 1721. II avail i5pouHe Marguerite Barhior mnrte le 2fi .Tan.. 1735, dtmt Annk FaASCoiB LoNOUET, !>eigni'urde Wrimmill.'t, ne le H Jiiiii, H(07, retail oimHrilli'r nu j,'raiiil ennniel le 30 Aout, 1719. Ilonoraire par lettres de 8 Jmivier, 1750 et allee, lo 7 Juillet, 17'JH, u Miirii- Catherine Karally morte le 2 Mars, 170;J, fdle do ./ctni JiV/iii-ii Baralli/, Scerctairn du roi Drreeteur (leiiernl des Monniiies de Itennes, et do Utti/otinc (ia>\iiti, de a manage sontnes A NXK Dekib, C'apilaiiipau Itegiment do Bauirrement, Dragons, et Anne Dcim dit lejiunc. Clinnoiiio do Tegliso de Paris in 17t3'2 et J'rieur de Uellegardo en I'cirex."^ Dictiotuiire de la A'ifbleiie, par M. do la Chinaj/e-VtiLuig, Varis, 1774. t Ha«ted, XI.2H3. ■'.V) n O So '■^m^mEmmmsmMmmms:. OT.npmr.Ti. Or, on iibcnd, (yn, tliri'.'i'rosHrt]m1(ref!rotn'i', or. Crfsr , iittemi-<'U;4U' dinplftyeJ or, I?y her second husband Woodmnn she Imd issue of whom we no nothing ; by her third husband King, no issue. Tiic granddaughter mentioned, Elizabeth daugliter of Israel LtfTroy by his first marriage was like her brotlier Tlionias entirely neglected by her father, in favour of the son of his seeond marriage, the reason perhaps why her grandfather provides for her. James Ijelfroy is one of the individuids supposed until lately on the authority of Pedigree T. (Introdiietion) to have married a l>u Quesse: an examination of the original registry lias dispelled this idea. Only one marriage of his is to be found, and the lady's name is nothing like Du Cane or l)u Quesne ; that uf the second wife of his son Israel was most clearly De Ilanc, wliieli oeeur.s frecpiently in the books. Another mistake has occurred with regard to the first wife of Israel Lelfroy. She has been believed to imve borne the name of Vaxdvkb and been in some way connected with the great painter : both beliefs were fully held by the Bcv. J. P. G. Lcfroy, to whom we owe so much family record, and who has left a note which would be here introduced if it were relevant, as to Sir A. Vandyke. The latter name is however very plainly entered in the register Marie Vasdeiui.vydew, and as Sir Anthony Vandyke left but one legitimate daughter, who married Mr Stepney, an officer of the Horse Guards, the whole supposition of a connection falls to the ground. There is a family of Vander Hcydens extant. Arms sa. Tiuce mullets pierced ar. on a canton or. n rose of the field. (Sec Burke's Encycl. of IleraUb-y). We have the will of Israel Leffroy dated 1712 from the same source as the last. In the name of God, Amon. The .Mxtcenth day of January in the eleventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne by the grace of God of Great Britain, Ffrance, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Ffaith, &.C. and in the year of Our Lord one thousand 8"vcn hundred and twelve. I, Israel Lelfroy, of the City of Canterbury, dyer, being of good and sound mind and memory (God be praised), do make and ordain this my Inst Will and Testament in manner and form following : First, I conmiend my soul unto tlie ' .;reiful hands of Almighty God my Creator, honing that after this life shall be ended I shall obtain everlasting salvation through the piocious and meritorious death and sufferings of my Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executrix hereafter named. Item, I give ond devise unto my loving wife Mary Lelfroy all th.it messuage or tenement called or known by the name of Blacksole, with the barn, stable, orchard, and four pieces or parcels of I.md, wood meadow and pasture, containing by estimation twelve acrea more or less with the appurtcnces situate lying and TV] '• ;! \l2 r.> CS^! pi- - ' MMr [ t\ ] bcins ill llio parish of Slurry in tlie County of Kent, mid now or lute in tlic tenure or ocnupntion of or liis assiiruca To luivo iind to liiild unto niy s:iid Wife -Mnry I.eflVoy inimediiitely from and after my deecase for and dnrini; llie teiin of her nutund life, and fioni and immediately after her deeease. I ^ive and devise the said mossuai;e lauds and premises with the nppurtenees unto my son Jamej Lell'roy or his heirs and assi^'us for ever. Item, I give and tlevise unto my said lovinij wife Mary LelTroy and to her Ix^irs and a3sif;n3 for ever. All those three messuajies or tenements, -gardens, and liacksides with the appurteucts situate, lyiu^, and being in the parish of All Saints' in the said City of Canterbury, and now or late in the tenures or ocenpations of Thomas Youiil', the widow Totpiect, and William Taylor or their assigns To have and to hold unto my said wife Mary Leifroy her heirs and assigns for ever subject to the mortgage thereof made by my late father Mr James Lell'roy to Mr Henjamiu Agar deceased. Ite«, I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said loving wife JFary Lefl'roy my lease which I have from the warden and poor of ,)esus' Hospital ill the parish of the Blessed Mary of Northgate, near to and without the walls of the said City of (,'antcrbury, and all my interest and teriii of years of in or to the messuage or tenement lately known by the name of the sign of the I'ellican and the two other small tenements, stables, and premises thereby demised. Item, I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife my other lease which I have from the said Warden and Poor of Jesus' Hospital aforesaid and all my interest and term of years of in or to the Ifonr small tenements and premises wilh the nppurtenees thereby demised. All which said several messuages or tenements, stable, and premises with the appiirtenecs are severally situate lying and being in the parishes of All Saints' and Saint Peter's in the said City of Canterbury or in one of them, and are now or late in the several tenures or ocenpations of John Eaylslun, Joseph Bevertou Gent, John Norton, Peter I.adt, Kilward Smith, Horraiue and Moger widow their nssigues. To have and to hold the said several messuages or tenements, stable, and premises, with tlie appurtenees unto my said loving wife Mary Lell'roy innuediately from and after my decease for by and during so long of the several terms of years in the said leases mentioned yet to come and unexpired ns she shall live, and from and after her decease. Then I do hereby give and bequeath the said leases unto my said son James Lell'roy, his executors, ndininistratoi's, and assigns for and during the rest and residue of the said several terms of years in the said two leases meutioned to be demised, and if my said loving wife Mary Leffroy shall at any time take new leases of the said several messuages or tenements, stable, and ])remisc3 with the nppurtenees in the said lenses mentioned in the name of her the said Mary Lefl'roy, The same shall be subject to such uses, nud go as in and by this my Inst Will and Testament mentioned expressed and declared. Item, I give and be(|ueath unto my said loving wife Mary Lell'roy the use of all and singular my presses, eo|)pi'rs, ll'atts, pressing papers, and nil other mnterials whatsoever belonging to my dye house during the ,r ^< mmEm£m£E^^ ^> -a-Tj^s-xHshijdjbtydibJifcijJibyihur'J': [ !5 ] Icrin nf lior natnrnl life nnil from niiil imnirdintply nftor hot dcccnsp. I give nnd bequeath the same unto my said son James LcfTroy liis executors, administrators, and assigns. Itkm, all the rest and residue of my lenses, goods, elinttcls, ready money, plate, linen, housebold stufTc, debts credits, and personal cstiile wbatsoever. I give nnd devise unto my said loving wife Mary Lclfroy to be P»». '"»"'• The Original inscription which is preserved among those of 1702. oiiifn, 2h»Marifmi,riohicr the Tliompsou family TOu thus, and differs from the oP'; now to be prmiiiH. Cri'st, a erpyliouDd scjeaut, coUaril aua litipil. SCCU :"— * In hopes of a joyfui, nEscBiiECTioN. IIeiie i.yetii ntJBiED TOE BODY or Thomas Lefboy, op the PAB13U OF Ali, Saints,' in the City of Cantebbuuy, of the family of Lekuoys of Cambray, in Fuance. He mabbieu Pikeue, 2nd Dauohteb op Thomas, 2nd Son of Henry Thompson of Kentfield in this Parish, Esq., bt PncEBE, DAUoHTEii OP Anthony Hammonb, Esq., OF bi" Alhans, in the Pabish op NoNNINOTON, WHO HAD ISSUE FOUB SONS AND FIVE DAU0HTEB3, ONLY TWO OP WHOM 8UBV1VED, Anthony and Lucr. Also Puceb^ his wife lyes under this stone, who died March 31, 1701, Aqe» si yeass. ,M "S" W Till- mfinumcnt was taki'ii down niid clraiicil ia 1785, and rcplacid with llic follDwiug, cut perhaps on ihr ollnr i-ide of the stone, wliich gives the date of lif< decease ; — Sacred to Thomas Lkfiioy of Canterbcrv, who uikp 3rd Nov. 17i3, aoed 43, OF A Camhuf,sian family that ruF.FERnED Uelioion AM) Liberty to their Coistry AND I'llOFKKTY, IN THE TIME OF DlKK Ai.Va's 1'eRSECLTION. ALSO TO I'lHEBE, HIS WIFE, l)AU(;irrKU to Thomas Thomfson, she died 31si Makcii 17 Hester iriinimond, spinster, of Cai I. rbury, I.v her will proved 1719 gave n sii'u of 203. per annum to be paid by ber executor yearly for and towards .be charges of nniintaining the cliarity school for boys in the City of Caiitcrbnry ; tiie same continue to be paid soe long as the said .^. ■■;1_. e^ool sball be inaiiitained and kept up. After some other becpiesis she leaves the residue of her pcrsouell estate to Anthony I^cfroy sou of Mr Thomas Lefrov, and appoints her niece Plucbc Lefroy wife of the said Thomas LeiVoy sole executrix. The Will of Phoebe, widow of Thoinns IxfTroy, dated 1701, is to the following ellect : (x' In the name of God, Amen. Phoebe Lcffroy, of the pari-li of All .-i.imV in the City of Cant( rbury, Widow, ( praised be God j, being of sound and di-piising mind, memory, and understanding, and considering the uncertainty of this life, do therefore inaki' and ordain my last Will ami Testament in manner and form following : First and cl.ii fly, I humbly recommend my soul into the merciful hands of Almighty God my Creator, hopeing that after thislife shall be ended 1 shall obtain everlaslijig srdvaliou through the preeiou- and meritorious death and sull'erings of my blessed Lord and bavfour Jesus Christ, and my body I commit to the Earth to be privately buried in the parish church of Petliam in the County of Kent, near to the grave of my dear husband Thomas Li'ffroy, and according to the discri'tion of my Kxecutrix hereinafter nauu'd, and as to and concerning such temporal estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me I disi)ose of the same as follows : First, I order and direct ;J>««t>JM::)J xy-i^u [ 27 ] tliiil all my jiixt debts and fiiiicml cliargcs 1 e satisfied and paid. Item, I fjivc and bequeath unto my deur son Anthony LeII'roy and to Klizabeth liis wife live guineas a piece for a ring in remembrance of me. Item, I give and bequeath unto ray tlirec grai'dchildreu, PhaOie LcR'roy, Antliony IVtcr Leffroy, and Isaac Peter George Leffroy, two guiuena a piice, to be reHpeetively paid imto them by my executrix liereinnftir namc;d as soon as conveniently nuiy be after my decease. Item, I give and devise and betpu'ath unto my dear daughter Lucy LelTniy her hiirs, executors, and administrators all my real estate and all the rest residue and remainder of my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever. And I do hereby make constitute and appoint my said daughter Lucy Lefl'roy wholi; ami sole executrix of this my last Will and TestanuMit. And I do hereby revoke and make void all and all niauiu'r of former and other Wills and Testiments whatsoever by me «t any time or times heretofore mode. And I do publish and declare these presents to be and contain my only last Will ami Testanunt. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand ami seal this fourth day of FebruaiT, in the year of Our LonlOne Tlionsaml Seven Humlred and Sixty. — riliEUE LekkuoV. Signed, sealed, publisin'd, and declared by the said testatrix Pliccbe Lefroy as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her reqnest and iu her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereunto. JInry Ruck, Robert Spratt, Peter Loubert. :| Proved on the 22nd day of April 1711 by the oath of Lucy Lcfrny the sole executrix to whom adujinistration was granted. The will of Mrs Lucy Lefroy, dated March 1, 1775, is noticeable for the particu'.^r directions she gives about her funeral. " It is my desire to have a very good shroud and sheet, a leaden coflin, and a very strong oaken coffin with n double lid, uml to be lined within nud without, and that my gra.-c be stcemcd and a marble stone laid thereon, and that a marble monument be erected for me in tho niaiiucr of my fathers and mothers in the ehmch of Pethani aforesaid, and with regard to the Procession of my Funeral, I would have horsemen before, a herse and two mourning coiehes, and 1 would have the great bell of Christ Chureh, Canterbury, to toll." She then proceeds to beipieath all her freehold and real estate to her younger nephew Isaac Peter George Lefroy and the heirs of his body j failing such heirs to her elder nephew Anthony Peter Lefroy. The Thompsons of Kentfield or Kenfield are an old family. Petliam formerly belonged to the Archbishop of Canterbury, but 'it the dissolution of the monasteries was seized by tho Crown. It was granted to Thomas Thompson by J"inc3 I. Through her mother, Pluebe Hannnond, Mrs. Lefl'roy was able to trace descent from Archbishop Chichcle, the founder of All Souls' College, a"d thus to give a claim to her grandson, the Rev. J. P. G. Lefroy, under wum^i:^ij^:d^^:d^id^M^im ^ive niid bcquenth I a piece for n ring lidcliililreu, I'liaOjo i'a» a piece, to be mveiiieiitly may be ar daughter Lucy le rest residue and do hereby make ccutrix of tills my iiud nil mnntier of ^3 heretofore made, uly last Will and this fourth day of rillEUELEFFKOY. IS and for her last ■eseiice and in the J- '^ )• I.( froy the sole or the pnrticu',.r ood shroud and and to be lined lereou, and that mothers in the , I would have the great bell of eehold and real is body ; failing rly beloiiu;cd to IS seized l)y the nother, I'licebe the founder of Lefroy, under [ iS ] the old statutes, on which he oktuiucd a fellowship in 176S. The descent is thus vjade out. Thomas CnicKi.K, - Airm-n, of lliKHaiii Ferrari*, <1<. of ^urlhiipi)|it(iiinliin>, i ^Villiam il. I'll). M, 1 100. I r/iicliuun. ITksry Chicblk. AncHuisuop OF Caster- m'Rv. AMI KoesnKit of All tjouj.9' t'oi.l.Kni;. OXFUKD, J. Aiiril I-.', lHa.» Sir liobcrt Chiwle, Loni Miiyor of Lotuion. nil tuitUiL'i. Sir Valfiilini>Cliki'Ic, = I'liilippa Cbiccle. Kt. I Sir Thomas Ki:mp, ol'llll>iiili|;h, near Wvf. Kfnt, <(. U-M. Kmiuetinu CUicclc. TiioMAsTnoMPsos = olSanilni.'li, cir. 1B(*). i Thomas TnoMrsoN = of ^lalulwicU. I Sir William Kemp, Sir Tliouian Keinp, Bir Tlionio.s Kemp. Mantt field. Thomas Thompson ~ Elizalieth l.evison. of Kenfseiil, I rf. Oct. UUti, ...113. Sir DriiLET Diocil's, Chilham C'a..lle, K.'iit, Mailer of f lie liulls, ami I'rivv t'.nnieiUor, './. liiM. Marv Ki'iiip, il'. anil vu'heir. Henrv Tli.onps.iii, = Marv Sadler. '3rd Sou I 1 TunMAs TiioMrsov. V.sq., ni' Chart ham. Jlrolh.r (.> .1. Thompson, .if K.nli.'M. I'.nham. i. Oft. 103.5, .(.(lel.UlNS. Anno I)i:»tre«, =.\NTnoNY tlAMMovr b. Jnlv, HUH, of Si Alhoi s. Kent, III. um, I i(. luui. d. 1()U4. I riurhe llammon.l. iin.'rwani.* -nil uife of Kev. Anlhoiiv .Mi.l.lh'ti shedied.liiiv 11, 1713, A){.hI H7. Ph.i'he Thoijipaiin, = Thomas T.KPRov, 6. lUSd, ./. i;iU. j ofCaolerhnrj-, Antlionr T.efniy, = Kl-lZADETlt T.ANOLoia, il. 1771). i ■!■ 178J. Luev Lofrov, ./. 17»t. rha'bo Klizahelh U'rroy. d. 1777. Anthonv l*eter Lefroy. d. 181U. Kaae Peter fi.>ori;e I..'fr.iv, ehrl.-il Killon .if All SouU Nov. 17llS,t 'I. IWKl. * SloinmntaChielieleann.or a nenealofjical Aeeount of Mimi* of the fimiilies.lertvi.il fnmi Thontus Chiehele, of llii^ham t'l-rrarK, in tin' ennnlv of Norllmmpton, all of whose deseeii.hinfs are hel.l (o lie eniitleil to FiHovviihipn in All Sonls' Colleu-e. Oxford, by virtue of their consaniiuinitv to Arehliishop Chiohole, IheKoundiT. Oxford.— .M.DW'.I.XV. No. 2117. Kx inform. K.V. Isl'el lieo. Lefroy, I '.()..M.S. (ColIi.L.ii Oinnarnm Anim.iruiu Soeius), A.M. See lives of the Arehliidhops .if Canterlnn-v by Dr Hook, Vol. V. for the parenla^o of the ArebhisliMii. + h'he meinliera of the family e.lncated at Oxford are as fnlloWK: — Kov. Isaac I'eter George Lefroy, B..\., Nov. 13, 17117; M.A. .Tuly fl, 1771; of All Souls', Chriit Cliureh, ll.'v. John Henrv G.'orge L.'l I).A..June», IWIl." Kev. llenjainin Lefroy, Merton, D.A., Nov. Ill, l»i;t. Christopher Edward Lefniv. l^-'i-. Mftgihilen Hall, D.A. .Ian. I.i, Ihll; M.A. .Inly il. Ixlil. Charles FJIward I.i.frov, Ksii-'. Christ Ciinreh ; II. A. (1st Classii-s, 'Jnd Matlii"iiialies), M.A. MavJI, IH.iH. Kev. A;ilhonv Cottr.'ll Li^rniy. Christ' Chureh ; B.A. April •Jt, [KM: M..V. Kehnniry 7. ls:)!l. Henry Maxwell Lufuy, tis.i., F'Xeter, U..\. Juuc2.>, ISiO. ^EmMmmm: c^ ^ ll_=. 2 'r r» i'- = ^ £-5 2 X « 2. , O — — < .-7- ^ -. ^ t- ? n; "• . -5' s IJ. i. S o" -5 J? [ 30 ] J/m Cldfku lo Elizabeth Hammond. Bdxtid, Juljr Sia, 1770. My dcnrest Coscii, I hnvc the comfort of having two letters of yours now hcfure inR, both which I linvc received since I came to this pince. Tlic udley died single ; Anthony married a lirown ; Kdwanl died single. Daughters, Anne unu'ried TwY NAM of Canterbury ; Elizabeth married Sxow of L(nnlou ; Mary died voung; I'lnehe married TnoMi'soN of Kent; Hester died unmarried; Vrances died young; Jane married B.AsiL Dii.wroN. .\nthony, the father of the above twelve children, died at Wilbnrlon, in the Isle of Ely, Sept. ^4, 11)61. His widow nnnrieil afterwards to Sir George .liixon, and died lfili4, William, eldest son of Anthony, married the widow of Stephen I'iiikhurst, of liuxted Place, Sussex. Sle was the daughter of Sir John Matsham, of the Mote or Horns I'lace, in the parishes of Maidstone and Cusketts, near llochester, by whom he had three sons, William, Anthony, and John. William, the eldest son, was born in Westminster, August 12, 1044, and married the daughter of John Kingslord, of Canterbury, the 2Sth April, \iVii. This is all the intelligence we have got yet. I hope it is enough. Tor William, who married the willow of Stephen rinklmrst, I know to be my grandfather, and couseiiueiitly yours, because that third son John was certainly your father. SO Sv '."' -N/ijj>«<;jJV(;>: pi ><" ■'i dc!iLy*t!i!*! !ibid*H S [ SI ] My (lav.ghtcr desires lior duty and love to yoii, and best respects to the countess, with many thanks for yenr lhnll be much obliircd to you if you will be so go:)d us to write as soon as you r ■i.-:, ' t we may know .vhether this new way of conveyance be as snfe as the old. I lun, Miy .t eo^ Yo' 'lii^i'd aii.i truly alferiionate servant, ANNE CL.VRKK. To Mrs Hammond, at C'arraia, Italy. Of the Hammonds, Sir Egerlon Rrydges observes,* "The family of lI\M.«i)SD, of St .VIbau's Court, in Nonington, had been established there for above two centuries. They had allied tlieinselvoH well in thereij^us of James I. and Chunes I. with the .meient and honourable fauiilies of Aucher and Digges, and had been knighted by King James I. James Hammond, the elegiac poet, was grandson of Anthony, a younger son of this house. Their more Immiiliatc ancestor, William, elder brother of this Anthony, published a volume of very rare poems, which I reprinted some yeara ago. His grand- mother's brother was George Sandys, the poet ; and one of the daughters of this family was the mother of Thomas Stanley ihe poet, the learned editor of .llsehylus, &c My aunt Hammond died in 1770,t and her husband in 1773; their eldest son in IS21, aged seventy. It la an extraordinary circumstance of this family of Hammond, that they had been tenants of this estate, which was an appendant grange to the Abb 7 of St Alban's, before the dissolution of religious houses." He proceeds to give his personal reminiscences of some of the family with great freedom and a curious blindness to his own besetting sins. " St Alban's Court is about five miles distant from AVootton, and there was a continiml intercourse between us, not always perhaps entirely cordial ; for my mother's sister was an imperious, impatient, envious woman, and her husband very weak and shy. The Hammond blood was full of provincial prejudices, and thought the race of Aucher| and Uiggcs V. nAMUoNn. Ar.nnachfv- mti.sa. between three n({Teiiap« eneh ehnruetl witli a iiiHrtlelt of I lie tiela, nil inHiiy eHcallupn iir. rII witliin a liorilure enfi' laileil Tert. Crest, at; eHijle's lieail eraNei) «a. eiiflleil will) a roue Ku. Tlie rule iBsuiiiK nyt or. Fro rhob bt pitbii. • Autoliiograpliy, 1834, Vol. II. p. II. f Charlotlti Kt^erton, aUter of Jeiuima Kgcrton, Sir K. Bryil(fP8* mother, luarricil Win. llammuiid, Esq., of Bt Alban's Court. See preceding IV'digroe. I t Sir Anthony Anchor doicenfloil from Auehcr, . mado Duku of Kent by Ethelwolf, fatherof Alfred, I and v,M famous fur his engaging tho Danes in tlio i Isle of Thauot, A.D. 823, nolo by Bev. J. V. Q. Lofroy. u .2L.: to the cmintfss, with Ilk fio(l) lieltcr now, 0(1 Providciipe, all in )blii,'e(l to yoii if you m >vlictlier tiiia new I' servant, V-NNK CI.ARKK. !rve9,* "The fiiinily lad Imth cstiililislicd llicmselves well in ei;t and hoiioiiralde kiiighti'd liy King was giiniilson of r more iiiniiediHtc niblislied n volume a^'o. His i;ranil- niid one of the Stanley llm poet, lainniuiid died in vonty. It is an II tenants of this re the dissolution unie of the family was n continual ;r'9 sister was an The Hnmmond lert and Uigges nilpil from Aurlicr, If, father of Alfred, g Iho Daniis in tlio lev.J.l'.Q.Ubaj. - ! (a-S [ 32 ] greater th.in all the lustre of all the Egertous The late Mr llanmioiul had many generous and ductile (inulitics and was altogether good natnreil, thouiih fretful ; hut was not very wise Jly a lucky marringe he restored the fortune of his faiiiily, which hml been long decaying. Mr Payler, whose sister was mother of Sir llerliert Taylor, married the late Mr llaunuoiid's sister;* and Sir Herbert's sister is mother of Mrs Stanley, wife of the present verv distinguish d secretary of th(^ Coionial Department, "f "The llamnionils are a very oUl family, and have lieen long in possession of St Alban's, which was bought by Thomas llaiumond of Sir Thomas Movie towards th" cud of Kdward \T, Long before that time a Hammond of this family nnirried one of the thnc {laughters of Sir John Cosinglou, desceiuled from Sir Stephen de Cosiiigtim in Kdward the First's lime, about A.D. 12S5. In Henry the VIU's time the family of the Cosinglons ended in Sir John Cosington's three daughters, who inairied, Hiike, Han mond, and Wood." The ehlest brother of Mrs Thomas Lefroy, Henry Thompson, who married Licv Moii.T, left one son (ieorge Thompson, who iule'ritod some i)roperly fioiu his niolher's family, and dying unmarried in 179S, left it to his ci.usin, the llev, J. 1'. O. Lefroy. This properly consisted of a large house in Old Fish S'reet, City of Loudon, since divided into three, and containing a very curious giottoj or uinhrgnniud chapel, originally supposed to be level with llie lawn of a garden which is now coveri'il with buildings. Tlie last possessor of these houses in the r.elVoy family was George Benjaniin Au>lcu Ix'froy, Escp, who sold them in 1S+.5. A Mrs Honeywood (born Mary Waters) grandmotlier of Dorothy Honeywood who married Henry Thompscm, about the year 15911, was a remarkaiile person. This it the inscripticm upon her monument set up in .Nfark's Hall Church, in Essex, by licr eldest sou, Robert Hammond ; — " Mary Waters, il'. and coheir of Uobcrt Waters of Lenliam in Kent, Ksip, wife of liobt. Honeywood, Esq, of Charing in Kent, F.'xi. her only husband, hail at her decease lawfully descended from her own body 3fi7 children, 1(J of her own, IM grandehildrcn, 2iS in the third generation, and 9 in the fourth. She led a most piwis life, and in a most Christian manner died at Maik's Hall in the U.'id year of her age and the Hlh of her widowhood y" D)th May, a.d. 1620. She was buried as she desired at Lenliam in Kent, the place of her birth." The Life of the Rev. John Fox, prefixed to ids Hook of Martyrs, contains the following anecdote: "Similar to this, and not less true, was the circuuistancc concerning .Mrs Honeywood, who had nearly twenty years laboured under a eonsnmplion, which had hitherto baflled the skill of the most eminent physicians. At length she sent for Mr Fox, who found Some lettcri adilrt^Bsisl liy Cnrolino Pfljlor to Prhiirali Dr}'^->xx<*>-^-<;,>Tfl, per Anni' l)it.' ly moiuent to retiieve our mi-fiMtiiucs, II may be liopid that some li« Mvirs may bring us into a llourishiug eouiliiioii ouee uiiire. One tiling I am shiire of, wliieli is, thai those who repine to see soe good and soe gratinus a king on the ihrmie, whose chief aim is the good of his people, had they aeeiiuiplisheil Ihiir last d hellish ilesinu and the Pretender placed ini tin' throne. Then farewell Knulish liberty, lor battle, murdrr, and sudden dcnth would be the lastintr scene of Kn^l.-iud's niiserv, and had all thecrown'd heads in tile world joyu'd t'woMld have been jilsl till the • hid ilestriiv'd even the very name of a ,laciiliile from the fiee of the earth ; now you see vnnr talk't of plot as yon call'd it is found out a design soe hellish as the name of Clirisiiau ought lo tremble att niiieli more a I'roti stimt, 1 hope iny nephew as much alihors Ihi Ir desiiriis as my self, and would if need reipiind h'nd a helping hand to support the (.'liureh by laweslablished • Tlio floii nt'Iiis m,ttle'r'B Bi»ri,nil tirnllipr. t Tlie (friniitin'-lhcr (if Kijuiinl 'rixinipiioli. aOcr ttio ilinlti eT IiiT (irst tiiMl,nii(l, n HaiiunnlKl i,f St Albnii'ii Cuurt, ninrriej Sir li'-orge Jiiiun, nnd hiiJ u (Jaunlilep wlio was cimi*oqu4>nlly hall'-fii^tt-r In Mrl Tliiiiiipsi,!). X The latter nlKi) tiinrried iiifnin ariv KliznbiMli lliniuntinil, 'Iani;li1er of Williiiii) llaiiuiiDnil, !''»(]. , nf St Albiuie, aud IClixabotli Marsliam : bis mother was first cnunin to Mrs Tliotnns Lpfrnv. A miinll porlcpt Itiblf with silviT cIiiHps, eilil. 10(11. whirii lu'limgeil to Lui'v l.i'fl'niv, " (^ivrii Iirr by t)livt'r St John, K«q. " ifl in the writer's poHSCssion. ilil m^m a ngninst Eastmann, irother his jiiat due. interest at Court, I !r he tlccnys. I nra should goe to such d bvj. You tell me , Sic., but you know I received her Inst, y and liis lady, and it wIk^u I fmd an horse. AVlicn you ig. Mrs Thompson at. TIIOMPSON. )d a report by lus ity at his father's ucss, having licfn in 172S he went T distant place, usiii, grandson of it would appear jonil(jn, afler her fitted up " a very The house in ois and Sons. rny. A Binnll popkot wliirh liclonjjod to 'f St John, Esq. " -■j! € .* From Oliver SI John to AiUliony Lifroy. LosBoii, Dec. 11, 1728. Dear Cozen, My Cozen Leffroy your Mother was pleased to shew me part of your letter to her upon vour first arrival at Leghorn, upon which and your ha|)py settlement there I do sincerely and heartily congratulate you. I thank you for the very kind and favourable opinion of nie that you were pleased to express in that letter, and for your kind design ol writing to ine, though I have not yet had the favour of your Utter. I received a long and kind letter from my Co^en LellVoy last Saturday, when (by hearing nothing to the contrary) I take it for granted that she and Miss Lucy were in good health. My tiaughter Betsy as I call her* has been some time with tbeni nt Canterbury (I wish they be not too kind to her), and writes me word she has got a eold, and I hope it is no more. She has been in great trouble for the loss of one of my small family by the small-pox ; n young maid that was her constant companion and bed-fellow. She was the daughter to old Zaehary, whom I believe you may remember to have seen here, and Betsy wrote a ver\- pious good letter to the father at Canterburj- upon that occasion which comforted tht^ old imm very much. I received n letter from my sister some lime ago by which I heard of her safe arrival nt Florence nnd tha* ler journey had agreed . . . return a small sum of money to Iter upon which i entpiired in my lutlir to my Cozen Led'roy whether she thought I might ask it of you williout trouble or ineonveuituiee. And she wrote ine word that she had asked you before you went whether if I or any of her friends had occasion to remit any money to Italy you could do it, and thai you said yon could. Accordingly 1 went this day with Cozen I'eter Twyiiam to Mr Wayland, and desired to know whether he would receive fil'ly pounds here and return it to you to be paid at I'lorenee. lie answered very civilly that he would do it if I desired it, but that there was more trouble in these small sums than in much larger, and that he thought the better way would be fcu' me to write to yon to desire that yon would pay the moni'y there and draw n bill upon me for it. Ihcrefore 1 desire that you will be i)leasi'i| to pay to uiy sister at I'loreuee whatever money with the exchange may answer that sum, and to draw a bill on me for fifty pounds which I shall take care to pay duly. I write by this post to my sister to apprize her of it. Dear Cozen, if there be anything (hat I can be serviceable to you in here I desire you to command me freely. I know of nothing very material that has happened to any of our relations since you left this (excepting Cozen Lcffroy's leaving llartletl's Mnildiugs). My Cozen Thompson has not been in this house once to my remembrance, since the aiuiivcrsary • KliznLt'tli Hninmnnd, daughter of John Hammond and Ehzaboth Sail, first cousin to Oliver Rt John, but several yeors younger. .J^iSSSS. [ 37 ] of tliu Pire of Loiidoii, wlictlier that were before or since yo\i left this I do not remember ; thou^'h I linvc been scvni', limes in his house. ]?ut lie sent me ii letter Inlely by Jiinics in which he says tliiit he designs to see me soon, nnd thut hif son 1ms l.iT.'ly had a jiresent made him of a dozen u{ hock which he desires my favourable acceptance of, and if he has no belter opportunity of sending it to nie sooner he intends to wait on me with it hiniself as soon as he breaks up. Conzin Itob llaniniond continues at I'dul's School, and is designed for the University, at llidsunnuer. C'ouziu Will Hamniond is not in any business yet, and seemed to show some concern for his own miscarriage when I told him that you were now n flourishing nieri-haut well settled in the best house in Leghorn. C-jz. Jack Hamniond at '/ort St George was iniieli afraid of being removeil from that jilace on account of some dilVerciice betwci ,i the new Governor and the gentleman under whom Coz. .lack wrote, lint Mr Mat Gould v lio has great interest with the Governor has promised uie to write to liiin in his favour, so that I hope he will nut be removed. I know little public news worth sending yon only Uiat it is generally thought and believed that we shall have war with Spain. Our Stocks fall daily. Hut I lii'liev(! that war will not be disadvantageous to your trade. 1 am dear Cozen with sincerity your All'eetloiiati' kinsiuaii and lminl)le seiTant, OL[^■|■;R ST JOHN. I beg to be reiucuiliered in your prayers as you constantly are in mine. I heartily wish villi a li.iiipy auil merry Cliristnias. From Olift:/- Si Juhn la Anlliiniy Lrfraij. Dear Cozen, Losnox, May 21), ITSU. I have reie in to be ashamed that I have not sooner answered your very kind letter of the 12th of March. I waited some time that 1 might give you an account of the leeeiving of the cheeses, oyl, &e. ' ,.„ since, I ch^ferred writing till 1 couhl giveyoii an account of the paynu nt of your two bills of £111. IDs, l)d., and of an account of some books wliieh I |i,:'posed to send to you. Dear Cozen, I humbly and heartily thank you for your kind priseut of oy), which proves most extraordinary good, and [ believe is not to be bought in this town for any money. Three out of the tliiriy flasks were broken, but the cheeses and I'inioli were all very safe. I humbly thank you for your kin ' care in shipping them and discharging the frcighi I suppose yon have an neeoiinl that both your bills are discharged, that of £1(1. 10s. 9d. to Cozen Lefl'roy, and that of three pounds, nine shillings, nnd threepence to Cozen Thompson. k. mmsmsmsmEEmmm do not remember; • lately by James in had n present made I if lie hu8 no better imsell' as soon as he 3 designed for the ss yet, and seemed ■re now a ilnnrishins 1 at Vort St George fertiiee betiveiii the Mr Mat (lould v l\o lis favour, so that I you only tliat it is III- t^tocks fall daily, in dear C'oziu with It ST JOHN. . 1 heartily wish ir2 lios, May SI), 173». kind letter of the le reeeivihg of the 111 of the payiiu nt lir:';iosed to send lit of oy), which n for any money. all very safe. I g the I'rciglii. I jEKI. lOs. 9d. to Jozeii Thompson. mrnM cy^k [ 3S ] My Cozen Ijeffniy your mother sent me some time ago by ^fr Graham from Canterbury live guineas, desiriiij,' that I would lay it (out) for you in whatever bo.iks 1 should think proper for vou. Aeeordinglv I have laid out the nioiu-y for books in sheets whirh 1 disi^rn to have bound up by my binder, who 1 think is thebi'-it in l.oiidoti, and 1 (h'• h;ive lilii d up a very pretty apartineni for them-elves, and my Cozm Li'llVoy bad writliii to uu' that -lie hail a spare bed and that lliry should be glad of my eompany al her lions.'. Aeeordinglv 1 set nut hisl I'riday was se'iiniglit from Londim and stall till the Widiiesday following, but I little thought till just befcu'e I eame away that I had put them to the ineonvrnieiier of lying three in a bed in hot weather. For npon examining the rooms, and iiuiuiriiig how iluy all stowed themselves in that small pari of the bousi', I found that Coziii [.illVoy, Mi-s Lucy, and Betty lay all in one bed, so that if I hail thought of st.iyiiig loiigir, whieli I had not, it was then high time for me to retire. Cousin Will llammond lay at his sister Ifateh's, and ]!etsy writes mi,' word since I eame home that he sient his lime so well in Cauterbniy that he has increased the love of his friends and relations in th.it pl.aee. Hear Cozen, it would be dillieult for me to tell yon how much I think myself obliged to my Cozen Leifrov for her great kindness to mc, but particularly fo her great care of my cousin Hetty llammond. She has been there above six months, and 1 bilh've it is owing to the advice and maiiageuieiit of my Cozen LellVny that Betsy has laid aside the thonglits of an Italian journey whieli -he was for a long time very full of; and is now I think easy about her religion. I believe that my Cozen LeIVroy must have had much more trouble with her than she owns, and by what I knew of Betsy whilst she staid with mc here I cannot doubt it. Though I make no dcmbt but that she manages her much better than I did or eonid have done, for yon know that their sex, being more tender and engaging than ours, they ninh'islaiid one another much better than we do them, and I believe it to be owing to my ( ozen LellVoy that Betsy has of late written me several much better letters than 1 formerly received from her. But how much childish and perverse behaviour she meets with or has met with from Betsy I believe it is not easy to say. She had a great mind to eomc back i I [ 39 ] with me to London, tlio\igli I do verily bolicve that «lic lives happiiT there (if it be not her own fniilt) tlini ever she did nnjwhiru in her life. I desirid my Cozen LeflVoy to tell me frcelv wlicthir slie were not tired of her, and she assured ine that she was not, hut desired that she nii^'ht stny with her,' which I am pcrsundid must proceed from a desire of doing her real j,'ood, r.ither than from any salisfaetion from iier company, unless she has brought her to a much belter state of mind than 1 think she was formerly in, which 1 hope and believe she has in a great nnasnre cllceted, and 1 hope that Betsy either is or will be duly sensible of her obllLralions to her. Our Cozen llaleh is very near her time of delivery. Onr Cozen Clark was lately bnmnht to bed of a dan<;hter who, she writes me word, thrives apace. Our Cozen I'letty llaniniond (not ISelsy) is >;"'i'o '" ''" married to a gentleman about nine miles frinn Canterbury nf 5 or 01)0 a year, as her brother Will says she owned to him. Cozen 'I'hompson ami .Mr ( ;c(iru:c are well. 1 had a ehest of your I'lorence from him : 'lis admirable. I am dciU' Cozen yoiw most Affectionate Cozen and Servant, OLIVER ST JOHN. 1 beg to be remembered in your prayers, Vr. St.Imiln. Ar..i,.hi..ri;ii. .Imij;..! uilli l»M -larsiil ll;.' tir.l, ..r liv,. |.,iMils. ('r,..l. nn iM-li' Willi II .iiicul iiirniH't lli'Ullt its lll'L-li. The Betsy Hammond wlmse Italian journey is spoken of in the foregoing Ictti r. No. — as laid aside, and who was first cousin to Oliver bl John, afterwards went to Tlorenee to join her eousin Anuc (jri-(ini, the sister of Olivi r trought up to the hnv, and now Councillor at liar, and was sent to Inland by king William on account of the forl'ciltil estates; lie married Sar\h Sail, a gentleman's dauLditer of Pn'ston, in Lancashire, and had by her oidy one (hiughter, I'.li/abeth, now living at I'lunrice. AVilliam Hammond, the eldest sou of my grandfather, nnirried two wives, — by the fu-st he had onlv one son anil two daughters, Aulhony, the father of Anllnmy now living, who i< married to one of the I'ribend's diuightcrs at Cantirbury, ami enjoys the estate at prescul. My "raiulfalher's two daughter^, .\nue and I'.li/.abcth, the former Dr Woollon, lV)ctorof llivihity, the youuirest married Oliver St Jnliu, l'.-(|. By the elde-t. nuirried lo Ur Wooltou, there now ri'iaains one daughter, who is married tu Mr Clarke, I'rebeud of Chichester, in ^^u•^sex. By Elizabelh llammouil, the yonuu'csl sister, who married Oliver St John, K-(|., he had three daughters auil ouc sun ()li\er, who died in this villa near I'loreuee, and his sisters all dead. Now, dear cousin, 1 beg the favour of ycui to l)e so kind a> to have aimther copy of the said account wrote, and to have (vhat I have wrote added to it, for it is certainly true, and if you thought proper to write yourself to Sir Horace Maun you would still do me a greater favour, and SiguiM' Cdiinl Carlo* ami 1 will go with it and present your compliments and Mrs Lefroy'i. My cousin PluelM't prcMiits her duly to you and her Mauniia, and Siunor Count Carlo jniu^ with uie in bc-t re-peet.- to uiu and JIrs Leiroy, ami begging yon will e^cu^c this trouble, I am dear Cousin, Your sineerelv all'eetioualc and obliged Hundili- servant, Kl.lZM'.KTll HAMMOND, rLuUHSCE, Sl'|>t. 2.livl 17110. 1 700. lut of our family, lave it corrcet(d, present ntl'air is my father's name lud lu'ar relation of the faudly, I m ; U ii Friiiii Elhuhcllt Uiiinniiiiul lo El'i^iibith Li'frni/. C'AHKiBl. ItllJ- 21st, 177"i. Dear >radam. In answer to your favorc dated the 10th of May, which I received the ISlh, I see you desire me lo give you some aecoimt of n^y pedigree, and as far as I can I shall endeavour to do it, 1 am of the family of the Ilaiinnonds of St Albans in Kent, the Seat md Kstatc of the llaunuouds ever since ami before the Ucl'oruudiou, for my cozen S( .lohu and his sister who both dyed at I'loreuee told me that our Gramlfather's Estate joyned with the estate of St Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, so that you nay sec we are of o very anehnt family, • Count Cni'k. (l,'l ilodicn StntTolti. | t The Cmnless StufTolti. imsmmimsim^^mmms: r [ 41 ] St AHimis is n wry fine pleasant situntion, built on a lavfjc Tlaiu, siin-onnilcd with many (Jciitliiiiaii's ;imt it, I have eii- im able, and beg are very well, she II IIAMJLOND. 5(!rvant to bny i:ie the lirst bark' that [ li ] There 18 n fine picture of Anthony Lefroy at Itchel, painted in 173C. The following inscription was formerly at the back of it, b\U as the canvas was rent Iiy a luckless house- maid sometime about 1830, it U probably no longer to be seen. The picture was trauafcrred to a new canvas :— ANTONIl LEFROYI, Canterburiensi, Bonarum Artiura Amntori, Imnglnem a se Depictum, D.D. Marcus Tuschtr Noricus. Libumi, CLOLOCCXXXVL The next we lenm of Anthony T^efroy is his marriage on the 18th Febniary, 1738, with Elizabeth Langlois, (laughter of Pierre Langlois, a merchant of Leghorn, by Julie de Monccuu dc La Melonierc. The disparity of years was considerable, for he was thirty-four and slio but seventeen; but the marriage was a happy one, and was celebrated in a poem of 208 lines by a Tuscan academician. There is a copy at Itchel, embellished with an emblematic frontispiece, and entitled, — VII, From unprestiun of a 8«b1, Epitalamio, Per le felici nozzc Degl' ilUistrissimi Signori Antonio Lefroy ed Elihauetta L\N(ilois, celebrate in Livorno il Di XVIIL Febbnijo e nell Aimo CIDIOCCXXXVIII, in segno di ossequio u^medceimi. Dcdicato du Marco Xusicher Acodemico Etrusco. A small specimen of this effusion will suflicc :— p. 20. Cantiamo> o Amori, o Gru/ii', o Miuo, o Doi, Inui etemi frstoei Ai Torsi armunioBi UniRcano \c vuci i Scmidcit E al dulco risuonar D(> 1 dirint conccnti Fcnni §uli'alf, i renti Cautin lo Deo del mar. Caiiliamo : Vu>ni, o SfosA* Oiniii til iwttc oinbrosa Per lo ttellato Cielo Sparge fra incorta luco osturo vclo £ gi& dal brunu f^eiubo Versa tacito ncmbo Di languid! papareri : Vieni, che tardi, a ripusar t'in.ita Lo Spobo impaiientc, Che ride dolceinf^nto, £d il Lotto t*addita. Vieni Bella, deh Tieni, b dolco il Uccio, Che raniino incatona, Dulce fit Ditetto in braccio Fra gli scherzi, (>d i bact Strettamenle tennci De i lungbi amori il rainmcntar la ncna ,..•. , • • • t iL>m, lo bPuso at>p(>tta Kd, Imeneu t'atl'iTtta £f;li in critstallo adamantine, c puro Cho nellc man ik^^tienc Ti mosturi fuora it-l velo oscuro Dell' et&, chc son vicno Simili a Te, come Tu sei perfetti I Figll, i doici Figli, ed i Niputi Al Mondo, al t'iel diletti Avran d'ANTOHio lo virtu, ronodfo Animo, il dogno (Jenio, o lo tuo Ih'Uo Semblance unite a quelle Del Genitorc, allor quanti vedranno rindole, e il Volto, i Figli D'AkTOXIO EUSABBTTA, &C, ^rSi^ii^/^^sA^ySliP.'Ky w J Tllr. From a Set}. Tlie sliield of nniis rngrnvcd nbovc, wliich rests on the double nutliurity of the impression on the binding of the Kl'ITALAMIO, mid of n senl whieh wns freciiiently used by iiis son Lient.-Coloiicl A. Lefroy to the end of hia life, nnd is probnbly still in cxistenec, is so eecciitric tluit we are puzzled to neeount for it. Possibly Sir Lefioy Imviii;; gone idirpml young hud lost sight of Ills family cout, or he may have ehosen to ailiipt one ditl'erent from that of the other braneh of the family, descended from the second murriagc of Israel Leflroy ; certain it i' 'hiit he (li(' not adhere to it, but had ii seal cut at u later [leriod with the pr()p<'r bearings, as given in the aeeompanyiug wood eut, No. VIII. They arc those of his father (p. ij), and to them ull his descendants have adhered. The Lnnglois connection was n valuable one ; Elizabeth Lnngloia* brothers, Christopher, John, nnd Benjamin, were attaeheil and faithful friemls, ami all dying unmarried, their fortunes ultimately descended to her children and grandchildren. The fourth brother, Peter, of whom there are two portraits preserved, rose to distinction in the Austrian service, nnd died at Trieste in 17S'J a Grand Slaster of the Ordnance, Colonel Proprietor of the Regiment of Infantry bearing his name, Commander-in-Chief of Anterior Austria, Genend Governor of Antwei-p, nnd Commandant of Trieste. A conleinpornry account of him says, " The deceased Granil Master of the Ordnance was born at London in the year Wii; went in the Km|>eror'3 service 1742 as volunlaire in the regiment d'lnfauterie Pallavieini, promoted ensign 1743, nnd captain of a compngnie in the regiment Snx-Uildburghauseu 1744; further, Mnjor 1755, Lieutenant-Colonel 175S, Colonel 1759 by the llcjiment Saxe Gotha, Gencrnl .Major 1763, nnd in the year 1771 the vacant government of Dauu was bestowed upon him, to which was added in the year 1773 the rank of Field-Marshal Lieulenant and tlic government of Lintz. His Imperial Majesty was graciously pleased to present hint in 1779 with the government of Antwerp, ;«t-\ ..JT' rests on the double le KriTALAlIlO, 9011 Lieut. -Colonel ■ still ill existence, t for it. Possibly siglit of liis family lit from tliiit of the iccouil maniiige of ut at u Inter period . VIII. They lire Ihora, Christopher, tried, their fortunes er, I'eter, of whom irvice, and died at f the KeyiiMeut of iiemi Governor of vs, " The deceased in the Emperor's ensign 1713, and her. Major 1755, rid .Major 1703, liiii, to which was eminent of Lintz. the goveriinieut of id gave him the ic bicakiiii; out of lids from Grittz to e for the militairc he general repute, 3 IiniKTial master letter from the [ » ] i^i Tin», fl Furirr, 17M Man cier General Langloii, Je me iiili propo»e il« nejamuu rien disposer h Vejard Je voire person ne que nc vntis mil par/'uilemenl aflri'tiile. he commanilinienl (jnu'ral t) (iriil: di-s Ktats Inlcrifitrs d'jii/ric/ns, par I'l'ntier deranijernvn'. de memoire el de sanle dii L. (l. ra elrc vaeanl, pour le remplaeer diles moi siitceremenl, si avcc U c/utruclera de (jenenil d'lnt'aiileiie vmi-i veuille: y atltir, nla ri'glera ;//<■» dispusitions ulteriiurcs, pcrsoniie d' n'cii 'Call rifii, et itiari/iii's moi sincercment, si cela rotts rntirienl on nun, e/ ne donti's jaiiKtis dn ply our Lclters jmti-nt inidiT ur rcigii give and urant unto our trusty and wt'll tn'Iovfd Sir | Chrirli's Cock^. HaroiH't, l)y llu- nanio and dcwription | cf Charh's C.H-k-i, Ksqr, thi- oiruT of C'h'rk nf thi- | Dt'liM'ry and Di-hviTanct* of all and all manner nf Ordnance of Artillery munition and o(Iut nrcessarva wlialsot'vi-r appertaining to the olTiee of our onlnanee, not onlywilliin and »ithuut our Tower of London l)Ul alfto the ininnrits and out of all or any other our Ptoret* or plaees then made or thereafter to be nnido or appointed lor ordnance intuiition and neccmsaries for ordiuinee whatsoever To hold Ihe same together witli Ihe wages or iVeo of TweU'e pence by the day pnyalile .piarttTly out of our Trea«uro at the receipt of our J'lxeheiiuer at WeMtmiuHter— f ir and during our pleasure as by our 8aid recited Lelt<'r'< patent (Kclation being thereunto bad) may more fully and at large appear. Now know tk that wee have revoked and delerniiiied the iiatne, and by Ihene prcncnUdo revfike and detertniru' our said Ue<'i(i>d Ix'lters patent and Kvery clause Article ami tiling therein contuiner to the said IJenjatnin Langloiii for exercising the said oftic4> tho wagi'8 or ffee of twelve pence of Lawfull money of Groat Uritain by tho day * • • to comnu-nco from the day of the date of (bcse our Letters pateni and paid u?ito and for tho ffcast of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ then next ensuing, and from thcnco to be paid and proceed ipiarterly • • at the ITour must usual il'easts or Terms in tho year (that in to say) the Ifeasts of the Annunciation of (ho lilesRi'd Virgin >rary, the nativity of St John tiio Haptist, Saint Miehael the Archangel and the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ by even and eipiai portions. Together with all and sin;^ular other llee^. prolils, commodities, aulhoritiex, ailvanlages, and prebeini- nenccs to the said ollieo belongiug or in iiriy^iso appertaining. Ik witskss whereof we have eauwed these our Letters to be made patent. Witness oiirNolf At Westminster in eight day uf December in tho tbirtci-nth year of our reign. 10 there unto niovinp, (if n knowltildo uiid iihut grnnted ami by tlu>so imti) our tru)4t y and well Ksijuire, the mui ullico of c. And FrKTiiRB of our in knuwU'd'^o and ineer I granted nnd by tli<*80 mt under to tho said isin^ the said otiiee tho ice of Lawful! nmncy of • • to coinnu'noo leso our Letters pntom east of tlie hirth of our xt ensuing', arul fri>ni d (luarterly • • at or TiTHis iu tho year th<> Annuneiution uf (ho iilivity ol' St John the rehini^^-l and the hirth i-en and eijuiit jiortinnfi. liar ulhcr Hi-i's. prolUs, nntap'o, and |irelu'ini- "S'i'-l! or ill tinyniso vherrdf we hiive eaiined iat<'nt. WitnoiH our«eIf y of Dccemhor iu tho I in the last century u is (Icseribcd ns " nn m C3, and a great friend ^ ut meeting with some ^ : of the monks of his 9 ill tlie convent, from 1 r into the controversy, er benefit of jiursuing ^ N he died 1763. Mr 13 n])pointed Secretary ^ it being ambassador ; ^ 779. He was made f0) •y to tlie same Lord r^ Sir Kgcrton Brydges ^ ^ S3 cJO &'r [ 46 ] describes him as " a good and beiiovolcnt old man, with nnich diplomatic exiierience, but most fatiguingly ceremonious, with abilities not much above the common," (Autobiog. II. 40), but tliis somewhat disparaging view of his character is scarcely consistent with the prix)f« we possess of the respect and nlfcetion with which he was regarded by a large circle of friends. Lord Stoimont, his first Chief, whose Secretary of Embassy he becanie at the ago of 30, contr.icted then a friendship which ceased only with his life: witness the subjoined letter which i * alike honourable to both. The long list of friends rememliercd by Mr it. Langhiis in his will |'1S02), proves the constancy of his attnclniieuts. He left becpicsts, sonvciiirs, or tokens of friendship in one or other form, to all the followin;; personages, not counting his oM seniints for whom he piciviili'd lilicrally, or his heirs Anthony 1'. and I. 1'. (ieorge l.cfroy, each of whom iiiheriteil about £ll,OOU, or Marv Luui^Uv aflerwards .Mrs I'ver, his ward.* T.ikIv I.H\iiit;ti>n. Tlionias Lrtriiv. ■^iiicc C J. I.ur.1 Lili'l I.I. .Mliri'lliiilli'SK l.ilrlllii'lil. l'l'ilH't-iitiiu-k. LunI l-'i'i'il. ('iiiiilibrll. (1 iiiTiil Crnit,'. M l>iir\i'ii 11. Iti V 1,11111^ I'll i:iiol. I>ulili9. Lailv I'iliol. II .11. J. K iol. II .11. \V. K i..t I.I ;;...Im.ii). ('. lllllf|.S u i:iy. M .Miirliii r.i.ltl.Trrill. I,. r.l lili'nl |.|\ i.'. 1.1 .l.v llmr ..Ill' lir.'villi'. M » liol.U «..llll.V. Liulv i-.hz. llllllUll. My ih'iir l.anglois. I.IIMION. .lull. .11. 17H!1. 1 ha.'e birn so coiistautly uei'iipiiil thai it has nut been pussible lor me In oive \i)U an of H.l, iinil niirTivMl iinlil ISW, wlirn llii< lull porlion of Mr H. I.nni.'l..i« I'uliilo Iii'i'nuu' ilt'umilili. Binuuij tin. ((rauili'lalilri'ii of U«v. 1. 1'. O. Lt'lhij-. Shu wmi «u illuKitimiiU' iluugUUir 111 Jiitiii Langlois. > ■'< SB SlA) iL2 'n*i-rh>r-^'r^»K^*r^*r!7hi'H7S»i ^'P1![^'f^'f^'r^'ri'r^'r^'(^'r^'r^'r^*r tj.>,«;)js,«;5jM; I ^^ii ^^^^^SlSllSi ^^ f^m ("Hi [ 47 ] to a sharc of toil and labour, but to a bed of down. I am to be Secretary of State for the Home Department ; I cannot therefore invite you to come and tcork with me, for we slinll not have more business in a year than we have often done in a single week, but I do most earnestlv invite you to come and take your share of this lineciire. It will obli^'e you to come to town sooner than usual, hut it will not prevent your shootin); parties in autumn. In that I can see ro ohjeetiou, but if contrary to my ho|)e you should tind Loudon disagree with you, and should lliink even this quiet office too great a thing for your spirits, you can then relum to retirement. I am most anxious that you shoidd at least make the experiment; I entreat of you my dear Langlois, I ask it of your Iricndship, nay, more, I expect it from that long and faithful friendship from which I have never expected aiiylhiug in vain. Ever yoiu's most sincerely, STORMONT. The allusion (o shoolinp l>nrti(s iiffnrds snnic eine lo the eireiniistnnee that when his executors gave efl'ect to a beipiesl of " all liis frims ixcrpt a very few otherwise disposed of," to his godson, Hon. W. Kliot, they found I hat there were /or/y;^'!;? of them to be accounted for, ineludinj; rifles, pislols, and misrellaneous fire-arms. A childless man, Henjamin I.nnslois concentrated his affections towards the close of his life on his sister's sons. His letters to the younger of them are remarkable for the warmth of their expressions, and his anxiety that no jciloiisy shouhl ever T-*\ fP^i tnn- of State for the S me, for we slinll not ■eek, but I do most B oblige joii to come es in aiituinii. In ^ id London disnf^rec ^ our s])irits, jou cnn g entreat of yon my p t long and faitliCnl & rvVl STORMONT. fvi afcrlX pr^ nrc tlint wlirn his ([7^ O.T~i\ wisi! disposed of," fiSi be accounted for, J^ rds tlie close of liis ble for llie warmth IP linrmony of the spondence which 9 cxecnlors of his hat whatever kind ly buried without ill London let me innd 1 think, who the place requires n the churchward [ 4S ] not a sinffle syllable more, I insist upon it most peremptorily, shall be added on any account, unless inv Kxrs. (which I can scarce supjiose) should think it necessary for their justification lo add, that the deceased ordered this to be the only inscription." He is interred at Ashe, Hants, and these directions were strictly obeyed except that a tablet is affixed outside the chancel wall, instead of a headstone. There are seven families of the name of Lanoi.ois in the Didionaire de la Xohlfsie (1 Ti\), five of whitoriis, one of whom remained in France and inherited from an uncle the family estates, the other, Colonel Anthony de hi Melonicre bcaime groom of the chambers to the Uuke of Cuiiibeiliiiid. He left also another dau,j;!itcr Susan who married David Uavaud and left descen- dants.* There is or has within these few years been preierved a sword tliat formerly belonged to Oeneiiil de la Melonii're to which the I'ullon ing history is attached. Il is in the liaiulwriliiig of the lU;v. J. 1'. J. Lefioy : — "This steel sword, inhdd with gold was a present from Colonel afterwards General Folliott who was Lieut.-Colonel of the 1st llegiinent of Guards, to my great uncle Colonel de Melloniere nt the time that he was in favour with the first Uiikc of Cunibeihiiid (whose groom of the bedehnmber he was) about the year 17+1- His lluyal Highness was very much pleased with Colonel Folliott's exertions in assisting liiiii to liriiig the Regiment then commnnded by his Hoyal Highness IVom a stale little better than thiil of tniined bunds to be that militaiy cjrps which distingnisli.'d themselves so much in the siil)se(|iient war, and became a pattern to our army. Colonel Folliott upon the strength jf th.'ir service applied to the Duke of Cumberland for a regiment, wliieh he obti. I, and he thought himself so miioli obliged to my great uncle for the success of his application tli.nt he made him a present of this sword as n slight acknowledgement, but which my great uncle would noi from a piineiple of dL-licacy accept without the Duke's leave. Those kind of hilts ut that time wei-e very valuable, it is believed that this 'osi twenty guineas, and they are or genealogist, to vrcs a (lay for ISO Milly llu'ir eiKinii'ies, iimiels. The results 'I'r.lionnire, are jii-e- il's of the diHicnlties c'e,'' in establishing m * Mr Hnvnml diciUii Julv 177*1, liii*l>alv, accord inff to till' Hitii;iilar cuttoiii whith ttpiicars to have (lieu prcvfiili'd WB§ o|K'no4l, nn wrrt' in turn thow uf cuch of llie Ijin^lois; the reports of the p»$t-mitftem rxaniinations have biTii proBervet), That of John Langloia Ix-ars the fignature nf Joiik IIcxtbb, and han bten preamled to tho College of I'hyaieianB, togvthcr with his n|Kjth<'car}'a ttill, ivhich anintintod to 1*117. 2ii. oit. fur Hide i>ver one year, Jan. It, 17KP, to Jan. 20, 17tK>, all for drugs. Mbb Dblaxt (17HM) hefiueatUod Mr« Itarnud "the picture of Ilacliarl and Leah in crayoni at the well," and to Mn Shelley a Japan box, ohserTing, *'I take thia LilM?rtv that m; much esteemed ami renpectiHl friends may MiinetiniCK recutleot a I'erHon hIio nafi so sennthlo of the Honor of their Fricnddhip, nri>i who tlflighlers has a merit which enlilles it to a place in tho Appendix. He hhs author of i\u: Lite of tiustaTus Adulphu". and better knonn as the tutor y>i \.-\n\ Cbcsterticlil's uncouth son IMiiltip .*^lanlioi>e. iM?M!Mmmmmmm^ w II M r ii II ■H« ik' [ 51 ] vpry much esteemed even now. My Rreat uncle made a present of it to his nephew, General Langlois, from whom my uncle B. inherited it, and wishes it to be kept na a testimony of the nice sense of honour of my worthy great uncle." This sword passed into the possession of the Irish branch of the family, and as we are informed, was stolen a few years ago. Betuming to Akthony LErsoT, whose marriage in 1738 has been recorded, happy with his young wife, he appears to have devoted himself with great energy to business, and to the collection of objects of antiquity, a taste he had cultivated long before his marriage, iu fact, from his first residence at Leghorn. He was elected a member of the ETRUSCA. AC.\DEMIA, 1753. He appears to have been a Levant merchant, trading with Asia Minor, and perhaps also Damascus, Pcrsio, and the further east, for we read of a commereium nohile in plum Jaiatirat Segiunta, and Iiis magnific^at numismatic collection contained coins of Asia Minor, Cappadocia, Pergamum, Numidia, and Mnuritauin, Cyrenia and Syria ; I'gypt, Pontus, Tliracia, Parthia, and Paconia, which would appear to have been mainly acquire^\t fe^s; Jijil '!« I his nephew, General as a testimony of tlie ato the possession of years ago. een recorded, happy energy to business, nted long before his iected a member of Levant merchant, further east, for we niifi>;viit immismatic lia, and Mauritania, pould appear to liavo nsincss ; of this we isposed of by sale in jllowing letters : one 3 his brotlicr-in-law, ection. It embraced tim rarilalia. Some whom the collection arc probably in the )eyond I he reach of Annual Register," in which we might anie into the hands ion with the rest of I, in August, 1S12. lie annexed extract time Mr Lcfroy's uttar which is still G. Lefroy, Auput 16, 1771. ncrificc, was found ed at Home where I in the coUectiou i^j*X-'T^ (> (> [ 52 ] of the Dnke of Maata, and which, nfter hia death I had i.-y faTour, you'll make a preaent of in my nnmo to your college, to place in the library with tli? Tnpoy Loril Egrcmout to the Morocco Ambassador in his Maji'sty's name, and have nlso wrote to Afr Wood under Secretary of State, to be so good as to assist us therein ; we have sent another of said memorial to lie recommended by the Dcy of Algiers, who is upon a friendly fooling with the King of Morocco, and hope that at last we shall recover something; for I am pi^rsuaded the King of Morocco has never been acquainted with the true state of our case, wherein we prove that that villain of Massahowl must now have hid amongst the Jews at least 100,000 dollars, as in seven years time he could never have spent or lost 200,000 dollars, which he actually owes, I leave the remainder of this boxe for your sister, so desiring my love to your brother and blessing to Authony, lemaui with the givatest gratitude and esteem. Dear Sir, Your loving and alTectionatc brother, AXTII. LEFKOr. !r^ 1 'ii i ' :illli! ! I lit I! M he OS ^;r di!^ikiy let mo know his direction in the country where I suppose he will lie (ns olso the rest c 1" the nobility) before you receive this. It is reported here that you have been appointed Secretary to the Emlxisse to Vicnno, I wish it may prove true, as it paves the way to become CbnrgiS dcs affair and in time Minister, which I hope you may soon arrive at and long enjoy with pleasure and satisfaction to yourself and relations ; it will naturally l)e some time before you set out upon y' journi'y, and when that happens your sister as well as myself desires you'l recommend George in a jjartieular manner to the master at Westminster School who is to take care of him, for we much hope for comfort from him in our old ago, to make in part amends for the great disquietness we at present undergo. We have not heard if Anthony was emlmrked for Minorca. Seviiral Fnglish fttinilys that came here from thence when it was taken are now sail'd again for that place this week, so that we suppose the French must have quittcnt, but (|uilc tlio ) during the time r to-morrow, and rd from you that ! Imoks I desired nrded to mc, wh. t it futignos them be pleased not to IMS wrote to Lord letter in Knghmd od I let ine it rT the nobility) asse to Vionnc, I in time Minister, iption to yourself lurncy, mid when ;g ill a ]mrtieular ir we much hope isquietness we lit norcii. Sev(T«l 1 agiiin for that sister joins with ge, who am ever si P'TJ fx"' [ -A ] Dear Sir, Anlhoni/ lefmi/ to BcHJumin Tjanjlvii. Au^iut fs, I'm. Your Uro' Kilt wnite thiit you was in daily expeetnlion to set out for Vienna, wliieh made me defer iiiitwering ymir kin>rc>X"'-> nry^.'.'jr^.'iy\-.'.)yx-!iy^':y^<.y\f-y '' iijiA}::3!A^alA^::xj:ii'SLcii^:i^ ' I l;i j :! Mi ii; 11 i pvlr J [ 59 ] The Cataioqvs nymismaticvs Mvsei Lefiioyani. Libvmi anno M.TICC.LXIIT., to wliicli rcfeaiice ia made in tlic proecdiiig letters, is an 8vo. volume in Latin, •■vliicli describes all Mr Lefroy'a coins in considerable detail. It ia thus introduced :— Lectoui AnCILKOPIIILLO Salutem, Ilabos licic inter quamplurimos hodiemos bujuscc naturae Catalogo3, veterum num- raonim aurcorum, argenteorum et aereorum syllogen accuratissimam, tanto pluris nestc- mandain quod non ex illaudnti Pluti penu dcprompta est. Hand Iieic enim magnorura Principum nonicn fucam faoit : non splendida Crassoruni, Lucullorumqne supellex oculos praestringit ! sed bona, sedula, sincera sim- plicitaa cnitet, Consularis Mnjeslas fascca subinittit, Regum Asia), et Ilcllados elata Buperbia niinuit fronteni, Homa demum aetema nc feliit opes suas libcralitcr obfert. Copiosioies fortasse Gazas reperiea alibi, 8cd non sinceriorcs. Wurimomm annorum labor hie est et euro Jnlonii Lefroy, natione Angli apud Libumum honestc ac feliciter mereaturam fncicntis, et bene collocataruni divitiarum fructua ubcrrimus. A nobili commercio in plurcs Asiaticas Eogiones nb eo Instituto ortac sunt ct ad(piisata! liujus- modi eruditae ncc facile parabilea deliciuc, Mercatori licuit insigni undcquaquo per Europam jussn dare navium onerariarum magistris ct exercitoribna ; scd non Icvia operac fuit, cos de re ipsa priniuni instruorc, ac in nniniis rudibus anioreni antiquoruni nuni- morum instillarc, cosquc, quod rarum est, dicto audicntes nancisci. To TUE tEAUNED READER, GllEETlNO, Among the very many catalogues of a similar nature put forth at the present day, thou hast here a most accurate syllabus of coins in gold, in silver, and in bronze, which is of all the more value as it has not been taken down from the stores of \iilgar wealth of unlearned great men. Here the names of groat princes gives no false apiJearaiice, nor diith the sumptuous furniture of the Crasai or the Lucidli l)liud the eye ; but there shines forth an honest, industrious, candid sim- plicity. The consular majesty bows its fasces. The proud glances of Asian and Grecian monarchs are veiled. Rome as yet eternal and fortunate, 0[)en3 with a free hand her treasures of art. It may be thou wilt find elsewhere more copious collections, but none more genuine ; here are the pains and labor of many years of Anthony I.EFiinY — an Englishman by nation, honorably and suc- cessfully ])ur8uing commerce at Leghorn in Tuscany — here is the choicest fruit of riches well bestowed. Through the extensive trode established by him in many ])arta of Asia have been ac(iuire ome as yet eternal i h n free hand her k ^ r be thou wilt find '1— Uections, but none f i lie pains and labor 9- ^ oxY I.F.FUOY— an n_ ^ juorably and suc- ^ •ce at Leghorn in E ^ iccst fruit of riches IT" y^ the extensive trade £ 4 ny parts of Asia '^ i stores of what is 0! ind hard to collect. l^ ^ great iiicrehant to f i 1 to the captains of V— ^ r officers in every J= :> IS no light task to ^ e thing itself — to v^ ins into uncultured &- :)^ ! thing to find, to £ i 1, S^ I I'PTi'PTi'f'i^'r^ li y1 fiJ>x-.;imlorum et Url)ium num. ccxil. Consularium faiiiiliorum nu. ccccrvxvii, Impcrat«rum, ct Cocsarum num. 3icc:c. EX AERE. Begum Macodoniac ot aliorum nu. CXLTII. I'opulDrum, et Urbium, num. ccxx. Conflularium num. xxx. Impomtnruni et Cacsarum ot Augustonmi, num. MMMUCCLXVII. Masimi Mtxluli num. xxxiii. Anti(iua pontlera num. xvl. Etrusenrum nummi et reccntiores numoro cxLIiIt. Foulificum liomanum num. xxxv. Summa totalis Ti. M.S.I. Inter Aureos quamplurimi cximin raritnte pracstant. Ad .\rgontcorum scriem cxplendam nihil desidcratur ; ci cxcipias. Drusum Tiberii Jilium, Anniam Famtiitam, Sabiniam Tran- guilUi:am, et CorneUam Siijwram. In aercoriun ordine tantunimodo Facen- nim Niger transfuga est ; Cacterum omnium religuorum iiitegritas admiranda est, ct ab omui parte incorrupta. Nco rcliccam Lcgiones Marci Anionii numcro XXIIII., quot cxtaro dccuntur, une dcmpta, adcssc oinncs. Usquedum uon plurcs rcperiri inconfcsso est. At in ca aerie prodit primum Lcgio XXX., quae fortasso unica historiac Uomanoc acccS" Bioucm fucit, ct cruditoruui controversis ansam pracbet. form, we now produce for the purpose of informing strangers in tlie fullest degree [of its value]. There are then— In Gold, Of the Macedonian Sovereigns and others, XYIII. Of Cities and Communities, xi. Of Consuls, III, Of tho Augustus Ctssors and their Wives, CLXXXXt. In Silver, Of the Macedonian So\ crcijTns and others, lxvi. Of Communities and Cities, ccxil. Consular Families, ccccxxxvii, £mj>cror and Cassors, Mccx, In Brass. Of the Macedonian Sovereij^ns and uthers, cxlvii. Communities and Cities, ccxx. Consular, xxx. Enipen)rs Cassars, and Augustus*, mmmdcclxvii. Great Medals ? xxxill, Aneient Weights, xvi. Ktrusean etnus, luid modissval coins, CXLIII, Papal cuius, XXXV, Total {(]SoO) vi.M.D.L, Among the gold coins are sonic of the utmost rarity. The silver scries w.iiits notliing to be complete if we except Lrmiis son of Tibermt, Annia Faustina, Sabinia Tranquil- lina, and Cornelia Siipcra. In the bronze scries Fesceiiiiui Ai//er alone lias disap- peared. The completeness of the rcniiiiiidcr ia admirable, ond nowhere open to sus- picion. Neither may I omit to mention that the coins of tlio XXIIIrd Legion of Murcut Antoniui, of those that are said to be in existence, all but one are to be found here. And in this scries we find for the first time the XXXth Legion, of which scarcely any historian makes mention, and which will furuish a handle to much learned dispute. ^XMAtx_iwx.>x^>X^c for the purpose of le ftillcst degree [of en — IS and othfra, xvui. LI. their Wives, clxxxxi. Br. 13 and others, lxvi, :cxii. rii. !3. 18 and others, CXLVII. X, tUS*, MMMUCCLXVII. corns, CXLiii. otal (0660) Ti.M.D.u 8 nrc sonic of the series wants nothing ieept Dnmus son of , Sabinia Tranquil- 'a. In tlsc bronze nlone iius disnp- ss of the reinainder liere open to bus- mention that the Legion of Murcut ore said to be in to be found here, lid for the first time wliicli scarcely any II, ond wliicli will learned dispute. w ^1 11 ,1 !■ I' i' il' ^^^j^^vnw^^^^^^'l/p^^j^v^^^ {||i|i:ii'ni i!i!'iiiii{iiiilili;{{l|i|ti!ii|iu|iiiili|iii':iii<'i:ii'!iiiii'iii iHlH'iiliii'iiiJ"' nun i||ir'''ii'ni !!ini't!i|iimi|n[m| k^.L-.i'l; :.l_jM)ililliIlJM!!UllMLlll^'i|IL!lll!l iil [:::zi i' i i _— lliilLI Brjifij J FuTTrt.- U'f l,a ^^m^^ -=\ l-^s I I 62 1 Qunnti sit pniecii nestitnanda, quae dntur collectio, baud Umerc dieam : illud fidentcr sdseram praetium omne supra esse; cui impares privati homiais opes meherculo credideris ; «ed in censu computnndum est longura annoiura spatium in coUigendo consuniptum, -idcntis fortunac favor ; et, si addere licet, emptoris Iiaud praepropere emacis temperantin nb omni nostri scculi luxu, a copia dnpum, a vini, aleae, et chorene insania nbliorentis ; ex quo accessit ad vir- t\itcm debita nierces ; cui apprime Ilorntianum quadrat illud : — " Quanto quisquo iibt plura negavorit A ])i9 plura fi'rit, Contcmptoc Dominiu fplcndidior rci." I will not rasHy estimate the value of the collection or the price to be put upon it ; I may rather truly affirm it to be above all price ; assuredly above any price which would seem within the means of a private collector. But there is to be considered the long labor of years expended in the collection, under the happiest conditions of success. And with per- mission be it said, the cautious jiidijment of a purchaser — never precipitate, of extreme temperiinee, to whom the hixurj* of our a^e is abhorrent : its excesses of t!ic table, the folly of drinking and gaining, and the idleness of the theatre. Virtue such as this receives its reward, and to hiiu apply the words of Horace : — '* So much thft more shall rach ncoWo nf t!io Godil, as ho (lonitis liimsctf thi* mori>. And uf what ho dospisoa tw more noh\y the master.** The two following plates were engraved for the Topographer, a periodical commenced by Mr Hryilges afterwards Sir Egerton Biydgrs, in 1789. The first of thorn is thus described (Vol. I. p. 513) ;— "The curious Tripod, of which an engraving is here given, stands in the Vestibule to the Library of All Souls' College, Oxford, with the following inscriptinu : — Auam Tripodkm, Olim Matbi Deum, In Templo S. Coiuntiii, Conseciiatuu, D.D. Custodi et Coll, Omn. Auim. Auto LefWjy Arm, M.DCC.LaXI. " This ancient piece of sculpture is singularly curious ; and the best critics, in this knowle■ ■«.\ fed f^"j [ U ] represented his head in a Roman helmet with this circumscription, A MANLI. A. F. Q., i.e. ^iiliu Manliut, Auli Jilim Quaslor, on the reverse is Scylla on horscbnck, in a niiiitaiy tlrcss, bare-headed, his riglit hand lifted up. The inscription L. SULLA. FELLX. DIG., i.e. liiciut Sulla Felix Diciator."* Gentleman's Magazine, Jan. 17(58. The coin delineated in the plate of this month, is of gold, being a consular one of L. SVLLA. weighing 9dwts. lOgrs., appertaining to the Manlian and Cornelian families. On the obverse is represented his head dressed in n Roman helmet with this legend A. MAN'LI A.F.Q., tliat is, AhIm Manliut .iuli FiUui Qutrstor, on tlie reverse is Sylhi on horseback, in a military dress, bare-headed, his right hand lifted up. The inscription, L. SVLLA. FELIX. 1)IC., tliat is, Luciut Sulla Felix Dictator. The fatal consequences of tlie civil wars between Marius and S^lta arc described at large by .Ippian of Alexandria. The proscriptions which the cruel dictator first introduced into the Coiunionwealth, to the final destruction of his country, arc horrible to remember. Among the detestable acts of Si/lla tlie following will never be forgotton : — (1) At the very beginning of the Mithradatic war, 18 years before the Christian era, being detained on the borders of Italy, out of a spirit of pure revenge, he was the first citizen who entered Home in arms, (2) Having done so, under pretence of restoring the Commonwealth, he most shamefully violated that asylum of liberty, as he afterwards subverted Alliens. (3) This gold coin represents him in the attitude of a Pacificator, as if he would assuage the disturbances excited by Cyniia and Marius and revive peace, discipline, and good manners, such as really subsisted when, upon his returning victorious out of Atia, he was chosen Dictator by the people. (4) Wiierenpon he set about reducing the Commonwealth to the model of an Aristocracy, publishing most wholesome laws as he aft'ected to stile them, without partiality or respect of persons, but took violent measures to put them in execution. (6) Under the protection of these laws, he threw up the comniand of tlie army, and abdicated tho Dictatorship, to indulge an inglorious case at home, and thus ended his days, dying of a lousy disease, iu the Consulate of Lepidu* oud Catulut whcu he was sixty yearsi old. * Topognpher, Vol. II. 1700, p. 113. Athcnaum tihtuj. :-^ 3 Ill i ill I I II! ir! m I 65 ] The surnar-. of Ftlix on the eoin he derived fromthe Cornelian family. The name also of Epaphroditui he obtained from the Greek*, as Plutarch tcstilles. The other side of the coin appertains to the Manlian fiimily, which was Patrician from the very origin of the Commonwealth to the time of Caiar and Tontpet/, whose ancient prcenomen was that of Mlut. The descriptions of the other coins in the Topographer are all nlibreviated from those of the mngnzine. The former will be sufBcient to explain the plate, but the htttcr should certainly be reprinted if the coins can ever be identified nnd casta obtained. IT. A coin of 3f. Antomus, a most rare, siiiguhir, and remarkable gold ccin, weighing 6 dwts. 20 grs. It has on the obverse a naked head of jiiithony, willi tlic legend M. ANTONIUS. M. F. M.N. AUGUR. IMP.TIHIT. i.e. Marcus Antonius Marci fil. Mnrci nepos Augur Imperatos tcrtium. On tlic reverse a Lead of Cleopatra, with the hnir tied behind in a knot, and a continuation of the legend, as on the obverse COS. DllSIfJ. ITIIII. IIT. TIIRT. III. VIR. R.P.C, Consul deaigiiatut iterum el lertio Triumvir Reip. CumlUiiciida. This is the only known gold coin in which Cleopatra has been joined with Anthony. Ill, A coin of Antonia Avgnita, of brass, of the third size, and the only instance nf one struck in n colony. It has the head of Antonin, with the Imir as usual tied in n knot behind the neck, with this legend, ANTONIA AUGUSTA, on the other side are two cornncopias tied together by the ends : and in the area between them COR. viz, Coiinthi. In the exergue M BELLO PROCULO IIVIR. These coins arc supposed to have been struck after Antonia's death. rv. A coin of Lucilla Atiffutta : of silver, of the smallest size and best workmanship. On one side it has the head of Commodus' sister, with her hair tied back in a knot, and elegantly interspersed with jiearls, with this legend, AOYKIAAA CEBACTH, on the other side a goddess veiled, and dressed in a tunic standing, and in her left hand holding a patera. The legend, BACIXEuC MANNOC WXOPwMaios, Hex manucet Romanorum Ainiau, V. A coin of Seplimut Senerut, of gold, weighing 6 dwts. ond 3 grs. : inferior to none in •legnnce, the head that of a bearded old man, bound with laurel : the legend, SEVERV3 PIVS AVG, on the middle of the reverse is a folding altar, near which stands the Emperor iff <'>■<>'<'>'< '><'S b'll [ 67 ] embroidorcd vest. The inscription, Maona Urdica AVG., on the reverse is p goddess Btuiidin^' clothed with n veil, tunic, i\nd stoic, bearing a patera in the right hand, in the left a hasta pure ! the legend IVNO REGINA. XII. A coin of tlie IleracUi. It is silver of cxqiiisite workmanship. Round the head which represents Mincri-a, we read HPAKAHlflN, on an elegant sliield of tlid goddess is the nioncjcrs niork K, on the reverse HPAKAHIflN is repeated with ABA. The figure is a naked Hercules, holding a knotty club in his right hand, and in his left a bow and arrow. On his arm hungs the skin of the Xcmtcan lion, in the area over the tlub there is a cup or vase. Mil I.F.FnoY also possessed a large number of pictures, which were brought to the hammer by Langfoid, " at his House in the Great Pitt::a, Corent dartleii," in I^ndon, lltli Mny 1763. They were either nn indillercnt collection, or the price of pictures has risen surprisingly since that day. The liighest prices obtained were the following : — £ •. d. No. 58. A man's head (TirrAN) 83 11 69. Venus (hawing a thorn out of her foot (L. Cahacoi) 25 14 (i 48. St Knineis, on copper (t'looi.i) 9 10 40. llend of thcH. Vi;gin(CAHU)l)0Lai) '.» 40. The Marriage at Cana, a fine copy, after P. Veronese 8 8 20. A Young man's head (Klkino) ." 7 7 51. St'OnolVio with the Angels (Palma. V.) 6 C 56. The Sisters of S. Sebastian dressing his wounds (Fi'KiNo)... 6 6 )ffC I'I'ii On the whole a collection of seventy pictures only fetched JE230, and on seeing eighteen of them knocked down for less than £1 each, six for less than £2 each, and so on, one is ready to suspect that some egregious knavery was practised : it is scarcely conceivable that an amateur so successful in other pursuits could send home spurious pictures for sale in London ; indeed ha refers particularly to proofs of their genuineness, in his letter of 5th August 1769 [p. 58]. Tiie alternative is that pictures by tlie old masters were then in no demand, and fetched very little ; and this we believe to have been the fact. The catalogue includes the names of Capucino, Carlo Dolci, L. Carracci, Gherardini, Palma vecchio, Salvator Rosa, Titian, Tintoretto, Holbein, Dcrghem, Paul Potter, ond Ostade. On the other hand his collection of statuary, was exceedingly valuable. The following List, of wliich the original is at Itchel, and in Mr Lefuoy's writing, appears to have been prepared for valuation : it exists in duplicate ; one copy is endorsed, " This list has the price- " and gives the values here entered, but whether they are prices for which the objects sold or not, Iocs not appear. From their being in round sums, it is imagined that they are estimates oinv. xN^xX r»x>»i?i."S»5. lit ry >y\' ->^ reverse is p goddess $)it hand, in the left • Round the head d of the' (goddess is \. The fi-jure is a ft n bow nnd arrow, club there is a cup ight to the linmmer on, nth Mny 1763. risen surprisingly £ •. d. B3 11 25 14 n 9 10 « '.» fi 6 seeing eighteen of iind so on, one is nrcely conceivable pictures for snle in his letter of iters were tlien in ct. rncei, Gherardini, Paul Potter, and The following ears to have been This list has the which the objects ed that they are ^'iSSSSSMSH ir^i (J 'J* I 6S ] A Lilt oftcrcral Antique Statuci and Bii»tne», A Bustoe of Pompoy the Great, in hi< youth, in marble, the niily one yet seen of fi reek workinansliip, in arniiiur, upi)n whirh tli^Te is tlie finnro of a sword used liv th(r siiMicrs of Mithriilati's as a trophy, perfect and ', SO inches high, including the peil<:stal, which is about fi iuclies. £200. Dustoe of Cleopatra, exceeding rare, finer than anything there i, £50. Pustoe of Seplimius Geta, in wliite niarlile, Sfi inches high, anil the pedestal about 6, £fiO. Pustoe of niduminianus, the head white marble, the l>nstoc alabaster, exceeding rare, the bustoe 23 inches high, and the pedestal about i. £100. Pustoe of Saloninus, of excellent workmanship, the head white marble, and the bustoe of antiipie marldc, called Posta Sauta, 22 inches high, and the pedestal about 4, i '>0. Pustoe of Julia the younger, the head white marble, and the bustoe gillo anieo, 13 inches high, the pedestal about 4. £00. Pustoe of Labienus the historian, brother to Labienus, commonly called the Parthian, the head white marble, and the bustoe grey antique marble, 14 inches high, the pedestal about 4. £70. ]lustoe of Seneca, the head of wliite marble, nnd the bustoe of Posta Santa, 28 inches high, the pedestal about 6. £50. ]lustoc of Scipio Africanus, in white marble, with tlie Tiboluin upon his shoulder, exceed- ing rare, 29 inches high, the pedestal about R. £250. Erme of Theocritus the poet, in wliite marble, 17 inches high. £50.* Erme of Areclytus the Philosopher, in white marble, 19 inches high. £20. Erme of Apollonins Thyaneiis, in white marble, 23 inehes high, exceedingly well preserved, one of which was sold at Langfonl's sale in Covent Garden, nnd bought by General Campbell for £241. £220. Erme of Socrates, in white marble, 17 inches high. £50. Statue of Paris, in white marble, called by the ancients pentelUco, Greek workmanship, 4 feet 9 inches high. £230. Statue of Mercury, in white marble, about 4 feet high. £100. * Ermo appoura the Italian form of Vitimn, t term applied to buate that terminate in a pedestal narrowing towards the baje. - •) n m m [ 69 ] Statue of Apollo, in white marble, about 4 feet Iiigh. jE120. Ft.itue of lleraclitua dressed in his philosopher's habit, sitting in Iiis chair, while ninrble, 24 niches high. £100. Stntiie of Democritus in liis philosopher's habit, sitting in his chair, white marble, 24 inches high. £100. Statue of Sappho the poetess, of Parian marble, with a most beautiful drapery, 22 inches high. £120. Bustoe of Julius Cwsar, in w'.i'te marble, found in the ruins of Her .ilancnm with n scvtM-al rroHii, which is the only »ic yet known witli a st'vcrnl ci'own, of which tlicre was one sold that had no crown at Lii'igford's sale in Coveut Garden for £215. £200. Total, £2230. Mr Lefroy met with a great reverse of fortune about the year 1763, which expliiius the allusions iii his I.n.r of 23th April of that year j). .^u]. He had taken into pnrtncrsliip a French gentleman, M. t'hanon, in order to be able to devot(! mcue time to his own stuilies and antiquarian pursuit?, and the house of Lefi'oy and Charron became bankrupt. 'With what a noble spirit of integrity he um I his m •-ov. 2, 1770. Mv worthy friends Sfess^rs C'lnrembault, XIallnas. and tio(i[y ,'otiiition9, but by nli (iod not any lonesty, wlio have years »>fo, when I nth great success, rnvtions of Ilnn^nii nsprintril.lho wrihT titiK H dcflci'tHlnnt of t.in Itichut'il l.«jnt(iu't LiBo, WuUiugboruugh, fy^ [ JO 3 paid all his creditors near oeiit. per cent., which was of more honour to him than if his statue had been erected in matble. As my income I am told will scarce bo suiliciciit to live upon in England where living is dearer than in Italy, it may deprive me of the pleasun^ of seeini; yon, thcrd'oro I take this opportunity of offerinft you my service in this country (exclusive of trade) who am with tlio greatest gratitude and esteem, Dear Sir, kc. ANTHONY LEFROY. His unfortunate partner eommitted suicide in Xovcnibor, 1"72. "Our misfortunes have been so great lh.it poor Jf. Cliarron not being able to support hinisrif any loiiirer under them took the desperate resolution on the 291h November last to shoot himself in tlie lieiid, so that now the weight of all the (h-pendancies lays upon me to finish, whieli falls very heavy upon me who aiu in the 70t1i year of my age, but I trust in the Divine Providence that lie will grant nie lif.' and strength to go through wilh them." — {letter to Clareiiibiiult .?• Co., S Fi-I). 1773). A little later he writes : " I am now upwards of seventy years of age, daily decline, and have a verj' bad sight, so that I will not get into any embroils. Chairon has left me involved in too many on account of my late partnership with him, and remains my debtor for upwards of £30,000, for which in time 1 may perhaps recover 3 per cent." In addition to his commercial ti-oubles, Mr Lefroy suffcvi il not n little distress from the perversion of his daughter Phadie to ihe Kouinn Communiiin. That such n result should follow an Italian education, and a life spent among Itmiian Catholics, is not perhaps to bo wondered at. Her cousins Elizabeth Hammond, Oliver iSt John, and others, had already set the example. We know nothing of the motives or influences which immediately produced the change, but the determination seems to have been formed at an early age, and the follow- ing letter leads us to hope that an aspiration for a life of rrliuinn, of a higher nalnre than she witnessed in the members of the small Piotestant eonimunily to which she belongcil, may huve led her to the step. Letter from Mri Lefroy to /icr brother Benjamin Langlok, It is written nt the end of the letter dated 5th August 1709, from her husband to Mr Langlois ou tlic subject of the medals made away with by his agent ji. 68], Dear Hen, Arorsr r.ih, 17(1.1. By a few lines I wrote in Mr L'« letter lately wrote to Kilt you must have known Ihe whim that has got in Phocbo's bend, to prevent whicli she is to leave the Convciil in a few days and go in the country to Mrs Ilainmond ; her father and myself shall never consent to .J ^^ & [ 71 ] her being n nun of any order, much more so a Cnpuchin, the poorest, strictest, anil severest order tliey have, and should it happen I sliould be the most miserable of nil mothers, persuaded of the truth of all those reasons you often wrote to us to prevent. I tell you all this only by way of informing you of the steps wc have taken, to avoid such misery to that poor unfortunate wretch, as I know in spite of her behaviour you yourself would not wish her such a chastisement. My obligations to you all daily increase, may God i-cward you for all the good you do to me and my family, may you enjoy in your new employ all possible happiness. My love to George and my brothers, and believe me dearest Hen, yours most affectionately, E. LIU'ROY. Plm-be Lefroy was not destined to become a nun, but she revolted from the faith of her Fathers, and four years later became, with her parents' reluctant consent, the wife of an Italian gentleman, the Count del Medico Staffetti, of Carrara. Their union was not a long one : she died in 1777 at the age of 37, leaving however scvcml children, whose descendants may einim precisely the same degree of relationship to both the Irish and English branches of the family, as is acknowledged between those two. The following is her contract of marriage ;— XI. StirriTTr, 17«7, Marriage Contrnd of Phehc Lifrmj, 17C7. "Contract and agreement whereby and by the interposition of the most illustrious Signor Abasi Antonio Nieeolini, noble Patrician of Florence, the mnrriiige of the most illustrious Signor Comit Carlo del Medico Staffetti of the City of Carrara on one side, and the most illustrious Signorina Cecilia by Baptism Phoobe Elizabeth, daughter of the most illustrious Signor Anthony Lefroy, an English Gentleman of the Province of Kent in Great llritain, on the other side, stands confirmed concluded and established, with the previous consent and approbation of the aforesaid most illustrious Signor Anthony Lefroy and his most illustrious wife Elizabiah Lnnglois Lefroy, her parents. " Firstly, that the d^wcr of the afore*' Signorina Cecilia, Phccbc, Elizabeth Lefroy, shall be the sum of iUOO Ducats of Florentine money of seven Lird per Ducat and paid by him himself, half by his balance of 2000 Crowns existing in Leghorn to his credit and the other xX0if'>.N :->jMjjM?jiMt;->!«i>!<>;i irp^!r est, strictest, nnd jble of all motlicrs, cut. I tell you nil luch misery to that voulil not wish her reward you for nil niploy all possible t ]?cn, yours most E. LKl'BOY. Iiccomc n nun, but crs, nn^l'^- '"• i8-'t. Happening to have passed the winter of 1822 and 23 nt Massn de Carrara in Italy, T thus became ac(|nniiited with n veiy agreeable lady named the Countess del Medico, who after some time I found was ueurly related to Mr Lefroy's family, being the daughter of un aunt of :-y ^y.Tiw^xXdtx: % n It «) r- ;il^ iLi .•'-y^.rj '4hia:l4bidibi^4!3^4biid«biy4i: [ 7J ] Mr Lcfroy's now deceased, but formerly married to a Count del Medico. This lady infor-:od rac that since the death of her unelc she has heard no news of his family, but expressed the nature' interest of a relative to learn particulars about them. I did not return to England till about tlirec months ago, and am but just come for a few days into this part of the country ; if you have no objection to send me the names of your late father-in-law's immediate descendants, I shall have great pleasure in communicating them to the Countess del Medico, &c., Sec. Yours fnithfullv, P. DEBARRY. Dear Madame CnsMExnA j, Ooiubov 9, 182J. I have to return you my very best thanks fnr your very obliging letter of the 21st. The Countess del Medico I have no doubt will receive the pnrticuhira you have coni- ni\micated with much interest. AYhcn I was at Massa I had not the pleasure of being acquainted with her brothers, but I understood there were two of them who resided at Cainim a neighbouring city, capital of the other division of the same Dntchy, near which arc situated the celebrated quaiii^s af statuary marble whence al! Europe is supplied with that beautiful material. The Counts del Medico arc said to be amongst the richest proprietors of the Country and one if not both of them possesses a portion of these flue quarries, but as the Oraud Dutchess is now resident, the governor au ir.valid, and the territory neither rich or extensive, those who have property make no great figure, altho' for the most part inhabiting spacious houses. The lady my acquaintance, nata Contcssa del Medico is iu fact married to a Senior Perazzo, a Genoese, from whom she was (thro' no fault of her own I was assured) i-eparntcd by an ecclesiastical decree, and resides at Massa in a house belonging to one of her brothers ; she seldom or never goes out, and receives every evening a society which fonns one of the conversation& of which you have so often heard, conversing also herself remarkably well. It is a pleasant thing for a stranger, particularly an Englishman, to be iutrodue there; her own extraction no doubt disposing her to treat our countrymen with particular attention. There are few however who stay at Ma..sa as long as I did, altho' I think as a winter climate it is in some respects better than Pisa itself. It is o singidnr thing that whilst I was there Mr Ainiesley, brother of Mr Anncaley of niechcnden Park made par- ticular inquiries about the Del Medico family, the Countess was at a loss to guess wherefore ? But I have since heard it was with a view of tracing all who are founder's heir at All Souls' Coll., Oxford, in which number it was allirmcd Mr Lcfroy's family is included. I am, dear Madame, Tours, &c. P. DEBARRY. iKv 'f.i< ~i This lady infomod , but expressed tlie return to England part of the country ; •in-law's immediate auntess del Medico, P. DEBARRY. , Oi'tolior 9, 1821. letter of the 2l3t. ira you have eoni- : pleasure of being J resided at Carrara r which are situated with that beautiful t proprietors of the quarries, but as tlic tory n(nthcr rich or lost part inluibiting is in fact married own I was assured) ngiiig to one of lier society which fonns herself ivniarkably to be intro. Mr Pebarry, of whom en(|niry was made re*pcetiiig this gentleman, wrote to Mrs I!, Lefroy, " The lady I was ai'(|n:iinleil with at Massa in 1 Si:!, passed by the name and slate of Contcsaa del Medico. To the best of my recollection she never at any time entered '.ito any explana- tion with me respecting '" r Italian relations, but stated she was the daughter of an Knglish laily, whose maiden name was l.cfroy, and showed me a most kinil and cxci lleiit letter addressed to her by her uncle, your late father-in-law. I understood from others that ^he had maiiicd mmi 'iMmmwmwwm'mwm: flit hi 'ill I ! * I n a Genoese gpntlemfin, but tlmt the marriage lit-fing proved an unhappy one, from no fault on her siile, a separation had ensued." Our next knowledge of these Italian relations is contained in the following : — Extract from a Letter, ilideil Flurciice, Xor. 10, 1SC5, " II — will be ninuscd by hearing we have made acquaintance with tlie del Medicos, who are overpowering us with kind attention. He is a very fine looking gcntlcninnly man, about fifty, so like J. L. that he would pass as liis brother; very warm in manner, speaks fair English, and seems most anxious to know about liis Knglish relations. I should think him warndy attaclied to hi. own Cliurch, and he reminded me ice were Huguenots and all Tories ! but nothing can be pleasanter or more disposed to be a relation. He is married to llie Princess Pia, of whose family he is very proud. Slie is a quiet unpresuming young woman, who treats us en parent and introduced us last night to some Italians as ' cousins,' and he is most anxious we should go to Carrara, where his brother is,'and see the quarries and their Palazzo of fine marble. He has spent three evenings here, and he and we are to nu'et them to night at the Cottrells, so you see we shall become well acquainted;* J. likes him extremely, and they are great friends. He seems a sensible man, and has just been elected Deputy for Mnssa. We gather from him that things are most unsettled here, and that this (piestion of ' the temporal power ' will not be settled without nuieh difficulty and probably some struggles, and altogethci- that the elements are far from quiescent." In a subsequent letter Mrs writes : " With regard to tlie Amlrea del Medico, the present Count, we saw him frequently again in May, ISfifi, on our way home, and dined one day with them in their apartments opposite the church of San Spirito; there was no company but their two eldest childrer, Francesco and Anne Maria. They could speak but little French niul no English, but he took particular pains to make them feel we were relations, and they were nice we 1-mannercd children of 12 and 11. lOvery thing was remarkably nice and gentlemanly, but he tohl me he could not ulTord and never did entertain except in that sociable way. AVc all went into the dining room together, in foreign fashion, and he rushed straight to the ;t Kevolvition whieli overthrew tlie Grand Dukes of I.ueca, Massa, Modcna, kc, S;c., ni!), In,- took t)ie Liberal >iile a;;:iiiist his father's wishes, and was of course bauisheil his eonutry for many years. I lliiiik it was at this time he got employed by Austria as an Atl;ielir, and came to I.oiidciii in that capacity, living almost entirely in London for two or tlirei- yiars. His father died during his baiiisliiiieut, anil either left away from him great part of the estates, ineluding those in Carrara, or by some local law, he was deprived of them on political grounds, so that when his bani>li- mcnl was removed and he was allowed to return he found himself almost penniless. I think he recovered a portion by law, (I'eur niiiies he told me still belonged to him, one of cupper, one of (|uieksilver, and two more) but his younger brothers have the bulk of the pruperty, iiicUidiiig the famous marble quarries at Carrara. I'liese brotliiis have married beneath iheiii. ' (.'oiiladiiic,' he said, who could speak nothing but Italian, so lio proposed to go with us to do the honors. He thouglit we might go in the iiioruiiig, si'C everything, lake a ' Dejeuner Diiiatoire,' and return in the evening, lint tlioiigh he was very kind about it, it seemed to involve so many little nv ingemeiits and dilliculties that we gave it up. He was very open about his ciicumstanees, and seemed very sensibly trying to improve them, and was in the middle of some negotiation with a company at Leghorn lo let bis mines, and hoped in a few years to be better off. He discussed politics very freely, and said one day after talking of the confusion and difficulties of Italy. ' Do you know I often think the end of the world is mar.' I said, ' that is also the opinion of many thinking people in England, but I am surprisid to hear you speak in that way.' Hi' said, 'Why?' I said, ' Jiecause we base our opinions on the Bible, but you I suppose are not aUowcd to study that book.' He said, ' Vou arc greatly mistaken. I read the liible with my children every day.' He told me also, ' he never took his family to the theatre, he thought it a very bad place for young people.' " Altogether he gave me the same impression ns he di 1 on first acquaintance, of being an amiable, sensible, and superior man in character to the generality of his countrymen; and though an earnest Koman Catholic, yet very much tempered in all his feelings by the drop of Huguenot blood still remaining in him." ilil^ H\i\ M. W^^IS^ v~' ^ysT"/. i ii ] i I I f !| ' I I i 'ill 1' ' tA-! ikii Among tlie [iroofs tlmt ANTHONY LEFROvwas a man of uncommon character may undoublciUy be cited his intimacy with Thomas lloUis, a man nearly twenty years hia junior, and who could only have been attracted to him by community of taste and feeling. HoUis, whose memoirs, published in 17S0, form a -Ito volume of the largest size, wai an enthusiiislic advo- cate of civil and religious liberty, an admirer of the heroes of the tommonwi'iiltli, and an adherent of the canse of the American Colonics in their revolt. It was said of him that in his i p;.--, GU\ These books, or some of tliem, are still at Itcliel, with notes of prcsentntioi.. They are, (1) Vf.tcsta Monumf.nta. Edited by the London Antiquarian Society, Folio 1704. " To Anthony Le Froy, Ksq., British niereliant at Leghorn. Ingenious. In sign of Friend- ship." — Thomat IfottU. " I shall distinguish such as I estceme to be hinderers of Reformation into three sorts ; Antiquitnrians, for so I had rather call them than .tntiqiiariei, who-te labors are useful and laudable." — •/. MittoH on Reformation, touching Church Doctriitt, This was a favourite passage with Hollis, who quoted it in a letter of 1758. (:i) Locke ox GovEUNMKNT, "UtSpargam." (:l) Sydney ON GovEKi.'MEST. Edit. 1763. " To Anthony Lcfroy, Esq., British merchant, lyeghora." (t) Locke's Lettehs ON Toleration*. Edit. 170."). This contains the following note, wrilten in a large bold hand : — " Thomas Hollis presents his best eoniplimcuts to Mr Le Froy, requests his friendly acceptance of a few things directed to him, and protection to the other, with excuse for the trouble of them. The parcels for Proposto Venuti and Padre Boscovich, the residence of the last of whom is unknown to T. H., it is requested may be sent as from an anonimous Englishman. — Pall Mall, Jan. 1, 17<>o." (5) Toiand's Life OF Milton. "Thomas Hollis is desirous of having the honor to present this book to Anthony I^e Froy, Esq., Briti-h luercbant at Leghorn. — London, Oct. H, ntil." ((>) Walms' Grammar. Edit. 1765. A grammar of the English language in Latin, for the use of leanied foreigners. (7) Morland's History of the Cuirch of Piedmont. This book is highly curious. The binding is blotched with red to imitate stains of blood. The tools are reversed, and the whole orniunentation is made significant of the persecutions it records. It contains the following : — " T. H. confesses that this book has been printed entirely by his urgings. That the manner of printing is his iiuinner, and that the general direction of the edit, has layn with him, though corrected for the press, in form, by a friend of his, a man of letters and liberty. The motto is from the • Paradise I/)st.' A Swiss gentleman, a friend of T. H., noble above parchment, will cause (he Latin letter to be reprinted in Switzerland, that it may sculk the convents and seminaries of learning to good, amidst the bigolted dark coiintrys around it." The Swiss gentleman referred to was probably il. Budolph Valtraveis, of Berne, for whom Hollis had a high regard. w ^ihkidtb [ 79 ] III the year 1775 Mr ficorgc Lefroy li'ft England for tlio Continent, nccompnniid by his most intimate iVienil (and afterwards hia brotlier-in-law) Mr Maxwell. The folloiving are extracts from his journal : — *r? \i 1 > li ii- I li " iiefi tliis plaec (Piia) Tiiesdny morning and came to Lpghorn, Dined there, and then proceeded to Montenero, where I had the happiness of sci ing my father and mother in good health, ufter an alwcnee of i pwards of 23 years; thus happily ended the 14th Nov. 1775. My fellow-traveller spent r week and then proceeded to Home," &c. "May 10th 177fi, Tlnirsdiiy morning at iintf past ten o'clock left Florence, wenL^y l.uccaand Massa to Carrara, arriveil at the latter place eight o'clock in the evening, and had the happiness of cndiraeing &vjj! my sister. July ISlIi. Thursday, at lialf-past two o'clock left Cari-ara. dined at I'isa and lay xT •~J at Leghorn. The next day went np to Montenero, and on August the 4th all returned together toLeghon . October 14th, left Leghorn about five o'clock in the evening, embarked on iKKird a l'otta(]He for Genoa." It docs not appear that Anthony I.kfkoy ever revisited England, imd he did not long .•^invive this visit from his son. He died at Leghorn 17th .July, 1770, in his 761h year, and is buried there with the following monumental inscription, from the ])en of Dr Geutili : — ANTONIO LEFUOV CANTrAIUKN.'^I Claris . orto . majoribus Cujn? . animus . a . nalura . bene . iufonnatiis Inveututem . eglt , In . literis Qui . (Iciude . Liliurnum . r^e . eoatuli* Vbi , mereaturiim . exeoluit lloneste . ae . deeorc. Unnarnni . iirlium . I'aul'ir . adlntnr Statua^ . Tid)ula'< . pictn* . anticpia . numismatn 8ibi , studiosc . compar.ivit. Vir . autem . Imnus , et prndcns Familiaui . |iiilriain . sapienles . nniec . amavit. < lllieia . auxit . lilienilitale Multa . passus . et . gnivia /Equam . semper . servans . menlem Obiit . in . hae , urbe . A.MPCCLX.XIX . Prid . Id . Jidii, Natns . prid . Kal . Jan . A.MDCCIV. Elisabeth . Lauglois . conjinix . ma-rens Vim . iligno . rarissinio Aiitcmins , et . Georgian . tilii . memores. I'ntri . bencmi reuti Cnjus . corpus . hie . jaeel . I'.P. ,i "mi' 'i^*r PComi)niii(orge Lefroy, which I now confirm shall be his sole property, the r'-maiudcr of my wife's .loinlnre I leave and bequeath to be equally divided between my two sons Anthony Peter, and Isaac Peter George Lefroy. ■M'' i >-fi [ SI ] Itkm, T lenvo ami bequeath my Fnnn in the Parish of Charthain and my houses in Cock- liine, and those in Northgate, Cantcrt.ury, unto my two sons Anthony Peter and Isaac Peter George Lttfroy to be equally divided between them and from the rents thereof, I hereby order to be deducted and paid to my sister Lucy Lefroy, Twenty pounds per Annum by half year's payments, during the course of her natural life. Item, I leave and bequeath unto my two sons, Anthony Peter and Isaac Peter George Ix'froy, One Thousand Pound Stock of the Three per Cent. Annuity Stock that I have in the nii'"e of Messrs Clerenibault, Mathias and Goodall, to be equally divided between them, rlinrc and share alike. Item, I leave and bequeath unto my son Isaac Peter George Lefroy, all my books, st tues, medals, coins, luvl natural stone with thi' impression of a fish, my ruby ring set with duunoiuls, and my two gold slirt buttons with my mother's and my aunt Hammond's natural hair with the letters P.L. and H.ll. Item, I leave and bequeath unto my son Isaac Peter George Lefroy, one of my gold- headed canes at his election, the other two remaining, I leave and bequeath unto my son Anthony Peter Lefray, as also my silver-hilted sword gilt, as also my diamond ring, set with three diamonds. Itkm, I leave and be((uenth unto my wife, the use of all my household goods that I have at Cantcrburv , and such of those I have at Leghorn, that sht^ may think |)roper for her use and send to England for her theic to make use of the same, tiie rest I order to be sold at public auction, except my picture, the family picture, and n\y wife and brother John Langlois' picture in Pastello, which I order to be sent to England and kept with the other family pic- tures that arc at Canterbin'y. Item, 1 leave and bequeath unto my wife, her gold watch, two diamond rings and pearl bracelets, as also during the course of her natund life the income of whatever else I may leave with liberty to my executors in trust, to let it remain where it may have been placed, or have it remitted to Kngland to be invested in the Three per Cents. Annuities, as they nu y esteem most j roper, and for the general wf of my wife and ehihlren, and after my wife'* death to be e(|ually divided between my two sons Anthony Peter, and Isaac Peter George Lefroy, share and share alike. Iteji, I leave and be(|ueath unto my Brother-in-law, General Peter Langlois, and Benjamin Langlois, Esquire, Ten po .Is sterling to each of them for a mourning ring. Item, I leave and bequeath TIr hundred dollars to be distributed to some poor families of Leghorn, whose misfortunes lia\e reduced them to misery. Item, I hereby declare that any Codicil or addition signed by me that I may make to this Will shall be deemed and esteemed the saute as if it was now inserted therein. m^iip M fi^ i^] m l^J i bi ^ ^ M 1 w 1 1 -v^ Vn ^ M 'U ^ \^ s^ cti^ ^^ ^ iM $ bJL'J[ydL-< Vr . m buJtb&JtbZcllbZc -*'*r^ •r~i\ ^ P^ houses in Cock> 1^ nnil Isaac Peter Pi , I hereby order H m by half year's M c Peter George P at I have in tlie ^^ between them, ^ iSr (triX f books, St, iiies, SBc with (lmiiiQii(l», P^ atural hair witli ^; Ktv; trO ne of my i^ohl- C3 b uiilo my sou C^ d rinjj, set with & P^ ods that I have j^ r for lit 1- use and w 1^ sold at public )rA John Lauglois' ther family pic- rings and iiearl 'er else I may ^d been placed, or ryl '"^ 3, as tlK'y nu y T^ after my wife'* hv^ ! Peter George ?^ '.'^ ■ '■ * j Langlois, and |D3 ling ring. ^ e poor families H trvX ' vX^ ^ make to this !r^ ^ j^ 5S C^VN-^^J ''mM:L ab3;tdiQa;£ [ 82 ] In;M, I hereby forgive Pietro M* GafTuro upon condition that he shall do his best endeavours and give his assistance towards settling ajid balancing the accounts that are yet depending on the balance, what he may remain owing of two hundred dollars for which I have his ubligutions. Item, I leave and be(iueath unto Jlichele Orsali, Ten dollars in money, and all my woollen apparel, as also whatever of my clothes or linen my wife may think proper in ease he be living with us pt the lime of my deeeiise. Itkm, I leave and bequeath Ten dullura to each of our other three servants. Itkm, I exclude and declare that I do not leave any Legacy unto any Alms Houses or Hospitals of tvhatever foundation in the State of Tuscany. Itkm, 1 appoint my brother-in-law Christopher Lan^doi^", John Langlois, F.sipiire, and my two sons, Capt". Antliony Peter, and the UeveieuJ Isaac Peter George I.efroy my sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament, and h'uve to each of them Twenty pomids sterling for this tro\d)le aiul fur my Assignee at Leghorn I iippoint Hariy Fonnereau's, Esquire, being assure nientiom il, and I desire he would' except of me a small Legacy of One hundred dollars, as an aeknowkdgenient for his trouble. Item, I do renounce heieby and make void all former \\ ills imd Testaments by me luiide, and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty-fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Iluiulred and scvuntv-five. (Signed) ANTHONY LEFIIOV. Signed, sealed, and declared this to be the last Will and Testament of the above mentioned Antliony Lel'roy (.not any English stamped pupcr to be had) in the presence of us mider- writlen, (Signed) JOHN DK K, His Mnji sty's Con»ul. KICHAHl) EDWAUDS. FKAXCIS ULLUIT. Codicil made in Leghorn Ike at/i day of October, 17 70. Whereas, I, Anthony Lefroy, now living and residing in the city of Leghorn, in Tuscany, by my last Will and Ti'slament, dated the twenty-fourth day of January, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and .Seventy-five, leave and bequeath alter the decease of my wife Elizabeth Lefroy, to be paid by my executors in trust. Two hundred pounds "--Tv^LJ-Nr.iiSN 'Ii H t' '?('^*~ fA-5? ix^f [ 83 ] sterling, in case she should be then living unto uiy daughter Plujebe Elizabeth Lefroy, now Countess del Medico Staffetti, for her own use and property, and to each of her four children, or as many of them as shall be then living, Twenty pounds sterling to jaeli of them. Xow, I do hereby mean to explain the uses of anil Lonfirni and ratify the said Legacies with all such additions, aUirations, or conditions as in this my present Codicil shall l)e described in manner and form following, namely, — I mian to dciilare and do hereby declare that it is my Will and intention that the said Legacy of 'I'wo hundred pounds sterling sh.dl after the decease of my said wife Ik- ])aid by my execulors to my said daughter if she be then living, for her sole u««;)JV»;3- zabetli Ivcfroy, now f lier four children, li of thcin. the said fjcgacies il shall be described intention that the f said wife be paid ■ and beiiclit, and lie, or eliiim what- t her sole pleasure decease, And 1 do rl'rdv, iiHlenil and ir children of my itersueh n fin-tlier i;h of her children ^ct-ase, wliicli ■iaid l.iiighter, nitli (he dl invest in soaie )f her natural life ail! eliildivii that irvivoi-s of them. Ix- livliij,' lit the at the said afore- e, between nuA\ »• m snrvivDis of onnt del Medico a rinif. And I KiCty dollars as a J what as>i9tanee ie do leave and my decease, (he ul above what I . odieil is, nmsl, ly last Will and [ Si ] Testament. In testimony whereof I have here\uito set my hand and seal this ei^lith day of October, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Ihmdred ami Seventy-six. (Signed) AXTIIONY LKl'KOY. Signed, sealed, and delivered as the Codicil of (he afore-mentioned Ai\thony Lefroy his last Will and Tes(ament ((here being no English stamped paper in this city), in (he presence of us the underwritten, (Signed) THOMAS fiAROKNT. MP. THOMAS SOITIICOTK. TUMMAS GENTll.l. ^^ Additional Codieil to n:y last AVill imd Testament ;— M'hereas my daughter, I'hiebe l'.lizal)elh l.efroy, late wife of the Count (^harlcs del Mcdii-o Stall'etti, of Carrara, departed (his lite (he sevmteeiilli day of Aiigu>(, in the year of our Lonl One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Mven. I do hereby amiiil the I.e;raey of Two Hundred pounds sterling left her in my last Will ''ml restaiiient, chitcd (he twenty-lomth ilay of .lanuary, One Thousand Si'Veu llundud ami Scvenly-ll\i', and iviilaiia-cl in the foregoing Codicil dated the eighth day of Uc((iIkm', One Thousand Seven Hundred ami Seventy-six, it being my meiming the said sum of Two hundred pounds steiliu:; remain for the use and hciu'lit of my own heirs mentioiu'd in my ~aid Will dated as aiure mentioned, and I do hereby declare that (his additional Codieil is, 'nujt.and ()ngh( (o be nn ived and i--(eenied as biuiling and of the same force as mj last Will and Tcstanaiit. In uidu'ss whereof I have licrenulo sit my hand ami seal this twenty -second day of Dicendier, Une Thousand Seven Hundred and Seviiity-scven. (Signed) ANTHONV LKl'lloV. Signed, sealed, and delivered in (he presence of us nnderwriilin, — (Signed) TllOM\s (iAItlM-N". M 1'. AltlX FONNi'llKAC. John Udny, Kscj"". His Pritnnnie Majesty's Consul ("ieneral in the city and port of Leghorn, in His lioyal Highness the#reh l>uke, (Jrent Duke of Tuscany''- dominions : — Certifies unto all wlxun it may concern that the aforegoing is the original last Will and Testament together with two Codicils of (he late AiKhcmy LeI'roy, Ksipiire, ]lri(isli snbjeet and an inhabitant of this place, who departed 'his life (he (hii(een(h ins(unt, which said Will and Codicils were unsealed, opened, and read in our presence and that of Mr Francis Oriiisi, a ■Jlh < !i ^^ .:^ ^ m- f la M(>lt>tiirri'. who yVwd uniiinrrii-tfirirt KknnoTa SlalTctli, b. 1701), nlkrwurilH Mailamr I'artiiu. aSSSTiSSSSSBS J.lill Ie98 to make a new inventory of the books, there is the one you made ; it would be a Teiy difficult piece of work to make tlie inventory of medals, idols, coins, &c. 8tc., yt u know tliey all belong to you ; they arc oil together in your dear father's secretoire, which with the other furniture is in the inventory with the explanation that it contains medals, coins. Sic. I beg, if possible, you would spare me this trouble, it would require several days to do it, I must have connoisseurs to do it, and stand by them with great attention. I can answer but little for myself at this season. I have only been free of my last cold six or seven weeks, I have a fresh one upon me since two days, but hope to be soon rid of it as I am to-day infinite- ly better, thank God 1 It was not seemingly, but really, that I wished your jioor father and my dear husband should go home. I have given sufficient proofs how little I have thought of my own preservation whilst he lived. At the time I advised him to it, I own that I feared for myself, but s'-'ing him in such a situation, daily becoming more childish and incapable of helping or thinking for himself, was such a tormenting thought to me, that I would linve gone through all hazards to avoid expe ^ing him to the miserable situation he would have been in here iu case of illness or death to me. I endeavoured, I own, to keep in my heart the fears I had as to myself, to induce you with more courage to persuade your father. This is what I can sincerely say, without this confession I might give a very essential reason that 3 or 4 years at my time of life make a considerable difference. I am persuaded of your and your brother's aff'eetion, and of your Nancy's, but still, my dear George, I would not choose to come and seek for infirmities to have stronger proofs of it. Should I determine to come to you, I believe it might suit my brother Christopher and me to live together, as I likewise declare I will not be controulcd neither ; his fears I suppose are in regard to my religion. I do not knrw why he should, if I doubted of mine and were convinced of the uneertain'y of it, no country would prevent my leaving it. As soon ttf Peace is made, the factory is detcrmi.ied to have a chaplain ; they go on paying 120 dollars f. year for the chapel, aid w'li not give it up. Was I ever drove to receive the sacrament of a Lutheran minister, I shou.d receive it with my belief and rot theirs. I have seen one of their strict clergymen receive with us in our way, assuring all those here they might sifely do the same, but I'll submit it to your answer. Michelc desires his respects to you ; whenever he has bis legacy, I shall then give 10 dollars for you, he knows it not at present. I should never have imagined, that with your own income and the inheritance you have had you cannot aflbrd yourself a man-servant, I thought you had at least two. At any rate, if you think it useless, you'll do well to sell the furniture. My love to y' aunt j I wrote to her on the 4th October, since which I have received one from her, I hope she is better. Let me know what must be done as to the inventory. H. F. and I wait with impatience youi Probate of the Will, My love to A,, 1 wrote to him and his dear half this day I'ortnight. ff^i J it would be a very &c., yi u know they ivhich viiv\\ the other I, coins, &c. I beg, ^9 to do it, I must I cnn answer but ix or seven weeks, I I am to-dnyinRnile- ^our poor father nnd tie I have thought of [ own that I feared lish and incapiiblc of lit I would have gone 5 would have been in 1 my heart the fears I ler. This is what I I reason that 3 or 4 d of your and your 1 not choose to come e to come to you, I I likewise dccli\rc I gion. I do not knrw i*y of it, no country detcrrai.icd to have i v,''.i not give it up. >.d receive it with my with us in our way, t it to your answer, then give 10 dollars ritance yon have hod ivo. At any rate, if y' aunt ; I wrote to 10 she is better. Let vith impatience youi If this day ibrtnight. My duarest George, One of my usual colds which I have had upon nic for these two months past has prevented my answering sooner both your kttors of the 5"' Dee'., nud 9"' Jan'."., and though not quite so severe as in general, still it made me incapable of any kind of application . . The power of Attorney for SI' Fonncrcau that you mention would have soon foUoweil tlie last of Jan'y 9"", is not conic to hand, which seems to us very particular. I likewise suppose it the same with the letters to Lewis. The £t'OOI) Prize we were informed of was about this time twelvemonth ; the account current is of an older date. The Italance which yo\i was to send M' Fonnereau has not appeared; GalTaro was to have had in cash 876 dollars, & had only 569 ; the 300 wanting have been niiide use of to make >i|) liis house rent, lie has nnide an obligation to pay whenever he'll be able, which will never be the case , We never wrote you to send an attested copy of y« Will, but only your advice, it had been approved ; you understood it very right, but I do not understand why you sent it, 'tis money thrown away. Stalfetti has had it ; he diil not ask for it, but it was proper to send it to him. lie seems to be indilTeient about M" Hanmiond's inheritance, as he says ; but I think the affair may be settled one way or the other, it cannot lay dormant, as she has left legacies to other people. As to our French uncle's inheritance, he has sent me the name of the ]ireseiit possessor with all the necessary informations, which I have siuit my bn)ther, di'siririg him to determine upon it as soon as he can. He does not seem inclined to speak to the Emiieror about it. Stalfetti desires his cordial compliments to you, his family is well, and Detsy gives her duty to you. I daily expect from Carrara y" Mausoleo to put upon my Husband's corpse. I know he was born the 19"' Dee' 1703 ; be pleased to observe tlie old style, which exactly ia the SO"* new style. I hope you received in due time my answer to yours to acquaint mc of your l)eing a Father. I think I told you before, y" Inventory of y" furniture, linen, plate, &c., was made before M' Fonncreau's return, and desired you to let me know whether a copy of it must be sent you, as you m: i^o called upon for it. Michele has had all he was to liave of your dear ^'r clothes} W i?f had I not Iiecn eonfincil so lonj; witli my cold, I sliould have disposed of lu3 summer clothes (all worth very littK') and some very old linen amongst all the servants, which I hope to do one of these days ; they all, Michcle in jiartieular, desire their respects and thanks for the 5 dollars more they have each of them hnil above the legacy, and Michele is very grateful in acknow- ledging the 10 dollars I gave him from you. The balance M' Goodall sent in reb'y 1779, answered to that of the year before ; this I say for your rule. Ecmember the ship in question that was commanded by Hughes. I should very willingly have scut M' Goodall the usual Jar of Oyl, but nothing is safe but by Tuscan vessels, to whom freight must be paid j if you think it proper to hint it to him, do it. I miglit if I had chosen it begun to live on my Income immediately after my d. 11.'" death, but as there are sevcr.il extr.iordinary expenses to pay, I thought it better not to begin till last January, to leave those savings I should have made in all those months to the advantage of the whole ; moreover, my ballancc iu Dec' was 37 sequins, out of wliich I have paid since the extraordinary legacies to the serv'', and tlic 10 dollars from you to Michcle, which is 13 sequins ; Ginliana's illness 10 ; SOU), of cofTcc to D' Gentili : for the Inscription 3. The least present that can be made to Tho» Gentili, will bo 3 deduct from 37 or 8 sequins. I shall be indebted to your brother and you 8 sequins, A'hich I shall lay out in getting under thread stockings made for you and your brother, such as 1 had for you when you was here, wliich, as the generalily of the English, you were fond of; should you prefer anything else, let me know Jly kindest love to our dear Anne, I shall take another opportunity to answer her an'octionnte letter. I was high ' pleased to hear she was (piite well recovered, and that little Luey, {aflerwarih Mrs Rice), promises so well. May God blcas her, and may she become a happiness to you both I The Emperor took the General with him a few month's ago on a Tour on the frontiers of Austria, used him like a friend more than a Sovereign. lie went last October to liruxelles to take possession of his (iovevnment of Antwerp, but only to stay two or (liree months. He always remembers you and your dear half, and I always ret\irn to him in both y' names y' respectful and kindest compliments. I hope and wish to hear my bro. John is (piilc recovered of his complaints. My kind love to him when you see him or write to him; the same to lieiij", and that his letter to ae(|uaint me of the honourable post he had has made mo extreandy happy, add to liim that it is since Inst October 1 wrote Bro X' to tell him 1 have rcovivcd the letter he wrote mo from Scotland y" 12"' Sept. My love to X', let him know I received his letter of the 5"' Dec', but do not hurry myself to answer it to avoid the dUagremenl of reading over the injustice ho hos done me. My love to y brother & funuly ; acquaint him 1 Imve received his letter of the 11"> Pee' & Lis d' Nancy's of the SS"" of the said month. They say nothing about the majority I hope to write to him when I return from Pisa, where I propose to go after to-morrow for a [-■^ )js^jj>»«ipci s summer clothes I hope to do one I for tlic 5 (lollnrs iteful in acknow- ir hifore ; this I iighcs. I should but by Tiisran I, do it. I might ■ath, but as there ': last January, to !« of the whole ; he extraordinary uius; Giuliaiiu's present that can irulebted to your ckings made for he generality of low r her nflectiouate that little Lucy, she become a the frontii'rs of r to Unixclles to re months. He )th y' names y' quite recovered lue to Doiij", imd vtreandy Iiapi)y, 1 have reoeived ot hurry myself ', me. the ll'h DeefSi ijority o-morrow for a fA"' ^7 [ 90 ] week or 10 days to Ret rid entirely of my cold if I can. Abel Fonncreaii has an apartment there, and has been so obliirin'i as to ofl'cr it to me very friendly Idn sav 1 ouj-lit not to loose time to take my detcnniiiation, I kv.'.v too •.,cll life ia very uncertain, still I am determined, if please God, to remain here .ill this year, and have somi> thiiui,'lit at present to leave this place for England next year shouhl 1 be alive; but to sellh- all this would re(|uire too nuich writing at pres<'nt. I rarnestly wish yon would let nie know your further sentiments about receiving the sacrament of the Lutheran minister. No letter as yet from i,lr nt Minorca My dear husband did not only imagine I should go to England, but nt Cantcrhun', where the pictures arc to be placed ; but this cannot be ; for the greatest of all reasons to mv e in" will be living next door to you. 1 must give up enlirely my d' .\nlhony, & be salislieil «ith a sight of him very seldom, and may be never of his wife and I'aniily, but at njy time of life, death m.iy determine the matter .... I have just received a leller from y' aunt, which makes nu: very uneasy ; after complaining of having been very ill of a cold, she tells me she has had (.^oing to bed) a sudden fall by her bed-side, and says, with great imliU'erenee, that she thinks it a lit, and I am vastly afraid of it. 1 suppose no adviee, no bleedinir, nor nothing done, as she does not mention anything of that kind ; says, luckily her maid was in the room, which lifted her up; for God's sake let her have another servant. She tells me she has promised to live with nion! comfort and genteely, but mu-t mind the main chance, as she says. I hope all pro])er measures will be taken for her preservation. I have but room to assui-e you of my blessing and affection to you and yours, and wishing you all [Hjssible bappiuess, I am, Dcirest George, For ever yours. Rev'' M' George Lcfroy, Basingstoke, Unmp shire. E. L. 3lr) Lcfroy to her son, Rev. /. P. George Lefrnij, rcapcclhig her return to Englatul. LsonoBv, Jan. 12, 1781. Dear George, By yours of the 17"', direc(( tl to M. Fonnercnu which he received Sfonday last, I find that you had not received mine of the 24"' Nov., which is n very great disappointment, as 1 cannot remember all the contents of such a long letter, besides, a dcfluction in my eyes since Christ- mas, which nmkcs them smart very much upon the least apiilication, as they have already I i ii^ ii i ' mjnrnmMmmm^MnnnniM:} g. - ■) t>o) K.i3 l)Pi nil llir<)Ut;li my only writing tlies( -'v are ncillicr rnl nor inflamed. I liavu lieen forlml npiilieatioii na much as possu , God frr, ' ■' I may get belter of it, which I much ([ue^tion at my lime of life. This is only to repeat to on some essential points, as time runs very fast. I wrote to you to ac(|Haint your uncle Chris' that I did not answer his letter, us there was nothing material in it, but his proposal of sending out Franceson for mc, which I hid determined on b ;fore I received his letter, & desiring him to agree with y'' man without loss of time, fea'-iii,:; 1 'j mig'.it be otherwise engaged. To thi.s 1 ,idd, that I beg he might be hire about the bcginniMii 5!" April, but I am so unfoiluualc in all my wishes, iliat it is probable that sometliing will interfere to liinder his coming; it is many years 1 know him, & is the very man I want, & do not know how far I would agree to go with an unknown person. I have not yet spoke to Giuliana, waiting for your answer ',0 my last, wlu'ii I told you to let me know how distant XIa«s* miy:ht be from Basingstoke, Siliow it was possible that she might be at Canterbury with mo (where I can't avoid being with your aunt two or three weeks) without she should be in tlie house, and this I wrote in answer to what you writ to mc in one of your letters, that Giuliana need not sec her nor her manner of living, which I do not understand, I own, without further explanation. In yours of the 23"' Oct. }>: i'' of Nov., you desire to know whether it was one or two prizes that came out of the French lottery & to send you a note jf the books (if any) tliat are not in the eataloguc. To this I « rote you that I enuld not answer as I then was in the country. 1 now say, as to the prizes, there is only one ; as to the books, there are in the country, viz. (« list folloics). I will (latter nyself, to make myself easy, that you had my letter, & that the niiswer is now coming, but still I must mention again, that as to the house & fumiture, I leave it entirely to you, & should yo\i be in want of the furniture you had from your aunt, keep it, & take that more from the upholsterer for me. I'll rather have so nmch more to pay him a year, than to put you at the expense of buying. I own that I exi eted that with M' Thompson's inheri- tance, you and your brother would have had a handjome fortune, but we have all been deceived. My tenderest love to dear Anno, I condole with her on the loss of her father .... May you both enjoy many ami many of these new years in health and happiness, St see little Lucy's children with their children. Give her a kiss and my blessing. After what I have said of my cyos, M" George Lefroy will not be surprised if I do not answer her letter. I sufler much to go 01" with this, to which I beg you would answer as soon as possible if you have not received and answered .... already mentioned, of the 24"' Nov. . . . you'll do so ... . Fonnercau took the opportunity, as he was writing to Chris, to advise him to come for mc, but is afraid he wrote it in one of the two posts that were lost of the (>"' and 10"'' Nov. He has wrote to Abel (now in England) to tell him of it, & very necessary it is I should kuow his • fiiV, query Ashe ? :MZ^12SSS2SSSSS ^^ m mMEEMiMiMijmsmMMmmm^ S'^^ [ 92 ] Pv) fk-; ty,-, cx.v dutiTininaliou as soon as pcssililf, for his not coining will increase very ii\udi my Ironlile & busincsi. My love to Anthony & family & kt liim know immicli^ilcly, I writ to liini tlio I'J Dec. k be;; Ills answer witliout delay i ae(|Uiiint liini wiili tiu- na.-on whicli jipcvent" niy answering his wife's letter I lately receiveil, I am very nneasy :it the ueeonni she u'ives of her health. Hy Abel ronnereau I send you the Inventory of the njidals !i eal,dcij(iie of buoks, a sword and two Kold-headedcanes(the 3"' he wonld not take}, a diamond rinj; with .i diinnonds. a ruby riiii; with ditto diaminids round, a pair of guld buttons. 1 6n)ppose you know how to dispose of them, the Will tells it. I have likewi>e sent n sketeh of my li. II. monmiieiit My love to my brothers & to junr aunt. The Governor Si (ieneial Landossini are dead. D. Garden hail sonn; complaints whieheonfmed him at hcnneforlwu or three months. His servants refused to j;ive him pistol-*, swords, ie., he lau^ln il at their scruples, and told iheni in England it was never refused to those who bieame u^< less to society, lie asked to drink, found it, as he said, too hot, and bid them leave liis bedside. l'"luujjthe contents away and eat jinrt of the glass ; died the day after, ouioking his pipe, it docs great horror to us all indeed, consecpieucea of no religion. Yours 1). (J., most alluetionately, K'H E. L. ^ tkv 3Ir.i Lrfrnji (o lier son Tfcv. J. P. G. Lrfrni/. This hltcr is aidorscd " lie last, letter J'riim liei/lwni ." T/iere is a note 'if Mrs L'frnii'x" ii /'rom (me murk In the vl/ier mtil then Leyiii'it hiijjjjeued veri/ vi.ll'" irhivh hmeeeer duis nut miieh im/jivre Ihe seiiueiice, mid she umits to saj where the reader shuuld turn Luck — prubaUij after the wordi " set out" I.EOEOBS, Maj \\, 1761. Dear George, I shall in as few words ns possible answer your lettc of the 1 1"' of April, & another I received yesterday without date. Had I been out Wednesday last, as I fixed upon, it would not have reached luc here, for seeing the Monday before last that it hurried nu' too nnich, & put my spirits in a great Hurry, it was put off till Saturday ; it happened very will, for 1 was obliged to get Giuliana blooded y" Tucsd.ay for an inllamniation in her throat, for I must take her with mc, not having been able to get a maid either at Geneva or Swissei land, and aa M' F. will do mc the favor to accompany mc to Pisa, Thursday or Friday were not convenient, but on the Friday Franccson was seized with a violent rheumatic |)ain in his head ; he has been bled, cupped, & physiccd without loss of time, but as it had not the elfect that was expected, he baa been blistered tliis morning j all tkeac operations, with a strict diet, has pulled him down, m 1 1:' :H iili^ i! i !:l:t 0- >^r-;-a " ■■6 PS [ 9S ] so I can't tell whoii I slmll set out ; as to myself, tlie flurry nnd fatigue that I have gone throuKli lias given me such a cold that I am very fur from well, it is one of my usual couyhs. All this is a bad beginning, & who knows a Providential order that I may give up my vast plan, which now becomes more dangerous as the weather daily grows very warm. God grant mc success, but I do assure you, my dear George, that 1 am overwhelmed with fears & very much doubt if we slmll ever meet, if we do it will only be for a short time. I have, thank God, gone thro' n great ill, but the worst is coming. Fonnercau, Franeeson, and other people advise nic to go by Germany. We have had for this long time very unsettled weather & several people have been in the ease when at Venice to come and go by land, after liavingwaited several daysfor a fair wind, &have almost been stan'ed.with the hazard of beingeat up with vermin. Supposing every thing had been very favorable in the French route, it would only have made a dill'erence of a week sooner & 8 or 10 Louis-d'or less at most, so I shall follow Fonuercau's plan & go thro' Germany via Florence, Hologiia, Modena, Trieste, Innspruck, Augsbilrg, Manhiem on the Rliiue, Frankfort on ditto, Coblentz Si Cologne, likewise on the Rhine, Aix-la-Chapelle, ]?ruselles, & Ostende. It is the shortest way by Germany. As to all you say about the Paris affair, I have nothing to add, as M' Fonncreau has wrote to you about it & examined all the letters, papers, accounts, &c., an of April, with my affectionate service to her j tell her she must be satisfied to know from you of my departure. n^r^'i 'vX^iS^xX^Osw^xX^iw :i>«<>'j(v>/;; at I Imvc gone ly usual eouglis. ive 11]) my vast •111. God grant itli fears & very I linvc, thank son, and other iscttled weather ■r linvingwaited upwithvermin. ily have made a -<=<; &-/-' \3 - ■ -^ &3 [ 97 ] General Langh'u to hi» brother John LangloU. ViBNBA, Feb. 22, 1786. You'll see by the perusal of the copy of His Majesty's letter to me tlmt I have been advanced to the rank of General of Foot,* and that he has confided to me the command of that part of the army which is in Stiria, Carinthia Cariol Tyrol and Triol, commonly called L'Autriche Inferieur, and where there are upwards of 3000 men quartered. You can easily imagine, my dear brother, that this distinction flatters me very nmch, but so much the more as the terms of his letter, I dare scarce call it a friendly one, but more than gracious. I send it you for your and my brother's perusal, as I am very sure you will participate with me in the comfort and sntisfnetion it gives me ; but I must entreat you not to shew it to anybo (ionoral'B rh wufl rnndiK-tOil md nijlitarj rank, •0 Appendix). Ir-J/ General Langloia to his brother Christopher Langlois. Geitz- Juno R, 1787. I have received your kind letter of the Itth of April and Jiiliiiny's letter without date. I was always convinced of the part you wiiiil.l take nf my pnfiniient, and of llie fjracious maimer in which our must humane, benevdliMit, and wnrtliy sciveivign did it. I am only sorry that my a;.;e, past fatigues, and impaired health does nut second the desire tiiat I iiave for to give him convincing and efficacious proofs of my sincire gratitiidc and attaelinient to his service and person. I shiU have the favor of sivin;; him the 21st at the eaiup at I'itlau, when the wliole body of the troops umler my command to tlie numlier of 20,(1(11) men are assembled, and are to exercise before him duriiv.^ liis stay, whicli is fi)ur days. I shall chi my utmost to satisfy him. From thence he travels in all his dominions in llnn_u'ary and (Jcrmany for to see eight camps of his troops, and return only to Vieima the latter end of August : it is a very fatia;iiinLt journey ; Ood grant that his health may not suffer by it, and that I'rovidunce may conserve liim tliese many and many years. 1 set olf to-morrow for the eani]), wliieh is almut sixty miles from here, to manienvrc the troops before liis arrival. I have sent my eipiipago olf beforehand a few days a«o, as I cannot do less than have a table of tHcnty-four covers, which is very tiresome and disagreeable. I am very uidueky with my riding horses; 1 have four Englisli ones and oidy two are fit for use, one is broken-winded ami another is lame, and this in these couple of months. Horsrs aie very hard to be got, and are v<'ry dear and scarce; you cannot buy any of these countries under 100 dueats, or £50, and even at that jiriee they are not worth having. I linients but to dispose of it as he thinks proper. I hope that the fine season has recovered him (piite. I have received a letter from Mr Sheldon, of Gray's Inn, on account of his brother's foolish pretension to marry that girl. I have ehangcul him to the gr':nadiers at Vienna, with hopes that absence and dissipation may cure him of that passion. I am afraid it is to no purpose. My lovo to dear &Iiss Uavaud and service to all friends and aeijuaintanees. I am and shall always be, Yours most afTeetionately, You may direct to Son Excellence, as everyone gives it to me. LANGLOIS. General Langloia to his brother ChrlHopher. OniTz, Miirili INlli, 1788. ' hope you have received, my dear brother, my Inst letter of the 8th ins'., in which I in- formed you that our friend had remitted you thro' the channel of Eries & Comp''., at Vicnn.'., JES58.1.5s. Tul. with which you'll re-cmburse yourself of this debt and place it as you tliink most proper. When you answer me, only inform me of the receipt of my letter, as they are all opened at the Camp, but direct it to this place, they'll be always forwarded to inc. As I am rpiite recovered of the pains in my feet, I shall set olf in .. couple of days for thi' Camp near Belgrade, the siege of which, I suppose, will begin our op-rations. I hope I siiall l)e in strength enough for to support this and another campaign (three words dtigible) if only my eyes don't baulk mc, ns they arc very weak, and the left one is quite gone. I shall do what I can for to shew all my gratitude to the moat humaiu and to best of Sovereigns that over was, are, and will be for the fut\ire j may Ood preserve him from all dangers, and from the almminable climate of that country ; moy his arms prosper, and may he gain all the ad- vantages that he certainly deserves. • Tlirrc nro two |inrtroil(i of nrnoritl I.nnglois, both in oUi, one in iLi' poiwstiun of Ibc Iriih, (lio other of the Knglinj) tirancli of Itii listcr'ii dpsct-ndanla. m mm^ssmEEEmsMEmm [ ] I cncloseJ, you'll liml, my dear brother, my last Will, which I ami two ivitiicssps have signed niiJ which you'll be so good as to opi-n, when you arc inforiuid (jf my ihath, with George Lcfroy, that he may likewise know my intiiitious, but if he could not eouic, then my brother Johnny, but be so good as to send a copy of il to Gecirge U'froy ; 1 be^' this last favor of you, my dear brother, to have it puuetuiilly executed ; I have nain.d no sum, be- cause I don't know it, arul, by the yearly interest I suppose it increases, besides that I nuiy have something more to add to it ; if there arc any faults in it, I hope you will not iiuiirtil about such a trifle, and that you will all agree logetlier, I have some pretensions at Vienna, may be, it will be re-end)ursed to you, aild it to the enpital of my Iwiggagc ; 1 have made a disposition for all my si^rvants, they won't have any reason to complain. I have left mv little library, plans, and nnips, to the corps of Ollieers of my llcgiment. I (hm't doubt but that there will be something remaining from the sale of my e(piipag('; besides that 1 have some bnggngc, ns books, gunP, pistols, sabres, SiC., in the easlle of Antwerp, and under the care of Mr Pisa, Mayor of the place. I shall give him the proper orders fur to keep my properties there to your disposal, you must have them cither sold there or brought over; I fancy the first would be the best. I shall leave a box with Madajuc de Thun, at Vicuna, who has promised me to send it to you, if I don't survive this warr, which (jod Onbid, it contains all my patents, letters from llis Majesty, Lacy, and others, which you may read. 1 desire that they may bo kept up as a token to posterity, that I ser\ud here with the appro' .ation of my Sovereign and with distinction. I shall leave no debts, all my accounts are selil. d monthly with my valel- de-ehnmbrc, and shall continue so as long ns I live, Madame Tlinn will likewise send you a ring set with diannmds, whici received fnmi Her late .Miijesty ns n token of her approba- tion of my behaviour at the sicf^e of Dresden. As the cmobnnciila in the castle of Antwerp arc only paid every half-year or yearly, according to the time of my death yon must ask it from Major Pisa; I have only received them until the ciel of last October. I shall write to you as ofl• [ 101 ] General Latiglois to hk brother Chihtopher Luiiffloi). Tbibbtb, Nut. 6, 1788. I have received, my dear brotlicr, your kind letter of the 23r(l of Sept. I am verj' sorry that my writing is so unintelligible that you three could with great dilHculty make out some parts of it. The name of my recruiting ollicer ia certainly Captain Frtiind, of my regiment, I lind that you could not make it out better, if you had so much to write and to read and so hurried olf my legs and my senses as I am, you wovdd not write at all, or may bo worse. There scarce passes a day that I don't write a hundred times my mmw, which I never do without reading the contents, these are commonly answers or decisions which nuist be endorsed by me, so that I only nmsl steal the hours from my other occupations .vhe.i I write particular letters; besides all this I have to do with the navy, although very small it gives me mon' trouble than I should desire. You can easily conceive how diflicidt it is to act in a sphere witli whicli very naturally 1 cannot \m\ afc(|uaintcd, or have a knowledgi!; in short it must be so, therefore I nuist jogg on as will as I can ami as long as my health will iierniit it. I am pretty well recovered, but dare not ride out. 1 liave tried twici to ride only a pace, or rather walk my horse, which hun'icd uie so 'hat I am afnud th? • are in the right, and that 1 bhall never be able to undergo any fatij^nc, which is t!;.. :, i v - nisfortune which ctmld havo happened lo nu^ in the present conjuncture; it is not certiiinly my fault, and have m reproach to make me ; 1 have served long enough ; if it happened in lime nf peace I should bear it patiently, you are more able to judge of my situation than T am to describe it lo you. 1 continued Wavdu's paste since the (ith of August; I lake it twice a day the bigness of a nutmeg, after 1 had made up of it about a month it eased me of the terrible pain I had, having taken nothing else it nuist have been that that eased me, it does not heat me. . . I must Inive patience and bear it with resignation. I am very glad to hear that yon are all in good health, may the Heavens preserve you these mnnv and many years. I'ray give my love to my brothers. 1 am very glad that Lord lleathlield is recovered of the fit of the i^out, although he lives these many and many years past on vegetables he snlVers greatly of this ■,li?nrdcr, pray give my service to him. I wish I could have the descripliou how the ovens ■ire made in which ' n nude the cannon balls red hot that set on lire ihe Spanish boats at the siege of Ciibraltar, 1 may have nil occasion for them here next spring. My .Major of the place : I Aiitweri' died a few weeks ago. Ho wrote me in the month of June that he had in his hands Ti- 170 '"J, lnP'..'ueil him \.ngu:,t to remit it to yon, for to pay you ii share of the mo H ; •;■' . i;.i'i lent me id cipiip mysdf for the campaign ; having had no news eillier of him '• yo !, this money ought to have remained with him, therefore you must be so good as to write '0 (.'oun '"..res, .Ueut.-Colonel of Clairfoyl's Rc^giment nt Antwerp, if you liavo r^MSK.msi2iM2sssi^ iS VWJ !i2ih f--^^^ «m, Not. 8, 17B8. I am vcrj' sorry ty make out some of my ref;imciit. nd to nad and so or may be worse, ft'liicli I never do s which must be ions vheii 1 write small it gives me It it is to act in a leil^e; in short it health wi'l |K'riiiit ) ride only a (laee, arc in the risht, uiafortuue which ay fault, and have f peaee 1 should lescrihe it to you. y the bigness of u nlble pain I had, at me. . . hear that you arc years. I'ray give of the fit of the IS greatly of tiiis ju how the ovens iniish boats ut the klajnr of the place I hat he had in his ly you a share of no news either of list be so good as .verp, if you have [ m ] received it or not, in the same stile, as n reimbursement of my debt to you, that he may take the proper measures ; acconling to your present letter, the last remittance was in the month of May of last year. I thank you for the books that you intend to send me ; if you have no spoeilier or siirer occasion send them by a ship that cinnes to this port, directed to the Knglish Consul Stanley. God bless you and preserve you. I am, your most alTeetionntc brother, LANGLOIS. r.S. I have just received n letter from Major Pisa's sister, who informs nu^ that the money was not remitted to you, because her brother waited for a more advantageous exchange, and that the same is in her han I'luMri'H ,,r, ch(tr(;r. ^I.ijor llilh Li;;lit Dragoons 21-th December, 177 'J. Lienteuaul-Coluiul 9lh liiglit Dragoons 25th June, 173-'>. lie resigned his eomniission SOtli July 17U1, which he allerwaids greatly legrellid. " We have been somewhat niarined for some days past by the report of n licet being off the coast of Kerry. An express has just arrived from thence with an account of its being a French fleet with a number of trnnspoits working into the liny of Uuiitiy, (not the first time the French Imvo made good a Iniiding there) ; it is pn turned this ia the llresl fleet that has escaped the vigilance of Admiral Calpoys. My regrets are daily increasing at having left the .:? n < ■ li ji ■' ii ' 1 1' {' %^¥ ii iif 1 \ vj ^ h i K 3 ^ 3 'i' -■iKLr}*!- [ 1115 ] service ; wi'li nimt ardour nnil confidence I slioiild now nttack those murderers and plunderers at tlio liiiid of siieli n body nt disciplined troops ns the 9th Oragoons."— (ie< .idcinie honour, prcnuums, rerlificatcs, a moderatorship, and finally, in 179.5, the gold medal of his class, attended his progress. Soon after, having taken his degree of Uachelor of Arts, he entered as a stuilcnt at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the Bar in 1797. " Mr Lefroy at first applied himself principally to the common law, and went circuit for many years ; ])raciising, however, in the Kipiity and Common Law Courts, as is usual at the Irish liar, untd professional reputatipn enables the practitioner to confine himself to the Courts of K([uity. About this period the office of Lord High Chancellor of Ireland was filled by Lonl Ucdcsdale. The judgments of that eminent lawyer evincing such deep research and extensive acquaintance with every l)raneh of law and e(]uity, it was generally felt that they ought to be jjreserved. Mr Lefroy, therefore, undertook to report them, in conjunction with his friend John Schoales, Ks(|., now one of Her Majesty's Counsel, and Chairman of the Quarter Session of the Queen's County. " In 181(!, Mr Lefroy having then risen high in practice, obtained a silk gown, and in December, I'^IS, was aiipointed His Majesty's third Serjeanl-at-Law. Mr Lefroy rose, in the usual course of succession, to the second and first Seijeantcy, frequently going circuit ns n Judge of Assize. He continued to hold this rank till 1830, when he resigned it, in con- sequence of an infringement, as he conceived, upon the privileges of the office. "Upon the vacancy which occurred in the Court of Exchequer by the death of Baron George, Mr Lefroy was offered a scat on the bench by Lord Talbot, and on the rctirer.iont of the late Judge Daly he was otfcred a seat in the Queen's Bench ; and afterwards, upon the death of Judge Fletcher, a seat in the Court of Conuuon Pleas by the Marquis Wellosley. .nil' iJibir^ihi s ami plunderers r /o li. Laiifftoit, Sth Sept. 1819. n^e. First and ; 3011, born Sth lines are written eu of vi^rour of eetion whieli few wliifli is n task taken from an ) gives a skutcli iider the tuition ■sity was hij;hly lip, nnd finally, aviiij; taken his i called to the id ivent cireuit 5, as is nsual at : himself to the ilanj was filled !p resenreh and irally felt that in conjunction hairnjan of the gown, and in Lefroy rose, in ling circuit as ned it, in cou- nth of Baron rctirerient of xh, upon the uis Wellcsley. &1J h k k h Hi 1 " "" [ loe ] Mr Lefroy, however, declined the rank of Puisne Jud- '.einj; dhongh still a young man) aiiioii;,'st those in the fullest business at tin; Irish Bar, and eneoura^id bv the ^'ralifNiiiir declaialiou of his Kxcellency's wish to place hiiu, wheueier an opportunity should occur, in one of the highest judicial oliiccs. " On the retirement of the Kiijht Hon. W. ('. I'lunkett from the representation of the University of Dublin, Mr Lefroy was invited by its incnd>crs to beeoiiie a caiiilidalc, and was elected M.l'. for the University in 1830, in opposition to Mr Croker and the late .Mr North. Again in 1831, when opposed by the ))resent Judge Crampton, then Sidicilor General, ho was re-elected ; and after the Reform .\rt had given two members to the I'niversity, and greatly enlarged the constituency, he was again returned. He was appointed one of the Karons of the Court of Kschequer in Ireland in I'^U, and Cliiif Justice of the Court of Queen's llench there in February, 1852. This olliee was held until his retirement in .May, ISfifi. " Amongst the most steadfast supporters of the Conservative cause there is none to whom it is more indebted than to -Mr LeI'roy. His perseverance and saerifici'S during its most unpromising days, were not less than in the season of its prosperity, and cviuei-d the genuine patriotism by which he was actuated in its supjmrt. lb- sehlom addresses the House ; but when he does, his speeches exhibil both accuracy of inf(p|iii.ition and soundness of jinlguieiit, and are marked by a tem[)er and discretion which strongly evince the due regulation of his mind." The second son of Lieut.-Col. Lefroy, Anthony Thomas Lefkot, Iwrn I'Jth Oct, 1777, entered the acnicc as a ('ornet, Olh Lancers, lilsl January, 17'.'l>, and was placed im hall-pay the August following, on the nominal strength of the 2nd Itattalion 73rd Foot. This battalion had been reduced on the termination of the siege of Gibraltar, in 17'<3. He was iiroiauted Lieutenant 114th Foot, 'Jth AprU, 1791, nnd Captain 12(Uh lU^giment on the 22nd May of the same year. In April, 1795, he exchanged to 2nd Uattalion 9llth, which regiment was reduced the same year, but the oflicers were allowed to draw full pay until re-appoint- ment. He served with it for a short time at Gibraltar, and was endiarkcd for service alhiat in one of the many naval expeditions of that period. He was appointed to the C5th Uegimeiit in October, 1796. and probably embarked with it for the Cape in Oct. 1^00, remaining there until 17th September, 1802, when he was placed on half-pay a.,'ain, on the strength of the 4th Regiment, and althongh he made repeated applications for ii;-employiuent, as appears from letters of his father, he rcmaimxl on the shelf. In 1807 he obtained the post of Uarrack Master at Arundel, and was transferred in the same capacity to Vork in l3l9, where he served until his death, at the age of 79, in 1859; all the time ou half-pay of the 1th Regiment. His desccudauts are enumerated, p. 3. i^MISlS^SSSSSM^ m. ir^l i I ' ■ V. ■ i Hi' ! ( : I M' 1 i ■I I' "t m KX>^^ ,.^ [ 107 ] Tlie tlilrj son, George Thompson Lefroy, died nt an early i»ge unmnrried, in July, 1801. IIu was a clerk in the Hume Oflicc. The fourth son, Benjiiii.in Lefroy, was horn 17^2, appointed n Cadet in the Hoyal Military Academy, Woolwich, in August, 1797, and rommissiontd in the Koyal Artillery in April, 1800. He was promoted Captain in February, 1S07, and resigned liis commission lUlh August, ISU, He is still living (IS63), at an ngc which would have made him second senior olliecr of the corps hud lie remained in it. His uunierous descendants will be found at p. i. The fiftli sou, Christoiiher Lefroy, born 175+, met with an early and honourable death in H'" Miyesty's navy. He was killed on board tiie " San Fiorcnzo " in action with the French fi.;,itc "Psyche," in the Kast Indies, in 1SU5. The action is thus described by James, the naval historian : — "On the 13th of February, ISO'., at 5 a.m., as the British 18-pr. 3G-gun frigate 'San Fiorenzo,' captain Henry Lambert, was in latitude 19° 35' north, longitude S5° 25' east, standing ou the starboard tack with a light wind at west soiith-west, in searcli of the French (late privateer but now) 32-gun frigate. Captain Jac(|ues Bergcret, rcporti^d to be olf Vizagapatam, three sail were discovered at anchor under the land to tlie southward. These, which were the ' Psyche ' and two sliips, licr )U'ize3, immediately weighed and mnde sail, pursued by the ' San Fiorenao.' Light and balUiug wiiuls continued during the ilay, and towards midnight it became quite calm. At about twenty minutes past midnight, a light breeze having sprung up, tlie ' San Fiorcnzo ' braced round on the larboard tack, and made all sail, trin)uiing and wetting to (piickcn her progress. In this way the chase con- tinued tliroughout tlie remainder of the night, the ' San Fiorcnzo ' gradually gaining until 5 30 p.m. on the IHh, when the 'Psyche' and her companions hoisted English ■ 11' r-i, iH did also tlic ' San Fiorcnzo.' At 7-30 p.m. the latter arrived within hail, |i"-s,ssi(in (if the stermuost vessel of the three, the 'Thetis,' late country ship, -i l'''ii abiiiirloni'd li\ the ' Piiyehe,' then a short distance ahead. From I «..s asp, vtiiiiuil that the other prize had Ik'CU the 'Pigeon,' , «,i- nnw Hi. ' l'i|iiiv(i(|iic' '.jirivateer, of 10 guns and 40 men, com- niaiiiloil l-y i.iir i 1' M. Kergrrct's lieutenants. "Continuing the chase under all sail the 'San Fiorcnzo,' at S p.m., got within gun-shot of, and fired a bow-chaser at the 'Psyche,' who returned it with two guns from her stern; in ten >■ .- >• ■- X b. ~ ' p. ' cXIV 1 ricd, ill July, ^ in tlic Hoyal 1 fal Artillery in ut^ is com mission rO lie him seainil ^ will be found fiM irablc (lentil in illi the French by James, the 1 frigntc • Snn (fTV; 85° 25' Cttst, pv^ of the French Mi ej to be oir ^ \nrd. These, & id innde sail. t^ •ing the day, 1=0 I midnight, a fo'- ird taek, and T^ he chase con- K gaining until M sted English within hail, country ship. 1 head. From rO he ' Pigeon," Cv () men, com- R giin-shot of, M stern; in ten y-^ CXj") [ 108 ] minutes more the two frigntes commonced a furious action, at the distance of about 1 00 yards, and continued hotly engaged until a few niinnles befure 9 p.m., when the ' PHyehe ' fell cm board the ' San Fiorenzo.' In about a quarter of an hour the ' I'syehe ' got clear, and tlu cannonade was renewed with spirit, the ' K([uivo(piB ' ocenaionally taking a part in it, to the no slight annoyance of the ' San Fiorcnzo.' At about 9.10 p.m. the latter shot away the ' Psycho's' main yard, and the firing still continued with unabated fur)'. ,\t 11.30 p.m. the ' San Fiorenzo ' hauled off to reeve new braces and /epnir her rigging; at midnight, being again ready, tho latter bore up to renew the conllict, but just as the Ibitish IVigatc was about to re-open her broadside, a boat from tlie 'Psvehe' eaine on board witli a message to Captain Lamliert, stating that Captain licrgeiet, out of humanity to the survivors of his crew, had struck, although he might have borne the Ci.,itest longer. " Of her 25S men and boys on lioard, the ' Snn Ficu'enzo ' bad oni' midshipuian (('liri'/ the Combatants, ' Sun Fii.rcnif Jtrond'^iilo i;tms ( No. 'Jl No. *2n3 Sijo tons. 1032 •i 10 " The 10-gun ship ' Eqnivoipie' is here left out, partly because the edibles of her ^iius are not known, and partly because the iiid she atToi'ded the ' I'.sjehe ' was not eoiislaiit, but occasional. As to the two frigates, although iiomiiially ecpial, they were very far froiu lieint; B mateli, and yet what a resistance the 'Psyche's' was. Her loss in killed .mil wounded So VI IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) h A % J/. Ms 1.0 I.I |2£ 1^ |30 2.5 iiiiii 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 ^ 6" ► Hiotographic Sciences Corporation 33 WeST MAIN STRUT WiBSTIIi.N.Y. MS(0 (71«) •73-4S03 « > m'f- EsmmM^m^mms^^^^m [ m 1 5si amounted to more thmi half her crew j ond among the killed were the second captain and her two lieutenants, her third lieutenant was on board the ' Equivoque.' This act of Captain Burgcrct's surpassed what had been expected even of him ; and every Frenchman, who wishes well to the navy of his country, should hold in honounible recollection tlie heroic defence of the ' I'sychc.' The prize became added to the ISritish navy as a 12-pr. 32-guu frigate; but, owing partly to her age and partly to the damage done to her by getting aground, the ' I'syche ' did not continue more than a few years in the service." The sixth son, John T^'froy, died in infancy in 1787. The seventh son, Henry Lefroy, boru in 1789, took Holy Orders, and is still living (1808), vicar of Santry Bay, near Dublin, and Rural Dean. Ilis descendants, as well as those of Licut.-Colonel Lefroy's daughters, five of whom married, will be found at pp. 5, (>, one of the latter (Lucy) afUirwards Mrs Uuker, as Miss L. L. — of I — D., was the object of Egerton lirydges' jK)elic adoration in sonic of his best verses, and if there is the least truth in lover's lamentations, must have played sad havoc in her day. Isaac I'eteu Oeohoe Lekhoy, younger son of Anthony IiEfroy, of Leghorn, born 12th Nov. 1715, was educated at ChristChureh, Oxford, and obtained a Fellowship of All Souls' as Founder's kin at the early ago of twenty-three, in 1768. The doeunients establishing his lineal descent from Archbishop Chiehelc arc preserved. The Table of descent, p. 2S, is founded on them ; but the original quotes authorities, and concludes thus :— " The claimant docs hereby c(^rtify that the above written pedigree is a true one, and that he has only verilicd it from .Siii Duulky DiciUE.s of Cliilhani Castle down to the presi'iit time, because it has alri'ady been twice allowed liy the eollij(i' as far as Sir Dudley Uigges inclusive; the first tinu: in the election of Sir Thoinux, the son of Sir Dudley, in iU2U, the second when Leonard, the sou of Thomas, was elected iu 1675. ' Witucss bis hand, "ISAAC PETEB GEOllQE LEFROY." 'SirTEmm l), 17U7.' Among the rest is a (icdigroc which commences — .Vhtiiont l.KPllny^ at Caiuliru^, latl7. | .... Dti Ilooru, uf t'luiilcrB, SO far confirming the date assigned to the immigration of Antoine Loffroy at p. 12. Dr James Maiwell, writing to his son Henry Maxwell, who was at Florence, on the grand tour, after leaving Oxford, Nov. 17CS, says ; — " Mr llussel dined with me yesterday, this being term time, captain and her I act of Captain nan, who wishes icrolc (lefvncc of iiu frigate j but, S aground, the one, and that down to the •' as liir as Sir the 80II of Sir eted ill 1675. EFKOY." Dr James id tour, after ig term time, i^^ [> M Henry Lcfroy, p) V, near Dublin, r^ oy'a daughters, '^ cy) afltirwards '^i lie adoration in |rv! ous, must have M Leghorn, born P ipof All Souls' ^ stabiitihiug his cf !cnt, p. 28, is Pr^ !■•■} [ 110 ] he tells mc Mr Lefroy has carried his election for All Souls', and th.it lie had made an entertainment at Toms after stniiding his cxiiiiiiiinlion, Wiiiling the issue of the determination of judges, niid when the messenger came to tell him he w:is ileetiil the comiiiiiiy cliiiired him ill the room, but frightened the young member for fear they should let him fall or carry him to the Quadrangle." Mr Lefroy was onhiincd to Deacon's orders in Mny, I76!t, and to I'ricst's orders in .Inne, 177^. On I3th Sept. 1777, lie was presented by James Miitlliias, Ksq., and John Clarenibault, Esq., to the llectory of the Parish Church of Ciiinpton, Surrey, vacant by the death of the lt«v. John Fulham, who had held it 65 years; taking the usual oiilh that he had not obtained the said Rectory by making or performing any simoniacal payment or contract whatever. The real purchaser and patron was, it is believed, Mrs Hrydges, the mother i.f his intended wife, and the next presentation was sold to Kdward lirydges, in 17^9, for £!:!•', the living, however, under some subseipient arrangement, descended to his eldest son, who In 1819 resigned the charge and income to his youngest brother, the llev. IWnjamin lefroy, but nnnained legally rector to his death, iu 1S23. In July of the following year, 177**, Mr Lefroy became domestic chaplain to Amelia, Haroness Ccmyers. His eouiinis...iou or diploma has been preserved, and being, I beliuvo, a tiling which has gone out of use, I aimex it : — To ALi, and singular to whom these Presents shall come, Amelia Baroness Conyehs sends Greeting. Know ve that I the said Amelia Hakoness Contehs, for and on account of the great Probity of Life, Integrity of Morals, and prolieieiicy in sacred Learning of (ieoikie Lei'Uov, Clerk, Master of Arts, and I'lUow of All Souls' College, In tlie I'liiveMity of Oxford, have nominated, appointed, taken, and admitted, and by these Presents do nominate, appoint, tiike and admit him the said (Ieouge Lekhov into the number of my Domesliek Chaplains, to serve me in the performance of Divine Oflici'S within my House or Chiipel, by virtue whereof it shall and may be lawful to and for him the said Geoikje Lekhov my saiil Chaplain, freely to have, enjoy, and maintain all and singular the Privileges, Ihiufili, Liberties, Pre-eniineiiccs and Iinniuiiities whatsoever, given and granted to the I'liaphiiiis of the Parous and Peers of this renowned Kingdom of Great liritain, liy the Statutes and lrliiiriili H. HH Maxwell. V Bo, 177lt. irt'lty tiikcii like. Kitty wonder if here I most i norUI can 11 the week omplinieiiis Mr Leii'oy, '^^ i fKri^ 0- - ^ ihlL+J dibidi! [ 112 ] Of the charming and gifted lady thii>5 happily united to Mr LdVoy, we have many notices, partly indeed from a partial source, the pin of her hrolher Ei^citon, but not exclusively so ; and there arc those still living who can confirm the truth of his tc!^tiluony. Of the attractions of her person, we fortunately possess full proof in some chnrraing miniatures, and in a portrait engraved in 1808 after her decease. Bei.jauiin Lauglois intimates his impression that she spoiled her sous. Perhaps he was not the best judge. " I leave," he savs, " to Mrs George Lefroy my triple miignifyiug glass mounted in mother-of-pearl and set in silver gilt, which at the same time that it may be useful to her in her botanical amusemenfs, uiav recall to her mind one who since he had the honor of being allied to her, has luueh valuid inaiiv »f her excellent qualities as a warm friend, an allectiouate wife, and a tender mother, ami though he has often lamented the excess so pivjuJicial with respect to the advaiiceiuciit of her sons ill life, to which her maternal all'cction has been carried, he could not help respeetiug I he motive." — (Inalrmiiom to hU A'.ir»., Nov. \i, IhO;!). The place she lilled in the allections of her sous in their inaturcr years, is certainly not that of a weak, over-indulgent mother. Her opposition to her younger son's cnleriiii; ilic army may have deteriuiued Sir Langlois' feeling. \Vc have a wilucss to it in the fulioiving Utter, which shews Ihe light in which the militarv profession was received bilurc the viciories of the Duke of Wellington had g/eu it l\w jireslii/c it still retains. I'lj C/ifiisfii/i/ici' Edwaiil l.i't'fij), friiiii /lis Mul/iri; Ci-CTEBIIIRV, Si]il. 'Jo, IHI'l". Sfy dearest ICdivard, I have just been having a conversation wilh your I'lielc John about your rulure |ilans, which at present so occu|iy my thoughts & create me so iiiueh anxiety, that I know not how to talk upon any other subject ; my dear child would lo God you could see what I siillVr on your aeeount I .May your detcmiination be directed tor the best ! I have now no si-ni|iles in advising you agaiml the nrinji, as your l.iicle John is decidedly of opinion that it would be ,i very bad plan, lie says without .i man's uatiiral propensity for the army is \eiy strong, Ihe going into it is extremely nuttisL ; that there is no interest U Ihisfaiiiili/ which can push miu on, & that you have no return for\oiir money but Ihe hanlships yon endure williout a prospect of ever obtaining u provision for a family or even income enough to enable you to sit down quiet in old age : that the subordination to which a subaltern is obliged lo submit, is very difheiilt to bear & would, he is sure, be very irksome to you — that the Dragoons arc so exiKsnsivc, a nmn of very small fortune cannot sujiport it, & the hardships of u marching ■A (> Svl/ - ■■■ •■ 1 m m m s Mi [ II J 2 ] >-4 IK ■JuC ^ 36c iS SSa -4- 36C iS il M Hcgiinpnl nre very ?rent indeed : tlinl if you cnn persiiiide yourself to continue in your pri-sont sitimtion for tiic next two yenrs, you cnn tlien go to the Bar, after having been with a S])ceial I'leader, ns many otlicr yo\iiig men of family have done, or yoii may practice as a Conveyancer, which he considers as a very honorable & geiitleinnnlike employment ; that he is — ns much ns you can be yourself— averse to your sittin|i; down as nu Attorney, but iliat he most earnestly wishes you to rontiiuie where you nre these next two ycmre. These, I give you my word, nre your Uncle John's sentiments, my beloved Edward. I will now once for all venture to tell you that I am really so extremely unhappy at the idea of your going into a marching regiment tl it I know not how I could support ntyst^lf if such an event took place ; yet I do not mean to urge this as a reason for your not doing so, if it really will contribute to your linpi)iness. Most cheerfully will I saerilice niy life to promote your good, & I will only hope that though we may be separated lu're we may meet hereafter. My beloved Kdward umy (iod direct Sr preserve you prays your ever aflee""' mother, A, I,. To Edward Lefrny, Es(|. liiehJ. Clarke's, Esq. Newport, Isle of Wight. The devoted attachment of this son may be measured by the following picture, undoubtedly traced from his own recollections, which he draws of the mother of his hero Edward Bentinck in Outai.Issi.* " His mother, although n member of the Dutch church and familiar with the Calvnn'.stic view of revelation which charneterizes that establishmeni, was a wonu\u of such supcior undcrslaiiding and fervent charity that she never could assent to all the re]>ulsive peculiarities in the creed of its great founder, which either acquired grace, consistency, and altmetion from her uiodr of explaining them, or she confessed at once wei-c beyond * OrTALiBst.a tair in 1 Vol., publiBliod liy Hatchard, 182rt. It wns written to oxpORctlir iniquiliPBorsIavery aH lliey oxintivl in Dutch ami llrilish Ouiann.no hitcly ns the (late nf puMicatinn, ami against which the a\itlior, M the JudfTC of the mixed Court for its tnup* pi-cBsion at SvKlSAM had contondid for inanyyt'nrt. It is not i^asy to assijrn tho literary n.oril of sui'h a work. It is very readable, full oi simple but vivid sketches of tropical life and nature, of the insight of A elever liigh-principled man, of no particular ])o\vcr8 of iinaginationi into human life and character, and of the deeper thoughts of one profoundly religious, but led by his turn of mind and solitary life into those intellectual ditlieulties from wlueh our present light offers no escape. It would of course be pronounced prosy by a reader of novels, ou tho other hand the vices he pourtrays, and the cruelties ho describes, lead him into one or two descriptions which would not Imj admitled into the columns of a periodical of the pre!4ent day. Its publication had a very diHastn us effect on the wr^ r's fortunes, for tho planters clioso to view it as a libel, ynA made luch representations to the Colonial Ollice as led to their mulcting him in 1H20, of .€loOn yeiir retiring pension, an act which he always cont4>nt]ev [ ill ] h?r comprehension My only nnxin\is wish, Edward, she used to say, is to see you a good Christian ; I have no other, all else beucuth the sun God knuweth if best bestowed or not, and let His will be done. Thus indelibly impressed on the core of his young heart, ndngted with the rem;nibrance of a vigilance for his happiness that never slept, a patience with his faults that never tired, an affection that not only forgave, but wpt and pravcd, and would have welcomed any death for him — like a name engraved on c young tree dcepeuin" with its age and expanding with its growth, and, whatever storjus assailed it, if for a moment jiartially obscured, never whilst life itself remained, to be i ffaccd or obliterated— so deep and dear were the impressions of Clniatiaiiity engraven by miturul affection ujjon the heiirt of Edward Uentinck." Of XIrs Ij€!froy, Sir Egerton Brydgos says, (Vol. T. p. 130) :— "As far as I coulil be taught the love of poetry, supposing any other influence neccssory than the impulses of natund feeling, it was taught ine by my eldest sister, Anne, born March, 174S, married in I)eeend)er, 1778, to the Rev. George Ix^froy, thin lioctor of Compton in Surrey, and afterwards also of Ashe, near Basingstoke in Iliunpsliire. Mr Lefroy was the younger son of Anthony Lefroy, during a long life the chief of the first English mercantile house at Leghorn, where he lies buried, and whose tomb I visited, in the ecmetry there, in 1820. This Anthonv was a native of Caulcrbury, and spmng, by his mother, from the Thompsons, Hammonds, Digges's, St Legcrs, and Auchcrs. He had an elder son, Anthony, formerly Lt.-Colonel of the thirteenth Dragoons, who, on retiring from the army, settled at Limerick, in Ireland, and was father of Thonuis, now M.P. fur the University of Dublin. " Mr George Lefroy had been a student of Christchnrch, and Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford, as founder's Kin (See ' Stcminata Chicheliana '). My sister was one of the most amiable and eloquent women I ever knew, and was tniivcrsally beloved and admired. She was a great reader, and her rapikfl of pufjcr love, lior lirtvnts swt'rtj Tlint voicp nnd onunti'iianco aliuDat Divino ! £xprcuion, Uarmony, alike complot«. I liflton, — 'tis not flound alone— 'tis sonno, 'Tis Genius, Tosto, and Tcndernoss of snut; 'Ti» gonuino warmdi of heart witlinnt pri'linico, And purity of mind that crowns thp wliolo. She speaks ; 'tis eloquence : that (jraco of tongue, So rare, bo lovoly ! — never miBapplieii By her to palliate viee, or ih-ek a wronfj, She apeaks and reasons but un Virtue's sido, ner*i is the enorjfy of soul sineere, Her Christian spirit, ignorant to f^'i^n, Seeks hut to comfnrt, heal, enlighten, rht^er, CunfiT a pleasure, or provoin a paiu. Can auijht enhanee such tjoodnj-ss? Yi's to me, Her partial favours from luy earliest years Consumtnates all. — Ah! cive mo yet to seo ller smile of Love— tho virion disapiH-ars, 'Tis past and gone — wo meet no more below. Short is tho cheat of Fu y o'er the Tomb. Oh! mitjht I hope to equal Itlitts to jjo! To meet thee. Angel ! in thy future Imnie, Fain would I feel a union in thy fate, Fain wnuM I seek to draw an onii n fair From thi.H connection in our Karllily dale. Indulge the harmiess weakness — Kuoson, spare. J, A Elegiac Lines to the Memory of Mrs Lefrm/, written in Dcc.l^^Q, hi^ EijcHon Jh'ifdtjcs, Peep (jrief is dumb ; el-ie lonpf nfo, dear shade, To thee the niounifull Muhi> lior ritei^ had paid. "Whehn'd with tho slmke o'en now my palsied brain 8tru;rgle9 with feeble ellort at tbi> Hiraiii. The tountnin of my fortm-r tears is dry ; And wan despair sits lixM in either eye. Ah! time, that boasts to tiiellow down the hues Of wild regret. & o'er her form diffuse A soothing sadueas, teaeh me to know ■With keener certainty my darkening woe ! At every caro, & evcrv rising joy, Each task, that would my wandering thoughts employ, Tho morninff ramble, h the evening toil Thro' life I mok'd tor thy eonstding smile, Sutnow whene'er I learning's page unroll, And strive by studious pains to raipe my soul, Soon asi ■> vain I seek tny cheering I'Ktk, Down fr"-^ ray unclasping hands deseemls the book. Forgetful! of my loss, if transient lire Impels these hands to seize tho silent lyre, To thee I bid it pour its trembling tone ! Thou hearest not ! it breathcH a dying moan, And inotantly the rising spirit's llown ! Sometimes 1 wake from some cnehanting dream, Bright with the Muse's raiubow*tiuctared beam, Or deck'd with golden pomp, k nil the show That liold ambit ioii's gorgeous ilames bestovv; (•lowing I haste my raptures to impart. ]{ut thou, alas ! art gone: and to my heart Cold chilling damjis of hopeless nnguiah dart. Loveliest of human beings, Sister, Friend, Instructor, (tuardiiin, whi-re can ever end The praise that to tliy imgcl worth btliiiii,'H, AVortli that has e'en transcended iioela' Hongsl In every walk rd' lite beloved, adored, How bav(> all rank-^ thy hapU'ss fate und the throne where Hinging zerapli^ bluze. Strikes in glad uutce tg thy Crcatur'a praise 1 Monumental Inscription in Ashe Churchy to the Rev, George Lefroy and his vjife. The Uev. Isnac Peter Ooorgc Lefroy, late Rectorof this Pnnsh.andofComptnn, in Surrey, and formerly Fellow of All Souls* Collei^e, Oxford; sou of Anthony Lefroy, K3(|., I>y Elizabeth his wife, was born Nov. I2th 171-5, and died at the Parsonage House of this Parish, of a jiaralytic stroke, on Monday, January 16, 1806. Anne, wife of tlie llcv. George Lefroy, and daughter of Edward IJrydues, Estj., of Wooiton Court, in the C(nniiy of Keiii, by Jemima his wife, was Imrn March, 17H*, ami died at the Parsonn;;e House of thi* Parish, in eonse(|uencc of a fall U^^^\n her linise on the the preceding dav, on Sunday, December 16, 1804. [53 [ 119 1 Render ! Tlic clinractcrs here recorded need Ino laboured piine|»yTic, prompted by the clcvnted dictnti'9 of Cliristinnity, of whose glorious truths they were most firm believers; they were nlikc exemplary in the peiformaneo of every duty, nnd amiable in every relation of life, to their fervent piety, their strict integrity, their active and comprehensive charity, those among whom they lived, and especially the inlmliitants of this village, will bear ample and willing testimony. After a union of twenty-six years, having been separated 'ly death senrcely more than twelve months, their ciirthly remains are together deposited in peace, near this marble, together to be raised wc humbly trust in glory wlicn the grave shall give up her deod, and death itself be swallowed up iti Victor}'. " BIcssod arc thn donil nliicb dio in tbo I.ard firom honccforth ; Yea, milk the Spirit, tliat Ihcj may rcit from tlicir labour!."— UcT. xiv. 13. It has been already mentioned that the most intimate early friend of I. P. George Lcfroy, was Henry Maxwell, his contemporary at Oxford, and his travelling companion in Italy in 1775-0, afterwards his brother-in-law. Mr Maxwell was, as his name denotes, of a Scotch family, whose motto, " I'll bide Breadalbane," indicates the proud position held by their head at some former time. xiT. MiTwiii. Ar. on ''■'"'' ^'' immediate branch of it however had suffered a decline ■ BAlticr Hn. a mHn'a honrt, or. crost, ,» Falcon i(jokio( to in gocial standing, may be inferred from the mechanical calliuK the BUD proper. ° of b" great grandfather. David Mixwiu, Cartlcuttor, Dumformlinc. John Slaxwcll => Helen ITepbum, I b. 1(108. Jamc9 Maxwell sometiino PhyBician Gcnornl to the Array in Germany. (JommiBBioner of tho 8ieli and Hurt Office, J. 17 m. Feb. 1748, d. 1771. ' Sarah da. of GXO. LA3CKILE8, £«q, of Barb.uloeB, who U to Jtimet Mitxtpell). t (1) "KuBtoohe MaiwcU" of Teyling, Angua, scoond son of Sir Horbort Maxwell of Corloneroek, got the lands of Teyling, by marrying Agnes, one of the daughters, and co^5 nd I think he calls was descended on lin de Lnscelles of he Wapentake of ig and liehl divers i II. From liim hallerton, i. 1C90, J afterwards M.P. ipany, he d 1753. itlier of Susannah wliorf. 1747, was lom. Tlie family ;d officers to both te instnictions to lie picture of the itcj at lloiiyhton, business for fifty 3 to get him an I read Spanish so nephew of liig. he male line from aned in Nesbet's to the Earl of ■oil of CnrIflnorft<7k, rj'ing Agtips, one of lir Jiiliii OilTord, of I onl/» Sallior, in my " Embj of tlio " p. 08. ly of Tcyling, who vnoo in the Lynn ng, Armi, nrf^nt, r. Cpcgf, A Falcon Mollo, "I'll iiido If«ib«t'> Scotch Six? »- > ty. '■^ Xx( •is [ 122 3 Wymiss, I was first oiiusiu (incc nincui'd In Ihc iii-«i I,,,|-,| IhnvHi.uil hy Ihr uIidIc Ii|o,,,|, therefore his ncari'st rclalion ; the present [I-nvcl) «iis by llic liiiH' lijnnij tiiily, hut in liie iiKilr line, as I was in tlic fcniiile," Among the little glimpses into a world that has passed iwiy tliiil liinu pn m ntc d lliemselves in the eorrespondciiiT, that lias passed thi(iui;li the editor's liin!(U, is n recpiest to Mr ArnxwcU by his friend S. I/'/iitc, apparently a fellow of All ."^Dnls', wliii'h ni;iv as well eonie in here as anywhere else, "I must beg of you to let your servant eall al Jellni~, Silversmith in the Strand, to know if he has got my swurd cleaned " (4lli April, IViij. This entirely confirms a remark made to the writer by the late .Mr Merry about IS+ii, that he could remember London Society when swords were woin ; he was Imrn in 17112.'* Mr Maxwell inherited the properly of Kainsbuiy, Wilts, from his aunt Mrs H.il^un, and actpdred his estate in Crondel, Hants, by imrcliase. Then has been a noliun that the old Saxon name of Itchel was changed by Mrs Maxwell, but this is not the cal*in^»n, llarl.}inlxl7. llelinnuniei'nu>taniibell.iii own, 1ml only one i;rivndi»i.Ti. Ki'\ , \\ . .Meri'^ . reniami.. *'"¥ "^-a.o-ax [ ii;t ] •- '-J nnd iilllioiiiili imr, anil Iiuvit u'tr Uk* bill ; Til- iu-iitli, tliul ri^lit n^ainsl llio vh'w MH'* its slope si(U>, itt rliul in blue; O'lt (III- t'ur-i'xti'ndi'il wihkI J)cfj» anil alill till' (;ri'_v mists briHid ; WhiK' by till' lu'd^'t-, iind on tin- (jraBS, \\v brush tlic TH|H)urw ns we jinsa. Still is till' air ; llir leaves mul lierba Nut a sinf^le breath disturbs, Savo thai, by lils, the brtvze's si^li!! In iiiurniur8 thro' (he lH>ujrhs arice. Thro' the dead eahn (hut reit^ns around, Is heard iliistinetly every sound ; Tlie rooks, that still IVoni earliest dawn With eaw inoessiuU jiacs the lawn ; Then ((utek rej>tus, \\\{\i burden lilted Their annual tiirey lo rebuild; The |dou^h that tiereaks; anon The tiwain's loud laii^h that f;uideii it on ; The ehi]»|iini; ijate jit which wc see, Slowly returning l'rave The barn, or wood, or fiehl, at eve ! Or truant boys, whoso ehei-rful voice Soon iu the vale we hear rejoice ; The horwB* step alon^ the Inno, Or the biud lin^' ut loaded Main ; Or from the jaiblie mad alar The rattle of thi' fleeter car; (While ut each llau^e from yonder vale We bear the euckow tell Iut tale, Or ifentle doek-dove pour her moan 111 deep and niebnicboly tone) ; 'J'be babbling lioinnU whose ilislant cries Wak'd by the horn's loud melmlies. Or Mhrill-voic'd hunlamnn'w eehoinj; eheer, Die into musie in the air; The bleatinf^ flock from yonder steep, Thi' dof; tluit bays I be stray in>j sheep, And sbepherd's hallo from the hili, At whieh the obedient iXo)* is still; Tlie ^illuj^e artist's luisly stroke; The slower flail ; the fullinj; uak That echoes from the ipiaking dell; Tbe rapid whirl from eotlaife well ; The eatth.' lowinij frmn the farm ; And thousand sounds bt«ide, that charm, Now the winjjs of silence bear Distinct aloii(r the listt-nini; air. Thus as the airy harp reelin'd Ml .es to tbe whimpers of the wind, And, in return, from all its striiiKS With mure melodious music rings; The curious ear, in eetasies, Vibrates to Natui-e's harmonies. And strives the rapture to repay ]Iy mimic ecboea of her lay. lii'if.hfi'a Povms, 1th Kdit. 1807, Ode VUI. The present writer had the good fortune to visit SirEj^crton lirydges at the Canipngne Gros Jean, near Geneva, in June, 1837, three niontlis before liis death, and thus to fix l)y personal impressions tlie traditions respecting him whieh were current iu the elder generation. A poet of a high oriler, author of one of the very best sonnets in the language, an industrious student, a man of sound and varied ^earning ;* his personal happiness was wrecked, and the fortunes of • Soutliey's opinion of him was thus expressed : — " In all you nay about Hir Kgerton Urydges you arc rigid, except, I think, in ruting him as a man of intellectual powers so low . All his books are bad. and yet there arc marks of genius iu very many of them, ami most in his latvr ones, somo fine sonnets," in this mass of biography and some passages in other oi his later works, of groat beauty and feeliug. The [ 12G ] his fiimily ruined, l)y two inoiistpr faults, an insane fauiilv priil.', nn ultir disivganl wliit|;f'. {Lrittr III ir.vHM. ib;)4). six- ,! i HiK^i'- .;^i!i^;Q;^:i :^*buetburfJh [ 1*7 ] 1 1 woulil III' (IKfiiMill to (li'iuv II tiiniT grnpliic fkptcli of a sliy, sensitive, iniiigiiiiitivp rliiirai'lcr, full ol ikiIiIi- iiiiiiiiUes, but wiiiiling ill a strong sense of duty, .iiiil the victim of iiiorbiJ priilc iiiiil self-iiiiliilgence. Sami'E!. r.r.EitroN Urydoes whs liorn 30tli Nov, MCt2, scpoiul son of Kdwiird Brydgcs, or lis it was frequently written Bridges, of Wootton Court, Kent, by Jeininin da. and coheir of l)r AV. Kgcrton, Prebendary of Canterbury, Ciianeellor of Hereford, and Hector of I'enslinrst and All Hallows' (see p. 29), was M.P. for Maidstone 1812-18, and created Baronet 27th Dec. 1814. Of his family pretensions he has left us in no sort of doubt, for in his publication, the Atavi^e Reoi.*:,* he hus with astonishing research ruceccded in tracing his own descent from almost all the illustrious families of Europe, 'i . e nietliod followed is as follows ; — T.VBI.E I. Noilmandy. HUSBANB. 1 William I. the Comiueror, King of Kii.4land, o/i. 10S7. i Hen. 1. Iv. of K. o//. li;J.5. Wife. 2 Mathilda, da. of Hniidouin V. Earl of Fliinders. 4 Matliilda.da. of Malcolm, K. of Scotland, o/i. 111,". Mnthildii, daughter iind heir married (ieotl'icy riantageiict Earl of Anjou. TAB!,!'; U. 1 1 1 p &, 1 1 1 11 [■!■;< Vry i 5 fieoffrev Plnntngenet, Earl of Anjon, oi. l'l.-)l. 7 henry II. K. of England, oi. 1189. 9 Joi..; K. nf England, oli. 1206. 11 Henry III. K. of England, oi. 1272. 13 Edward I. K. of England, n/j. 1307. • Atatij! Rnoijf, rnnsiKliiig of sixty cnpion only, compik'd lor private iiso by Sir Kgerton Ur}'dgeB, liart. <) Mathilda, da. and heir of Henry I. K. of England, »4. lU'i7, widow of the Einpenir Henry V. 8 Eleanorc, da. and h. of W. Diikp of Aquitaine and Gnieniie, oi. li()2. 1 Isiil,"l, (la. of Aimar, Co. d'Angoulemo, ob. UM5. 12 Eleanore, (i.-. and coh. of Raymond HiM-enger, Liiil of Provence, oli. 1290. 14 Eleanore, da. of Feidnand III. K. of Castillc, ob. 1290. The motto ia,"Atarit Eititp Hftfibut,** Hor. folio, p. ISo, Florence, printed by J. Marcnigh, Apr., IH'JO. ilivo, iniiigiiiativp 1(1 the victim of Idward Rryd^'cs, a da. mid cohfir , and Hector of •18, nnd created lort of doubt, for •ch succeeded in e. 'i . e metliod inin V. Earl of '^'- - , K. of Scotland, f Henry I. K. of widow of tlie •f W. Diike of lie, ob. 1202. ). d'Aiigouleaie, . of Kiiyinoiid Provence, ob. land in. K. of i6H«," Hor. folio, enigli, Apr., 1H20. 'mm& W i. [ I2D ] TAIU.K VI. 33 Hrnrv Stiiiilry, Kiirl of Derby. 35 [''crdiiKiiiild Slnnlcv, Ivirl of l)irl:v. 3t Mm'L'iint. da. of llinrv C'lilTonl, Kiirl of ('iniil)i-t'lan(l, ofi. 15!Mi. SG Alice, (I.I. of Sir .loliii Sprnccr of Alllioip, kt., re-inarrii'il Lord (.'liiiii- cc'llor i'.ni'rtoii. Lady Kraiices Stanley, da. and r'oli. niarrieil John Kgcrtoii, Isl Karl of Uridjitwater. TAULK VII. Ji/crfon. 37 John Kgerlon, 1st Karl of Bridj;ewutcr. 31) John, 2n(l Karl of Itridgewater. 41 IIon.Tlioinns K)?ertoii, of Talton Park, C'htc'iire, Srd son, oi. 16S5. 43 Win Efiprton, LL.B., Preb. oft'nnter- burv, Chancellor of llerelord, lleclor of I'eiishurst, Siu. o6. 1738. 3S Lady Frances Stanley, da. and coh. of l''('rdiniin(lo, Karl of Del by. 40 Lady Kli/.alietli Cavendish, du. of Wni. Duke of Newcastle. 42 llest.-r, da. of Sir John Busby of Ad- dington, co. IJiicks, kt., by .liiililh, da. and coh. of Sir Win Main- waring, kt. oil. 1724. 44 Anne, da. of Sir l''rancis Head, lU., o6. 1778. Jeininin, da. and coheir, married Edwnrd Brydges, Esq. OS i ■*■ "^ TABLE YIII. Brydoes and Lefroy {English branch). 46 EdwanI Brydges of Wootton, = -iO Ji'miinft KKTton, dn. and coh. Kent, Esq. ob. 1780, of Win Kircrton, LI,.I)., lEt. 09. 06. Dec. 18Ut), let. 82. a Sir Effcrton Urydgi'St l*t-> ob, lH;t7, nuirrivd (1) Eliznbeth, niccp of Thomas Uarrott, V.n\., of l..ee Park. (J) Mnry Kohinfum. niece of Matthew Lord Uokeby. 23 b Anno Uryiiiji'o. married Kev. J. J**, (.i. Lbpboy, ob. 18iH{. Hev. J. n.r.. U'frov, 06. 1823. Charles Edward Lefrov, ob. 1801. I CnAai.R» J.1MR8 Maxwkix T.epbot. Ulh iiusttars, b. 18^. (■ Di'boriili niiim Uenbt Maxv ob. 171 Hrydf^fs, RI,L, Ksc)., tS^ AVe are thus conducted by 26 descents, from William the Conqueror to a Comet of Hussars, under Victoria, or from a.d. 1087 to 18fi7, which gives nn average of exiielly 30 years; taking however more correctly, 26 descents to 1861, we have 31 years to a generation. % ^ i n flifToril, V.:\t\ 'r.!)(l. Ill SpriinT of it'll Lurd Cliuii- 1 1 r^ 1 111. 1111(1 coll. llf ).iliy. sli, (ill. u{ Will. 1 Busby of A(l- kt.. In .liiililh, ir Will Muiii- 1 Head, lU., 06. So i riiviiKfs, 'RI.L. £s(l., W. n Crrnct of g(' of cxiiilly II ycui's to a [ 130 ] The book contains CXL. Tables. It will be seen that if we trace back the fainilies succe.sively named above, Norinnmly, LX.VXVIII. Flanders XVI. Seollaml iX. Aiijou X. A(|iiitaiiie XI. AnRouleme, XII. rrovi;iicc...XIII. Castille ...XI v. Kiiinoe XV. llainault ...XXI. as is done in the several Tables quoted, and then in turn follow back every opfiiiii;; presented by an illustrious raarria({e, the thing may be carried to almost any extent ; failure of historical materials, and the coaleseing of dilTerent lines, being the only limiting causes. One nf the lines is conducted through CiiARLEMAONE to Pepin father of Ciiaules Maktei,, oi. 71*, (Table LXXXVI.) and even this is not the earliest date, I regret to record that ArNoui- le tmuoaU Due DE BwiERE, who died a.d. 637, (Tabic C.XXXVI.) lies at the root of the Tree. Sir Egerton Brydges drew his material principally from L'art de Verifier lei Dates, edit. 1SI8, by Saint Allais, a work published under the name of Duin. Fraiujois Clement, but originally compiled " par les savants Bdncdictins de la congregation de Saint Maur." Dmii. Clement died 1793. He availed himself however of his own early labours in g.nealogy, and of all other neeessible material, and I am not aware that the authority of the work has ever been called in question. The great disappointment of Sir F.gnton Brvdgts' life, was the rejcrtion of his elder brother's claim to the Barony of Cliiindos, ill 1S03. It eankered his sjiirit, ami loadcil him with a sense of injustice and wrong. To the end of his life (liis elder brother liaviug died without heirs) 111! claimed the title, and ficquently signed himself /jer tei/eiit terra C/l.t.VDOS of SUDKLEY. It wouhl be waste of tinii! to enter now into the ria^lils ami wrongs of this celeorated decision, but the general ground of the elaiiii may be stalei. in a few words. Queen Mary, by Letters Patent, in the (list year of her reign (1551) granted the Barony of (Ihaudos of Sudeley, to Sir John Bridges, Kt., to hold to him ami his heirs nude for ever. This Jolni, 1st Lord Clinudos, had three «ons, Kduiund, Charles, and Anthony. The title deseeiuliil to the eldest son and continued in his issue male iiiiill the death of William, 7lli Lord ('li.iiidos, without issue iniile, when the line of Kdiiiund, eldest son, failed. The title then dcireiidi'il tci Sir .lames Brydges, Bart., who became 8tli Lord Chandos, as great gniiidson and heir male of Charles, second son of 1st Lord Cliaiidos. Tliis line expired in U""!!, in the peixm of .laims, Duke of Chandos, when Edward Brydges submitted that he was entitled to inherit the same honor and dij^nity as heir male of Anthony, third son of the 1st Lord Cluuidos. The m mih mmmMmimmmmmmmm i; 1^: t (! i i ai !>■!•; .>Xx^x^x^x^ 'IbiriiS^JlbtHjii [ 131 ] Alliiiiii'j (ii'iiiMiil npoiti'd tliiit he (■nnocivwl tlm cliiimiiiit liad |iinvoil liiiiHclC to tic tlic liiii' iiiiili' (ir.liiliii, l^os wc may turn to the hi(i;h nnthority of Dugdale's Baronajfc, where it is thus given (l(l7."i, p. 502). " The first of this name and family, touchin;^ whom 1 find mention, is Hubert de Chaiitlm who eauK^ out of JllirHlllllim with ll'ilHam the Con(|U'o /ranrr> "'iJ having been summoned to Parliament among the Barons of this realm from "i JC. 3 till 27 departed this life in the same 27th year. Whereupon Thomas his son and heir doini; honiagu had livery of his lands (he died in 49 E. 3, 1373), * See '' Cruise's Treatise on Dignitioi." r4K^r>f; '-"! ^i liiidii [ m ] to })!• l\\v lii'ir Siiity of Hiiroii (I lie prolmlily Inlioii of nhii'li iNDos iv(! limy l(i7.'>, p. 502). e Chandoi wIki tilt! NoriiiniiH ting liiiiisL'lf ill wlificof Oweit rd and miiny nto Scotland, ill wars," &(!. ! therefore to ;er in 7 ^. 3 led slierifl' of being then a d the King i realm from ion and heir "Of thi'i fninily mid in tlii^ iii;(! iliil that faiiiinii acildier SirJolin C'liiiiidus, Kiiiu'lit, IliHiri-li, cniieeniiiig wliiiin our historians do make very lioinnnble mention. " In :iO E. :i he was in that inemoralilc nallcl of ^llljtifr!) in Fiiamk, and in :i;i I',. :i in cousidenition of his eminent serviees in llie wars of l''ii vnce (espeeiiilly in Ihiit of I'nv riKus) obtained a grant from I'rince KJicard i>( two parts of the manor of liirkrtllll in lilltlorn in VoM.-IAnc. to hold for life, in nhieh 33 year, being retained with kin;; l-'Jicanl to sine liiiii for life in the office of vice Cliambcrlaln, he obtained a grant of mi liiindied |iiiniids per amiiim to be received out of the exchequer . . . . In 41 Fl. 3 this Sir Ay/i// f'/«/«(/o» accompunied I'rince Kilwurd into yjlilllli in that expedition wliieli lie tliin niiiile lliitlier on behalf of I'eler king of Castii.r and Lkon whom Bertiaiul Cti'/.i/n (a fainona soldier) ntteinptcd to depose, and being with John Duke of Ltnicaalcr in the van of the Knglish army gave battle to him at Nazah where they obtained a glorious vieloiy. " lint this renowned person, in 44 K. .'{ lieiiig in the wars of (i ascoionk putting nlV his helmet unwarily was there slain to the great sorrow of both kingdoms. Wliertof the king of FiiANCE himself was so apprehensive, that he passionately said : ' There was not any sonldiir living so able to make peace betwixt both crowns as he' .... Of this family likewise was another Sir . Mm Chaiidos, Kt. who in S lien, (i (a.D. 142S) died seized of the niannois of IHginarillin ami Illlllhuril in Com. l/eirf. but without is-ne, whereiipuii (ill.KS Brit.oks, l''.sq. son of .-llice one: and Marijartt the wife of Sicliulun .VuIIcik/ijii the other sister were found to be his next heirs." liiitlGGEs Lonu CiiANUos ^1 Mariie] i'l. p. 311.5 ; — "The issue male of the ancient Lonl ChaiKhs being extinct (as I have elsewhere shewed), that title lay dormant until after some ages it came to be revived in the Family of Hnii/i/M. Sir John Briigges of Coveiij.kv in Com. Clone, being lineally deseeiided IVoiii Cilex Briigges, I'^sii'. son of Alice one of the daughters and co-heirs of that Sir John Cliumlus who died in » II. 6. This Sir John Brnyges possessing the manorof Luowahuvn in Com. Ihrf. with divers other lands by descent from Chaiidos was knight for the body of King llenr,\ the Eighth, and made constable of Suiilkv Castle in 21t of his reign. So likewise in 34 11. '^ (Edward his son then one of the Esipiiies for that king's ho, y being joined with him in tliiit trust), and upon the eighth of J/iril, 1 Maria; advanced to the dignity of a Han.n of this realm, by the title of Lord Chandos of Scdlev but died the same year, as it seems : leaving issue by Klizahdh his wife, daughter to Edicard Lord Ore'j of Wii.TdS, four sons. Edicard knighted in the Cump near KosuoRorGll by the Vitke of Somenel in 1 1'.. (i. ''/,«,/,•.» linigges of Wiston in Com. Ihref. Jnthoiiy and liic/iaril, mid two danglilers, .Uufg wedded to l[en)y Tract/, of Aldbkion and Kalheriiw to t^lmird Lord Diuileu" Kr' (i-T^ iff ^MSnj.m ;'i I ' J' it ill. I 1 II ■I r It M m M 3 ,xij^x^-c^^^:c -r^^.? ^;>^<:>^-^.^ [ 13.1 ]: Tlip following? Ii'ltrr to Mrs 0. liefroy from tlipir frieml nnil noi^liljoiir IjorJ Biilton, slicws how tlir ilisiip|)()iiiliiii'iil of llic Undoes fuinily was roj^ni'dcd hy rriciiilly IVcrs. D.P. June 17, 18o;i, Loril Bol/on tu Mr» Lefmy. My (li'iir Sliiiliiin, Till. ■VKiit of iMomlny in the House of Lords could not linve been unforscen by you, and I trust therefore', was not so grcnt n disn|ipoiutinunt as it otherwise iniglit have been to you, I iind for some time been apprehensive that the Lord Chancellor, upon whom I greatly fixed my own faitli, rouhl not satisfy \\ inind about the necessary fulness of proof, altho' he never cliaii^ed his (irm opinion ns far as personal belief went, of the just title of your family. I thought it iucuuibciit upon mc in truth ami honor to make thai open and explicit declaration, anil I am persuaded that you will kindly and considerately give me credit for most cordial concern, that I could not upon the same principles go farther. I cannot however refrain from the indulgence of a hope, that the Chancellor's speech must have completely done away any illiberal attempts to deny any foundation of right in Mr Brydges claim. The very nice and scrupulous degree of proof required in a case of a Dignity could alone have impeded full success. I will nut give up the hope of some means yet to obtain that hereafter. 1 bci; you to assure Mr Lefroy of my regret that I had rode out for a little refreshment yesterday when he had the goodness to call. I shall take an early opportunity to pay my personal respects, and I have the honor to remain with true respect and regard, my dear Madnni, V most faithful humble servant, BOLTON. Mr Hryd^je* hinisell described the death of his hopes ns follows: To Mrs Lefrni/, Ashe. Gkobvxxos Place, Juno 14, 1803. My dearest Sister, . . . . We did not leave yesterday till nearly 7 o'clock. All alas \ is over, as you may probably have heard by some other means before reading this. It is all very strange how it happened. Lord Radnor first spoke against, but made but poor work tho' he was very malignant. The Chancellor then got uj) and ma(ie a most able and candid speech, stating strongly all in favor and eipially stating what was supposed to counterbalance, but the strong inclination of his own conviction was very apparent to those who understood the case. There were however two most mischievous -lunterpoiscs to its final favorable operation ; one was his 'TM; i'''a il IViltoi), alicws I.P. Juno 17, 180T I by you, and I ive been to you, I greatly fixed altlio' ho never our family. I icit decliimtion, 'or most cordinl ver refruiii from done away any e very nice and ire impeded full er. le refreshment lity to pay my 'Rnrd, my dear )lr servant, LOLION. N ■- kit ■•>■ 1 Place, June U, 1803. i s over, ns you 1^ 1 very strange ^0 k tho' he was ^ pecch, staling ^ ut the strong (^ case. There ; one was his 1 iS ^ 1X2/ [ m ] •lUiuion again in very strong terms to the circular jcller* and \iU (li'iiroontiou of fivour nr influence, the other was, his declaration thni he sluiuld nut himself vote ; tlif first toiik awiiy that aiilhorily wliieh several peers wanted for the vote they were to nivc, and the last intimidated some warmer friends from following their wishes when they feared they were not snlTiciently masters of the case to judge of its merits. This was not all, for aflerwnnls when Lord Bolton followed Lord Rosslyn, he too after having made a very stron;; and able speeiih for uf, concluded with moving an adjournment till ne\t day to enable him to niaki' up his mind finally as to the vote he should give, declaring that if it must be voted that dii\, hi; must for one withdraw. I,ord Ellenboro' immediately pressed in the most savage terms, and with the most malignant arguments for a present decision, aud as nobody sceoiidcd Lcird Bolton's motion for adjournment, it was withdrawn. Hut this ecpiivucal behaviour and contmriety between worils and actions had certainly an additional tendency to dismay and render neuter the five who remained ready to follow him as their leader, as a man who had both ability and had taken great pains on the sulyeet. Under these wonderful disadvantages the division took place. For Clarence, jtgaind Rosslyn, Caernarvon, ('uud)erlan(l, Ilawkc, Say and Scale, Montford, Guildford, Grnntley. Kllenboro', (Jrosveuor, Alvanley, Kcnyou, Norfolk, and .'> others Snflolk, lindnor, Arden, The first seven were the only ones who stood staunch ; thus it is lost. AVe nnist bear it as we (Mil, but I think the Clmneellor and Lord Bolton might have colal allcr (lie coniktiuii they cxiivesscd, 1 am called away. Love to Mr L., Yours irost afTeetionatclv. .S. K. BiniKIKS. Sir F.gcrton Brydgcs' sonnet of " Keho and Silence," written in Vi'^i, has been alluded to before, and as the editor, in the current year of grace IS88, has found lineal deseendaiils of * .\n nllusion to a letter wliic'lillioclnimnnl Edward ] youngcit Barnn. to ronind liim ni' ilic diiv !nn\ K'^-Jj BrydRoswns so ill nil\l.«rd ns to aeiid on thi-'joih May (Mny'JIl). ll«n« rcscnlrdiualirc'nrliof.UT.irum,nnd to every I'eer, from (lie rriiice of Wales to the coutributcd in a Inj^di drgri'c to tlic loss of tlif cause. ^^ ii: 1 i 1^' I I ;2S^M2321SSil2glS211Hays [ 155 ] Ills wlro IK WY heard of i(, il is hca' sulgoincti, witii one of several Latin versions, fioni ii copy jriven him hy Sir Egerton in 1837. Echo and Silesce. In ciJflyiiip roursf wlii-ii Imvcs bcgnn to (ly, And luitumn in Iicr Inp the eturu to slrow, As mid wild Bceiics I chanced the Muce tc Echo dicta est, Nympha scd ilia Hilcns ! C'lassica raox resonant. Tenues vaneHcit In auras Nympha Silcns : Echo eoncila voce fugit, Alque pcilcs agitat ccleres, lictaquc ^ororc, Ver juga, per sylrai, saxaque carjiit iter : Dum(|uc fugit ridens ludocjue intentc jocoso, Exeitat auditos ingcminatquc souos. His poem on the Lnkc of Geneva, and his fuyfitivc pieces, of which a great many Iinve come down in print and ^IS. possess merits of a certain degree, bnt >vouhl never gnin liiin an audieneo in a generation to wliieheven his favonrite Collins is almost unknown. He told the writer in 1837,* that his edition of Milton had only brought him JE120, and the piil)lisher comphiined thnt it did not pfy. lie was then writing for Frazer, which paid pretty well ; he reviewed Wi-axall's posthninous memoirs in that mngnzine. lie was tlien 74, a great snfl'erer, and in painfnlly straightened circumstances, an unhappy mnn; heraldry and genealogy were still his ruling passions, lie i*eferred me to Buckler*3 Stemmata Gencalogica for the desctint of my family ; and irmarked that lie had written to Burke about his omitting it in some work of his ; rocomniended Sir ITanis Nicholas on the Law of Adultery and Bastardy, as a work of very great curiosiiy. He professed much admiration for the poetry of Mrs Henians, and did not appreciate Wordsworth. Discussed the Doctor— said there was no doubt at all of its being Soniliey's, no other man could have written it. Had not been able to get any book- seller to undertake an edition of Spenser, which was, he said, much wanted. Approved of Serjeant Talfourd's Copyright Bill. Said he had written 2000 sonnets within the last few years. Referred to Lodge's Peerage, said it was really condtietcd by Miss Innes. Lodge a clever old nnm, SO years of age. Declared that his library, worth at the lowest computation JE5000, had fallen into the hands of some attorney, who sold it for a song; he never received move than £50. He complained much of literary starvation at Geneva, but conversed cheer- fidly, though with some diflicuUy, and greatly appreciated two or three not very new stories * From a journal vrittcn at the titoe. '"^'J'L'^ J L'^' i-Ji^ -AM sions, from a copy [isporgcrc late, :> (luna fiinu: £ uuti'iuo vagiibuFi p i til nieis. J— ^ ramino nymphas, £ i ilia scd ilia Silcns ! ^ ^ iL's vani'Hcit in auras 3 cita voce fiigit, ^ ctaquc aororc. £ ue corjiit iter : >. iDtenlc jtifuso, '3 ue 80U08. V) many have come »■ '^ ^ ver gain liiiii nil y. VII. He told the £ $■ 1(1 tlie piililislicr E 1 pretty well ; lie E ,n great siifl'eier, >. 1 geiicnlogy were 1 1 for the (lcsc(!iit 1-. J"' :^ ; it ill soiue work £ M 1 rdy, ns a work of t tleiiians, and did E ^ ibt at all of its ^ get any book- 1 1. Approved of liu the last few P 1 lines. Lodge a E v eat coiiiputntion E ^ le never received conversed clieer- 2-^ 1 1 vcry new stories Ills great nephew was alile to relate, among tht'iii the tlicu f.iiiioiis mol ol' Siig(|,.n,oii the Greek correspondence of Lord Chancellor lirougliani with Lunl Wellisley, wldih hiid not reaehed Geneva. " If he did but know a little Law, he would know a little of evervthiiu,' I" Kvery generation forms by marriage its owii conueotious, and thoM' of the eailiir goiu'rations recede from living view, treasured only in the hearts of a few survivors. The liuvixihs' connections are following the Lanolois' and Tudmi'sons, but the link is nut vet too attenuated to bear some weight of lehiliouship, and give some pleasant sanction to intimacy and mutual interest, where the intercourse of life brings ineinbcrs of the families together. I annex therefore a genealogical clue to these relationships. The old law, indeed, held that relationship runs to the 7th generation, "usipie ad septimam general ioue, (pia liuita, omnis sanguinis afiinitas extincta censetiir." — Dncange, md r. I'lirnyiidu. Family of Ebwauu Bbvdges of Woottoii, 4. 171-', 0 X.S., m. Uev. .). 1'. George LeIVoy, ^ii7i msmmm^mmmMsnmmm [ us ] io. C.U., 3r(l Dmgoon ry, {/ale Miidrns ., and met the fate lies catching fire, 1, Esq., who was ivin" issue I'rcd. icpc of JIattlicw, 8+9, S.P. le of 3i'(l DraKoriii 1> From this long digression wo will return lo Uin next snccos'Jor of I!cv. I, V. (!. I.cfrnv, ([1, ns) namely, my father. He died hefore [ had completed my Slli year, and my jiersonal reeolleotiniis of liim arc few and faint; none of his children had attained an aire nf emniianionsiiiii, hut there are not wanting hettcr proofs than their partiality minht all'ord of his exemplary [lietv and purity of character. The first notice of him, I find, is in a letter of his great uncle lienjamin l.an^lois, written in Peceinbcr, 1799. " P.ior George I.efroy, (Ucv. I . P. (i. I.efroy), hn« had the misfortune to lose hi.s second son ahoiit a month ago,* a very promising youth of ahout sixteen. His complaint was found to lie an extraordinary eidargcinent of the Heart, for which no account can he given, indess it arose from a l)ad fall he had from a horse about 2 years ago, when, I nmlersland, they neglected to bli'ed liiin. The poor Father and Mother were very nnieh all'ceted, and the more so as thi-i nnforlnnate Boy suffered most cruelly for sonic weeks l)efore he died. M' Lefroy loo is out of health with a flying gout, thataflects his spirits dreadfidly. 1 want him miu'h to go to Bath next month, and I hope I shall be able to ])rcvail upon him. His eldest son is ut my House in Town, attended by all pro|)er masters to prepiire liitn for Christ t'hurcli. The studies there have been principally classical, the present Dean, l)r Johnson, is determined to make them what they ought to be, S: to unite useful Science with |)\u'suits of Taste, accordingly Mathematicks in all its brnnches arc very strictly attended to. Knowing the perfect Ignorance in which our Schoolboys arc bred in this respeel, i*; how ill-(pudilicil they are to piolit by Lectures, I have decided that this youth shall not go there till he is pretty well grouudeil in the first elements both of Kuelid & .\lgebra. This is my great object at present, & as I never saw a better disposed or more laborious lad at his age, I hope that with the as^jsiuuee of the masters I have given him he will go to his college unuh belter (|aalilieil Je mure open to iniprovenuMit than most young nu'n that arc sent there." ,\ little later Air l.auglois wrilcs,— "The only thing that displeases me in my 5001I (ieorge's letter, is the very dilli.leut nr rather nu'an opinion he has of his own abilities. Though they may not be tran«eendi ut, lliey are rccy rrcy far from being delieieul, & his appliealion brings lliem nl/uru ihe eumnioii level. They arc of that kind that want help & assistance j but with these ami hiso«n as«iduity tluy might have been brought to anything. I nev<'r should wish to see uiori' facility of coiu|ui hen- • Atulionv Dndge! LdViiv ilioil liTlli .liinuary, lsi«l. 'l| J.i nw [ l.l!) ] sioii, nor (Iocs lie sccin (o mc to want iniagiuiitioii. 1 cvoii 1]ulicvc that liail lie been unilir voiniii- Siiieillev's care when he went to Westminster, he woiihl l)v this time liave becnaljle to ))ro(iiiee sueii exiMvises as wouhl have done him credit even at Cli : Ch. This I fear we mnst not look to now, hut if by follo\»ini; up his attempts, he aeipiires such taste Si judgment as to deciili' on the compositicms of others, he will become a unieh more elegant k classical scholar, Iho' he slmnld never write anything in prose or verse that should have the least merit. AVe o\iglit therefore to unite in our Kiideavours lo give him a better opiidon of his own abilities, & to eneonrage hiui to that perseverance of a|ipliealion which he is so well disposed to — one cannot but wish that so good a youth should be as accomplished as he is virtuous." One who knew him best, ami had the best right lo speak with eoidiilenee, his brother CiiiiisTOi'iiKii Kuw.MU) l.KiiKiv, thus describes him in a letter to (.'liarles Kdward Lefrov. &>r^>X"^> ■:Smmmssi:$m Si? [ nil ] liis goodness encroaelicd a little upon the dignity of earriie.'c (which am-, 1 ll.mk, evidently coiijtrained & aitilieial as to betray a -iiimj of sun, ri.jiilv, nhich thought itself euiidescending, in its adoption. I do believe that the struggle and self-denial it eo-t hiiii Irimi slern eonviclions .il faiiiilv & aristocratic political duty to eoiiliol aial subject to the limits of hniuaii pruilenee, lhi< exuberance of his natural and I'hristian benevolenee, was one cause of Ihi' premature deslnietioii of hi., constitution. Your Uncle Anthony (who died at l.'i) & your brnilKr (ieia'ne wcic, | think, of the same natural character of disposition. .\s tor myself 1 never had any n-al u'ood- ness, much less sanctity in me, but I would still serve, if it were possible, to the risl of niv family as the Cli.i.odkn at the Nile. This is an allusion to a vessel which ran on a reef in coming' into action, and na- of ii'i further use except as a warning to her friends; bul it is a eoniparisou whieli no mie nould have made of the eccentric but exeellent writer, exeipl liiiuself. My l''ather married young and the subjoined h'tler, written at that lime by a iiiisejri who will never be forgotten by those who were bnuighl up under her inlluciice, deservi- a place in these memoirs. Hester Bdiiam was the eoiilidential servant of Mrs I. 1'. (i l.elVcjy, (S' • belonged lo a respectable family of llampshiie yeomanry, and had received a good cibici.' . f^lie Has altogether above the class of domestic servants in general. The siidd'ai death of In r misiros and the intended marriage of the sou of the latter seemed to throw her again upon tin woihl, when she wrote as follows ; — •Irsi- \' '.'H, 1H(H1, Jlcifir lU,im lo R,r. ./. //. (,. I„f,;.,/ My dear 8ir, You ai-e right, I do most earnestly ;aid sincerely nisli \ou and the Lady of your elioiee every blessing under Heaven, — that your eoiulnct thrc' life will be inllueneed by the sliining examples of your most excellent Father and .Mother, I have not the smalhsl doubt fr the known goodness of your heart. Anxiety, 1 believe, toa lliinking mind will always intrude itself oil any great change, no wondiT therefore, you slioidd now feel il, but uive it not too large a % ^ >''.•■ m .....Ml '^ ik'' M /J4b:iJitiiJi!^.;diHjdiburiiHjdiK-H4K^lK6r!ih^iky [ 111 ] scopr. More cjpcriiilly on my aocoimt let it not interfere with your prosriit prospects. The I'oniforl and satisl'iietlon of the Jfuiiie 1 hiive for so nuniy years enjoy'il is .'ullicicntly evident from the great earc I liiivc taken to retain it, as well as the great pain 1 now feel in the near api)roarh of my separation from it, at which you cannot be surprised, as I scarcely feel myself comieeted to any, with( which has been most dear to nie, to at/ I nniko my humble acknowledgment for past favors, and iiidulgencies received, also to yourself for the kind wish express'd of being further serviceable to nie. To none of your servants will F say any thing, nor do I know in the smallest degree what the intention of either is on the a|iproaehing occasion. Vou bid nie attend intirely to iiiy own convenience, my clothes and myself is all I have to attend to, but liow to be convey'd, or where, I have not yet determined, in regard to tiic time I am to leave you, if you wish to make any change or alteration in your family or another servant to take place, my time is yours, if neither of this is the ease, nor no other impediment in the way, my wish is to stay as near the lime of your going from home as will be eonvenienl, but I do most earnestly beg my relations may not have the least weight, nor will you have any reason against me. Slay the Divine Providence tak(^ you and yours under lii.-> most holy protection is the sincere wish and praver of i)ear Sir, Your ino-.| obedient, Humble Servant, IIKSTKI! liOllAM. V\— t^ SATelll>AV MuHNINO. .Imiic v iScli. ISiHl. mi Mrs lioham as she came to be ealleil, although never married, did not quit the family, but remained as housekeeper, the faithful servant, the atlaihed fiieiid, too often the e), conferring lands in lladin-lou and „. „ . rrestilivc, Derby. The post of Master of the Ceremonies was XVt. CnTTBifx. Ar. n ' Ir.iuuni,ilmr ■* "''"""'' lu-rcditary in tl.c family from 16 il to the bc-innin- of ihe pivsrut coiitury, Sir riemont Cottrcll Dormer who died in ISOS bciiij; the fouvtli in descent who hohl it. Wc liavo the foUdwIiii^ account in Grn'uHjer of the first of thom : — "Sir CuAitrEs CoTTEiiELL, Kt., Master of the Ceremonies to three kini^s from UUl to 1H87 : J',l. l'iU\ 'JH di Tuen-'is Maii. U. in pace." The arms are or, senu* of ('nttcril!», on a hiinl sa. .1 douMe eatjles displayed. SLfO MEMMmmmmmmmimmmm ''ml W'^M •it '' i il .uiy t" A huHi hkyr * rv/rr i hue A rwri rvjr A bu:r * ^^:^:""^ fx-'J - ^ ti\V [ 113 ] celehratrd h\ Mrs Ciithnvim' IMiillips imder the name of Poliarchus, sec more of him in tlie .Klhrn, Oxnn.*'* Another son of liis mot with a u;loriou3 death in the "terrible fight oft' the Sussex Coast** in whicli Admiral Lord Sandwieh was klltrd in 1072. There is a munument to his honor in WestniinstiT Abbey whieh is deseribed in *'Tln! Antiquities of liie Abbuy Chnreh of Westminster,'* by Dr CruU, m.d., 2nd Edit. IVlS.f The name of Dormer was nssiuned by Sir Clement Coti*cll, in 173S, on succeeding to tlic estate of liis first cousin, l.ieut.-Cieneral James Dormer. The name of Cottrell rcnndned in the other branches of his fannly. • Grftingor's](itijjvaiilni'alHit;tory()fEii{jlanil,177i>, Vdl. IV. The Lumlnn Hazittc of 27th July, 1710. iiutii-('8 till' iii'xt PuctTSHion ns Inllow « :— " KciiBiii^ftun, July ilt. TliL (Jiu'cn Ims liirii Krat'imisly plciisc*! to bi'Rlow tlio plnci' of Mnslor of llio CrmiKinifs, vncnnt by tlio (li'iith i)f sir Clmrl'jH t'ottrell, on )m son Cli'iiH'iit Cotlrt'll, Eh| , mill ho hail this day the honnrof kisfliMi» Her Mnji'sty's hand for Ihi' same; lit \shkh tiriiL' Ilcr Maji-sty wan iikowisi* pli-awHl to confiT on him tlu* honor of k»".ij,'h*hi)0(l" t " On the same Bide *■; tlic South Isle, you see a pn-tty largo nionunicnl of hlack and white tnarhlc, ciidifllishnlwith warlik.'trophioB; amlonthopvdi'Rtal Ihcropresontationof HhipHBot on firoinan engagement &c., curiously done in Duaso Kelicvo. This nionu- nirnt was orcctod to the nicniory of Sir Charles Jlnrhoanl, Kt., anit Ch'nient ('otl^>rel, Ksq. (xon of Sir ('harh'8 C'otlerol Master of the CVrenuuiies) wljn, ns they were most intimnto and faithful friemln, rd iliey lost theii- lives together moat valiantly, lighting a-^ainst the Dutch with the hrave Karl of Sandwich, IU4 yon are informed niipre atlirgoby thctwofuUuwing iuDcriptioun in KngliHh: — TuK KpiTAPn. "To preserve the nuMunry of two faitliAil friondo, who lout their lives at sea together." May 2H, 1«72. (The iiiucription for t'lemcnt Cotterel, Keip in us follows). ■'("lenient Cottorel, Ksq., eldest son of Sir Charles Cotterel, Kt., .Master of tlie Ceronioniee, and his AAStAlant to have sueoiTited in thai ofllce, for which ho was very fit, having a tall hundifames, under the most nohlo and illustrious Capt.Kdward Karl of Sandwich. Vice Admiral of Kngland, which afler a terrible flglit maintained to admiialion, against a squadron of tho KoHand fhH'* for above six hours, near the Suffolk Coast, having jtut ofl' two fire shijis, at last being utterly disabje^l, a few of Lor men remaining unhurt, was by ft third unfortunately set on fire. Dut he, though he «r(7iHC well, neglected to save himself as some did; and out of a perfect love to that worthy Lord (wbo!n for many years ho haC^>i>^i:j !^^ :^ibiHj' AsHK, Dec. ISL'3, 1 tn the resilient to give you niiy As however my tliis small pnrigli linrdly woilli tlie ver state to you 'ormatioii as you 2 oke, being about mdovcr ninnini,' of Dean, having In the 39"' of am ofWicklmm, ssuc they passed er & heii-, who riicdeseendiiiils mient, & nfier 2 Deanc, however ;nys as it seems ■nrds knighted, ir niece to John it, & from the vood) you have at the death of re successively century Ashe !ig mansion of mrch,* & from ikc, whose son of Aslic with unpretending vhethcr before 11 chaix;! in the his industry * il.V«l April y iutu his rest." — *U li f^^^ tm^ W^y J' ri 111 M) A ' m% & ^y ^^\ ih A"' BrLi WP 'hM&J ■■'-^h (->,&i] ' i^ "JT, t-^ .'L. m^- /^^> (ij<-^^ ^-JwTn ill vxysT'vx"-' [ lili ] imrish before tlint period. It contniiis llic fiillmvinu' nioimniriili, vi/.. nmml iiiniiuiucul of iimrlilc til tlifi Ht\<' Uidiaril Rii^icll, l,L,U. n loaiiied Sc pioiH divine, who died in 17S3 after liaviiig held tliis livinj; upwanU of 33 year?, during' the ureatii- [lait cf which time he iva* also viciir of Overton. His widow & two of his childiiii are ahw eoiiniiPiiiorated on tlie same nionnmeiit. A mural monument of murbh; to the memory of the Rev'' Isnnc Peter George Lefroy fellow of All Souls' Oxon, & Hector of this |)ariHh from 1783 to HOij, also to Anne his wife who died in Decer.dier ISO I, & a small tablet to two of their children who died yonnj;. The nionnment of M'' & M" Lefroy contains a short but true account of iheir desciul k character. These are the only moimments except two Hat stones for M' Itcynolds h his daughter, both of whom were buried in this church." About n twelvemonlh before; the date of the hIiovc, an event occurred which made a jjreat sernation, and left an indelible impression on th" family. The writer was not (piite live at Ihc lime, but has always retaiui.l a distiiiel recoilectiim of it: this was the robbeiy of Ewshi.u or Itcliel House, which occurred in December, 1821. It was a burglary of old fii-liioucd proportions. The burglars live in nundier eflected their cntrauee thniu^'h one of the drawing room windows by cutting out a square from the shulter. They were some hours iu the house, and left uuniistakcable tokens of their nuiubers and of the sy?teuiatic maniier in which while some of them plundered others stood on guard. AVriling January 5, 183'.', to his brother Benjamin, Mr Lefroy says, "J. N. whom you mention in your letter got into the service of Mr W., M.P., almost inunediately after he left us and lives there now, so that I do not suspect him of having contributed even undesigneilly to our robbciy. There is a person whom we do suspect, about whom I have ih'sired the liow Slrecl people to make cnipiiiies. Henry V. a sou of the gamekeeper aiul a fellow of very bad character j 1 suspect also that he is keeping out of the way, for Tauuton cannot meet with him. I'erhajis his liuie is not yet come.* Our loss is heavy and vexatious, but 1 feel thankful that having slept all the time the rutliaus were iu the house we were spared the danger of a severe personal encounter, or the perhaps worse alternative of seeing our properly carried a»ay." My mother removed from Ashe to Kwshott in the Autuum of 1833, where siurow soon followed her in the death of my elde^t brother (leorg<', which occurred .Miuch \'.i, 1821, (-le a letter from (Jbristopher Kdward Lefroy a( p. 112), to be followed by those of two youiit;er children .leminui Lucy aged S, in August 1S27 ; and Frederick William aged 7, in Oeiobi r, 1S2S. This latter year is memorable for a curious antiipuiriau discovery made aeiidinlally by my two elder brothers Charles and Anthony, who were respiitively IS and li'> u;u- old, • Tliis timn was iittimatclv Imngrcl. ''t^;i^;t^'r^'f^'r^'r?i'r^' ! ,'■' *-.l-,. ?>"f- [ 117 ] as (liry were siiipp sliootiiis "Ith old Viiss the gamekeeper, on llo.irly bottom — now a part of the iroverinneiit domain of Aldersliot. They saw somellihi!; glilterini,' in a hole fmni wlience a sod of tnrf had been cut, and on looklnj; more elosely, diseovered a small lioard of gold coins 101 in number, together witli two gohl ornaments wliieli probably belong to a poni'li that had perished. The coins, of which by the kindness of .Mr Akerman jdates are annexed, are of extreme rarity — nnniy of them still nni(|ne; according to that numismatist they are technically I'wn dti lol uii/olU /liens of the French Kings of the first race and their moneyers. No. 7 bears the nann^ of Kligius (S. lOloy), who exercised the olhce of inoncyor nt I'aris in the lieignsof Dagobert and Cloves II., between .\.I). G28 and 6'tl. (He died A.I). 659.) Some are imitations of late Roman coins, some appear to be Anglo-Saxon eeelesiasticul coins;* the ciilleelion embraces a great many varieties, indeed there are not more than two or three of any one type, and it ha.s been conjectured that the unfortuinitc person who wandering, perhaps in the 7th or 8th century, on that wild Wessex hcalh, lost his purse, and too proI)ably his lifi — may have been a professional moneyer who had preserved examples not only of his own coinage, but of all other gold coins of tlie perioil that had nearly the same value. The [ilaee is but little off the road from Winchester to London. A duplicate of one coin, No. 27, was found in perfect preservation near Canterbury some years later, confirming Mr Akernian's opinion as to their ecclesiastical character. >'. ■' . The parish of Crondel in which this diseoveiy was made is long and straggling, skirling for some miles that heath and moorland region which stretches through parts of Surrey, Hants, niid Ilerkshirc, under various names. It must have been a place of some consequence, for a mosaic pavement shewing the site of n Roman villa of importance was brought to light by the plough in n field on Court Tarm, to the N.E. of the churchyard in 1817. It was for many years protected by a shed, but the farmer becoming impatient of this obstruction in the middle of his field, ond the pavement itself imving been much mutilated by people picking out tcsserip, it was finally destroyed about 1855, mid the site is not now distinguishable ; an nccnrale drawing, however, was made of it. Edgar deeded lands in the " celebrated place which is known as Crnudel " to the church of St I'eter and St I'aul at Winchester in A. I). 'J70. This deed is extant. It is given in full by Kcmble in his Codex Uiplomatus ihii Saxonici No. 685 (1845), as follows :— * Sm Numitnuitic C'bnmiclc, IB^U anil ISdl. i;icx/:x/s.fo i 1IJ^.. )ni — now a part ill a hole frnni a small lioani of biy belong to a •man plates are umismatist they their moiicvers. ■ at I'aris in the '59.) Some lire ical coins ;* the or tliree of any iij;, perhaps in tiably liis life — ily of his own lie. The plnec », No. 27, was Mr Akerinaii's ig, skirliiif,' for Snrrey, Hants, seipienec, for n to liglit liy the. It was for Iruction in the lie piclciiig out guishable; an lebratcd place r in A.I). 'J70, .Kvi Siixoiiici i^^A1: ■l^t e4 ,\>i*i/\'m.i.'f'.- . '.i-.tiu •'• ".' 1 .*'.-, V /'.* ; i-xVspt; VN— li p ^ le ^S* CO /- -^ ES"' cs (^ su ^ 8U 6=1 iiit ^ CO 'a3 nil '^ cci ,^ cut ^ "' l'l'>«' » I"'''' in the comuu)n tongue is called C'nmdel — ■ cclebri qui Cruiulelas note appellatuiuocabulo, „,,„„ ^.^ church of "the most Holy Trinity- cuolutis XVII. annis postipiam totius natioiiis dedicated lo Peter ami I'anl his co-apostles, in Anglicic rcgiineu susccpi. attamen pri.no ">e city of Winchester, as an alms t.ift for the use of the monks dwelling therein. \\ll nieao rcgim uedicntionis, necclcsiae rcnerendi , • ., ■ . ,, ° years iiaving run their course since the trinitatis, Petro Pauloquc eius co-apostolo ' government of nil the nation of the .\iigles Wiiitmia- cinitate nlmilice dedieatac, pio ''•^™'vc(l "pou nic, but in the first of the consecration of my sovereignty ; to imikc fucmorum mcorum ac liliornm totius rcgiii ^ k„o„u to all the realm my own ami my son's profcctu, ad usus monnchorum inibi dcgcn- . pious iiilcntioiis. lium aetcrim Inrgitus sum haercditatc. Sit He it however dcclnicd that this tract is autenm predictum rus onini tcri-euiu semi- ' f''"' '''■"'" ^'"^ burthen of all kind of earthly service, with three cxeeptioiis videlieil, {« ego Dunstan Doruerncnscs accclcsiae arciiiciiiscoims eiusdcni regis (lonatloiicni cum triumpho agiae crucia eonsignaui i{i ego .Elfstaii Limdonieiisis aeeclesiao opiscojius eoii- signaui. ^ iESelwold Wiiitonieusis aeccloiae episcopus coiifiriiiau! ^c^'o .i:irslau cpiscopus roboraui ^ ego -Elfric Abbas i|« ego Osgar Abbas >{« ego .ESclgur Abbas. ^ Kgo .lUlhajre dux »ji ego .E6elwiiie dux »J« ego Oslac dux. The greater-part of the lluiulrcd of Cioiiilal reinains church or copyhold land to this day. The little stream called the Blackwatcr, forms its boundary on the east, from its seource near Aldershot to beyond Yateley, a distance of about 12 miles, and here no doubt we arci to look for many of the Fords mentioned. The Duddanbrooke is piobaldy a small stream falling into the Blackwatcr beyond Yateley mill, and which forms the boundary of the Hundred on the west for iienvly two miles. Itchel springs and a small stream flowing Ihenec to Tiliott are another part of the boundary iu the west, so that there can be scarcely any doubt that we still have Eadgars grant defined by it. The surveyor of the district, who possessed more local knowledge than any one else, Mr Hewitt, took considerable pains about ISoO to trace these boundaries, starting from Ilehel springs Icalea awilmat, and succeeded in doing so to some extent ; but there is still a great deal to be done, and room left for much minute iiupiiry into names of fields and farms. Tor example a termination,-?oro = moundor barrow might be a guide to the hucdenen iy;'yi'/s,hi'alheiis burial- ground. The Saxon atreals have to be recognized among the deep cut cross lanes ; the streams and fords to be identified ; but there seems little doubt that all this is within the power of an active local enquirer. The next record of the parish is that of Domesday Book, a.d. 11)80, as follows — The Coroudel Hundreds. Ipse(Walchelinus) Episcopus tenet Crundele. Semper fuit in /Ecclcsia. Ibi fueruiit 1 H'da T . H . E et tunc ct modo gcldavenmt pro xl hidis. Terra est xix C'arueatie. In dominio sunt iv carueata; ; et xlv villani, et xi Bordarii cum xxv carucis. Ibi aecclesia de XX solidis, et xii servi silva de ipiattiior XX porcis de pasiiagio. T . 11 . 1') valebat XV Libras ct x solidos ; ct postea vi libras, modo xxiv libras. Til Coroiidul Hundred. The same Bishop holds Crundele. It was always church laud. Here were 50 hides. In the time of King Edward (the Confessor) it was ami is now assessed at 10 hides. Here are 19 ptoughlands ; i ploughlands are in demesne, and 45 villagers, and 1 1 borderers employ 2,") ploughs. Here is a church worth 20 shillings and 12 servants. Hi., are woods which furnish i score hogs for privilege of •vmnauo. It was worth T.li.K. 15 pomuls 10 shillings, aftenvanls (i pounds. It is now worth 2 1- pounds. ^msssm.^ IE"' -■iKidl UbidlL iitxyit 1/ [ 131 ] Tlic llccord procccils as Ibllows ; I give it witiiout expansion, and the signs of abbreviation niusi bi' oniittcil for wiuit of proper tvpe : — De tra liiij M ton Gcruian ile Epo vii bid ill Ticclli: ft in Couc. Lcuuiu ct Vbuinrd tumicr in paragio do cpn ct n potucr ire qlibet. Quis(| liabuit aula. Qdo German recep. i jn nisi una aula fuit. In dnio lit iiii car ct \x uilli ct X bord cu vi car ct vi scrv ct molin de iii sol ct ii ncs pti. Silua dc xv pore pasiiag. Valuit vi lib ct post xl sol niodo viii lit. Do cod M ten Wills iii v de cpo in Hcddcleic, Alurie tonuit dc epo cpinsi uillan. Ibi c una car cu 1 bonl et iiii scrv. Dc cod M ten Turstcn vii bid in Sudtune. .Tustan et Lcssi tcnucr dc epo in paragio scd n potucr ire qlibet ct ii aulas liabr. ibi sunt in dnio iii car et iiii villi ct iiii bord cu dim car T . R . K ualb vii libr ct m similet. cu rcccp, iiii lib. Odin de VVindcsores ten de cod M. iiii liid in Ferncberge dc cpo. Aluuiii tenuit dc cpo in pnragio et' n potnit ire qlibet. Ibi m in dnio i car et vii uilli et iiii bord cu iii car. Ibi v semi et molin dc x dcnar ct iii ae pti. Silua dc vi pore. T . It . E et ni val !x sol. Cu rcccp xl sol. Gcrnianus holds of the Bishop 7 hides of this manor. Lcovin and Vluuaid held in parage of the Bishop in Tieelle and in Cove, and can now go where they please. Eacli liiwl his hall, when Germanus got it there was only oP' iiall. He has in demesne l ploughlandt '. 20 villagers and 10 border- ers, with G plonghlands 6 serfs and a mill of 3 shillings and 2 acres of pasture. Woods for feeding 15 swine. It was woiili 6 pounds aflorwaids 40 shillings, now 8 pounds. Of the same manor holds Wills iii. v. of the Bishop in ''eddelcie, Alurie held of the Bishop on the i'ooting of a villain. Here is one ploiighland with 1 borderer and t serfs. Turstin holds of the same manor 7 hides in Sutton. Justan and Lissi hold of the Bishop in parage, but eoiild not go where they i)leased, and had 2 halls. There are here in demesne 3 ploiighlands and t villagers and i borderers with half n plonghland. In the time of King Edward it was woilli 7 pounds and now the same. When he got it 4 pounds. Odin of Wiudcsores holds of the Bishop of the same manor i hides in rcrncibergc. Aluuin held of the Bishop in parage and now he coulil go where he pleases. Here now in demesne 1 plonghland and 7 villagers and i borderers with 3 plonghland. Here .'5 serfs and a mill of 10 pence and 3 acres of pasture. Wocds for fl swine. T.U.E and now it is worth Ix shillings. When he got it 40 shillings. The terms pniinage and parnije require explanation : en paniiagio or pasnngio means subject to n rent for the run of swine in the woods. I'annaqium census vcl tributum pro glaii- dalione ct jure paseeudi porcos in silvn doinini (Adelung Qlossarium). lu paragio means subject to like rent or tribute, as the father or eldest brother pay. Paraoilm. Deiiide nppcllatum, (piiilquid frudale a fratre piimogenilo seeumlogenctis in partem hercditalis datur, (pu id ab ipso priiiio gciiito fratre tciiel, pari ae illc reli(|uum feudum conditione, abs(|uc tanien bomagio (quod is pro loto feudo dominico praistat) usque ad septimam geneniiionem, (pia finita, omiiis sanguinis nllinitas cxtincin censetur : tuui enim (pii cxcipiunt, homngiuin pric- stant ])riiiiogeiiili (id.). In another authoiily (Uo(pieforl) we read, " I'aiageau, I'aiager, I'arageur, I'uim' qui tieut son (ief en parage, en paivil degre quo son aiuc, dc I'anigiiim. Dans ((iiehiucs conlumcs, les aiiics sont ordinairement nppeles parageiin et los puisnes paragniiix." The most venerable relic of nnticiuity which had descended to recent times, next to the liarish ehurch, was uidiappily destroyed by fire in 1861. It was n huge grange or barn at m ^'H^'r rS>/ryJt^ rirfc-(C«ri_r:ftl [ 152 ] Court Fiirra, wliich might have cnmc down from the Anjjlo-Saxnii jiprioil, so massive wore iu timbers. It was reputed to "'o the hir^'est barn in Hants ; hirgcr than the irrrat barn at Old Uasing. It liad tlircc threshing floors, eneh lari,'e enou-li to hold hvo loaded wagona of wheat, 12 men could thresh in it at a time; the roof supported by piUai-s of whole oak trees rudely stpiarcd, perhaps 20 inches in the side. Court Farm itself had the honor, if village tradition may be trusted, of entertaining Queen Klizabclh in one of her progresses. The original bniUlings fell into a ruinous condition and were puUed down 1)y Mr Maxwell about ISOO, to bo replaced by a cubical box of red briek, in the taste of the period. There arc traditions of a spacious hall with open timber roof, but no drawing or phni of it is known to exist. The manor of Ewshott itself was gmnted by GrrFAiiD Bishop of Wineliester* .about a.d. 1110 to a kinsman of the same name as a Feudal Minior, and held iu that familv for many generations, on the Teudal tenure of presenting a bow with six arrows Hedged \\itli peacocks feathers, in the hall of I'arnhani Castle every year on St Peter's day. There was also a fat doe to be olTercd on some other day. It was so held until the abolition of Feudal tenures by the Act. of Car. II. The relations of the bishops and their tenants w.'re far from being always friendly. Thus in 2 Richard II. (137S) Thomas liyllet the elder, and George Ids son, and Thomas Byllct the younger, were attached to answer to William of Wykliam, Bishop of Winchester, together with John Attebnr^, John Kymbell of Wynehesfield, and another, of a plea, wherefore by force and arms they entered the free chase and free warren of the same Bishop at Crondall, and lu them, without his licence and will, chased and took and carried away beasts from the chase aforesaid, and hares, conies, i)liensants, and partridges from the warren aforesaid ... to wit, one hart, four hinds, two stags, two ttagganls, and six hind calves, two bucks, four does, five prickets, and six ?■■ Is in the same eliase, and forty hares, one hundred conies, ten pheasants, and two linndred partridges frmn the said warren, continu- ing the trespass aforesaid occasionally . . . w hereby he (the I'isliop) saith ihi.t he is deleriorated and hath damage to the value of two hundivd pounds. And the aforesaid Tlionms George, and Thomas by Thomas de Billesden their attorney come and defend the force and injury, etc. and they say that they do not acknowledge that tlii'y * Willinnl (liffunl Clmr.coHor to Ucnrv I. w^ nomitmlt'il l>y Iiitii to the see of Wiiielu'sttT iiii tnoiliiitt'ly nt\ his ai'cossion In the tlirono. Tin- cniwn Wft8 hoWL'vcr involvod at that time in n cuiUrovorpy with Uonip on tllo suhjt-ct of occlt'sia'»ticiU investitures, (inrl St Atisi'Inj An-libisliop of C'atitorhury ri'fuspil to consecrate liiin. Tlicse (lilUcultics were not (rut over until 1107, in wliich year lie was cunseerateJ and helil the see (o his ,loalh in 1121>. Ite was the fouinicr of llio C'istereinn Monaslery at Waverley near Farniiam. Tlie (iiifartis were SlicrUfs of Knnts for many (generations. Thus, John fiitfant a Hen. VI. .John Gitlanl 10 lien. VII. Sir \V. (iiffiiril n lien. VIII. II. (iilfar.l 'Jo Kli/. Anns, (Ju. 3 l.ious |mH.H. Arff. Sec ToiHitiriijihcr, Vol. II, 'W 1: W h \i U 'm¥ li ■•'.y\-(.y\,x\y xy^^-j/v:'. [ 153 ] took in tlic afovi'sniil pluco so miiny bcnsts as tlie aforcsai'l Bishop complaineth, for they say tl.c ijoiesaid place which the aforesaid Bishop in liis writ calls Crunilall is the llundreil of Crnndall, and they say that the vill of Crundall and several other villa and hamlets are within the aforesaid Hundred of Crnndall, and it contains in length about eight miles, and in breadth about five miles, and adjoins the Lord the Kings forest of Windsor, in the Co. of Southampton, and further they say that the said jilace of Crundall together with very many other lands cir- cumjacent after the coronation of the Lord King Henry, father of King John, were afforested and annexed to the Forest aforesaid, and were called the Bailiwick of Bnggeshott, and after- wards Hcin'y son of the aforesaid King John in the 9tli year of his reign (1225) by the connnon council of his realm granted and by his charter confirmed that all woods and lands which were afforested after the coronation of the said King Henry, his grandfather should be deafioresled unless it should be a demesne wood of the same king. They proceed to shew that this land was dcafforesled accordingly " and further they say that every one of the afoR'said Thomas Byrtet and others hath within the aforesaid plai: of Crondall one messuage and one carucatc of land, aiul John Giffard hath within t!ic precinct of the same place, his manor of Itchell in a certain Hamlet to the said vill of Crondall appertaining, and the Prior of St Swithin of Winchester hath there the manor of Crundall and several others have divers manors, lands, ."id tenements, within the same precinct, and so they say that they chaccd there as in the soil of the same Thoiuas and John and others as in their own soil and in the soil of their neighbours as their neighbours in theirs, and all their ancestors and those whose estate they now have in the manors and lands aforesaid ever since the deafforcstation aforesaid chaccd in the form aforesaid as often as they would. And they say that they took there two staggards and one hind calf. Whereupon they pray judgment whether the aforesaid Bishop should maintain his action aforesaid in this case against them. And the aforesaid Bishop saith, &c." The pleadings arc much too long to be here inserted, but in the cud the Bishop recovered damages £20, a large sum iu those days. Encouraged perhaps by this success, we find the Bishop two years later proceeding against the Lord of the manor of Itchcl for a like trespass. [4 Richard II. (1380) ]. Sir John Gilford was attached to answer to William of Wickliam, Bishop of Winchester, on a sinular plea of " Quare ipse liberas chaceain et Warennam ipsius cpiscopi apud Cnmdale intravit ct in cis sine licentia ct voluntati sua fugavit et ferns de chacea predicta ac Icpores caniculos phasianos et perdrices de Warenna predicta cepit &c." The damages are laid at £500. The defence is the same as before, viz. that the laiul in question was not ancient forest. The fads affirmed are, that it was annexed to his Forest of Windsor by Henry 2, but that Henry 3 (1225) disafforested all such lands as were not lioyid Forest before that event " nisi fuerit dominicus boscus suus," and that defendant and Lis 'i:XvT?!, i i 2 tx^ [ Iji ] nnrestors had always used to Imiit there without lot or hindrance from the Bislinp nr his pre- dccessors. The jmlijinent is fi.r the I'laintin', who !,ret3 dama-cs £30. There are several other like actions among the Ilccords. The preceding notes are alilircviated from transcripts at considerable length from Records in the Kolls Court, made by Charles Edward Lefrov. Itchel was imparked for centuries. " Park Corner " perpetuates the fact, ami old men livini; in my boyhood preserved traditions of it, a portion of the boundarv diteh is still trace- able at IJeeehcopsc. In 1553 and 1C2S the manor appears to have been held by a family of MvsON ; thru by B.VTlllltST; then by Nicholas I.lNwoou.Esq., of Sjiring Oardens,(liaring Cross, described also of St Mary Axe, probably therefore a London meiehaut. Trailitious of Sipiire l.iuwood survived hiui for two or three generations. Ilis widow sold it in 1773 to Mr .Maxwell, who bequeathed it to his wife's nephew, Mr Lcfroy, in IS 18. The parish of Crondul shared largely in that work of ehnrch restoration, elmre!\ biiildin", and clinieh endowment, which will be one of Ihe noblest monuments of the era of Victoria. Tiie earliest of these undertakings was the erection of a ehinvh for the ncleeted out-lvin" lia'ulet of Crookhani, now Church Crookham, then Lawless Crookham, I'oachin" Crookham Heathen Crookham, fringing the great waste of Bagshott, with little or no civilizing iullueui'e bearing upon it, without a resident giaitleman, holding counnunication with the world chiefly through the bargemen, who traversed it on the liasiugstoke canal. Christian interest reached it in 1810, and then, mainly through the munilieent aid of the late Uev. C. Dyson,* Ilector of the neighbouring parish of Dogmersfield ; means were foimd to forjn a separate ecclesiastical district of it as a perpetual curacy, ami to build a church at a cost of £3122, as follows;— Dr. C By grants 6+0 Uy donations of Mr Dyson and family 750 C. E. Lefroy 2110 Mrs Lefrov and family ... 223 Lord Caltiiorpc ". 200 Lady Mihimay 123 Dean and Chapter of Win- chester 100 Major Jiirch of Chne 100 Mr Shepherd 50 Other subscriptions 029 Oll'ertoryon coiiseerati(,n... 105 £3422 • Mr Dvsnn wns flonio liino Proft'ssor uf .\tij;li). Snxoii at (t\t'iinl. Hi- ciii'rifii fur IcarniD'i and Cr. Covt of Chiiveh . I'.mlowment C 2122 lOUlf / £3122 h.'fnri' tlio cvt'R :if (III' worl !. Tim ntl'.Tii.vn ati'l rrviT. (MUT witli wliirli lie «asrr^'nnli-(' whu li'i>l (lie privilc^ic nfkrioHiiii; Iiiiii in tiia later yi'(irs,n]ipritarlii's wiliitum whicli bl-1(1uiu attachi'S tu one who ilid ^u littlo 1 that uf liis grt'iit cunli'inpurnr}' dial frii-ial Kbulk. K s 11 V E 1^ E S-' E e 4 Sh > E i E <) ^ 5» ^ ^ i E '-. in. ^i '-^'1 ws;s!^. ^J^;<:>^^'.^Ts. '^^mmm^i<:y^^U. oUl man, liiinsclf on the vciye ol the i;nuc, sunoumled by lii.n,ls »lio were affect'..! to tears by the many sorrowful assiK-lalions of the occasion, ami hjoke.l, liut looke.l in vain, for words of comfort from the I'nlale who performed the eeremony. The near nciKhhourhood of a tond), heariu;, a distant allusion to the hope men hav,' iu all a-'es entertained that their prayers may avail for llii' dead in ( hrist : (he inlroiluclicm of an cnd)roidered altar cloth, the gift of the arcliiteel ; perliaps the recolleelion that the late founder had ventured to think for himself, and not always pnjnouneed the Shlljljolilh of the Castle aright, sufliecd to dry the funi, tains of episcopal sympathy, and sent a large and not undutiful Hock very empty away. The account for this church stands nearly thus ; — ij raised by Suhscriptious yj). C. E. Lefroy, or his estate, in money or material \\ii James Walker, exclusive of an endoivnienl of jE7,'> per annum 1 177 AVIicn Queen Emma of the San pulle^isU->:'!*- I *>«/(rijM;x-> [ ijs ] "We ^nl a lii,'lit in your mntlior's rnnni but ooulil iitit iiidurc licr In tr,'t up and fjn down stiiirs with us to the. kitclicii lire, wliirl, wt: cooked up willi some dry »lil'k^ for uu hour, whnu I said, ' I,tt us all go to lifd, ore ghost to-night,' at that niomoi.l we hcnrd iih if in the kilchcn chimney 18 distinct k .cks. Your niolhcr heard tlieui also. I ronless lo a little mischief before going hack to bed, forwith a hurnt stick I mad.' a black eireh: on the llngstones of the kitchen and soun- very mysterious marks inside the eiixde, anil next evening I saw the maids go about two together, evidently they had tall ,| over ami seen our marks but we never spoke of them. " My impression of the cause of the sounds was at the time and since that they were caused by horses' kicks in the stables, sometimes from tlu^ farm and also the I'.wshott stables. I was continually told that when there were uo honen the founds went on. I uivcr heard anything but knocks, sometimes louder than at others, except once when on a visit to your family and I slept in the allic at the top of the stairs next to .Mrs Iloham's room; she was dead, but occasionally it was \ise(l. Just at daybreak in May I was awoke by hearing a noise at the foot of my bed as if all my garments including my pocket had slipped oil' a hnv chest of drawers at the bottom of the bed. I sat up and could just sec that nolliing had really fallen, neither was there anything lo fall, fur like a tidy woman, I hail fohled up my things and placed them on n chair, and there they were, but before going to sleep ami long after I heard in Mrs Hoham's room a great noise, as if a heavy chair had been dropped, and sueli a moving about that I said to myself, ' \Vliat a row S. and /'. are nmking, their Mauuna will hear it and tell us we ought not to have sat up so late to gossip.' The next day when I spoke to them they sahl, ' We did not sleep np there as we intended, that room was empty,' so what caused that noise I know not ; it diil not frighten me at the linn' lieeaiise I believed that the room was occupied ; the noise afterwards which awoke me certainly did startle me, and I at ouco looked about to see what caused it, but there was nothing lo account for it. " I imagine that the old firm house was pulled down in the year '29 ; the noises went ou just the same afterwards; I used to hear so often tin' knocks that they ceaseil lo alarm \\w as at first, and what I have slated is just simple fact with no exaggeralious. Of iaie years all the stories that have been told F cannot give any evidence upon, for as often as I have been there I never saw or heard anything that others did, such as footsteps, cart-wheels, &e. Sec. " I never heard your brother C. or his wife talk nuicli about Ihe ghost except once when the boys were suudi ; the nurseries consisted of yiJlkyIS3ItiJ«Jy»Us:i*s b [ 139 ] seen such !i light at Kwsliott House; they tlioiight it must bo on fire; llicy saw it from these windows. Dear J tlionght a good deal about this light, and told us at Clare of it, but I made as light of it as possible, for I did not lik3 her to be frightened, as she often was alone in the house, and was not strong as we all know. "I hear that General P. and i^i^ household have not the sli;;htest faith in the ghost. 'The General has heard his horses kui/mg in the stables.' I am sorry to finish this subject with such a matter-of-fact obs.>rvction '.^f the General's, b\it yon have called nie into the witness- box and I am bound to speak the truth and nothing more." — 31st Dec. 1867. As the unlielief of General P. is here brought to the front, it is necef sary to observe that there are two 5-stallecaring to proceed from the middle of the House, where the Hall k stair- case are situated ; and once he assured me that he saw ' Sumnnit white,' which was proliably a bit of moonshine. I have heard them myself as we all Iibm' hundreds of times, for they arc almost of nightly occurrence between the hours of 12 & 1 o'clock & have taken some jiains at different times to ascertain from what part of the premises they came. Uubeliivcrs had a way of saying they aro caused by horses stamping in the stable, or rats dancing in the tanks, but these ignoble suppositions are not suftieient to account for them, and have been disproved ; ^m^' ijr^'f^'^ H^« hi) ■'ty^ih. uJiSiL [ Itit 1 the stamp of horses was sometimes heard in tliat part of the house which wns near enough to the stiil)les, hut it produced no such sound as the Giiost, and the sound it did produce was alwavs licnrd of course to come from tlie same phice, whereas the ' gliost ' seemed to change liis phice neeording to ttie position you were in to hear him. 'MYe were all rather fond of our Ghost and never in least alarmed by his vagaries, but the noise he made was loud enough sometimes to be very startling. I do not remember the bell ringing which ./. speaVs of nor to have heard of it till now, and am half inclined to think she has unconsciously appropriated one of the many curious oceurrences of that kind mentioned in Major Mooi-e's and other nooks upon the subject; but perhaps my memory maybe at fault. I remendjcr one or two instances of old Bathurst's coach or some other vehicle seeniii;.'? to be driven by the House when certainly there had been nothing of the kind; especially on one occasion when our uncle Edward was staying with us. lie came down to '■■cakfast nir; morning cn(|uiring what could have happened in the night, for he had been awakened by hearing a cart i)ass along the drive unc'er his window with n rattling sound as if laden with iron rods ; he had thrown his window open and looked out, thinking that robbers had been in the House & were caiTying off their booty, but there was nothing to be seen, he was aro\ised a second time and heard & did the same, & with the same result. " I remember one night just as I had gone .0 bed in the ' Little Highlander,' hearing n violent crashing noise as I thought just under my room ; I jumped out of bed & went out of my room on to the laiuling of the staircase, thinking that some robbers had burst open the glass door. There was nothing to be seen & the sound had ceased, but it certainly was not n dream, for I had but just got in to bed & had not fallen nslecp. On another occasion I sat up late one night read'ug in tlie library ; it was winter with snow upon the ground, I heard, as I thought, a flock of sheep moving along under the window, I had n struggle with my cnuseienee whether I would go out ami drive them back into the adjoining pasture, but it was cold & dark and I was lazy, so I let them alone. I came down in the morning with n sore conscience expecting to find the mischief they had done in trampling about all night »[wn the lawn, &c. I?ut there was not the slightest trai-e of any such intrusion. After I left Oxford I remained nimost entirely at home for about two years, during which time I took some pains to trace the sounds to their origination, hearing them as I did nimost every night. When I sat up reading in the library they seemed to come generally, I think, from the drawing room ind of the place. If I heard them in the drawing-room they would seem to come from tiie other end of the premises. On one occasion, having for a long time noted it, I fell satisfied they came from the brew ..otisc (which was very near the drawing room) and sat up thereto watch and listen for thom. The sound was heard as usual, but it secp-.cd to come far under the middle of the Inwn on the north side of the house. I am neither nervous nor imaginative, ^';>,.<:;>.^^^' [ m ] and can vouch for tlic reality of the sounils heard, hut can prnpoupd no lliiorj- to account for them. The phice itself has a remote anliiiuily, hut the prcscul house iu)t aliove 2(10 years or so, except perhaps as to the cellar and some drains, and which may havi' hccu coinicctcd with an older superstructure, but it has seemed to me as possil)lc, llurc nuiy he other excavations in the chalk rock on which the house is built with whieh wo are not now acquainted. Wlien the foundation of tlie front wall of the present drawin|,'-rooni was heiu^ dug in IS62, I was present at the time ; we struck on what appeared to be a drain, but on opening and clearing out found to be a naiTow brick inlet about 2 ft. Sin. high and 16 in. wide, leading, for wc traced it, into a chmuber of some sort under the drawing-room whieh had been filled up and built on. I was unwilling to break up the lloor of llie old wmn to cxandnc it more perfectly, but satisfied myself that it had never been tillier a cellar or a room for habitation ; it had been dug out of the chalk and roughly bricked round with walls of 4 in. work (single brick) in a way that iudiciited to my mind a secret store or hiding-place, and I thought the inlet was about the size that would be made to avail any one to roll into it little kegs of smuggled spirits ; and if there existed traditions of smuggling connected with the place as certainly there are connected with the village and its byways, I should say that this had been a hiding-place, and our ghost perhaps the representative of some old rogue who cannot sleep as quietly as a good Christian should." Ill &2} IP % SI -Si It seems superfluous to add to this testimony, but I must share the moral responsibility of declaring that I have frequently heard the sounds currently spoken of as "the Uhost," and that of their reality there ought not to be any doubt. Very lately (Dec. 1807) my venerable aunt, Mrs Harriet Cottrell, in her 89th year writes, " I'ray was the ghost ever discovered? When the house was so greatly altered perhaps ? I heard it once only, but remember all the knights-errant sitting up to catch it, and nil meeting in the Hull ; it was a strange eircuni- iiance." In fact, for a number of years it was an institution, the inmates were not generally at all alarmed by the phenomenon, although a few imnglnative or nervous visitors may have been so : but young people like a little mystery, and so these unexplained sounds fur- nished a subject of conversation, ami gave a spice to the monotony of a cjuict country house, in n neighbourhood which alforiled little society, and I for one shall regret if they arc never heard oginn. The knight-errantry referred to, was the disiicning of a nnnd)ir of lads in dif- ferent parts of the premises and cellars to listen for the sounds and deelare what direetion they seemed to come from. This was done several times, but no two observers could ever agree. To revert to the personal part of this narrative. Some notice has been given of CUBiaroi'ilEa Edwaku Lefboy, but not all he deserves. There was about him all his K::7i>^.r.7M[x7i :x<:>x^'f. delivered over to the Government, instead of which thoy sold to the phintcrs nil these fine young Africans and took nn eciiial number of all the old superannimted and crippled negroes from the [.lantations to which tliey sold the others, and giving them u nominal liberty sent word that the order of the king had been complied with." a* 0) 1^ One single note shall bo added from OoTALissr as to a matter of fact and no fiction, which shews what slavery really wai : — " It was my misfortune for six months of my lifoin lS2t-5 tolivc next door in Paramaril.o to a Dutch lawyer of the name of V'^nn Ess, who had two girls and a mulatto lad from 18 to 20 vears of age, in hi* aer ice, upon whom altogether, but chicHy the girls, he bestowed during the six months no less than fourteen floggings, of which this was the manner : the girls wrists are tied together, and their naked bodies to a post (a single linen apron only, about the size and substance of a largo pocket handkerchief being tied round their waists), whilst a strong male slave belabours them with a long whip till the master tells him to desist, who sometimes seems to act n sort of personilicution of cruelty, by regulating the punishment by the number of pipes he smokes during its infliction, as if for the purpose of vaunting the utter cnllousness and insensibility of his national character to every sentiment of refinement, religion, or humanity. I do not know what was the occasion of these puni?hment3 ; if necessary, however, what becomes of the system which could make them so ; if not, of the bhute which could without necessity employ them ? The reader who has never lived in a community where Christianity is generally abjured as it was in Surinam cannot conceive the rapid gravitation of human nature towards brutality the moment its restraints are withdrawn, because iu England all its great sanctions are so interwoven into the frame of social polity, and the tone of public opinion is so established in its favour, that those who most aft'ect to deride its authority cannot systematically at least outrage its princiijles iu their conduct, with impunity to their characters ; but in such places as Surinam, I verily believe the white settlers are only upheld from sinkiiig in the scale of brutalization and barbarity far below the surrounding savages, by the distant and feeble reflection of shame to which their mercantile eonneetions still expose them fron the voice of public opinion in Kuropc." — Oulalusi, 1826, note N. This honest in lignation at fraud and cruelty ; this fearless and simple assertion of the truth of revelatio'i a'.id of the judgment to come, Edwaiid Lefroy carried him to the close of life, ll'o conversation was always forcible and original, with a character of humour which w;i!' often exceedingly quaint. Many stories might be told of his harmless eccentricities, one of t'.cin, -.•'hieh he told himself with m\ich gusto, was of his putting to flight the eon- (ii'.cror of Waterloo I Kesiding not far from Strathfieldsnye, he occasionally met the Duke of Vi'cllington in the hunting field ; observing one day that the Duke was taking a course that mmm l'frt\lllr ifi^5f^!r i?R^fB i!r So J !x^ (k^J (J* [ ] would oblige liiiu to pnss by a ceitaiii gate; tliu idea striuk liim tliat he woiilil ride fonvaid and oiH'ii il, toshewtlie hero that he bore no malice agaiubt liiiii ; liul the Duke, hIio siw tlie niovciueiil, ai\d mistook the intention, elapped spurs to his horse to escape a bore, followed by liis admirer. My unele reached the gale firs*, and dismounting opened it, hat in liaml, the Uuke, who kn^w his man, then saw I'is ineauing, and riding through with a nod and smile, left I'im perfectly happy with his success. Devoting liis unusual energy and activity to the advancement of all local schemes of bene- volence, but mixing little in society, C. K. Lcfroy was better known as the frieinl of thi' poor than of the rich, and few country gentlemen of means so moderate have been Iblluwcd to the grave by their humble neighbours with such respect and regret. He never married. " 1 have never regretted but once not having nuirried at your age," he said to one of his nephews, " /lul thai has been eier since;" he was however a father to his youngest brother's children, left with their mother to his protection from an early age. He suffered an apoplectic seizure on 1 Uli Dec. 185i, which injured the brain, producing partial paralysis, from which he never recovered, but died July 2, I*?.')!!, aged 70. A eruss, with the motto of liis life, In Hoc SioNo ViN( i.s, with a very slmrl iuscripticjn, marks his toiob ill Uusingstoke church. vJf my father's youngest Isrolhcr the Itev. llciijamlu I.el'niy, there is little to relate ; his was the uneventful life of hundreds of country clergymen, who arc nevertheless the salt of the earth. He was educated at Winchester and Meilon College, and hehl in succession his father's livings of Compton and Ashe ; he dieil at the latter 27tli August, 1829, at the early age of :i<, leaving a widow and seven children to the protection of the faithful guardian C. K. I.cfroy, who has just been mentioned. They resided with him for many of the succeeding years, and well rcpaiil his all'eetion by their tender and grateful care of his last days of sull'ering. The family of Mrs U. Lcfroy has already been ineulioned, the Table annexed ixhi'.iils it more fultv. 1 m 15 W ^ >p M i Xi V-? &Si m XVII. AisT Leiui Tit qimrlrritiR i*"l! -i^ p;&3M o 2r5' . S B.Si 2> S • ■ • &.^o^ o • B fee 3 I I T/i tt g =i ? a P- ^ &■ ? ^ s Br oi r E. I 2- W £-:!; It. 9 ^ I I I Sag S* ? 3 I g- t? S.W 5 = II ?-B s? 'a|. c o 3 3 ? g* ■? t I 5^ 5= P SI'S- OS t7s 3. a w:«_ SrflE «3! •^sS il:" £< a 3 =! % =:e »i trn r i. il 5ra ' a. 5* £&■-' VAO il 5ij l?3 S3.h plliS^MSSSS^lSSMSSH^IS^ [ IflS ] The following annotations arc supplied by P. C. L.- Ifll Note No. 1, Rev. Jambs Austen, Rector of Stcventon, Hunts, ivas ono of a nnniniou? family. The brothers that left descendants were Admiral Sir Francis Austen, Admiral Charles Austen, and Edward Austen, who took the name of Knight of Godmershani and Chawton. Besides these brothers he had two sisters, who died unmarried, one of whom was Jane Ai.stcn the novelist. The said James Austen by his 2nd wife had two children, a daughter and a sou, who took the name of Leigh, and is now the Rev. James Edward Austen Leigh, Vicar of Uray. lie has seven sons and t.vo daughters. The eldest son Cholmcley Au9tei\ Leigh mi.rried Melisinn Trench, (laughter of the pi-csent archbishop of Dublin, and has one son ami two daughters. Note No. 2. James, 8th Lord Ciiandos, was ambassador at Constantinople 1080. It was whilst tliore that Lady Clmndos wrote the following letter to her daugliter .Mary lirydges, ulio married Tlieopliilus Leigh. The said Mary was left in England under the care of her grandmother Lady Barnard. The Barirnrds were Turkey merchants, and very wealthy. The original of the letter Is In the possession of the Rev. George Austen, eldest survivlu" oOH of Sir Francis Austen. He married Louisa Trngctt, and has three sons and one daughter. M'i .; 1 , p'i ill 1 Letter written from Constantinople, where Lord Chandos was Ambassador, by Lady [j^ijj Chandos to her eldest daughter, Mary Itrydges, left in lOngland under liii! care of her grandmother Lady Barnard. Contributed by " Toll's " great great grand-daughter, F. C. L. My dearcs Poll, Y' letters by Cousin Robhert Scrle an-ived here not before the 27"" of Aprill.yctt were they hartily wellcome to us, bringing y'' joyful news whieh a great wlille wo had longed for of my most dear Mother Jc all other relations & friends good health whieh I beseech God continue to you all, Si as I observe In y" to y' Sister Betty y' cxtrnoriliuavy kindness of (as I may truly say) the best Moth' & G'"" Moth' in the world in pinching herself to make yon fine, so I cannot but admire her great good Housewifry in allbrding you so very plentifull an allow- ance, & yett to Increase her Stock at tlic rate I find she ha'.li done ; & think I can never sufhciently mind you liow very mneh it Is y' duly on all occasions to pay her y' gratitude in 'H.\ ■I if :tX<^>X-"'->X-'>X^>X^>X^ '/\.XS [ IC9 ] all iiuiiiljlc siilmiiasioii & ubwlieiico to all her eHinumiids soc long as you live. I must till you 'tis to lier bouuly S: care iu y" greatest lueasuro ;ou are like to owe y' well living in tliis world, & as you cannot liut be very sensible y' you are au cxtraorliuary eluirgc to lier so it behoves you to take partieular liecd tli' iu y« whole course of y'' life, you render her a pro- portionable comfort, especially since 'tis y" best way you can ever hope to nuikc her such amends as God recpiirea of y' '.ands. but Poll ! it grieves me a little & y' I am forced to take notice of & reprove y lU for some value expressions in y' lott" to y' Sister — you say concerning y' allowance "you aime to bring y' bread & cheese even " in this I do not disconiniend yon, for a fonle shame indeed it would be should you out run the Constable having soe liberall a provision made you for y' nn\intenancc— but y" reiijon you give for y^ resolution I cannot at all api)rove for you say " to spend more you can't " ihats because ynu have it not to speiul, cdierwisc it seems you would. So y' 'tis y' Grandniotli" discretion & not yours th' keeps you from extravagancy, ivhicli phduly appears iu y*-' close of y' sentence, saying y' you think it simple covetousness to save out of y' but 'tis my opiidou if you lay all on y' back 'tis ten tynu's a greater sin & shame th" to save some what out of soe largo au allowance in y' purse to help you at a dead lift. Child, we nil know our begiiudng, but who knows his cud? Y" best use th' can be made of fair ncath'' is to provide against foule Si 'tis great discretion S: of noe small coiuniendatious for a young woman betynics to shew herself houscwilly & frugal. \' Jlother neither Maide nor wife ever yett bestowed forty pounds a ycare on herself & yttt if you never fall und' a worse reputation in y" world th" she (I thank Hod for il) hath hitherto done, you need not repine at it, & you cannot \, ; ignorant of y« din'ereuce th' was between my fortune & what you are to expect. Yon ought likewise to consider th' you iiave seven bro^'-ers S: sisters & you are all one man's children & therefore it is very unicnsonable that one should expect to be preferred in finery soe much above all y= rest for 'tis impossible you should soe much mistake y' ll'atliei's condition as to fancy he is able to allow every one of you forty pounds n ycare a piece, for such an allowance with the charge of their diett over und above will nmount to at least five hundred pounds a yearc, a sum y' poor Ifatlier can ill spare, besulcs doe but bethink yi'self what a ridiculous sight it will bo when y' grandmoth'' & you come to us to have noe less th" seven waiting gentlewomen in one house, for w hat reason can you give why every one of y' Sist" should not have every one of y"" a Maide as well as you, &. and thour^h you may spare to pay y' mnido's wages out of y' allowance yett you take no care of y" unnecessary charge you put y' ffatU' to in y"^ increase of his family, whereas if it wore not o piece of pride to have y° -lame of keeping y' niaidc she y' waits on y' good Grandmother might easily doe as formerly you know she hath done, all y" business you havt for a niiiide unless as you grow old' you grow a vcryer Foolc which God forbid I •HM [ m ] Poll, you live in a pinco wli.'ve you fee yivat ploiily & ^iileiiddiu' IjuI lei not y allureiueiil., of earthly pleasures tempt you to forget or neglect y' duty of a .^,md Christian in dressin- y' liett' part wliicli is y' soulc, as will best please (Jod. I am not again>t y jjninL; deceiit & ueate as becomes y' ffathers dau-liter but to clothe y'seW rich & be running into every gaudy fashion can never beeonio y' cireuuistauces & instead of doing you cnditi i< gcding you a good prefer"' it is y= readiest way you can lake to f.ighl all sober men from ever thinking of matching th"'3elvcs with women that livi; above tli\' fortune, S; if this be a wise way of spending money judge you! & besides, doe but rcHect what an od sight il will lie to a stranger that comes to our house to see y' ("landinolh' y' Moth' k all y' Sisters in a idane dress k you oidy trie'i'' up like a l)artlcmcw-babby— you know whiU sort of people those are th' can't faire well but they nmst cry rost meatc now what cll'eet could you imagine y writing in such a high straine to y' Sisters eoidd have but eithe' to provoke th'" to envy yon or murmur against us. I must tell you neith' of y' Sisters have ever had twenty pounds a yeare nllowaucc from us yett, & yett they'' dress lialh not disparaged neith'' th'" nor us ic without incurring y" censure of simple covetousness they will have some what to show out of their saving that will doc th'" creJitt S: I cxi)eet y' you th' are tlieyr elder Sister sh'' rather sett th"' examples ot y like nature th" tempt th"' from treading in y" steps of their good Gnmdmoth'' & poor Moth'. This is not half what might be saide on this occasion but believing thee to be a very good natured dutyfull child I sh'' have (liought it a great deal too much but y' having in my coming hither past through many nmst desperate dangers I eauuot forbear thinking & preparing myself for all events, St therefore not knowing how it may please God 'o dispose of us I eonelude it my duty to God & thee my d'' child to lay this matter as home to thee as I could, assuring you my daily prayers arc not nor shall not be wanting that God may give you grace always to reuuMuber to make a right usu of this truly nfl'ectiouate counsel! of y' poor Moth''. & though I speak very plaiue downright english to you yctt I would not have you doubt but that I love you as hartily as any child 1 have Jc if you serve God k take good courses I promise you my kindness to you shall be aei'ording lo y' own hart's desire, for you may be certain I can aime at nothing in whiit 1 have now writ but y' real good which to promote shall be y'^ study & care day & night Of my dear I'oll thy trulv alleetionate Mollr. KI.IZA ClIANDdS. Peru of (inliiti). MiiyyUlU 'OHO. P.S.— Thy flath"- & I send thee our blessings i^ all thy broth" l\ sist" liny' serii.v. Our liarty it art'eetiounte service to my broth' is: sisC ehilde ^ all my dea,' , t>6^34y^*bwcJibi!*tvi!*bJ=!4budifc ii^ltjdy*' ^''Emr' ^^^ [ 173 ] this post until 1S5C), when he exchanged It on Mr Lefevre's proaiolion to the Upper llonsi', for that of Taxing 5[nster to the House of Commons, whieh he held unti'. uis denth. Karlv in life, hefore he was iJO, some trifling accident developed ii constitutional weakness in the knee-joint for which he was for many mouths under trenCment, and which ended in leavlu;; a slight permanent lameness. It was his ill-fortnne then to fall into the hands of quacks, his knee was treated on the rubbing system of S' John Long, then in vogiie, and he accpiiied a fixi'd mistrust of the regular medical faculty, whieh perhaps was not so unreasonable as lii^ unboundeil coufi(h'nee iu every thing irregular; the latter made him the victim of one sanitary delusion after another all his life. The remote result was the ruin of a naturally vigorous constitution, and the worst sufferings of n thoroughly disorganized system, whieh he probably augmcnied by capvlelous rules of diet adopted under no proper medical advice, I pass over the fncpicnt depression and involuntary Irritability which resulted, aiul which never fail to result, from the violation of the laws of Health, relieved however, especially In happier years, by bursts of spirits and a capacity of enjoy'nent singularly fresh, b\ioyaut, anil conta- gious. He met with n grent affliction in early life by the sudden ilcath of a lady to whom he was engaged, and this cireunistanee condiined with troubles and struggles of an unproiluctlve encumbered estate, caused him to remain single until a somewhat late period. He married in \iig>ist 1S45 Janet, eldest daughter of the eminent Civil Engineer James AVai.kkk, F.U.S., who entered with hearty sympathy into all his philunthrophic schemes for the improvc- inent of his tenantry and neighbours, ami whose sudden removal by death, 5th October, 1S58, gave him a blow from which he never rccovere ■ — * •r III U I ' 'i I '^i f. tl piiii ■mjji; If ill ';) If [ m ] tlie Son and fiod tlie Fallior are Liijlit. We are so afraid of materialism tliat it seems to mo we go into tlie other extreme, and tliat though we arc told that God clothes liimaelf with Light, that in the next world there will be neither Sun uor Moon, beeause He Himself will be the Light thereof, and though in every manifestation of His presence He has as far as man and this earth were capable of sustaining it shown Himself to be Light, yet 1 think for the most part we repeat the words as if they were a mere metaphor. " I will not write any more, for the subject is a (piite inexhaustible one, and doubtless beyond my powers." The letter referred to is the following: — Fr'im I'rqfismr JI. B. to Au(/w»>/ C. Lcfmy. Mv dear Anihonv Lcfrov, OxFonr, April 18, IbCl. I cannot describe the shock wliieh Mrs Lefroy's letter has just friven me. I'lease tliank her for thinking of nie, but as you and I were together willi your dear brother, that Sunday night which will never be effaced from my memory, I cannot help addressing my letter to you. AVho covdd then have suspected that the hand of death was actually upon him, that the full free talks he and I had on every sort of subject, but chiefly religious ones, were the very last utterances of one, about to pass all at once from this world. I recall every look and word. His overflowing affection for those two poor boys wliieh now seems something solemn and anticipatory; his frequent expression, " If I live;" his complaint of the weariness of his widower life, nr 1 half-suppressed resolve to marry again, in order to escape from his loneliness. His beautiful devotion at church and at the Holy Communion, his singularly simple and noble idea of life, life for the purpose of doing good, for making his tenantry happy, even though it cost liim his whole income from the property ; his zeal about this Fleet Church; his tenderness about his sons as regards school, and above all that most remarkable talk we had on Sunday night. How edifying when wc now look back on it, was that strong objective faith, though as you and I thought and said, h<: pushed it to an untenable extreme ; yet I could not help saying as I bid him " Good night," " I am sure you are on the right truck, though I cannot agree with all your positions." The last thing he said to me on Monday morning was, " Forgive mc if I dogmatize too strongly." H'P' l^S^.&. m fSS a-TvS i*" 1^ ^ rvj) P^ g ^ irO Gn cT^ cS *r^ K>H (Df ^ tO s3^ fES HK (Jtt^ v*^ lixj pS iSc ^ fr-O j3^ fSs &+ c.T"r\ ITJtr ^ ES ^ &i R?- &7 [ 176 ] Now he know3 perhaps that " God ij Liglit," if in our feeble way of rcadiiis the expression we cannot quite say as he did that " Light is God." A great privilege I count it to have been so near the other world. lu my lett. to my brother Heniy I remember saying 1 had never seen a more devout man; indeed, I felt quite an afTeetion springing up for him. He never hinted nt anything peculiar about his sore throat, and when his boy Charles begged him to take care of it and wanted him not to go to OJiliam to vote on the church- rate question, I well remember how decided he was in going bccauso it was hiri duty. If you would like me to be at the funeral I would contrive to get away from my iinpils, with a return ticket, and I should have great pleasure in paying this last mark of nsiicct for one whom I could scarcely be said to know, bui, for the two last intensely interesting days of his life. I need hardly say how much I feel for your own loss, when I bad llie privilege of seeing, how entirely you were one with each other, and heard him talk of yon with such pviilc and satisfaction. lielievc me sincerely v onrs, M. IS. Such was the impression produced on a vigorous, active man, who for the first time found himself raised, cidiglitcned, and drawn out by the conversation of this devout Heliever. It forms the best introduction to the admirable sketch with which I shall conclude these notices; but there arc first to be given a few short extracts from letters of Charles Lefroy liimself, which rellect the l;,d)ituftl tone of his mind in the latter years of his life, and will shew the fidelity of the portrait. To G. n. AUHCST 3, 1W7. I really have Iiad nn envelope directed to you for some days, but heat and laziness have prevailed I want to tell you my sehenies . . . more espeeinlly as I liuve need of some one or two companions for my trip. Fanny's state kept us doubtful for a long lime . . but now it seemi as if she might last for a tiuu^ 1 should hope for ten days in Jerusalem, one week at Nazareth and thereabouts, then on to Damascus, Baalbcc, the Cedars, S;c, and home by Trieste about Xtinas. Such is my sehcnie— dream I should call It . . for I can hardly think that I can realize it ... . What are we to look at and attend to? this is the real nnC isssHsinssssss] v;5m?};>>- U ivfA i>:^ iy^i u « ' !l .11 »■« "icy^'-y^c^ PS [ tu \ntli wliat ciul to start, h it to l)i' to tnirc iuiti(niiii'ian topoi;;rapliy ? to ^ of life in the principles you propose. Kxtirnal action (giving more money) niul self-abandonment (doing without others allVclion) are not the chnracleristies we want. We have plenty of both elements in our character. It is self- improvement, the retaining, moderating, subduing self so as not to let one self intrude at all on others, adopting intellectual humility, the making self to he checrl'ul in accordance with the forms of action, thoughts, and characters of other people. This is what we require. I have thought all this over until I am sick of it, from the feeling of the long distance I have to go in my journey of life to be like rey dear darling." To a.B. DrCMCAR. Pi-O. .to, iN.iR. " I was very glad to get your letters on Xtmas Pay, it was n comfort to me I'nr it was a day of mixed deep pain and sorrow, and yet joy and peace in the feeling ; thank (iod that there is a communion of saints, a reality, even to me, and that e\en I did partake of it with my dearest wife's spirit. " I believe in the Communion of Saints. Why should it be made an article of belief if it means no nio'e than Pearson says? I am not satisfied with his explanation, very good, as a sober bare escape from error, but it nuist mean more, and I ahnll look linek on the Com- munion Oi '.. ■' Xtmas Dayi i" '">' "*" ''''1'''' "' '"''"■' ™ '" ""' " 1"'""' '^"'' ''"^ ''^'' "'' '"^ iii i* If f ■• >l III' ill'i' [ 1/9 ] S^^ &■■! >* •> life lliat it iloer, inran iiioro, mid tlmt il lins a reality uii this ami tlio citluM- siilc ol' tin- grave. AVisliing you all happiness and blessing', eontent and love to your wife and cliildren, an absence of dreams and all idols and images, and a qiiiek spirit in the realities of life, serving and making the ntmost of them in trntli and thankfnlncs!^." Yours &:c. To (he saint'. .TlSE II, ISoO. Since my last to you I have been thinking of St Paul to the Romans. I cannot under- stand it. Never was so hard a book, and where is the best explanation to be found ? I have been working in my mind tlie problem of Natural versus Kcvealcd religion— or rather truth as it is supposed to exist all round ns in all the secpiences of natural cause and ellect and the spiritual truths which the world cannot receive, and which are foolishness to minds rich in th(,' caijueity to appreciate all other truths. I have lived for a long time with such a mind and to lead it or move my o(.-n way over the great gulf which seems to separate spiritual from natural truth is above and beyond me. Of course Spiritual truth partakes of the Inllnite, and therefore cannot bo eoniprehended by us yet ; so does natural. No man can see the limit of any one branch of human knowledge, the extent of cause and efl'ect in any — the smallest department— '>ut when you come to argue on matters of faith with the mind I am describing yon fail to them and to yourself too. To build up a moral system from the truth of nature uud follow it to intellectual ends as noble as Plato's reasoning is coaiparaiively ea«v — but how to get beyond it, to know exactly and precisely where right ends, and faith begins, and establish the relation of faith to right, this seems to me the difficulty. Now St Paul seems to do this to one blanch of natnral law or truth, the Mosaic; can we for Law, (with him ex-iLosaic Law) read natural law — i.e. all truth of cause and effect existing iii the nnivcrse which reason or experiment can discover; and does he give us in that epistle a chain of reasoning which bridges the gulf I am speaking of? I wish you would tell me, for I am in the dark and laiinot follow the reasonings — and yet its n disgrace to be ignorant of it. I have a great mind to go to school again and have a Coach to cram me in it. J wish you would .send me the shortest possible summary of the argument of that epistle, or tell me where I shall find the book. Where is one to meet with a good review of the Times? I mean n ratioiuil attempt to deduce the Law of the future progress of the World from its past history. I am strongly of opinion that the great changes which liappencd 1800 years ago might give us some law for estimating the givat changes going to happen now. It would not be a Work exactly on prophecy and yet relating to it j not history, but the philosophy of liistoryjdeduced from past ii;it:CM3SSS£M3SJMS3SM;s Vi &^ / IS! h Ik i,'real religious cliangos to coming ones. Cunld not something of tliN liiml be loiind or done? It is a most interesting (i\ieition. Now tell me w'u.a yon tnink of these (luestioiis. Have you read " Knglisli Hearts and Hands ?" It is most excellent. I am living in my new Library which is a charming room, and rather cousok-s mc for esoteric truths. Ev- er f c. i;. L. To the mine. J11.Y -0, iHlJtt. " I write a line in haste, being full of myself and my own iminovidence as Anthouy thinks it, because 1 will face ruiu in the Fleet ■Cliurcli scheme, having yesterday spent hours in niarkin;' out the site. May God in His mercy prosper it and carry it through, if 1 have pre- sumptuously, rashly, or (from my own characleristies) selfishly set about it. It is done under misgivings, but I will not shrink from the long-eherishi'd thoughts of my hciut, if my life is given up to it. AVill it be worth thought ':■ as a sacrifice to Hiju to whom all is due. .^0 pray for it and mc." Til Hie same. KWSIIOTT. .... I am very glad that you feel stronger. 1 repeat that you and I ought not to read — nothing takes more out of a man. Those only can rea 1 who have brains made strong and tough with all the blood and strength of unimpaired systems — but the very consciousness of not being strong — tli"; want of incliiiatiou to, repose which results from that fact makes a man turn to Reading and to Idealism in pn fcrence to active social intercourse for which he wants spirits lii'ffiu to liel'ieve that ice all hate occii/mtioiis and iiilereuls enoinjk if ice Koiild make the mud of those ichicli Prorldeiice gices iin; that it is a general error now-a-days to seek fuither excitements, reading books being one of these. I know that my happiest times have been in my Water-cure life when books were laid aside liy all and business also, and we were- all happier and none thought themselves not well occupied. Is not the right solution of the (juestion, to read oidy on such subjects, and to sneh extent as your conscience tells you is practical to yourself ? Do yon snpiiose the Duk(' of Wellington ever read n book except it was to get some iufonuation wliirli he practically wanted? Whether n man may read who cannot say to himself that in «o doing he is performing the best duty he can perform at the nmmentP Whether we cannot under any circumstances by analytical resolution cast oil what we are not fit for and fiiul out the true way, i.e. the only way in which at the moment of sell'-rellectiou mc can own (iod, however much we may waul Ti;>»<;'<;>«/:x7 ri ■f ; I , V^i) m 'iinJziiinu^iiryLfiiixjdih V 1 Yours truly, C. E. L. The following arc rdigioiis rcllc'Ctious cxtraotrd liy one of liis sisters from letters or diiiries of c. i;. L. :— Psal. xix. The Heavens deelare tlio glory of God, and the iirnianient sheweth his handywork. One day tellcth another, and one night certilietli another. In tlicm hath he set a tabcrnaele for the sun ... It goeth forth from the utter- most part of the Ilei.ven. The /aw of the Lord is an undefded /nweonverting the soul. The testimoriy of the Lord is sure and givctli wisdom unto the simple. The statutes of the Lord a;'c right and icjoice the heart, the commandmeiil of the Lord is pure and giveth light unto the eyes. The ftar of the Lord is clean, and cudurcth for ever. Ihe Jinli/iiietits of the Lord are 4riie and righteous altogether. Mora to be desired arc they than gold, yea, than nmch fnic gold ; sweeter also than honey and the honeyeomb. Moreover, by them is thy servant taught, and iu keeping of them there is great reward, This Psalm is on the beauty of Law and Order, refen-ing them back to their foundation. The analogy of the law and order abound iu the natural world and to the will of God. There is no established order of Architecture, and no new one springing up. Wc. go on recombining the old elements, working up the gs and fragments of obsolete systems. Why is this ? I surmise that architcet\u'e arose from faith developed in a religous system, and was developed in that faith. Each style of architecture has arisen from the temples of a new faith. Vie liave no new faith, and shall have none until the Millenium. We shall therefore have no new stylo of arcliitccture. It is a sign of the times, i\ proof that the world • is getting old, and that it has not iu it a progressive principle ; that we are working up the old principles until we come to a new development. I'sal. 1. "Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with lie by sacrifice." Earthly things shall pass away and perish, therefore we creiitures of the dust must make a sacrifice of merely earthly and jierishing things, and we must make a covenant of the will with God. It is the will which he requires given to him, the highest attribute of man ; the will to make a covenant, and the will to offer bis baser nature as a sacrifice. health s|)irits, or power . . these an- question- . Bishop lievkeley's. No doubt a Hifc helps a man eiiorniously to do these things, for she supplies gentle iuterestE when we tr';< arc not u|) to the greater ones of business. 1^ C-^i^i m IMSISIMS^SSIISSMISIMIS ?«(.' 3Hj 5^ 1^ 1 w @ 1 1 n^ 1 M P 1 i ^sii^ 1 ^ oDo I m m) isss I mEE^^EmmmmEsm^smmm -N CK« tklr !t^-J^ is & [ l.S^ ] /fuMl/i/l/. "DiM-lullu'il uitUliiiniilily.'' Except you bcroine as !\ little Hiild. Whose maxim was it, tliat wr oiiijlit (n jiv.' as i/Miw !fM »o o«(? aii'l iwthbig else hi llie Vn'wene but Clod and our od-n Soji/.s .' Give luc a heart, fearing Tliec, oli God ! for if thcrr is notliiut; else in the world (-o fur as I am eoncerned) but God and myself, I stand in a fearful relation toMiiui, and eon^laiil unecnsing fear at every step ami move! of my life lest I >hoiild ^o a-lray ami -in, i- mo-L beeomini? to me. " Come uiUo me all that travel and are heavy l.iden and 1 vvili :;i\e you rest !" AVhy should one seek external exeitemunt ? If one eould eat all dainties, ae^nire nnlindted wealth, have Iicalth and strength for unstinted and nneeasing liodily exerei-e and bodilv ple.asiirc, would the result of any of it remain with us, or beeome really p.irt of onr lives? No! The good or bad motive alone remains. We ourselves are not alleeted, our true, proper selves. How completely apart and separate from ourselves arc our animal ajipctites aiul desires. We can turn round upon them and eoutrol them ; that which they desire is as nuieh separate from us as if it were iu the moon. We havi! nothing to do with it, and as we never can enjoy or accpiire it all, as in fact, after we have enjoyed or accpiireil any of it theie remains (so to speak) just as much more to desire or enjoy, as the eye is never satisfied with seeini; nor the car with hearing. IIow simple and obvious it seems to tnrn ronml upon our appetite at first and say, " You desire something apart from me and my nature, if I give von ever fo niueh you will not be satisfied; leave me ther.fore to God and to my own self, and let me live and abide in llim my own proper self and not in perishable external things." ; > ■<' PI 1.1 11 '<' II '<' I 1 i ^ jj^ ^ kd* -v< V* ' ■* ^ m Ov^ ^Gv' "After all I believe to work is our lot ami happiness, and is better than a name ur household or worldly goods." " I think too much competition for honour is the vice now of Oxford ami t'ambridgi , at all events a healthy mind is better thiui a learned one. Ueally it seems to me tliat l'roviii( nre is forcing and inducing young Knglishmeu to go aliroad as much as possible, both by the diffienlties of getting on here and by the good prospects to them ont there." " If there was but a rerealed connection Ijctween Churelnnanship and I'roteetion what Tories we might all become, but there is not 1 think, and the general advance iu Liberalism nmy be all right in the State iuid be all wrung in Cluireli imilters, as 1 see it is. I wish 1 were all ultra-lory and then my religions and political cliaraeter wmild lie consistent." 'it ~r.'y\-<.'y\:'.yv^ Jj!rvjri«buri4budiHjeilrvjr'A;rvc?»!Tjr!ih./di!rw-'4KH«KjHiKjH4!^^ [ m ] I 'iipriijl table S;rvaiils. '0, ■Wlint is tlio lii'st and liigliost end to \[\\: for? to 1)0 profitable servants, tliat is llic nnlv (jnL'stion we liave to eonsiiler in seeking or piirsniii!); the different patlis of life. Are we jirajilnhk' m-rrauls ? Self-advancement is not the end of life; to do God's work and scrviee is, and instead of thinking ns we do " of getting on" in life, being anxious for higher eniplovment, for new oniee, for more business and mor(^ to do, for onr own sakes, it is for this only that we should seek it at all. ][is servants wc are. His work we have to do. We get nn whenever we arc more nmlitalilc lo Ilim. We go back, we do worse than nothing, when we work for ourselves ; when we make our own pleasure, honor, profit, the object and end of our exertions. Hooker's I'rop. : Hook 1. "That it is some proof of the reality of any state or condition that we have an instinctive aspiration after it, e.g. That there is a spiritual world, one of unseen influences;" and of a higher kind than anything in the natural world . . because wc constantly turn our thoughts, and independently of Revelation, the hearts of men in all ages have ycanied for that world. Tlie sufficiency of human reason — What is it ? when for 20 or 30 centuries men worshipped stocks and stones ? and yet how sufficient in itself was mere reason to have overthrown that immovable worship if it had only been consulted and followed. Human reason is equally sufficient to deter us from nil false worship, whether it be of weaUh, honor, power, or sensual pleasure. It is only because wc do not consult it that it foils ns, T/ie incense of Self-Jlatlerers. It is possible to be trying to lead a useful life and yet to be perpetually extracting this incense out of every action and event of our lives. To avoiil tlie liabit of seeking for it ; the remedies would be, never to think of self at all — to do whatever we do from duty and still think we are unprofitable servants. To place ourselves mentally below each fellow- creature with whom we have intercourse — e.g. not to be always giving advice or information to others : not to conceal our faults, or our weaknesses, or our ignorance, or our wants from others ; not to hide our income and means from others ; not to mix with others only when wc can do it with advantage or satisfaction to ourselves; not to permit our minds to look back on each action of our lives or reflect on what we think to our credit in it; not to indulge in Day Dreams in icJdch we are the heroes of onr oion romance. Xot to frame specula- tions in our future path and intercourse witli the world in which we assign ourselves a very favourable place. .X [^ m^mm^mm^^^m^mM s 4 11 m mEm& % 11 i 11 Miiy ISth. To keep one's iiiinil sp trV ^ ^•'A ji ^^ sc^y^ ;- ^j [ ISl ] To keep one's niinil spiritual, In miiko a short note cviry il.iy of mn' or two of the rsalms of the (liiy, the general meaning of the realms, perhaps tlie more general the better, as the details of the I'salnn are difTienlt to follow, and not likely to be mastered until the spirit and jinrport of each Psalm in its general eharaeter is known. Why docs no one attempt to write I'saluis now? The first step would be to enter into the spirit day by ilay of those whieh are appointed for eaeh day. The work whieh we have to do eaeh day is of God's appointment j if we have little to do, and that little is iniinteresting; there is some good reason why He does not give us more to do. It is not n reason for restlessness, for fidgctting after more, f(a' being dissatisfied, but rather for cpdet submission and contentment. lie would give me more to do, if lie saw fit. It is His appointment and arrangement, not niiue. " Whatsoever is not of faith is sin," a collateral text is " Whatsoever yon do, do it licartily ns unto the Lord." And there are many more. To try to do more than the ordinary routine of life, not to live so eompUtelv for the pleasure or conveniences of the present lio\ir — e.i/. if I farm to farm more hiartilv, thoroughly than another, to plough deeper is nn example, to pay higher as Payne does — in short to believe tlmt more may be done in every way than is done, this would be walking by Taith. Never to let myself be the hero or object of my own fancies, but in every thought to make God or my duty be the subject or object of my thoughts, liy this test, half my thnughts are improperly directed, and I fin every hour of the day, and the greater part of my time. It would be n difiieult rule to follow or to direct one's thoughts always — to be us( ful, to be true, thoughts directed to these ends would be good ns far ns they went, thoughts more directly and immediately given to God would be better. To avoid let one's ndnd and feelings run on in self-pleasing channels woidd sa\e us from all sensuality of mind, from all covctousness and from pride and vain-glory. l| Ji- ■i tm ■ir;i. ^ Yl K? Hiiks in Life. Never to let my heart wander to the wish to succeed hy death to more fortune, as a means of release from present difficulties. To regard my Estate as a field of Diili/ only, not of self-indulgence or gain. And that its use is to be sidiservient to my moral sphere of life, not my 'ife to it. To devise nothing for my own gain, but oidy for God's glory. There is safety iu self-abandonment. ii: i i|> i| I'i'i ■ " T' ' ■ * [ i« ] 1 liiivo ow ill falsehood, you sliali rc.ip iii falsehooil. An important i)rineiple in all mental and moral operations is not to magnify the work dune or its importance, but when doing it or when having done it, to believe that there were no diHieullies, before enlcriiii; upon it to aean and measure all the dilliculties. I'rom these revelations of iiis inner nature by liimself, I proceed to the recollections of thnt dear and intinuite friend to whom most of the above passa!;es were addressed. Charles J.efroy never wrote common-place h'ttcrs. Tliere was n stamp of strong individuality in every thing he did or wrote, and his correspondence and diaries might furnish matter fur a vcihime. I liavi only ^(jiiylit lo base the subjoined sketch on self-port rail ure. ])ear Mnvdi, IHOS. I wish I were better able to give you according to your reijuest my estimate of your brother Chavles' character and life. I v.ill do what I can, though I feel [ can do but little. 1 knew liini well, and had the great privilege of hisfriuidship for about 20 years; from the lime when, succeeding A., I shared his lodgings in Southampton Kow. Jintlong before that time, as I vras growing into inanliood, be had powerfully attracted me j and I well remember the rich ]ilei'sure with which I ouee niii him in the street, and exchanged a few words with him. From the first I ar.nircd and looked up to him; he drew me towards hnu in many ways; but I believe the leading feature of his attne tiveness was well and truly expressed by one of his sisters-in-law just after his death, "It was an honour to speak to Charles, you were so raised by it;" and when this was s .id by one v/ho knew him too well to be inlluenccd by mere eharni of nunuicr or the i)leasir,c and grateful feeling which resulted from the kinci- ness with which be always treated me, her testimony is the more valuable. ]Iis person and nuinner were to my mind singularly preposcssing. He bad all the breadth and strength which is re(piircd fiu' perfect manliness, combined however with a sort of shyness which resulted fiom delicate organization and nu'ditative habits; and a certain sweet anil tender expression of kindly interest in his address which makes nic unable to recall any nuiii's manner 1 ever met with lliat had in it at once so much mind mid idmracter, ami was at the same tinu^ so wimiiiig as ajipcaring so really interested. But happily I can chiefly speak .)f its aspect where approval was, for no deserts of mine, intended. Where non- approval was felt, 1 believe his numiier left little room for self-deception or mistake. This resulted from what was so eminent in him — his perfect naturalness and sincerity. He was as simple and natural as a chihl, and bis expressions whether of thought or feeling were the mere out-come of the reality w ithin. In this respect, ns in others, he was, 1 tliink, singularly ^'SMSS^Sft Ii [ ISC, ] iinwm-ldly, nnd his npipilon iinl>ia"0(l mid ovrii nnl mndilliil l.y Unit of otlicr". Ucnoe his fi-esliiic9s, crigiiinllly, nnd tlir ]jlcasiiii' of listcniii;,' 1<> liis Inlk. 'inu .vrrc nt oiur liikcii ninoii},' principles, nnd tlip sulijcct viewed in tlic li^dit of ri^lit mid wrnn^', true nnd fid^e, uiili n most pnrsniiif; nnd critical power of discoiir.tc. In these discus.iniH he would siiuetiuu's liold obstinately to Iho view nt which he hnd arrived, lint more often he would sav, " I don't know ; I have no ojiinion about it ; I can't tell what we lui^dit to think ;" seeini,' nnd saying so nuieli on lioth side? that lie could not be eunHdint what the true opinion was. His mental habits were extremely speculative, and his spccnlatious ranged over a f;n at variety of sidijects; I liave never known such a theori.U, but the greater part of \m graver 8pcculntions, I think, had reference more or less remotely to man and his u. li-beiug, eitlier in eoriiicction witli his fellows or in liis relation to (jod. Some of these wen- very ab^lru~e, especially when he tried to connect physical and spiritual truth. Of this he was fcmd. " I like books running on physical more than metaphysical philosophy. 1 should like to get such n clear idea of the physical nature of things, as to reconcile it with the spiritual truths one is bound to believe. I sometimes fancy we may soon Iiavo so inueli knowledge of phy.-ieal trnths, that we shall need n new revelation of spiritual truth to enable us to keep up to our belief." lie woidd speculate on diseases nnd their causes, and come to the conclusion that " nearly all disease is moral, i.e. eomcs from or mny be removed by moral eau-es. We have the blessings we seek and the remedies we need absolutely under our lingers, but moral causes . . . . prevent our taking hold of them." " I believe weakness is nothing. It is the di ..dening cITect of dyspepsia which destroys energy and happiness. I believe we recpiire to be strong to bear loading our stomachs will ("ood, nml that with cmiity stomachs we have nil strength enough for nnytliing;" (!) — a tii. -y, which, I believe, he solar attempted to carry into prnctiee that in combination with oilier depresaing nnd weakening (pare liia id dixerimi) causes it hastened his untimely nnd Inie led end. Hut he did not eaiv siiHieiently for the body. He was always too iudill'crent to what he cat or diaiik ; if 1 may venture to say so, ill a world wliieli cares for these things a hundred times too much. Like lliawallia in his fasting — "blaster of Life." ho cried dosponctinf*, " Must our lives ili'[ifnd on these (liings r" Though setting a liigli value on mental cultivation, and saying that " after forty your mind and its resources become more imjiorlant to your happiness than yonr body, and though exhi- biting no marked success in its dealings w ith the world, cultivated powers of mind have their full value then" — (an nssv-.tion greatly justified in his own case) — " probably they have always, only we do not see it." lie spoke disparagingly of rending. " I suspect you nnd I ought not to read. Nothing takes more out of a man. Those oiilv can read who have I] 1»* till '^,!l 1 I j! Ill' 'irU [ 157 1 brains made strong' and tough witli all the blood and stvenglli of unimpaired constitutions. . ... Is not the right solution of the question, lo read only on such snbjeets and to sui:h an cxtint, as jour conscience t^dls you is practical to yourself? Do you suppose the liuke of Wellington ever read a book except it was to get some information which he ]]r,ietieally wanted ? May a man read who cannot say to himself that in so doing he is ]uMforniing tlie best duly he can [)crforni at the moment ? in which at the moment he can serve tiod ?" The will of God, duty to llim and to our fellow-men, was, T am persuaded, more or less consi'inn 10 he says, " I have been for a long time in n painful state of inurrtainty as 'i the political and religious principles which I ought to profess, my inclination to the Oxford opinions having for a long time been so strong, as to have almost completely over- come my Whig principles ; and I only can't make up my mind whether I am not bound in pond ronscienee to avow this. ... On the whole I think I shall give up my Whig principles and associations forthwith and purchase peace of mind at the expense of .'lome other feelings which I nuist sacrifice (as well as perhaps interest) by declaring myself, if not entirely of the Oxford parly, at all events so near to it ns to have no synqiathy with any political parly except that one which seeks to bring everything under the shadow of one visible and united church, and refers abnost all human politics to the principles of that church. An Evangelical in religion might be a Whig or liadical in polities: a 'Newinanite ' might be inilifferent to both Whig and Tory jiarty, and either e(|ually disapprove or equally scoin the attempts of cither, ns perhaps Newman in the deep strength of the unearthly principles of his everlasting church does; but I dont see how n ' Ncwmanite ' can now-a-days consider him- self at all nn adherent of a party which dilfers from his view of the church and its rights and duties entirely, and when all political ((ucstions, even the few purely secular ones that arise, arc becoming nothing else but Church questions." In this mind, I believe, he lived very consistently until the end of his life. Sonic yeirs later — it was after his wife's death — he write, " I believe Church interests are the only real ones. In them I may live. I dont care about Ecform or believe in it. ' Manners * not laws 'maketh man.' It is certain that the distaiu'c irt of classes incrcas"S. The luxury of the rich becomes more artificial, more concentrated, and more organized every day. The masses of iinuperiiiii iuereasc. Is not Hcfonn there more wanted?" And so he turned his mind eviT more and more to R'ligious and social questions, and to work out such of these as might be within his power. ;1SS1M3S^1S^ ^>»l £ !\y*ky.yiJ*Ly. [ ns ] Under tlie head of " Duty," upon which he wns never tired of theorizing, eanip tlirce sulijects whieh admitted of pra.tical application. All things as well as all person -s were to do their dnty. The land, and j .rliculnrly his estate, was to do its " dnty," by yicldin;,' as much produce as in its nature it was capable of; in maintaining ns many peo'de in comfort as was reasonably possible ; and by yielding that hoinagt' to its Maker which it was engaged in expressing through his hands in the last great act of his life, the bnildin;; of the churcli at Fleet, for which the bricks and timber were to come out of his own estate. For vears I believe, he kept himself very poor in attempting to improve land that was ungracious in its return. But means were at any rate to be tried to produce the " thirtvfold " if no more. Then it was to maintain as many as it reasonably could in happiness and comfort. It was one of his causes of rejoicing that " I believe that for its size and ipuility my estate maintains as many families as any in England." ]!ut their maintenance in comftjrt was what he more cared for. No subject occupied his mind more than that of the peasantry, and what he thought their oppressed condition and one that was " without hope." 1 think that it is worth while to quote from a letter he wrote nic on the subject in 1S,")9. "The class of the peasantry is the first to be considered, before farmers or scpiircs. Their domestic well-being is of as much con.scquencc as that of richer people. 'I'o put one in a condition of prosperity and virtue, according to his condition in life, is in every eise a high social object. I'oliticid economy does not lead to this, but its laws cannot be violated. Cottages can be built for the poor on terms such that they can pay n remunerative interest to their lai.dlord and so become a profitable element on an estate. This caiuiot be done out of wages which ])olitical economy gives the!!i, but can be done out of land by the superior residls of spaile hu-bandry. Land therefore should be annexed to each cottage, the efi'ect of whieh is three-foM — viz. to enable the labourers to pay their rent ; to withdraw them to some degree from the labour niar,\i t, and to keep up wages ; to emancipate thcin to some degree from farmers tyranny. . . . . Of course I know the answer to this — about ' Irish systems — cost of re[iairs — population of paupers — too much independcucc,' &c. &c. Let all this be thrown overboard, lielieve tiiat the poor are the first object ; the virtue and hajjpiness of a poor family more to hi; cared fur than that of a rich man ; then you will not be haunted by these bugbears, but only require for the house and land together a rent whieh the poor man can pay and thrive under, ami whieh will pay the interest of building and a repair fund. What more is wanted ? Some men ean mamige more and some less land, but all enioy, eovet it, are made happy bv it ; lnoi' ,in iiiterest in life beyond their dnjly drudgery ; a position which gives them self-respect, and nothing but the monopoly of large farms is ilisturbed. You would thus remove that one di'ad-level of serfdom whieh nuikcs one \!\vs<' I'inner iu a parish and a race of slaves under him. You create snndl griidations, and give hope. I have been trying this plan for Iweiilj- li\e years and am more stron,' and clear than ever of its /i/'fl/iVrt'/Av.cH, as well „( other il*r .M W * il M ■Hfn^ih^ti^i 'jSj-'*Hj*(^4H«iibi-ri4bud4baJib^4bicfj!Tt^^L [ IS!) ] iii1vi\iitap;os. Tliosc little ' stntcsmoii ' or fiiriiiprs ilo not l)\ii'n ricks, hut arc frlptiils of onlor and xtort nioTiry {ntn\ tlio (jovcrrnncnt for ]nnlo of icruiniloiis lionor ami .'MrcMio conscifnliousness, which complL'ttly ilhislratos his charactor. ^mrnmE^m^^^^mrnm^Em. C 190 ] But his main liindraiine would have lain in the checks (if a cniHrienee not only execssivelv sensitive but in some respccls nioibiil. I eainiot |irutenil to cx;)laiu the cause of this, llii life, so far as 1 Itnew it, was devoat ami blameless, and appeared to me to have ever been so. Unt it is cerlaiu that he had a conscience morbidly self-accnsin;;, and that this disease seemed to grow with years. In one respect it may be aecouulcd for. He was naturally, it is said, very prond, and the circumstances of his early life fostered this defect of eharaclcr ; and tins led him to treat others and their opiuions on occasion with a supercdiousness for which his conscience reproached him bitterly. And the more the spiritual mind within him grew, the keener and more bitterly felt, was his contest with his natural failiugs ; v.hidi natural failing's of tcuiper, it mast be remembered, were a;4L;ravated by ill-health through life. I doubt if he ever felt thoroughly well ; and some of iis, perhaps, may know what harassin;.; coullicts a disordered and irritated physical systi .n is the parent of. " When I would do good, evil is present with me." " I see another law in my members, warning against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity." "0 wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from this my dying body ?" All this he felt keenly, bitterly, and in an exaggerated form. The sin of pride he repudiated with all his might, ami strove against it. On no sidyeet d!d he express hiaiself more strongly. "If we have been too nndiitious, if wc has-e been guilty of, and still have a tendency to prcsuuiptuons sins, oh ! how can wc get on? Will not everything go amiss with us nntil we gc I free from that chain ? I am suic, like the legend of the Dunaids of (jld (was it not ?) who received or recovered life again whenever theyt' h the ground, wc must Inimblc ourselves to the ground to gi:t true life, if we have been pr jumptuons or false, we must go down to mother eailh, i.e. to the very lowest and bottom part of all before we can spring up again into '.rue life." In the letter from which 1 make this extract, he speaks of the "dilheully of the miuil to be purely spiritual in proportion ns the body is uneasy from want of health," ami of tlie way in which " the devil watches to turn ns into a wrong path at the critical mouant, ns he has served me two or three linu's in my life, and taken years of happiness away friuu me." And the happim'ss taken away was never so recovered ns to permit your brother to have that mnount of it which n eharncler and life such as his should have possessed. Progress was ninde but the eonllict contiimed, and his conscience did not give him credit for his gains. And ')eing often not hajipy in himself nnd thus unable to make others as happy ns duty and iaelinntion woidd have hud him do, his eonseienee smote him yet agaiu. It is impossib'' i > suppose that a man so gifted and radically so good should not have had times of great cigoynuiit. And manifestly lie hail them. He nmst al^o ha\e had seasons of peace ami joy with which we do not inlermeddle. His speculations, theories, nnd belief that some of Ihcm were working successfully in his hiiiids; the Kfcut iutercst and delight which he SM35M5HBHMJr^JB^-^ ^f fi ; 111 ■i: 1 ', r 1 i 111-, |- I; ! |:t| hill F . r I., i^ll :\>ri'^^ [ 191 ] !m]mrleil to ollicrs l>y liin discmirse, and liis own apprecintioi. of wl'at was liumoroiia and mentally eiijuvable — so imidi ciijincil by liiiiisclf as to bring tears of laugliter into his eyes; all these iiljsolutely negative the idea that he had not times of great enjoyment, as also does tlie ^'ift which liiid Ijcen given him in his wife and children that he had not also seasons of true happiness. And yet I do not think that these eonsi.i.n peruuuiently "raised by it" and " made better." I am, dear Yours verv sineerelv U. ]!. The simple inscriptions in Fleet Church, which preserve the mcnmry of so much piety, and so great a sorrow, are as follow : — 'Xo .T« ET, Til!; MOST DKAll WIFE OF ClURLES EuWAIlD LkFUOV, KsiJLUlIK, ON WHOM MAY Jesus have meucv To tlKCOKD Tin; IlKNEFACflONS OF HER FATHER, JaMES WaEKEU, KstJEIllE, C.E., F.Il.S. ^ illi. rAlllSIl :;i' Cl.oNDAl, ANIi HIS JKIST Mil; >.AE CONTItlBLTIONa TO ChKIST's ttOllK OF THIS nr iMV ,. 'J',!IS MO iLViENT 19 I'LACEl) M.UCCC.LXI. Also to Ci; iiii ; i j.d'vaud J-cfuoy, E.',' mie, boiin March 9, 1810, died Atbil 17, 18C1, FOt.'lKU •( TUI3 CllUHCII, WHO IN THE MIDST OF HIS WORK lUK (Jou's QLOilY AND THE OQOD Ol llll i'ARLfU WAS TAKEN TO HIS REST. ^k .; srxj/v :c>xx ii*c:t \yvy^yvy. iiM::;.k!iJ.kg.L .> -4rv*C4riijC4r3»J:ril3kjC4rTfc^j:An^4r sSudihiji^jiT^ibicljb .*njc;»3ur'«^ AITEXDIX. (!) Xoti' of the Family Pi* If oons in- I>n MonifKs. (2) Dt'scL'ut of liirlmnl Lonijuot Urlrli!ir,Es.j. from Elizubt'tli I-etfroy. (3) Letter relating to a legacy from Thomas llauaoa to A. Lofroy, 1770. (4) Ni)le rcapcctinjj the Deanery of Clinrtham, (i) Kjiitaphs on cIiiMrcn of Antliony Lefroy. (s) An act for nnturalizinjj Poter Duhourtliou, Peter Laiiglois, ami otiiers, (J Annm IT')"-'. (7) Kpitaiihsiif Julioan'.tti'3 reklinfj to Mrs -Margari't Mary Kavaiul, from Mrs Delany's nn'inuirs. (l») Letters of French FniiLTies to IJenjamin Lung- lui.-*. (15) Verse' i.y Kev. Wali.r llnrle Cmion f Uiii.I- o'lr in l/iKI. MS. fuunJ aiUiing ti.r pup. r-^ of Mfi JtavauU. (1) Note to Introiluction p.xv oii the familiiM of Du Hooun or \n: IIohnks couicni- porancous with Antoine LorruoY, oompitutl fnmi tlic Itocciu-il (iciu'aloj,nquu tU; familk:! onj^iuiiircs tics Pays Bas, Rottertlaui, M.DCC.LXXV., auJ the tiio-^M-iipliu: UiiivcisiUe, 1S17. IIoiiXES is a aniall town on tiio ancient territory of Lii'j];e, bul a tU-pcndancc of ilio Diieliy of IJrabant. It was an imperial lief under the ancient Count>liip of Looz, and lias ^'ivcn its name to the house on IIounks, which from the l;Jth century at h*ast, has ranked as miv of llie greatest houses in Europe. The principal line expired in Jkan de Houses II, who died leaving no issue in 15-tO, having; nnn-ried Anni; d'Komont in 1532, widow of Joseph dc Montnioi'ency Seigneur do Xivelle. This lady, who died in 1571, was i)y lier Jir^t lin>l)and the motlier of the illustrious patriot IMiilipno de MuntMiorenci-Xivelle, Coiuit llnrn, dc Homes, l)n lluoni, or (iraaf van ll>iorue, in dill'crcnt diali'cts, born in 152C : iM'headtd with Lnmoral (.iraaf van E^'uiond 4th June, 15fl*^. Jean dc Hurncs havintrnn children of jdi own left his great estates to those of his wife, oi\ condition of ihcir adoptin;; ins nann\ This Viulippe married Wulburgc de Nicuem\er, but left no children ; she ilicd lOOO. His brother I'loris de Montmorency was also beheaded a( ?«i)nancas in 1570, when the line of .Muntmorcnii- NiveUc Counts Horn came to n close. mrnMMMM) ;>T4> P [ III;; ] Oil the ilr.illi of.li'au di' Iloriirs II., .Nfaitiii de Horiirs, Coiiiti' dc Houtckcrrkr, Si'ii;iii'Mr (Ic Hnnsclidlc, ilc liniinc li' Cli.-ilcau, &('., Cliatclaiii de Beri^'.ios S. Wiimoc, liocamc ivpiv- siiitative of this f,'reat family, l)y virtue (if Ids descent from Tldurri J.oef de Homes, son of Guillcanic VI., wlio died l^-l-:!, and of Elizal)otii de C'levcs Ids wife; there is, however, no dnnuditer of his born about 1560, as the case rcijuires, who eoidd have been tiie wife of Anloiiie LollVoy, but we liiid a eollateral braneli of de llc-nes, the family of the Count ch; llnussi^iiies, which fulfils the necessary conditions. The faiuiiy belonged to Artois. One of the dimi^hters married Francis Herbert iin Knglishniini, and there is a dauslder unaccounted for. At all events the f iiuly is so numerous and wealthy that there is no diineulty in admitting the probability that a lady of fortune belonging to it may have married into the fondly of T.ofl'roy, which it identical witli LalTroy, was among the patrician funiiies, "Ceux fjuc je puis ."i lion droit noininer /m^Wwi " in Canibray. — Carpentier I. 367-S. .\BM!«. a'lir ii ;i rtirs iiu triiiii|irs (1ci:il('tilcs\ini'ii'fl ••I li.' ..ruvnl. (Ciirju'iilnT). TniKlilU liK I.OOR SlKv UK llOC'^iiS = KllMKNOinDK DE CCTCK. Xlltli ill ik'scciit Irnin hill). I I'liillippp lit' IliiriHN S.it.'iiiMir ilo (iai'sln'kt'. lie =^ (!) .If.T!mc ile Lannov, dnmp de nriinpii, Uftnssi^TliH'.^. lie lliiiisfhiifi'ii 'ti' II." L', de Lirudc. di' , dniii^ht.T i.l' .lertii Si-ifjiieiip de Luiiiu.y, (Mlilr..|> (Ml (iiict.l..rii. dc. Hriinslitin.n, &c. (irauit I'lieviUitT of lliu (iiiMen J-"K'i'«., Ac C'liiuiil.i'rlniii to III.' iii.k.. .it' lliirffiiii.lv, fl. 1 !>'.*. | Anioul II. Ciimlo de Ilorut's, &c. — Marniu'riti' il .M.-nliii.jroiU'y, (/. loOo. I Duinc de I'aiiielo. Mii\iiiiiliiin de Ileritcs ;-- liarbc de Muntt'.Tt. Clievalier lit' till, ti.il.len lleeee, l III. IfiHl. Jean do Homes I. = .Anne de IJaust. 1^1521. I Dame lie llii.'sl.'l, &c. sbe ./. liVW. riiilili)).' d|. ll.irnes = Clairo de Uenesao, riiamlierliiiii to I'liurlcs V. i (/. 16.5t. ^Inrlin ile H..rne8 - Amt^i' '\o ('rove, Coinle de Honteker.'ke. Ae. i Vinronil"^ .'■- l-'uriies, 111. lo.'to. .^ l.'wO. I Dame de Slaielle, A,i:. 1. I'hilipiie, ,1. W2, S.I'. 2. .lean. 3. Owirue i}i, ln7t. I.eotinf ■ dan^M'r of .l.iiin'^r..i C.nile d' Ktjinond, .(. IftC'!. .1. ^Ia\iniiliiiii ft. .vount;. 5. CJuilltiiniie Seij^neilr de Iterp, Colonel u Heuinienl, c/. ISHO. 0. Mario Chanoinesne de S. Waiidru nt ^^.ll^. III. (1) li|lili|i|io('.ilnled'Kgliioii.;. ;2j (;l>^l«r de Geneve Maniuis de f.ulein. 7. Kleonore it. ynuni^. .lui.iii././e Ji..ni..» I '..iilimnte, ft. 1017, Mu Franeia Herbert, an Kn|'li...h j;''nlleiuan. 10. Anne. Joseph de Montnioreiiei-Ni.cJle, Cointe de Horn or Homes was grandson of that .lean de Nivclle who was disinherited by Ins father .lean If. for deserting the party of I.imis XI. to Ottiicli himself to the Dnke nf I!iirgiii..ly, and saw his Itarouy and paternal tiefr. pass to his third brii .„f Gril.HU.ME, father to the famous Coiulablc Anne de Moiitmorenci, who died in 15('i7. -i'r^f 'I mEEmsmsEmmmmmmmm ^1 re^? [ liii Annk u'l'.aMoNT his iviff, mothir of 1'iiii.ih'i; H., Conitc de Horn, was herself cousin in the third e to his fellow sulfeicr I.amou.vi. van Kcimonu hv their iinitii;il ^'reat grandfather Guili.aimk t. o'Kumonu, who died in 14s:i. (■2) NoTK to p)). ii and li'J. UesceHt of HicnAiiu Lo.N(iLiiT (Juleiiar, 1';s(i., „f Jlinwick lluu-^c, fnm Ki,i/,.mii;tii Llukuv. Longuct, m. Klizuboth LctProv, c/r. lUSO. lienjuuim, d, H.p, Samuel, d. s.p. J.jhn, , JoLn, d, s.p. llenjaiiiin, m. Mrs Ski'iihrrJ nr.' Clare. Ilrnjamiii, ui. llnrv l.ilUy of Dane Court, Kint. nfl^juth iin.l of Uulli. | Tllurosa, m. .I..hn llic-iiis, Mary Cur..lin,., Kliza. ,,,. A.lniiral llaimict. U.N'. MariiTin. It I^Vhiir Turvvy .Vblay. „.'"•,, ».. Iw4. | o( «*.n»iok, W . .A.Orltliar. ^ -.—-,_ anil 7 ullit-r cbiluviii. Jticli. Loii,;urt Oricbar, S, Porrolt 4. 1il;lli1HI»l: m.-i.\hWn. Kirhar-I ().= Franivs St .loliri rt(Hii,'tilon.iIa. oi /;. IH.W. Sir W. i:. Ii. ll.,ii;{hl.)M ol'Sal.ip. m. .■HJ,",!!!. (:i) The folluKing lelhr was acchlenUiUi/ vmUleil from ih proiicr place. Tlir aubjecl in ir/'crrcd lu in a note lu p. CO. In Vebrnary 1770 died Thonins Hanson, first consin to Thomas I-ifroy llie f.ither of Anthony Lefroy of Leghorn, and leaving no ehildren he beijueathed a (lart of hi> inoiieily to the said Anthony. Sir, LdNBos. March II, 1770. It is with deep concern that by this we impart to you Ihe decease of our late friend your kinsnuni Mr Thomas Hanson ; he has nominated and appointed us joint executors of his last will and testament in whieli he has beipiealhed you a legacy of five ihoiisaud piiumls sterling, and has further declared therein and directed that he doth forgive and rem, all such sum and sums of money as were nt the time of his making his will, or should be at the time of his decease, due and owing from you to him either in his own right or as executor or ivsiduary legatees of lienjamin Longuet, Ksq,, decrased or otherwise, howsoever, no are happy in advising you of the testator's great regard for youi he has lu(|uealhed to the lady y' bister one thousand pounds, anil the like sum to each of your sons, of tthiili we doubt not the lleverend Mr Lefroy will have advised you as we invuul lilui, and In was present at lln' opining of the will, anil we are very desirous of discharging the legacies as soon as possible ; :!^ '» ,1 » i ' ill ^^ \ M mrnm joiir le^'iicv is the niilv (ino |iii_\al)l(' to a person nsidini; out of llie Kini;c iu an«\viT to say in wliat uuuu.cr you would propose to rii'civc this legacy, lakini; into rousidiM'atiou (uu' sccurilv in llic payuuMit lliciTof, liut il would lie uioir snlisf;ii'lory to us if you can dcliruiiiii' couiiiiu' to Knijland aiul rccfivc it your-icll'. We wish you lic.-dtli and liappiucss, and are sinecrcly, Sir, Your ninst liiuulile servants, •lAMKS MATTIIIVS. .INO. ci.Aur.Mr.An.T, "^ KiriiAur. fiOo'tM.. .Ml Anllioiiy I.efroy, l.<'jliorn. iA-' H) Wo lenrn, inoid l.'nlly, from Hasted, tlial M' I.efroy possessed and paiteil willi llie lollowing properly iu K( ..< in ]'iV2. ('I'lie i/iilics arc iu the oriyinnl). " Tlic Deanery [of Clinrtlmnij is a lnr(,'C aneient sent, situated ndjoinins tlic Court I.od^'e, lieiuij; jiart of those possessions belonging to the late Priori/ nj Chrial Church in Canlnhiirj. and was formerly liia Caiida' mansion /heir manor here, beiu;; niaKTJ \ ■" "* X *-i^ vt.-X?x%X alViiii'a of the (•()iigi-("4iilioii with him, and I'lmiid the said Noldcniaii tliat diiv in a iififcct state of health, and ivecivcd llie ordci' to atluml again tlic lUth diiy of this nioiitli. Hut the Ifth there was a report in town tlint His r,xielh>ney was taki;n ill, however not dani,'croiisly. I was iierfectly nnawares of this event till the l^lll, anil njiiin my (miuirys I receiviMl the answer that there was no (lan|,'er at all. It is bevond my power to deserihe ihi! joy of my heart npon this information, and I woald have waited immediately upon his Excellency had it not been put of out respect (iic) not to ^ive any disluilianee. Hut vou may perceive my consternation as a Lieutenant came to my hou>e with the melamholy news of the decease of our worthy Grand Master of Ordoiuiance, ami I dare say the whole Town was alxmt this event in the ^r^'atest affliction. Immediately after this I was ordered by Ocucral Ua^'inell to take care of the funeral and the said Oeneral was pleased to have it intirely to my own juduTmcnt if I tliouj;ht proper that the Inti'rnient should be performed at the Military or the church yard of the Iteformed C'onyre^aticin. The lallcr was chosen to the utmost approbation of every Protestant, with whom your worthy Brother received the I^)rd's Supper publicly the l;!th of April. Consequently the said interment was performed the 20th of August with all the military honor aeeonling to his rank. .Meanwhile my eon','re- ijation with lue think it our Duly to \umM tlie memory of this very much nspeeled nobleman ill erecting n monument with his arms and with u Inscription worthy his Caracter so mui;h more as this place may in some respects be called an assend)ly of all nalio.is. And our wish and desii-e is that you will be pleased to aecpiaint us through the eoiiespuiuleuw. of the Banking House of Messrs Ransom, Morlund, and llannnersley at Lomhin, which stands in connection with Mr I'hilipp Hriot at Trieste, a inembrr of uiy congregation, if you know any addition to the Pcrsonnle mentioned iu the Trieste (Ja/.ilte concerning your late llrollier, or if you should rather wish to luive the inscription in the Knglish I,augiui;,e alone, in thai ease we should be very glad to be favored of yon with a eopia of the IVrfonnanee whiih shall be done in every respect according to your desire. 1 I!'!: TUISSTK, IhcUlsl iHAuKUHl, 17CII. Sir, ^ imr mosi huud>l(' s('r\aul, HUEIU, Miiiiskr tu ///(,' I'mlcit'iiil rrl'iiraiml I'uiii/iYyii/ioil. i^i 'J'lioii^li my bliiok sriil will Iinvc prepared you for melanclioly nrws, yet 'tis not tliat wliieli your first tlioiij;lits iiii^lit naturally suggest to you. Christopher is as well as can be expected, but it hatli pleased (iod to afflict us with nuotlier Loss. I received yesterday a note from the Secrctaiy of State's Office, informing me of the poor Oenend's having been taken ill with an internal inllamination at Trieste, which ended in a niortitication, and carried him off on the 19lh of last month in four days time. It was 1 may say almost providential that I was on the spot, for I had by this means time to save Christopher from the! elTeet of the sndden shock which he would have felt by the l^etters directed lo liim from Trieste, and which were delivered a few hours after. He has borne up nonderfidly, and I trust that his cure which is going on as prosperously as could be expected at his age, will not be retarded by liis feelings on tliis melanclioly occasion. I am so worn down with all that has happened to nie since last l-Vbniary that I think I am almost benumbed. I feel stunned and stnpificf llic ili'iilli iif (lie ficnernl, recf ivcil 13lli Si'pl. 1780. .\n8wiTi'il ilo. ami WL'nt tn LoimKui next dny.— I. 1'. (i. Ja'IVov. mm^'^m'^^B:^^^m^^rjM^m^:\ /i^ xJk/; v: x-/ix7s^.\C*^,r>^x>^ry^x>^y^Kifx>^x7s/:ySS/i'>^>^ii>^ nltercations in sucli a moment. Afy poor lirnllicr ling rooommcndcd ponce, nml I linpo it will exist amongst us. lie has ndilcil tlint if von eiuild not come, the copy of tlie Will shonld lie sent to you, bnt I hope that nothing hut the most alisolnte necessity will prevent your being here as early as you can on Monday, ('.ill on me lirst, yoa will he snre to find me nt home, and will have a hcd in my house. The reason of my pressing yon to come so innneilintely is that I must necessarily write to Germany on Tuesday to give a tlumsnnd direclinns and instructions that are called for, which I cannot do till the Will is opened. He left a Duplicate of this Will with a General Kavnmigh at Gratz when lie went to the army, hui in his return from thence and before he proceeded to Trieste he took it from him, saying he meant to make some alterations, but neither this Duplicate nor any other Will has been found, eillier nt Trieste or Gratz, tho' accurate search has been nnule i]i both phiees. I therefore eonclude that the one in my brother Chris'' possession is the last and only one. 1 slinll have but little time to write the many Idlers that from circuuislauces I shall be obligid to despatch by Tuesday's post to Vicuna, Trngue, Grntz, and Trieste, after the opening of it. I must therefore beg of you to get to town as soon as yon can eonvenieutly on .\ronday, tlinl we may have time before dinner, for this melancholy cereuniny, and to arrange my Thoughts in regard to what I am to write against the next day. I know no farther than I liave mentioned to you of the ontents, and not being aecpmiutiMl witl Legacies, or what the ready nnmey and ell'eets abroad may amount to, I can say uoihing as to the ((nestion of Itesidue. I received your letter of the 7th. CouMnunieate thi! fatal event to Mrs I.efroy, as she may else stumble np.m it iu to-ni-ht's Gazette. My love to her I beg and to your childr.u. 1 hi>\e wiillen n^ueh more than I intended, as it rouses me, 'tis a sort of melancholy relief. Kver very all'ectionately and sincerely Yours, li. L. (0) I am indebted for the following note to V. C. I-. It refers to a remark made in Mrs Lefroy's letter at p. S'J, bnt was too late for insertion in the proper place. 1 ^ ill H I ( : 1 ll I "Tlip Empi'Mr tl< llwdfiirrnl vvilli liiiii ci H'-v niontlin nj;'! on n t'tur." i^i'., tS;t'. t>_i/. wliiit lour? A few luonlln Imclt fi i Miircli, l"Hii, w.iulil IirinR u» l.nek lo 17711. nml ii» .Mrs Lffroy £"<•"") lo Binli' Hull lu', llio (l.nmil, weal lo .VnhiiTii ia (IcIoIiiT for two or llirre iiionllis, it wouM k i ii"* if lliis lour lool< |ililro pri'vi.ul>l,v. If BO, was il Ihonno the Kiuiieror uiulrrlook iu lliu sumiiiiT of 17711, n lion lu' mot the Kiilpross C'atlu-riiio of Itus-sui orv llio l.oiilors of llu'ir rospoolivo iloininioin niul rotiirnoil Willi hor lo SI IVIiri-luirit. .) pli'" ol.jooi w(l^ to doliioli lior frcun hor iilliii willi IViiwin. 'J'lio ii«it wiiK nil iiii|iorliliil oiii>, unit of lii» own nookiiiK. .M llin ri'i|llo.'»l tluToWMMlo oiTcmoliy; liooiuilo " (innilH, iiiul iiol 1111 Kiuporcpr," ami il in lO'l lluTofore unlikoly Hint ho nii«lit havi' jolioloJ (ionorul Lniiuloin n» liu mmEmmmnnS'mmmn£msm^.^ ?^i*^i*^'/>**F->x;'>s '■J*LiJ*L^*Liy*Li^*ky*kiJ*k:iJ*LiJ*yj,, [ 203 ] ftttpmlnnt, nnd " uaoti him rather p ■ ''U frionil thiin as hiH Sovi'ri'itjn." Josi'ph'a (ii'sijft; wns to flftttor nml onjoto the Krnprosa into broakinjf off her oiitjn^ouients with rru!<8iA anil enlcrinj; ititn nii nlliimce with himself. He wan handsomi* ami cli'vcr ami couM assume at ph'inure a most wiiiiiirii; (■rjuikni'fl!*<»t'iiianiiL'r. On tills (KTftMini he L'linic tc) inalif it appear tlial it was only ihe fiithiisiii<>ti(' aitniiralion wliieh thi> rc[H>rt.H of the Iiidv had kindlcrl jii Itix heitrt that liroutfht liim tu her feet ; am) mi well did (he Itn|>*>rial hypiKrite jilay his part, BO happily wa-s his adoration tempered hj his respect, and his respect tempered by liia adoration, that Catherine embraced him with tears at pHrtin(j, and ever afterwards declared that ho was the wisest of monarchs and moitt delightful of men. It was in vain tho King of rrusitia sent his son to undo the im- pression and play the same game. Tho !'rinco was awkward and plain, and was kept at arms' length by state and etii|uctle, and left Catherine as he found her, heart and soul devoted to Joseph and tho Austrian alliance. Moral— " Jftintier* maletk man.'* fxY.} iy^^ (10) 77/d /ftl/otriiif; not en from DarUas Illnfori/ if the Ciril //'(//-.t, Bi'mezot/ivid Sid/j/, contrlLufed by F. V. L., record i fie part ptoyed ly Maichn Langlois \n (he Civil Wars (f France, Remarh preparatory, 1589. AVitliin tlie wnlls of Paris, ns of old, rnj^cd tliu fnetinn of Lorraine, nt \\w Iicnd of wljicli wns the Duke of Sliiyennc, niid which wns besides iiominnlly supported hy Phillip the 2iid. Two otlier pnrties divided the city, with tliis one, n turbulent cubid licndcd by Crucu Pussy le Clcrc, niid the chevnlier d'Anmnle, and the other thut known by the nnnic of I.es Politiques, of whom the lenders wci-e I'lluillier & d'MnisIre; I'Auglois & Neret, Slierilfs of Paris & Mole, d'Anionds, Du Vnirs, counsellora. The first of these wns for the most part in the pay of S|)nin and hostilo alike to Mnyenne and to thi; claims of Henry 4th, The '2nd the weakest of the three, nt the time of Henry 3rd's nvirder (1589) and hated by both the I'hers, was that smnll bnnd of patriots who saw tluit the safety and honour of France depended on the recognition of the claims of the King of Nns'nrrc, and thnt tliose claims would never meet with the nntionnl neceptnncc ludess he could be induced to nbjure protestantism. For these aids they laboured for year* at almost the daily risk of their lives, the objects of cc .sinnt suspicion, and sometimes of actual violence. For on one occasion in 1590, during the s!"ge of Paris, the royal cnvalry who were attacking the Faubourg Mont Martrc was driven I)ack by the chevnlier d'Aumale ; and the mob were so elated with this suecesi thnt they invested the houses of " two respectable citizens of the party termed Lcs Politiiiucs " who were known to have advised thnt peace should be made with the King, and seizing these unfortunate men the lenders of the rabble caused them to be sewn up in sacks nnd thrown into the Seine by way of example ; nfterwnrds the people proceeded to the hotel of Mndamo do Moutpenaier and sang beneath the windows of her apartment. asi^ssMisi:.. <xxy yit r^ibiyiLc!*! [ 'Ol ] Miirliii I/{iiii)tiii/i. " Tlie Count lie Ikissnc, Governor of Paris, liaviiig drawn Jolian Villcr ' Ic, Prcvust um of money drawn St Quentin over to his party who commanded the Tenia of Walloon's that was in the Town. The morning of the 22nd of March (was) fixed upon. The night before, Brissac caused the earth to be taken away wherewith the Porte Neufvc and the I'orte St Denis h-.u been dammed up long before. lie haves Martin L'Anglois to guard Porte St Denis. The King and his forces cuter Paris about four in the morning. The King having found Brissac at the entry of the bridge, he presently look olV his own white scarf and having put it over the Count's shoulder, he embraced him closely." — Daeila. "All was iu readiness for above two months past to rcetivc the King (Henry 4tli) at Paris, but the sixteen seconded by the Spanish ganisou and four thousand of the rabble, to whom the ambassador of ipain gave each a rix-dollar per week and a proportion of wheat, did so narrowly observe Brissae that he coukl not put his design in execution. It is likewise said that having discovered it they were resolved to prevent him, and to rid themselves of those who were most active in assisting him. These were amongst others the President le Mai.»(re,* riluillicr, Prcvost des Merehauds, du Vuir, n counsellor & I'Anglois an Ksohevin or Slurill'. " These being sagacious men, and having a desire to save their country, not to bring it under oppression, forgot not, before they jjroeceded farther to have a particular and express assurance from the King ' That no manner of violence should be done to any one Inhabitant of the city, neither in body or goods ; That he should give a general iudenmity w ithout any exception ; That he should lake tluMU all into his protection, and as for the strangers, that he should let them go scot fife bag and baggage.' " — History of Trmtci;bi/ de Mezeray, tram- lated 1683, p. 837. " Those that had served the King iu this important reduction were not left without rewards. The Parliament being re-established, the King made a new Presidentship for le Maistn\ He also created one iu the ' ('hand>er des Comptcs' for I'lluillier and two of Masters of mpiests for du Vair and I'Anglois Honest and disinterested people said that if their intentions were 1/iirely to serve the King uud the Publick they had shewn themselves more generous iu being • Of tlic I'nrliamcnt. 11 i 1 . i I ! .1 r.> [ 205 ] pontciitcil with tlic i^Iorv of their notion than by ilesiriii;; a rccompnnso which coiiUl not lint be a charge on tlic purses liotli of lliu Kinjr and liis people." — -Trom I lie same, p. S3S. " The King upon this oceasion put nil the friends of the Count of Uelin in ninlion on wlioni he had no less dependnncc than on Drissac, niul at nine o'eloek in the inoniiii:;, presented liiniself at the head of ei;j;lit thousand men before Porte Neuv<', wliero tlie Major of Paris and the other magistrates received him in form." — Sulti). To this passage the following note is appended : — " Tins Mayor of Paris was John I'lluilliers, who, when Brissae «aid to him, ' We must r to Ca;3ar the things that are Cicsar's, he replied, ' Wc must rtinler tliem, indeed, but we al not sell them.' " L'lluillier was afterwards rewarded with the post of President of the Chiiml)er of accounts ntul counsellor of state, and Martin Langlois nu alderman was made Mayor of Paris iu Vis room. ■ . '''1st the King was employed in taking possession of the city, !Martin Langlois was sent to amuse the Spanish garrison lest the news of what was occurring shoidd reach their ears. This he did so successfully that Henry's messenger desiring them to march out of Paris brought them the first intimation of the event of the morning." — Vol. II. p. 43. In Volume III. i)p. 5 and C of the same work, we again read of J[arlin Langlois as employed on a business which shews the estimation in which he was held by both King aiul Queen. Li the year I. "'.19, Henry obtained n divorce from his wife Margaret of Valois. In speaking of this atlair, Sully says — " I was confirmed in this opinion " i.e. that JIargaret did not mean nltimntcly to rcl'usc her consent, "by the answer she wrote nie from Usson, to a letter I had just sent her, in which I mcntioiicd the sacrifice that was expected from her in very respectful, but in clear terms as such iiegociations require. JIargnret on her side to shew that she perfectly under- stood what was to be done, exolained herself abso''itely upon the bill of divorce, annexing lo it such reasonable conditions as took away all diliiculty for the future. She only desired that n decent pension might be assigned her mid that her debts might be paid ; appointing a man to conduct this afi'air either with the King or with me, who though firmly attached to her could not be suspected. This was Langlois who had served his Majesty so faithfully in the reduction of the city of Paris, and had been rewarded for it with the post of Master of the requests. It was not easy to find n mnu who was more Ciipidilc of business ; he brought his ^ 1 fl ^ ^ i. -s 3 ^ f! ^ > > ? <: » ^ I ^^: •y i r 6 o o .vy diJjih y^L 206 1 Mnjcsty nn nnswcr from Jfnrptnret : for (lie Kiiii,' tlin\iglit lie likewise was iiiider tlir iirccssity of writing to her wliieli he did with e((ii:il goodness niid poiuiiliiisancc, hut in linns fur K ss explieit thnii I hnd done. With the letters, Luiiylois bronght a state of this rriiieess's demaniU, which were immediately granted. To render the tliini; n)ore firm, l.aiiglois undtr- took to make her write to the I'ope in terms that gave hia Holiness to undtrstaml that she was far from being constrained to this net, and that she liad the same solieitudc for the conelnsion of this affair as all 1' ranee had. D'Ossnta provided with a writing of the same kind found no more obstaeles. The Holy Father used no more delays in granting the favour that was demanded of him, than what decency and euremouy required." With regard to the two family traditions about the Lnuglois, firstly, that they are deseen''MueH(l572)CharlesIX.orrathri hismothcrCatheriiie, appointed Hamville, the 2nil of the four brothers Moiitmorenei, (iovernor of Languidoc, the cities of which province he was to garrison with his own troops. Damville was one of the chiefs of the party caMed " I.cs I'olitiiines," eousistiug of those few " sagacious men," who hiboiiri'd for the recognition of Henry Uli, and, assisted to that end, for his so-called couversiou. He was at I'aris when appoiiiteil (iovernor, and as his appointment was one of the articles of the last maih treaty with the Hiigiieiiots of whom he was cue of the leaders, he snsi)eeted that the instant the peace was signed ami the I'rolestnnt army disbanded, it would bo cancelled by the Queen. He lost, tin refore, not an instant, but set (iff f; Commissioners of the Eevenuc in Ireland, which were iB [ JOS 1 cxnmiueil and I'omul liglit with liis Loidsliip's lte;,'i-Ui- Hook, l)V .Mr rimiii'efurt, liia Si-crtliiiy, wiio tlicn ililivercd part of tlio snid Accounts and CiTtilicatis to tlic said Ollicors, t)\il lia» ever since kept tlic rest, delaying to dilivcr tlic same, allliouj,'li lie lias been enriicslly desired to do it. In tlie Year 1703, the said OBicors again presented sevend petitions to tlie Ixird Treasurer, who was pleased tlicreupon to order the Lord C'oningsby to pay twenty-six of the said Ollicers oidy, whose debts amounted to about jEUOO sterling, as appeared liy tli<: »eliedide delivered in to the Treasury. But of these twenty-six OITieers, only oni; has been paid ; the others have continued to entreat the same, though without any success. Whereupon the said Ollicers have humbly petitioned the Houourabh; House of Commons for redress, and humbly beg, they will be pleased to order the said Mr I'auncelbrt to deliver to the petitioners their original aeeoinit and eertiticates wiiieli lie di^laius, humbly presuming tliey .vill be very necessary to prove the justice of tiicir deiuauils ; anil lli:it your Honours will be pleased to order the Lord Coniugsby to lay before this Honorable House, an account of what moneys he has received for, anil paid to, the said three Kreneh llegimenis, that the petitioners may know where to apply tliMnsilves for the said arrears ; ami to alford them sueli relief, as to your honours justice and goodness shall seem meet. (li) PfobiUe of ii'ie Will of Anthami Luiiielonkii', £st/\ of l/ic J'aiii// o/' tilJldri/Mjuiic, ill tlio Coiuiti) of Mlddk^cf, Ll.-t'ul. of III c \d troop o/' tloiitf Giuirdx. Dnlcil Till. J7, 1T1«I. In the Name of Cod, Amen. I, .\ntliony Lanul miere, of the parish of St Mar\'leboui^ in the County of Mi(hllesex, lOsquire, do make aiul ordain this my lust will and testaiuenl in nnnincr and form following. 1 name and appoint for Kxecutorand Executrix thereof my nephew Stephen David Ravnud and my niece Margaret Kavand. I will that all my just debts be in the first place paid and satislied & that the expense of my funeral do not exceed the sum of £50, k after payment Si sa(isfa first sided ivi my liiiiid nml to this third and last *\i\v net my liiitid nnd stal tlir twcntv-srvcntli dav nf IVbrunrv A.i). 17*'0. ANTII L\ .MKI.(>Nli:iU:. Signed ^cdcd puhlislird and dt'cliircd by l!u' snid tcslalor ti'^^tiiiiiriit ill til)' pri'-t'iicc (>r us The will wuA proved iu Doctors' Coiiimuii'*, Lundoi), Januury \\ii\i, 17<)2. fur III- liHt will niid DAN". llooTi:. I'U.VN. ULUUUUI;. (la) NoTKs to p. 50 rdatin^ !o Marirarct Mary, (lau'j:hl('r of Susan la Milonirn-, Mr:* Kavaiid, and first cousin of Mrs Anthony L('fr()y, she i^. born in Ktinliniil, aihlitira 1701--'. ■Ill '-■ S. liiiviiiKJ, j.nplntMy Stqiln'n. St(')>lu-ii Ituviiud, Siistin Uiivaud, Klizabt-tli Knvitud, .Muri;iiri'i Murv liuxHud, (lied uiHiiarrit'd, 1770. iiiarrii'd .IhIiii (', of — Ut'i;inu'iit, and di<-i KaviMid. L\ MKtOHIHBK. Ani)K1 Fiviii tho seal to marriHK'' sftllenn'iil". ;i-j' m v2r m Miii-aict Mary liavmul was tlic friciul nud so-callud iiiiw' ol' Mii> Dti-ANV. llnu- could liavc l)ccii no iclatioiisliii. Ijulwcun lieiii, but some coiin.rlioii \\m»-\x Miss llavau.l'.. iiiarricd sisU-rs tluie m\-\A Uv. willi J>r D.lany. 11' cilli.r was .nliilr,! u, .all Inni uncle, Jiiss Havauil mi-lit out of alVccliou claim tlic in-iviUyc of .loiui; llic same, li.lati.m- ships were lun.le in former times to stretch a long way. Not to go so far back as Evelyn, who in his Dinry speaks of his "Sister Draper," because her son ha.l married his daughter. Mrs Delauy herself calls Lord Belfield stop-son, because his liist wife had been a daughl. r of Ur Delany's lirst wife by a former husband. I'eiluu" H'c relationship, real or nouiimd must • Marringo sclllemont » ilncssiHl by " M. Ant. Havniul." 'cmmsmmimu 1 Mfi I: i1 1 f 'WC. 211 J U^^it be sniijilit for in Irclnml. the frieiiJaii// lind evidently a nuie'i Inter date; sinee in the " Autol)ioi,'.-ni)liy .■■nd ('Drrespondencc " there is no mention of JIrs Ki ' till the year WM when Dr nnd Sfrs IVlany finally left Ireland and settled at But'' i notice of Mrs Itavaud comes from the pen of the Conntess Cowper; though or vh, i 7m/ intimacy began does not appear. I< is a short passage iTi n letter froi' T, '' ■ m her favourite young cousin nnd god-dinightcr Miss Uewes, at that t' viug -r aunt Delany at Bath. lliciiMOiin, Oct. 30, 1707. " The more you are ncfjuninted v;ith Mrs Envnud, the better you will like her, and I think tluit will 1)0 the case in respect of you." — J'ol. ir.ji. 123. Miss D(Mer. to her Brother, written from Bath, ApBIt 27, 1708, " My dear Brother, I do long to have you aciiuaintcd with my friend Mrs lUvnnd ; she is a most charming woman, & her micommun talents arc only exercised to make others happy and annise herself, not by way of shewing off, for she has the greatest dillidence of herself in the world, but is so good-natured & obliging that all who know lier ndniirc her prodigiously." Ill a hlterfrom Mrs Deliiny to Miss Dcwet, Jan. 1770. " I rejoice my dear N. R. is safe & well Lady Twceddnle asked me last night, ' Who is that Mrs Trnvaud Miss llewes is gone to meet ?' I felt quite angry that a tcroiiij leller should be put to /ur loved unine, & the question should be asked in t/ml iiinniier, it set me on the high ropes, & I set tier to the best of my powers in the light she is worthy of, St was well backed bv the Duchess of Portland." iyy iu^3 Thf same. Am. 10, 1770. " A letter yesterday from our dear Jt informed mc that my dearest Mary was expected at Bath as to-morrow, or Saturday on her way to Bristol The Spinsters I am sure will fulfil every desire of my heart towards you, & I hope Bernar.l can stay till yoii arc settled, & will let me know how, & where." The mime to Viscounteu Aiidover. Hot Weiin. Oct. 1770. " Mrs Shelley & Mrs Uavand came to Bristol ici'M Miss Dewcs, St staid here till la.'it Saturday j their must kind attention & uncommon friendship have indeed been a great support to ■ both.'' — Vol. IV. ^'^I? r.^.^^r<:>.-,<;!>,rz c t f '^ PiiH nfa Idler in the handwriting nf ^frs Jiavaiid. Aiitoiinffnijihy nf Mr Dclany, " There is nothing concerns joii, that I nin not very nimh intcrusted in : I have filt ,i friend's shnre in your late troubles, mid greatly iinxious about your health ; if my iviiijjs were at liberty, this interval, when th.e Duehess of ".'ortland is on her pro^res^, Leiir trus ainiable enfant is at Wclsbourn, you should see me exert my utmost efforts to ' bej^uile the tiim^ ' (a good old expression, is it not ?) during their absence ; but one certain subject we would lit sleep, for talking upon that mth temper, is, I fear as yet, beyond my |)hih)sopliy .... " She don't think herself nnich mended by her visit to Italli ; eiilre iiom, I think she distresses herself about public alTairs, et que Vi'pi'e use le/oureaii. I pn-suuu: as this time of the year is to be treated like summer, you will be uunu)hsted iu T.II.C. , this [ ri'joii'e at, for I know, my dear A. 1). in mobs, noises, and riots yon are uo heroine ; 'tis in the peaceful, virtuous, benevolent scenes of life you shine; no wonder that y22. Xailale. Mrs Itiivand to .!//■.« Bclaiiij. Saturday, Not. 10 1770. My dear A. D., "I'was not a <'ommou load yo\i removed from my heart yesterday, but a mountahi, for ever since I heard the letter uaa i/viie my apprehensions were greatly raised on both sides the ipiestion. Sudden transitions are amongst other things hard trials for the human constitution ; but, thank Ciod, 'lis now all well over; we may therefore ri juice, ii congratulate each other, I trust without any rabbat joie. As you may imagine, the contents of yours will remain secret ; though we have the highest honour for your well laid plan ; the Duchess of I'ortlaml acts like herself, & obviiiles so many disagreablc cirenms-tanees that upon the like occasion I should wish to put myself under her (Iraee's protection. How good you are to ini', my dear A. 1>. ; my nerves anil spirits are so shalti rcl anX=^>X^j llS^ililiia [ »I3 ] ^ir-)^-F:^ to be miller yo\ir roof; but if tliesc wntors slioiild just them tolerably in tinie I question wlictlicr I sliiill have virtue enough to resist so kiiul, & so agreeable au olTer. I want to know if the enclosed knoHiiii; is whr' you would have it as to fineness, &c. Its merit, should it have any, is entirely owing to tlie instrument with whieh it is fabricated — tlic niinpareilie shuttle, of singular service, as from its elegant form it has elaiuu'd h's entrees into the best of company. You have not leisure to think of teaspoons, so that I only mean to tell Mrs Smith to oiu' sorrow that I doidjt the onc^ enquired for may be at tliu other side of the Globe, for there is no tidings of it, nor of the servants at that time in the house. Poor Audrey was so joyous with the good news that she neglected all her business, & to day is deep in Tembarras des richesses. I dare not interrupt tier; if it was a letter from you, instead of to you, we should then have every thing thrown about the room to read it. I mention this in justice, to shew she is not always the "Silly Audrey" she is sonnliuies taken for. May I send my love to the liltle deserters from the venerable society ? Adieu, my dear A. 1). There is no great danger of ine from that quarter in this life, ii in the next, yon know, I have a stnuig faith of meeting every valuable person, therefore depeiul ujiun seeing yon, if in the interim I (h) but endeavour to (pialify myself fur such good comjiany. V.a. — I acquitted myself of the commission ; that is, I mean to do so, but Lady West- moreland was gone airing. — Vol. IV. j). 1508. Lady Llauover say.s that she possesses some of Mrs Ravand's knotting, & probably the piece referred to in the letter. It is in the original paper endorsed in Mrs Delany's hand, " Mrs lUivaud's knotting." The letter alludes to the approaching marriage of Miss llewes; and Mr I'ort — brought, after some dilliculties, to a ha]q)y conclusion through the inllneuee of the Duchess of Portland. ^ III a letter from Mrs Sandford to Mrs Port. Vol. IF. p. Sil. Biin, Dcr. 28, 1770. " 1 also greatly lament the loss of many opportunities which better health would have nfl'orded nie of enjoying the conversation of Mrs Havainl & Mrs Shelley. I am charmed by thcni, particularly with your friend. It woidd be very ungrateful to the frieiidli/ imumcr in which they liave received us oidy to say they have been ' veiy obliging ' to na. Tnn;my presumes to think of Mrs IJavnud ns /lia friend; indeed, she inis been very kind & indulgent to mc*, & by that means fomul u sure nu'thod of engaging our regard, if het unconunoii merit had not done it otherwise. * (iucry, iliould it not Iw Aim ' : ■ys.'f-)''!>ci-}i^^ii'^y\^y>sj^-}y^v^v'x^y\-'^^ rJ*K^4kyiHiy4H^ihtc!iKi/riiKiJiK^i!3LdiHudlHuc!ib> iKy^ihuriihijdifc [ i[\ ] Mrs Raeaiid to Mrs Delany. Hath, Por. 22. 177.'>. My (lour A. P., some ppople's friciKMiip, like I'uth fires, nrc extiiiguislicil if not contimiiilly watch'd and stirr'il ; not so with ours, it keeps quietly burning without rnj^inn in flame and noise ; and when sickness, or other necessary interruptions of this foolish world will allow ns time, we sit down & enjoy its comfortuble warmth with double pleasure. AVhat need then to tire yon or myself with impertinent excuses ; nor will I importune with lamentations on our not meeting; in I/ondon, were we frcepiently went in a morniug while wc were at Lady Westmoreland's, but shall only inform you in the good John Trot style tliat we are (thank God) very well at this present writing, hoiiing that you are so too, with all your appurtenances ; for you really have so many strings to your bow, alma, your heart, that 'tis most wonderful if they all keep in order. From Lyme I can give a good aceount ; not from Mrs Sandford (who has renounced all correspoiulencc with thin place), but from Master Daniel, who says Ids Mannt is pretty well, lie, & his llrother quite so. How docs this weather agree with you, anil with that Duchesse si aiinable, et si bien aimee ? This severity is not usual before Xtmas, but wc must not complain after the very fine season we had Inst autumn. Mrs Lnmbard has just left us, much improved by the Bath waters ; she is not esteemed n very wise heai, but I that eileeui hearts as the fint object in the human composition respect her for \\(ii grateful manner of speaking of the l)ueh. of Portland; 'tis eertaiidy due to her Grace, but who, my dear Madam, pays their debts? especially such ns those which ai-c more propc'rly debts of honour than such ns nre usually c.iU'd so. Ma Kitty court les champs ; ji! n'osc par bienseance dire les rues, nniis ce que j'ose hasardir c'cst de vous assurer qu'elle unit ses voeux aux miens, non seidement pour tous les bicns dc eettc vie passagtre, mais pour cclles d'un moude, et d'nn bonheur, qui nc finira janinis; nous laeheroiis d'etre digne de telle bonne conqiagnic, ct puis que le tenis ne nous vent pas fournir roceasion de nous revoir, nous I'esperous en rcaernite ; en attendant, mn chcre Taiite jicnt elrc one le chapitrc des aceidens mc doniUTa le grand phiisir de vous conlirmer en propre personiie, (jue je suis voire, &c. &c. — Vol. V. p. 130. ' •• ' M. M. U. Countess f^mier to Mrs Port (Miss Drurs). " T heanl lately from Mrs Ravaiid ; she says you have dropped her as a e(nTespoiideiit. Trail write to her sometimes, llemendxr how she nuised ynu here. You know she is soon hurt, & has really grenl merit towaids her friends. I thought her broke when I saw her in ■i'P^»f=?R»P>i»frh'K!H'r \ Cx}y\^xy\:xy^cyxL/>'K'-'i>^^y^y^'-}'^'^}'^'^^^ir*v .r^ikyAkJiUlH. mxM:^£M^mi^j^x^2!:^^^ [ fl5 ] v° nutiiinii, St fear slic will not bo ioiii; lived, but I think alic cannot fail of a seat in Heaven tlioni;h sIk: lias not (,is Mrs Dclaiiy & nie) ft aleej)le in lier stomach." Mrs ItavanJ liveU 22 years after this date. il/« Dclani/ to Mrs Port. " I every moment expect the Spfisters I was afraid your late visitors gave you more pain than pleasure. Time & sickness make great revolutions in tli ' disposilions of some piople, &: though they ilo not obliterate tender sentiments often embarrass them with troublesome companions, such as iinreatciialile expectations, quick resent meiilt, &c Indeed, I think Mrs K. is grown very tliiii, & seems weak, lint ollicrwise as well as I expected to see her. Slie was full of lamenlation of the trouble she had given at 11am, but eeemed much pleased with the place, &c." — Oct. i>lh. Mrs Racaud to Mrs Delany, i> -.., was to end with this life, surely true wisdom wou'd prohibit the contracting any. Mrs Saudford is at Lyme. We have not heard from her lately ; therefore will suppose no news to be, at least n good sign. Ma Kilty is come home pure, nnil X.R. (piite t your sei'vice, supposing you reasonable, anil not reijniring her to run about the town, or dance cotillions! any other method of expressing my regard for my d'. A. IX which she pleases to appoint, will be cheerfully embraced by her Very affcetionato, Sic. iic, M. M. R. (^? m^id!>^i^i<:>5^2iS^3SSSMMBi<^:>i^ L m ] P.S. /f^.l< ^}ryi>^''/>i^y>i''^/>y^y>i,'^^?P^^Tv'-^^^^^ 'iJi^lS [ '1/ ] It 13 HOW four or (ivc iiioiiths ni;o tlint I wns cliar^cd to make tins pioposilioii. I must add hUo, lliat ficliiij; uivsclf too ngod & iiifirui to continue tlic function? of I"ir*t Gentleniiui of llie Cliiunbcr to M. tlie Duke d'Angoulcnic, we liavc been for some time hMiking out for n person fit to siipplv my plaee. The age of tlie young Prince rendered tliis choice difficult — it rc(piircd n person of high birtli, of an age & cluiracter well established, of solid virtue, & yet with an amiability of mnnner which might render liim agreeable to the Prinec in private life. It was my duty Si earnest desire to secure an establishment for my youngest daughter, & the same (pinlitics were what I wished to find in the man to whom she should unite her fate. Mad. de Serent had the same desire. At length the Count Etienne de Danms, younger brother of the Count de Damas, who lind succeeded me in attendance on the Duke de Herry appeared to the King & Monsieur most proper to be attached to the duke d'Augoulumc, supposing that I jwrsisted in wishing to be replaced. Birth, good morals, excellent conduct, military talents, with great e(piality & mildness of tempiT, generally loved nnd eulecmed, & besides all this, ISrother to the man whose devotion to the Duke de lierry merited every return— there was nothing wanting, nor anything to desire, except fortune, of which the Count Ktieune, like otiier emigrants is entirely destitute. Up to this time you jxira'ive that my personal interest formed no part of the deliberation; it was not till after this pre'umlle that it entered the mind of Momieiir that it might be possible to do two good tilings at the same time, and as that excellent I'rince has always considered, since my niis- forlune, it was a duty on liis part to provide in marriage for the sister of my two unfortunate children, he aetrj on this idea willi nmeh earnestness, though without s^ieaking of it to me; & when he hud ascertained that the Count Etienne would consider it n happiness to unit>! his fate with that of my daughter, he made the proposal to me. The want of fortune on both sides seemed a formidable objection, but being the only one, all the other & most essential circumshmces suiting perfectly, we also agreed to pass lightly over this difliculty ; each side placing the utmost confidence in Providence for the future, and in regard to the present, my Son-in-Law will have my place with the small appointments attached to it; my daughter, in the same way, will h. ve those of the situation she is to hold with the Duchess d'Angoulcnic, and the Imsband a-. ' wife both, from the naturu of their duties, being in n position to be lodged and fed, I th ; that they will not only be able to get along but ?nd themselves in better circumstances than the greater part of our emigres. There is nothing in effect to cause cndinrrassirient but the providing for the children that may sprmg from this union, but one may hope they will not be abandoned, but find in one way or another resources for providing them with the necessary means of existence. In short, my dear and worthy friend, it is a settled afl"air, and you see that nuire than one object urges my instant departure for Slilan, where all these and dilferent affairs may be i<>->ri-> ux-xrxxciVtwifixn ''Siv«OX'>i<' .^;r ■i'f^'i :^^iS:>.x^ mMEEmmmmmmm r l^^: St* 1 [ ii\ ] scttUd. 1 sh''' licvtr nul were I to iitteiiipl to desdiljc llie (lillinilti.s 1 hjvc li.id (liiriiii.' the- Inst four niontlis in iici|iiiiiTitiii}; Mad. tk Strent with llir iiroposul I liml to iiiiikc, Imlli in rogiml to her nml her daughter. For a long lime I was unrert;iin «hi ilur my letters had renclied lier r( i.K SEUKNT. I'.S. — My eldest thiughter the wife of the Count de Narbonue, will not be abh' to leave Fnniee with her Mother and Sister, i could have wished they had not to leave behind one 80 dear but 1 am infoniied ihcy could not do otherwise, and that iier presence in I'ranee would for some time be Vicccssjiry in respect to the affairs of her hufband, they give me lioiKis that this will not be for long. I shall h'ave to '^'cuuit of Narbonue in Fnglaud to await her there, it seeming to me more in accordance with their wishes to p'cet before ihey set oil' to rejoin me. Either through my Son-iu-law or myself you shall be inl'orjued of my movements as soon as they are fixed, as well us of idl other eiroumstances of any interest. I shall acquaint you with the means of conveying to me your letters when 1 shall have reached the Continent. I do not talk of my departure, or of tiie particulars which form the subject of this letter, because if any uiiforsceu obstacle shimld prevint that of my unfor- tunate wife, it will be more i)rudent to conceal lx)lh her object and destination. Are you resolved on establishing yourself at liatli, or shall you return to Londou '? 1 need not say that I shall want to hear of everything that concerns you. A thousand thousand respects to Mad"''. Lnnglois. I trust she will supply your place if any unfortunate eircumstance should prevent your visiting. Ucg her to accept of my frieiulship, and to consider me as the IJrutlicr !l 11 Hi^Jit rui^iH^iV 'Emnmm. [ 219 ] and Friiiid of her Fatlur niid iif lifv L'riclrs. Rsiii'iiibpr mj also to yoiir V,il(^t ilc Cliaiiibre, in ease joii should lii' prevented writing yourself. If you should inoct ouv fiicnd M' James or tlio (Iluirehills, assure them of my re;{ard, ae.d that 1 l)0;5 to bo reiiiiimbei-ed by them, also the Duke of lloxbur^h. I write to tlie Coillauds. Frnm the -..viie. The n'jTKRS nF I'trmoxt. .1 line .10, imil. I do not know, my very dear friend, if you have kept \\\i the custom of passim; tlie winter in the country and the summer in London ; some of your letters have seemed to intimate an intention of leaving the Metropolis altojother, and making your residence at Bath, but I do not know positively if you carried this pl.>n into execution. I wrote to you last year from Vienna and aijain more recently. The capritis of fortune which have condemned ine to a vaf^aboiul life, led me, not long since, to the waters of Pyrinont, they were become extrjmely ncedfid to my health, which fatigue and anxiety had a good deal impaired, and I have hitherto reason to congratulate myself on their beneficial efVects. I propose continuing them through the greater part of J\ily, after which I ho|)c to cross the sea, of the invitation of a Prince who you know is very dear to me. It is possible I may be iu London some time in the month of August, and I should be very glad to find there my dear and excellent friend. It will lie a great vexation to me should it be o.hcrwise, and I hope that Providence after restoring mc once more to the soil of England will not deny mc the greatest pleasure I can enjoy there — that of meeting the friend of my heart. I believe I should .seek him in Hath, or in the must distant part of the three kingdoms rather than be deprived of this consolation. I shall not lengthen this letter, hoping so soon to supply its deficiencies verbally. It is only to gratify my own impatience that I have expressed my hopes on paper. Since there will not be time for me to receive an answer, and perhaps it would have been better if I had waited till I could present myself in Vigo Lane, either to embrace you ipmjlcto, or write to yon if you should be absent, but the feeling which attaches mo to you, my v;ry dear Friend will not let me submit to a delay which wouhl doubtless have been more reas( nable. AVitli the greatest esteem, the deepest gratitude, the most lively afl'ection, Lk Our DK SEUF.NT. 1 * "* ''''•€■ rn A wm^^ssmmm^^m^smE^ -■ ->« ,-■ ■■ ■< ■ •• ■ ■« [ 220 ] (1", Verses found ixmong (he MS. of Mrs Ramnd, wUh tU endorsement -* "Certainly in th-- Itov.!. Wnltor K.irto'* Imn.Iwrilin;;, ana opi,..! into a ooUccliuu of copici frotii iLiiign, wbich I burnttl, anil ^ hrro it is aaiJ to be by C. W.*' Rt'fciTcd to nt p. 50, The Prospect. When tirod with busint'ss and Htlfjinus jiir, 1 «|uit Iho town, and sliuki* nireniukc and cnro, Jlount Itttmpsti'd'a lu-ijjbts, and view with lonping pyo Tbe growitij; prospci't npt'n as I x\^c\ ITcM-p bill aiiil drtl.', thori' woods ami stn-ams survey, (fill witb new brautieg by tlie vernal day. How blest my solitude ! I soar above The tbirst of ricbcs, pow'r and sensual love; Kacb vain desire, oacb passion sinks to rest. And one onlin joy possi'sses all my breast. Tbro* Xature's works I trace tbe great design Wbere boundle-ta wisdmn, pow'r and jTooilness shine j iM-nuties unnuuibi'red, sense and i'aney warm, X*se, order, bannnny my reason elmrio. "SVilb wonder, love anil joy my bosom glows, And gratitude in arllens numbers tbiwa. These are tby glorious woi!i^, all oouuleous King! Parent of gi)otlI From Theo all beiiigs spring: Amazing what we seel yet these Imw ti:-« ? To work^ immense etmeealed fnitii mortal view. Hi'vond Illy spbere, O sun I beyond the way lieni'ile. unknown, where whirling emiiels strey ; Ueyind tb" iitmost star wbieh Newtim's siu'lit CfUild rencb, beyond llmt star's extended light \Vn and design Di'lies tbe Tyrant Peafh and mocks the tomb, Springs with new vigour, shines in fresher bloom, KftsM of the --lav of earth it moun(>- above, A ?pirit wing'd. and ever sbiill improv In knowledge, virtue, biip]iiriess, and love. (DO (Dc 'mMS3msmm:EmsmssE&EEm 1 WM PS •^m '^"A BO r"i\ 'TVj y-CK Xl)v ^ oi^vS^ [Vp iT-iX f^ iTTX ES iriAj SO lB^ rO^ ii>d ^>f {Bl^ R> m (i tr> S| K>i [EO { B 1 i S ^ 1 ^ :^ 8 fi^ ^,_^-J^, j.L'irjiC!'!*'^ so So 11 3 i. - CTM) 6.. -^ uh^iky*kiJ*ky.[>yikyik,yiiiP,kiJA! -* • -»- ■ftSuHiKi^iH^dihiditiiriih JikLrii^ [ m ] NOMINAL IXDEX. Nanios ill liiii's of Aiiceslry pomnioii to all tlio pi-pscul descpiulanta of Aiitoiiic T.oirrny arc printt'il ill small caps. Names immediately conncctcil by iiiaknial auccstiy or marriage willi some of the families of I.efroy, in Poiiian type. Names only remnlely eoiiiiecleil, or imonnneetcil, in italins. The prinei|)al places in wliieli tie names occur, are those nrmvil to, and not every mention of them. AniiKE Aihic Aijiir,.. Aiicimti Attaint AllKNK Aslllrv AetiiK AusU'll, . SO-'.'lo .... 211 VKrnt r . in j Cornish t'lisimiton (■.■itiTcll Ciltri'll r.'yjnieo/-":::".:.::";;: iii? ';"i"-.iMi.inn(T -| ( '»iirt.'imy OU D'.VliBNES '.'.'.'.'.'."!'.'.! 41 V,'",-V''"',', ■;, . I itlUn-J'.itrii/ft/ .. tt 20 117-1(W| Vox .. It2 7-1 12 in li II (Jftrilcin-r ... in Hili;ii:l.»( \U-M Uiiwmll Ol'ilrt'it (Iviximi 101 l.-.J 2U TlakiT S Jtalilwin 4 JliirnnrU 1(W Itnl SalliKraf.ntlWhA \M llalami nO-122 H.T.'sfuril II lliTlio 1(17-172 Uili.iiii lU ]l„ll„n, l.m:l l:).'l J/'Mircrif (iL-rrituriul) xli Hnimnil 1311 Ih-iium 211 llrii llrnliji's 7-iai Ilim-M«s in lUii,,Lord llull.-r 8 Hjivlio 13tl Pnmpicr \ I)'.\KBNK8 1-1- lt,i,„mi 7.'1 l>t'liiu'iii' xxiv l)i' l.iiHV..y 12 I )t' In .Mure xlix I)K i..\ .Mklonibbb 41-210 Do 1,1 .Mottc \\\ ll,l,nw. Mrs lie ] \ SuiK .\vi TIammond 2(1-: ll.ilism, U,i,;,r,„„l. I^,r,l 1 ll,n-lr, Uev. ir. ll.il.l, aMkins y-:i [ 231 ] VAO& (Ir Lnfrr.2()H l.ii Sa\\/.»' {nof 1,11 Neve) i l.iiij-ley 4i\ i'liii^lniit, lliMijiiniin 45 » Clnisloplicr -l-t tr KlizHhi'Mi 42 /I Knthev (hi'L' Adiicnda) » Julin ■ti-nfl „ J»eKT H7 „ the Ahhi 45 T-nnffuct ii'J J^isnur , iio ].aH,rUc$ VJl J.vfvvra Mi 1a' Sdijc xlvii l.EFFitoy, IIPstiT or Epthor 22 // Jsnirl %\ II .larijui's It I, ,TniiiL'8 20 ti Miiry ..,, *H IMia'be 2)1 I, Snrnh 22 f, Thniiias 2(( Lefroy, AnHKiiiv nf Lcgliom . 42 I, Lt.-Col.' Anthony I'ctor 1(>4 /( lit. I!Jfro}f,M. Charlia xix II M. Ijt>ui$ It. Claude ... xix „ M.VAhhe XX J^tifltut 22 Xorinl 2 Lovcilay Marrdi'ic 20 M.inn ao Miu'shitm...... 20 Martin 7 jUaso>t,ol- Iti'hrl ... 15A I PIQK ' Massy 2 ! SIiilliVw 1(17-17! iMatfhiiis bl-IIO Maxwell ll'J . M't'lintoek 7 SI'tirnth 4 ! Mead ^vv AtUcti'h \3Ierrick Ill IMerri/ 122 \ MUliilf.fon 28-20 ! Miitto 18 Minehin 4 MONCKAU fiO Mniitm/tte o2 Moiiff' 2;i Munro I U Ncwiniin, OT.rady 5 (Hdlic'id 17 Orlcfutr (19 Orr 144 Knhinsnn liuitf/j/, Lord.... ;2-i;i7 .. 137 Sadler „, 28 Sadlier tt Smh 20-tO Siindna 31 Savage 4 Siirui/e, Princcsa Pio de 1-75 Schonswar ,') Seymour 8 Shine 5 St John 3(J Smith l,^.^ Snow ,'(() Sfninter 13 SnuASTRK xxix ShiJfi-tli 71 Srnulei/ 20 •^t<'in 5 Storimtnt, Ltnt W Stcanne 137 Ovcreud 3 Tavlor ^2 Teilbrd -i Terry i) TliOMPBOS 25 Thifttne "*( 'i'''dd ;.:,:::: u^ Parazzo 1-74 Tri'nch 2 I'nul 2 Tiirhett 4 Pittfhr 32 Twjfnam 3u Veacafke i;W Perrot 171 Pet man 10 Piidhurtt 30 Phii/niol 40 IMwell 3 ' Vandkhiieydbn 23 Power (I t',inih/i.r 2;j PyscUEON 28 Van I-eenipiit ])i7 ycnuti '..,. tKj Quilliuan 137 Walker 7-122 Ware ;j Waters 32 , M'avland „. 34 HatcVife I.-JO: White ... '" VM Itnvau.l fiOlWhiltell [ 3 Uri/nolds 145 Wilkin 3 ""■^ 7 nv.rfmnu "2 Hickurda 8 | Wootten "" 20 x>^ iC^.-xs^rSiJ. r Iw^ ?Kin r^=o '3^ ^S^^ rtSi V""' ^ v!^ /^fi ^^ V-T^ BSi s3^« &3^ OtI ^m V'- •* sSi v-^ &^ IX'-'f HI^J l^<) AfliiiKv of bloo, 1782 Arms of tli'» family of U'froy ,1 origiiifilly without {'hii'f II p^culiiiri'tips of A. Lcfroy's in 173S n tlu'ir probable origin .. Akm8 uf^ I Lanii'Iorit'ro Austen l*l(( Lnsci-lles . Ill Kyi Ml vaor l;n( isu 60 Ito l.or, xxiv-lo 42 ! 2:. .lit 12i Lrfrov lu peculiar Mnsw.'ll Ol.Ifielil St.Iotm Stalfi'tii Thompson . , . ti Urvil^i's Co'ttrell . „ (iariliner II llainniond If JlanHon 22 II Langloia 11' „ Languet ... 22 Ashe, Hunts, nocouni i)f Aiiivia' Hegite, notiee of tbe 127 Ausloii, Jane, verfcoa by... 117 RpffffinR Iptter, impudent example, 1789 121 Bryilges, account of the family i;jU«l;i<{ II Sir S. K|;erlon I2o „ hio ehtiraeter of hia sister... lit Bust, bronze, of a Voulli, from Volterru ol „ of Lnui^hini; Fawn 51 Busts and Sfatuee, list of A. Lcfroy's US Cambray. account of . .*l!t Cainih'ii Society. Publication of names . 12 Canterbury, the Walloons at \:\ II the French Kervice at 15 ,1 former property in or near 17 „ enipiiries at, ill 1m57 . ... IS Cataluijue of A. Letroy's coins iind medals 51) ,1 n his paintings 07 Centenarian, cxamjile of 123 Ctmiidnx IVurai^e, jJrydgeH' claim 130 Cluiplainey, conimiwyiiin of 1778 IIO Clmrhi, King K.vugah's. it7(t ... 118 t'liurch restoratioti, Crondal 151 12U (15 ol 117 110 lot 112 . xliii Mcho anil Silence (S ,1 account iif \.-y^ s|..ry nf "the (ihost" ''.'... ]M F.'lilzeugnu'isler Lanu'loin 'l.'Mt7-I<'H F.ll.insbip of All Soulu' College, om Founders' kin ll!> IVench Church, Canlerburv l;i (iKNKALOdlFS: — JIamniiind Ilanim'ind«ThoMipBanglni«.L('froy l.onguef-Orlebar 1 Brvilge-i-Lefroy ... Cottrell Ifi'ail-lirvdges Austen-Kefi-oy , Maxwi-ll.I,a«cellt's (■eritb-iiian's Maga/itH> nn Coins, 1708 Cihnst. npuledat Kw>b(tlt (Jruduatcs at Oxford iplo of . " Clothes pliilosopby, Coin», plates of „ X. Lefroy's collection ,1 the Crondal Find .. Compltm, Surrey, living of ConmiioRionp of l,t.-CoT. A. Lefroj.. Cottrel, thefamilyof Creche at Cambray Crondal, Hunlf'. »nti<|uilie« of 147 Pate of A. LoiVrny'rt emigration disouBsed Deanery of Chart linm Do Homes or I>u Uoorn, family of. Debcknts traced:— Lolfrnv from Soiiastre .,, Mrs T. U'fl'roy, 1703, from Arclib. Chiehele. Sirs .\. Ix^'frov, 1737, from Mertin l.anglois . Mr-* I. r. G.'l.efmv, 177h, from William I. , AlrH.l. H. C. I.elVov. lMn;i Mrs It. Lefroy, IKli Dictionnnire de la ^'oblesso, 1774 .. Domcpday book ,, Documents of Family History XXXVl ,. ll»n .. 103 Hinnmotid Family Hanson tamily and iH'ipicstH.. Hollis. Thiiniii.'*. Ins gifu llyam, liiH robbery of coins ... Ica'lcs a^wclmas, Itchel springs... IsscKiPTioxa, Monumi:ntai, :- IV'rus Cottrel. 1.'>1.> Clement Cottrei, 1,172 Thomas I,,fr..v. 1723 .lube .le la Mel-.ni.Te. 1727 I'elrus I.anijlois. I 737 Antbi.nv I,.tr««v. 177U Lucv Ll'frMv, ITst (JeiiVral l.a'ngl..i-i. I7H8 Benjamin l.anglui-. iHirj ... liev. I. I'. (J. I.ttinv, 18UH C. K. Letr..y. ImU .* Italian n-latinns Itchel or Fwshutt, Hants IWl ll^t 1H7 . ixv . 2H . 44 127 . lit . Itw . 48 InU i-xiv Landi,Bnndlpurcha.''e9of.HISl.Um3 Laii;:loiH, ariMH ot" „ liimilv of r.\lib,''. P. V , I.niiguate or Lnni^unii', liimily of Law. ri'puKiv.iie>s of ihr study, to E. Brydg"* ... Legacii'!*, Herij. l.angl^iis LKTTKR9: — Ladv Chandim to her daughter " P"ll," after- wiir HIS ir.v 47 S' ^ lis Lr~\> 1!>1 G% '- \i. 1— ?-^ 111 h_A M 'j.V IS n ^ M I'jcl •yr- W j-v J — V Ids r^ .1.1 .'U r y ' >ir..7 3r^ r.'ii irr^ 1 '.'I p ^ ' A l-.'l »,.-■ h;i i [ iv.\ ] ?^-P Lkttrhs:— paob Mr Worllov M.-ntUffiio tn T.onl Biitf, 1703 , 5li A. LrtVov r.i It. l.rtniil.'iH, 17tt:l 63 „' „ 17HS1 fiH Mrs l.rt'mv to B. I,unt,'Ini«, 17(11) 70 Kiiz. Hiiin'mon.l to A. I.rfr )y. 17H1) W A. Li-frov to Louis I'limivfi, 1770 »m „ ■ Hi'v. I. P. a. Lctn.y, 1771, 51 KHz, Ilnmmninl to Mrs l-cfrov, 177ii 4*^ Mrs Clarke to Kliz. HuTnmoiul, 177(( 30 Mrs I-rfi'ov to Kcv. I. 1*. G. Lefrov 85 Ln.lv ill-all to Mrs L.'Irov. 1779-1781 Ho-Oi Mrs Ltfroy to Mrs Maxwell, 1782 Oi (ieiipml Lnnnluis. 1 "HU 1)7-102 UfffUiiill letter, 17H) V2\ ImtA Stormont to U. Lniinlois, 1789 M U. Lnnulois to Kov. 1. 1'. O. Lrfroy 201 Sir K. UrvdnestoMrsLefrov, 18tW 133 Mrs LeCnj.y toC. K. Lc(rov,"l8tM- 112 Hester Bolmra to Kev. I. ll. (J. Lcfrnv, 1800 Ik) liev. I'. IVIinrry tu Mrs H. Lefrov, 1b2|. 7'J C. K. Lefrov, ehftraelerot'his brother, 1H27 139 Wg. I'nmzzo to Mr Serjeant Lcfroy, IHiJO ...... 71 Minister ut'Travaux rul'lics, H<03 six M. L'Abbu LoHniy, 1S«H xx Loufroy St, account of xxi Libraries in I'Vnncc, notice of xlii MarriaKP oontmct, Plioebo Lefroy, 1707 71 Mnrtvrsrtt f'nnterbury, 153H 15 MiinorirtI of AViilloon iti fujrees, 1501 13 „ Ollii'i'i-sof three X-Veneh Kcgirnonts ItJSC 207 Meloiiit'ro, Lt.C'ol. Anthony 208 Mouuniental i n script ion »i (see Inscriptions) Xnturnlizntion of P. Langlois. 1702 Iflfl Normaniiy, TraiiitionQlorif,'in in xvii >'uniismata Lefroynna 59 Ordnance, Patont of B. Langlois, 1780 to Outalissi, juiticeuf 113>105 Pedigree, copy of the uMcfit, A. ..,. xvi » rcviseii and continued, U xlvii IVlili.-n of three French Kep[inion(H, 1080 2t»7 I'erviMsion of Pha'bo Lofroy, 17i») 70 I'iiiudy, probable origin in ,,.. xvii-xx Piituii'H. A. Lefmv's saK' of ., 07 Phillip II., his J-:.ficl,loH7 xxxvi I'oiu'biut: in the Uth century 152 paob Prices, psainples of 90 Properly in or near t'anterltury 10-17 Itrgistriea of hirths, deaths, and marriages xlvii King, Kmpress Maria Theresa's 1700 102 Kobbcry at Kwsbott, 1821 ItO Uolls ut' Batth' Alibcy, (if no authority svii Konian rcmainn in C'ri.>ndal 117 Sarcophagus Ktruscan M Sculpture, A. Lefroy's, sale of 08 Seals, examination of 1 Service in Ireland, 18th Century 101 Smiles, S., his account of the Walloons xki40 Somners Antiquities of Canterbury 13 Sonnet, Kcho and Silence 135 St Cosmaa and Batnian 10 St Fiorenzo and Psyche, action of U*7 StalVetti, present family of 1-75 Stemmnta Chiehelcana 28 Stormont, Lord, letter to H. Langlois.... 'W Sword, slory of Col. A. Lauielonicre'a 50 Swords worn in 1773 122 Suicide of M. Charron, 1772 70 I)r Garden, 1781 92 Synod of Cumbray, 1585 xxxvi Thompson of Kcnfield 27 Tripod. Ktus^an, All Souls' College .. 52-02 Topographer, The, on A. Letmy's coins, 1790 ...... 03 Undercroft, Canterbury 15 Vandyke, Sir A 23 Verses by Kgrrton Brydges 118 It Jane Austen 117 „ Itev. W. Harte 220 Volunteers of 18(W 1((3 V*ardnbe, Mrs Lefroy's, 1782 95 Wars of the Kr*mde 203 M'atch of Henri IV 41 "Wellington, anectlole of 105 WlI.I.9:— .lactpies, or James LeITroy, 1702 20 Israel Leilrov, 1712 23 Lt.-Col. A Lamelonii're, 17tK) 208 PJKche Letfroy, 1*01 20 Luev Lefroy, 1705 27 Antiuiny Lefniy, 1770 80 (Jeneraf Langlois, 1788 102 Itenj. Langlois, 1802 Ui ^h> iSIM^IZSS^SSSlllSSSSMSISS i>y •-■"11 p m ^M iQ-^ ESi' V>-T^ Opi lol x~' H BsD r - ■< 'XU fG-T b^} ;-^J mm §