15, for Martin, read Jean. Page 130, line 14, for “father,” read “grandfather;” and the sentence should be remodelled so as to represent that Louis Crommelin, sen., the father of the refugees, died in 1669, and left to his sons £10,000 each. The refugee Louis left no surviving issue; a brother left descendants who are mentioned in Chapter XXII.
(2.) Portal (pp. 132-134). This ancient family is also memorialized in Chapter XXII. The name is introduced in this Chapter because the refugee, Henri Portal, was eminent as a paper-maker. Henry Portal’s paper-mill was in Hampshire, the mill was at Laverstoke; his residence was Freefolk Priors. Mr Smiles says of him, “He carried on his business with great spirit, gathering round him the best French and Dutch workmen; and he shortly brought his work to so high a degree of perfection, that the Bank of England gave him the privilege, which a descendant of the family still enjoys, of supplying them with the paper for bank-notes. He had resolved to rebuild the fortunes of his house, though on English ground: and nobly he did it by his skill, his integrity, and his industry.” The wheel of his mill was turned by the river Itchen, on which Cobbett (in his “Rural Rides”) waxes eloquent, as “that stream which turns the mill of Squire Portal, which mill makes the Bank of England note-paper. Talk of the Thames and the Hudson with their forests of masts; talk of the Nile and the Delawar bearing the food of millions on their bosoms; talk of the Rio de la Plata and the other rivers, their beds pebbled with silver and gold and diamonds; what as to their effect on the condition of mankind — as to the virtues, the vices, the enjoyments, and the sufferings of men — what are all these rivers put together, compared with the river at Whitchurch, which a man of three-score may jump across dryshod?”
(3.) Courtauld (pp. 134-136). Since the publication of my Vols. I. and II., Colonel Chester’s researches, with the result of which he has favoured me, have established the French descent of this family. I reserve the information for the Analysis of Chapter XXII. In the Chapter which I am now analysing the sentence beginning at the foot of page 134, has been accidentally thrown into confusion, the line which ought to have begun page 135 having lighted on the top of page 134, causing confusion there. The sentence, which concerns Augustine Courtauld, ought to have appeared thus:— “The circumstance that he often appears in the registers after this date [1689], either as a godfather or as a witness, but never before it, implies that he had recently arrived in England. He is described as of the Province of St Onge, and his wife is called Esther Potier of La Rochelle.”
The name of Courtauld is celebrated in the annals of the manufacture of silk-crape. At page 136, line 3, “George” ought to be Samuel.
(4.) Various Persons and Memorabilia (pp. 136-140). The persons, specially named, are Bonhomme, the refugee manufacturer of sail-cloth; Nicholas De Champ, papermaker. Marguerite his daughter, James Hall his son-in-law, and John Hall his grandson; Lewis Paul, inventor of spinning machines, and other names and memorabilia which belong to the following list.
Page 129. Lombard, Desdeuxvilles, Desormeaux, Testart, Doublet, Pigou, Cain, Amonnet, Dufay, Cousin, Courtonne, Lammert, De Coninck, Testard.
Page 130. Robethon, Baulier, Ribot, Rapin, De la Cherois, Gillot, Truffet, Belcastel, Earl of Galway.
Page 131. De Bernières.
Page 135. Potier, Pantin, Giron, Bardin, Roubeleau (or Riboleau), Goujon, De Milon, Aveline, Blanchard, Ogier, Rabaud, Godin, Merzeau, Du Bouchet.
Page 136. Durrant Cooper, Henry Savile, Professor Weiss, Bonhomme.
Page 137. Smiles, Dupin, De Cardonels, De Crouchy, De May, Shales, De Champ, Becher, Series, Ammonet, Hayes, Du Thais, Hager, Duson, Delabadie, Du Vivier, Pousset, De Manoir, St Marie, Dubison, Le Blon, Desaguliers.
Page 138. De la Chaumette, Chami)ion, Le Blon, Rev. Isaac Taylor, Dr Aikin, Savary, Dollond, Le Mann, Huelins, Blondell, Bo'.ulrie.
Page 139. Delfosse, Petit, Michie, Le Keux, Paul, Du Pre, Jean Rodulphe Peyran.
