of her natural life if she shall so long continue a widow and unmarried, and from and after her decease or marriage which shall first happen I give and devise my said house and lands in Chartham to my grandson Theophilus De L’Angle, clerk, and to his heires and assignes for ever. Item, I will that out of such money as shall be due to me from my said patronage of Chartham at my decease the sume of five pounds shall be distributed among poor house-keepers there at the discretion of my said grandson Theophilus. Item, in case my said son shall survive my said wife, then I give him the sum of one thousand pounds out of my effects remaining in the hands of my said nephew Peter De L’Angle; but in case my said son should happen to die in the lifetime of my said wife, then I will that the said one thousand pounds shall be equally divided amongst such of my three grandsons as shall survive my said wife or shall die before her and leave wife or children. Item, out of my effects under the care of my said nephew after the decease of my said wife I give to my three grandsons as followeth, viz., To my said grandson Theophilus the sum of one thousand pounds, and to my grandson Meric six hundred pounds, and to my grandson William four hundred pounds, if they shall respectively survive my said wife; but in case any of my said grandsons shall die in the lifetime of my said wife, and shall leave wife and children, then I give all and every the legacy or legacies, intended hereinbefore for him or them so dying, to his or their executors or administrators for the use of such wife and children. And in case any of my said three grandsons shall die before my said wife and leave neither wife or child, then I give all and every the legacy or legacies, above intended for him or them so dying, to such of them as shall survive my said wife, or shall die before her and leave wife or children. Item, I give to my said nephew Peter De L’Angle and his daughter out of my effects under his care after my said wife’s decease the sume of fifty pounds apiece. Item, I give all the residue of my estate to my said grandson Theophilus De L’Angle whom I appoint sole executor of this my last Will and Testament. And I desire my said nephew Peter De L’Angle to assist my said Executor in the management of my effects remaining under his care as aforesaid.” [The remainder of the Will is purely formal. It is signed J. Max de L’Langle and dated 10 Dec. 1722. A codicil gives the House and lands in Chartham to his wife, and after her to his grandson, Theophilus; date of codicil, 10 March 1724 (N.S.) Proved by Rev. Theophilus De L’Angle at London, 13 March 1724.]
(6.) Dean Drelincourt (pp. 221, 222) cost me considerable research, and his life is compiled from the contributions of correspondents as well as from Haag, also from the Wills of himself and of his daughter and only child Anne, Viscountess Primrose, which I brought to light. I found the date of his death in the contemporary “Historical Register.”
Erratum. — Page 221, line 38. For “renounced” read “renowned.”
NOTE.
I was honoured by the correspondence of the Rev. Dr Reeves of Armagh, and I now give his communication entire:—
Peter Drelincourt, sixth son of Charles Drelincourt, born in Paris, July 22, 1644. Came to Ireland as chaplain to the Duke of Ormond. His employment by the Duke may have been due to the services of his brother, Charles, the physician to King William III.
