There is besides a great deal of china in common use, as, dishes, plates, tea potts, basons, cupps, &c., which are all to be delivered to my grandson, the Marquis de Gouvernet. There are several other moveables of use in my house, viz., tables, chairs, coffers, beds, bedsteads, and other moveables, for the use of the footmen, table linnen. &c., which I do not mention in particular, which must be delivered to the said Marquis de Gouvernet, my grandson, as also the pewter kitching furniture and other utensils of household stuff, &c.
Analysis — (continued.)
(3.) Margaret de Dibon (pp. 227-8) was the sole surviving representative of Henri De Dibon; she was the wife of Rev. David Traviss, and her daughter Anne, wife of Rev. Thomas Faber, was the mother of Rev. George Stanley Faber, B.D.
(4.) Jane Guill (p. 228), daughter of Monsieur George Guill, was married to Rev. Daniel Williams, D.D. [A sister was married to Rev. Joseph Stennett, another learned and patriotic Dissenting divine. Mr Baynes possessed a manuscript which belonged to Stennett, described as “Reflexions on the Cruel Persecution which the Reformed Church of France now undergoes, and on the conduct and acts of the Assembly of the clergy of that kingdom. Translated out of French, 4to, 1685.” Mr Godfrey Holden Pike, in his “Ancient Meeting Houses” (p. 177), states that Monsieur Guill left property in France to the value of £12,000. Louis XIV. promised Lord Preston that the estate should be restored, and signed a document to that effect; but the promise was not kept.]
(5.) Mary Roussel (pp. 228-9) was the heroine of the romantic flight of herself and her brothers, the youngest of whom was severely cut by a dragoon’s sword. Francis, “the wounded Huguenot boy,” married Esther Heusse, a refugee from Quilleboeuf, and had eight children; from two of his daughters, Elizabeth, wife of Peter Beuzeville, and Mary Ann, wife of Thomas Meredith, the collateral representatives of the Roussels descend. One of these was Esther Beuzeville (born 1786, died 1851); she wrote the account of Mary Roussel’s flight in “Historical Tales for Young Protestants,” edited by Mr Crosse for the Religious Tract Society; she was a daughter of Peter Beuzeville, son of the aforesaid Peter and Elizabeth, and was married to the Rev. James Philip Hewlett of Oxford. Her son, the Rev. James Philip Hewlett of London, compiled a genealogy of the Roussels, showing their relation to the families of Beuzeville, Meredith, Boyles, Jolit, and others. [The elder. Rev. J. P. Hewlett, died in 1820, aged 39; a volume of excellent sermons by him was printed in 1821; among the subscribers are P. Levesque, Esq. (10 copies), Mr Barbet, Mrs and Miss Beuzeville, Messrs J. C, H. N., and J. B. Byles and Miss Byles, James Guillemard, Esq., Mrs Jolit, Mr Samuel Jolit, Mrs Saubergne.]
(6.) St Leger, pp. 229, and 317.
(7.) Lady Douglas, (pp. 229, 230), née Anne de Bey de Batilly; an Alsace heiress, wife of Major-General Sir William Douglas, died in 1709.
(8.) Magdalen Lefebvre (p. 230), a young refugee, memorialised in Household Words, Vol. VIII.
(9.) Louise (p. 230), an anonymous Huguenot wife, memorialised in “Historical Tales,” the same chapter as Mary Roussel.
(10.) The wife of Réné Bulmer (p. 230), an anecdote.
I recited this anecdote from memory; I now substitute the correct version as given in Dr Purdon’s Lecture:— At Lambeg, Réné Bulmer, his wife, and other refugees, met William III. on his route to the Boyne. Réné requested permission to detail his grievances to the king, which request his Majesty kindly granted. He then requested permission to salute the king’s cheek, which was also granted, and then King William jumped off his horse, saying, “and thy wife also,” and she being a very pretty woman, the king kissed her, as the old chronicle says, “right heartilie.”
(11.) Les Mesdemoiselles De Heucourt (pp. 230, 231).
