Maurois.
| Elie Maurois, of Hoplires, Pays Bas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elie, native of Hoplires b. 1573, d. 1623, m. in French Church, Canterbury, 11th Feb. 1594. Buried at the East end of the South Aisle, Church of All Saints, Canterbury. Aged 50. | = | Elizabeth, born at Sandwich, daughter of Laurens Desbouveries, of Canterbury. | Estre, wife of the Pasteur Aaron Cappel, of London. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moyse Cappel, bapt. in the London French Church, 8th May 1603. | Lea Cappel, wife of the pasteur, Samuel Le Chevallier, of Canterbury. | Ester Cappel, alive in 1619. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elie | = | Joanne | Jaques b. 19th Jan. 1604, died before 1633. | = | Anne Bulteel; she re-married, as a widow, with Jaques Guiot, in 1646. | Elizabeth, b. 15th April 1595, m. 29th Dec. 1616, wife of Rev. Philippe Delmé. | Marie, b. 11th Nov. 1599, m. 30th Jan. 1625, wife of Jaques De Neu. | Jeanne, b. 1605, m. 7th June 1636, wife of Pierre Du Quesne. | Anne, m. 16th Sept. 1631, wife of Jean de Lillers. | ||||||||||||||||
| Either Elie or Jaques left a son, James Maurois, who died before 1686; Peter Delmé, son of Elizabeth, described in his Will, “my share of the grounds and houses descended to me from my late cousin, James Maurois,” 9th July 1686. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meres, Myller, and Evan.
There are no extant registers of the City of London French Church of earlier date than January 1599 (o.s.). I find the following baptisms recorded in London parish church registers at earlier dates, and entered as having been performed in the French Church.
10th September 1564. — Hester, daughter of John Meres. Registered at St. Dionis Backchurch.
28th June 1570. — Peter and Barbara, twins, son and daughter of Mychaell Myller, a Frenchman. Registered at St. Michael’s, Cornhill. (Both children died.)
19th November 1583. — Jane, daughter of Giles Evan. Registered at St. Antholin’s.
Norwich.
The lists of pasteurs in Mr. J. S. Burn’s History, as a rule, are not official, but compiled by him from minutes and registrations. As to the latter, he has sometimes been led into mistakes by inserting the names of clerical friends who occasionally officiated for the regular pasteur, and also names of lay office-bearers, or ministers who were only inhabitants. In the case of Norwich, the bringing to light of their old MS. Book of Discipline has given us a correct list of ministers, though dates are not always forthcoming.
Ministers.
| 1589. | 29th April. Jan Marie and N. Basnage. |
| [No date.] Jaques Polyander. | |
| [No date.] Pierre de Laune and Philippe Delmé. | |
| [No date.] Pierre d’Assigny. | |
| 1650. | 13th February. Isaac Clementt. |
| [No date.] Jacques le franc. | |
| [No date.] Jacob Stockmans. | |
| 1588. | 1st March. Lacaux. |
Anciens in 1589. — Louys Desbonnetz, Lauren Herchar, Jaque le Rouge, Jaq. Baguclan, Josse Destaille, Simon de Lesvaux.
Diacres in 1589. — Paul Ballon, Jaque Polet, Jaque Farvaque, Pierre Gossait, Adrien de Le mé, Jan de Lescluse, Jann Fienne.
About 13th February 1655, Sebastian Taverniers signed as an ancien. He had been censured for marrying without banns. He immortalised his name in Norwich by bequeathing to the French Church certain premises, which are described in the
