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henri de ruvigny, earl of galway.
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III. — Legacies to Personal Friends in England.

Daniel Bruneval, “my secretary,” £800. Madame Charlotte Marmande, of St. James’ parish, Westminster, £40 per annum. Madame Lucrece Chavernay, of Southampton, £40 per annum. Madame Vignolles (niece of Madame Chavernay), £500; and to her children, (1.) Angelica Vignolles, £500; (2.) Henry Vignolles, £1000. Monsieur Henry Pyniot de la Largere, of St. James”, Westminster, £20 per annum, “to be paid him till he shall arrive at the age of twenty-five years and no longer.” Anthony Cong, of Southampton, clerk, £13 per annum. Monsieur Peter de Cosne, of Southampton, £500; and to his children, (1.) Charles de Cosne, £1000; (2.) Henrietta de Cosne, ££1500; (3.) Ruvigny de Cosne, £2000.

IV. — Legacies to Personal Friends in Ireland.

Monsieur Cramahe, of Dublin, £1000. “Young Henry Amproux in the Colledge at Dublin,” .£500. John Darasus, son of Madame Darasus, of Dublin, £100, and to her daughter, Henrietta Darasus, £100. Captain John Nicholas, of Dublin, £200. Henry Jordan, “my godson,” of Dun Shaclean, near Dublin, £100. Jacob Denis, of Waterford, clerk, £50.

V. — Legacies pro bono publico.

“Also, I give to the French Hospital in London, of which I am Governor, £1000, to be applied in such manner as Monsieur Philip Menard and the other directors of the said hospital shall think fit.” . . . “Also, I give and bequeath to the poor French Protestant Refugees in this kingdom, to be distributed to them by the Committee, £500.” . . .“Also, I give to the poor of the French Church in the Savoy at London, to be distributed to them by the Consistory there, £200.” . . . “Also, I give to the poor of the French Church in the City of London, to be distributed to them by the Consistory there, £200.” . . . ”To the poor of East Stratton, in the County of Southampton, to be distributed to them by the curate and church-wardens there, £10. . . . To the poor of the parish of Crawley, in the said county, &c, £10. . . . To the poor of the parish of King Somborne, in the said county, &c, £10.” . . . “Also, whereas Domingo Roca, of Alicant, in Spain, gent., did formerly buy a certain number of mules in Spain by my order, but for the publick use, my will is that if the government shall not pay and satisfy the said Domingo Roca for the said mules within two years after my decease, then my executors hereinafter named shall pay the said Domingo Roca for the said mules such sum as Sir John Norris the Admiral shall think reasonable, not exceeding three hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain.”

The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury at London, the seventh day of December, 1720, by the two accepting Trustees: The most Noble William, Duke of Devonshire, and Richard Vaughan of Dorwith, in the county of Carmarthen, Esquire.

[Four of Lord Galway’s god-children mentioned in his will I cannot trace, namely, (1.) Henry Vignolles; (2.) Henry Amproux; (3.) Henrietta Darasus; (4.) Henry Jordan. But among the Baptisms registered in England and Ireland, I have found the following:—

1690. Henry Pynyot de la Largère.
1691. Henrietta Maria De Stalleur Dequestebrune.
_____ Henriette Nicolas.
1693. Henry de Poipaille de la Rousseliere.
1699. Henry Grosvenor.
1708. Rachel Henrietta De Cosne.
1712. Henry Charles Boileau de Castelnau.
1713. Henriete Pope.
1714. Henriette De Cosne.
_____ Henriette Migel.
1716. Judith Henriette Mocquot de Creauten.
1717. Ruvigny De Cosne.]