David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ Another surname comes to view, derived from a locality in Flanders — Ambrin, or Ambrine. But as the clerk of the consistory of the French Church was a Frenchman, he naturally thought of the fortress of Ambrun (now spelt Embrun) , and the name was entered in the list of church members in 1568, and perhaps in earlier lists, as Dambrun. John Dambrune is entered in the census of strangers of 1571 as a joiner, and a householder in Blackfriars. He, with Jacqueline, his wife, and Laurentia and Jane, his daughters, came to England “for religion” in 1654, and joined the French Church of London. ”

“ The name of Caron was well known among Protestant refugees in England. Moyse Caron was a witness to a baptism in 1592 at Canterbury. (In 1634, at Canterbury, Jacques, son of Israel Caron, obtained a wife from another family originally of Cambray, namely, Anne, daughter of Esaie Loffroy; and in 1666 their son was married in London. Marie, a daughter of Israel Caron, was married at Canterbury, in 1630, to a native of Valenciennes, Simon Bourgeois, and their son Isaac Bourgeois, was born in 1647.) ”

“ The celebrated name of Lefroy is a Gallicised form of the true surname Loffroy. The family came from Cambray to Canterbury. Antoine Loffroy first appears in the register of baptisms in 1590. He died before 1611, the date of the marriage of his son, Esaie, a native of Cambray, and a resident in Canterbury. Sir Henry Lefroy has called attention to the ecclesiastical edict of 1586, promulgated in the diocese of Cambray, and enforced by civil penalties in 1587, requiring all persons in public life, of every description and grade, to sign a test and to declare themselves Romanists. ”

“ Jamais les Gueux ne changeront pour chose que Ton fasse.”
Philippe de la Motte, minister of the French Church, Southampton, from 1586 to 1617, can be positively connected with Alva’s persecutions and their weary sequel. [4] The following details from “Smiles’ Huguenots” apply to him (though the chronicler calls him Joseph) . He was born at Tournay, of Roman Catholic parents, and was apprenticed to a silkman in his native town. His master was a Protestant. De la Motte became a convert to his religion, and on the outbreak of the Duke of Alva’s persecution, the young man removed to Geneva. ”

“ Pierre Hamon, who as a Protestant was strangled in the Place de Greve in Paris, 7th March 1569. He himself had been pasteur of Bacqueville in Normandy. He is reported as a settler in Rye in 1569 among Protestant strangers who “verie quietlie and orderlie use themselves.” The prayer of the Canterbury petitioners was not formally and finally granted until after an interval of seven years, and meanwhile Monsieur Hamon through chagrin may have left that city. ”

“ John de Lanoye, born in Flanders, merchant, and Marie, his wife. Joanne Furney, a child aged 7. Catherine Blomers, born in Flanders, came for religion in 1570, and dwelleth in the same house. Jairus Cadgena, born in Burgundy, his wife and two children. (In 1571 there were twelve souls in his house, all reported as of the French Church, including “one Symon, who haith byne a frier.”)
Giles de Vallen, Burgundian, sackcloth weaver, Jois, his wife, Peter, John, and Matthew, his children. ”

“ Antoine Caronne, Burgundian, aged 31, fustian-weaver, and Catherine, his wife, aged 20.
Nicolas Bassiet, Burgundian, his wife and son.
Elizabeth Chaudren, widow; Allison Chaudren, her sister; and John Kerton, her servant. (In 1568 there were with her, Giles Butler, a dyer; Marie, his wife; and her mother, Francis Brokell.)
Joanne de la Courte, born in Valencienne; she came for religion, and was married in England to James Remy, silk-weaver, a refugee for religion since 1553. In 1570 she was joined by her sister Marie, who “lyveth by workinge wth her nedell.” ”

“ James Machevillens, minister of the Gospel, and put in exile; Antonius Lixens, of the same profession, and John Aubries of the Church of Bolloyne, exiled with others of the Gospel. [Strangers that go to the English Church: Mr. Anthonie, preacher, of the city of Jeane.] Stephen De Grasse, an old French preacher, and his wife, go to the French Church. St. Olyffe and Alhallows Staining: James Deroche, preacher, Frenchman, and Mary, his' wife. Eastcheap: Peter Hayes, born in Rone [Rouen] , goes to the French Church, and dwelleth with his son, the minister of St. ”

“ Michel Cousin, Jaques Guerin, Pierre Du Bosc, Jean de la Forterie, Noel Lestene, Nicolas Dubuisson, Antoine du Verdier, Philippe de Miez, Jean le Pelu, Pierre Desportes, Jaques Boudet, and tres viduae. ”

“ Jacqueline, wife of Peter La Feveron, silkweaver, born in Burgundy, and Jane, their daughter.
John Pittaine, born in Artois, silk-weaver; Margaret, his wife; John de Lackantout and Christian Die, his servants.
John de Williams, born at “Tornes” in France, merchant, and Catherine, his wife; “came hither for the troubles that were in Fraunce;” also, Francis Voison, of Valencia, and his brother, both merchants. (All these were living together, in 1571, in St. Thomas Apostle’s parish, Vintrey Ward, London.) James Tellomond, born in Valencia, tailor, and Catherine, his wife. ”

“ Jacqueline Farriner, widow, born in Tournay, and Ester, her daughter. Denys de Prie, Anthony Guillam, and Peter de la Haye, glassmakers, came in 1569, and sojourn in her house.
Anthony Mare, bookbinder, and John Yarne, joiner, born in Burgundy; “they cam for religion.”
Adrian Preace, leather dyer, servant to Nicolas Deporte.
Margaret Remouth, widow, and Guillaume Harman, her son.
Mather Champion, surgeon, Catherine, his wife, and Clarette, their daughter, born in Burgundy. Dominique de la Noy [De Lannoy?] , born in Flanders, tailor, and Elizabeth, his wife. ”

“ Nicolas Blane, of Vallance, silk-weaver, aged 16, servant with Terry de la Haye. (In 1571 he had a wife, Antoinette, then aged 24, and a daughter, Marie, aged 2.)
William Barnes, of “Petune,” silk-weaver, aged 13. In 1571 he married Perone, aged 17, of Cambray, a refugee who had arrived in May of that year. Both came over for religion.
John Mahewe [Mahieu?] , Burgundian, silk-weaver. Anthony Bornale and Paeon, his wife, “cam over for religion” in 1562, “who lyeth nowe [in 1571] in the house of the said Mahewe, and go all to the Frenche Church.”
John Barbe, born at Tournay, silk-weaver. ”

“ Brandt. ↑ There is no grant by Royal Charter, though there is a tradition of royal charters from Elizabeth and Charles II., and even from Edward VI. If there were any such, they were lost. ↑ For more particulars see a Paper on the Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, by W. S. Scott Robertson, in Archaologia Cantiana, vol. xiii. Through being allotted to the refugees as a Christian church, the western part of the crypt gained a celebrity which was denied to the eastern. ”

“ Lucan Sauen, Walloon, silk-weaver, Jane, his wife, Crispian, Daniel, Judith, and Sara, their children.
Peter Mannock, Walloon, silk-weaver, Jacomyn, his widowed mother, Giles, his brother, and Joanne, his sister. ”