. The history of the French, Walloon, Dutch and other foreign Protestant refugees settled in England from the reign of Henry VIII to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes; with notices of their trade and commerce, copious extracts from the registers, lists of the early settlers, ministers, &c., and an appendix containing copies of the charter of Edward VI, &c . tleurpiete nous est en edification. Boiirdillons Sermon, 1782. The Revolution in France in 1794 occasioned some in-crease to the number of the emigrants in this country, but asthose who left at this period were chiefly proscribed on ac-
. The history of the French, Walloon, Dutch and other foreign Protestant refugees settled in England from the reign of Henry VIII to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes; with notices of their trade and commerce, copious extracts from the registers, lists of the early settlers, ministers, &c., and an appendix containing copies of the charter of Edward VI, &c . tleurpiete nous est en edification. Boiirdillons Sermon, 1782. The Revolution in France in 1794 occasioned some in-crease to the number of the emigrants in this country, but asthose who left at this period were chiefly proscribed on ac-count of their political opinions, or their wealth, it is believedthat the French Protestant churches, were not much affectedby their arrival. We have now completed a retrospect of the several periodsat which England was visited with bodies of Protestants,of the Walloons, French, Dutch, Italian, and Spanish. Thelast two appear to have left no remnant of their congregations,and it is scarcely known that they ever existed ; but of the for-mer, we have still some few of their places of worship remain-ing, though the worshippers be few ; we have yet the benefit ofthe commerce which they introduced, and the honour of thenames of Romilly, Maseres, Saurin, Majendie, and others, asso many additions to the biography of the great and good ofthis favoured isle. 24. THE OLD WALLOON CHURCH IN TIIKEADNEEDLE STREET. CHAPTER III. THE LONDON WALLOON CHURCH. The French congregation, although possessing an equalright with the Dutch under the Charter of Edw. VI. to usethe church in Austin Friars, called the Temple of Jesus, ap-pear to have found within a few months the inconvenience ofusing it in common with the Dutch upon all occasions; a leasefor twenty-one years was therefore obtained on the 16th Octo-ber, 15:50, from tlie Dean and Canons of Windsor, to theSuperintendant, ministers, elders, and deacons of the Frenchand Dutch church in London, of the church of St. AnthonysHospital* in Threadneed
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