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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.  

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.

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