Listers -- Here are two more petitions from the records of the Malthouse Chapel in Canterbury. This Chapel has been discussed before during October and at the end of September. Anyone interested can find them in the list archives. These two pages were apparently meant to be attached and sent together. On the second page is a list of names of those persons signing the petition. It was surprising to me that about a dozen women are also included in this list. Usually, females are only mentioned when they were born, married, had children baptised, were witnesses (témoin) or godmothers (marraine), or died. This petition does indicate that the Malt-house group "swallowed whole the Book of Common Prayer" (as Jan said in her post of 29 Sept) -- ie. they accepted completely the liturgy of the Church of England. This topic was also mentioned in the Rutherfurd book in my previous post. Here is the first page, dated October 1709. A true Copy of ye Original To the most Reverend Father in God, Thomas, by Divine providence, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan. The Humble Petition of ye French Protestants in ye City of Canterbury, whose Names are subscribed in ye Declaration here unto annexed. Sheweth: That your Petitioners are in all Things Conformable To ye Church of England, as by Law established and are Very Willing and desirous to be accounted and Received as Members of ye same. But that Many of your Petitioners do not understand The English Tongue. Your Petitioners therefore most humbly Desire that they may hold a Congregation in or near ye said City for Divine Worship wherein They may use ye french Translation of ye Liturgy of the Church of England and have the Sacrament administred to them in ye French Tongue but according to ye Rites and Ceremonies of ye Church of England and that Some Convenient Place may be assigned to Them for that Purpose. And your Petitioners Shall pray, etc. etc. Here's the second one. The page referred to as "on ye Left Side" is the one I quoted above. Canterbury the 12th Octobre 1709 A true Copy of ye Declaration of ye above Date, annexed to ye Request Copyed on ye Left Side. Wee whose names are subscribed do hereby Declare our unfeigned Assent and Consent to all and every thing contained and proscribed in and by the Book entitled ye Book of Common Prayer and Administration of ye Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of The Church, according to ye use of ye Church of England. And More particularly Wee profess and Declare that We do believe in God the Father and in Jesus Christ his Eternal Son ye true God And in ye Holy Spirit one God blessed for evermore, and do Acknowledge the Holy Scripture of ye old and New Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration. Abraham DE LA NEUVEMAISON Abraham DIDIER John CHERPENTIER Abraham MACCARÉ John DE CLEVE Piere CAILLE Daniel BORÉ Jacques MARQUILLETT Isaac FROUMY Jean GODIERE Pierre DUCAINE Francois DE LA CROY Jean BLANCHAR Samuell MALIVOIRE Francois POITEVYN Jacob DESRÉ Gabriel PAIN Samuel HERONDAR Louis DE VEISINE Abraham LEVESQUE Pierre TOURTEAU Adam LE SADE Jean DE LON David CHARROSSIN Jean L'EPLUQUE Paschal LARDEAU Pierre BARRAIN James DU HAMEL Jean SEGUIN Jean DE MARLIER Guillaume LA TOURTE Abraham DESOMBRES André GENTIL Israel LOFFROY Jacob LOSSY Jacque VERINNE Zacharie HELLEBRET Marie COLLETT Isaac DESOMBRES Jane ARNEAUD Isaac TEVELIN Susanne DE MACON-MONVAL Francois BERLOUIN Anne DE MACON DU BOISSE André THEBEAU Anne HERAULT Pierre DESRÉ Anne DE BOULEDE Nicholas HEDOUË La veuve LE LEU Louis GROSLEAU Jeane TOURTEAU Isaac AUBRY Susanne LE LEU Jean LOSTE Marie LE CLERCK Gaspar LAURON Susanne BUQUETT Pierre MARTIN Louise BERLOUIN That's all for the next couple of days, folks, because I'll be away for the weekend. So you're on your own. When the cat's away..........<g>. Andrea END