There are two separate collections for this family in the Library.
The first collection consists mainly of the papers of the Reverend Israel Antoine Aufrí¨re (1667-1758), a minister the Savoy, one of the French Churches in London. He corresponded with many Huguenots, both in England and abroad. He is referred to in the entry for his son, George René Aufrí¨re, in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Reference: F.Af volumes 1-6
Date coverage: late C17th - mid-C18th
Geographical coverage: London, with correspondents abroad
Collection type: business, legal records, correspondence
Collection content: private correspondence on family, current and business matters
Size:
Related material: F.St Aufrí¨re (Stewart bequest)
Restrictions on use: None
The second collection was bequested by a descendent of the family, Charles Poyntz Stewart, in 1926, and consists of legal documents, particularly relating to wills. Stewart was a distinguished member of the Huguenot Society.
Reference: F.St 1-60
Date coverage: C17th - C18th
Geographical coverage: London, Amsterdam, Paris
Collection type: deeds, notes, wills
Collection content: evidential, genealogical, legal, testamentary
Size:
Related material: F.Af Aufrí¨re
Restrictions on access: None
Both collections are catalogued and described in: "Huguenot Manuscripts: a descriptive catalogue of the remaining manuscripts in the Huguenot Library", compiled by I. E. Gray, (Quarto Series vol. 56), London: Huguenot Society of London, 1983.
A descriptive list of F.Af is in: Turner, W. The Aufrí¨re papers calendar and selections, (Quarto Series vol. 40), London: Huguenot Society of London, 1940.
Further information for F.St is included in: "Huguenot Archives: a further catalogue of material held in the Huguenot Library", compiled by M. Harcourt Williams, (Quarto Series vol. 60), London: Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2008.
