There are two separate collections for this family in the Library.
The first collection consists mainly of the papers of the Reverend Israel Antoine Aufrère (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 Aufrère, in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Reference: F.Af volumes 1-6
Date coverage: late C17th - mid-C18th
Geographical coverage: London, with correspondants abroad
Collection type: business, legal records, correspondance
Collection content: private correspondance on family, current and business matters
Size:
Related material: F.St Aufrère (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 Aufrère
Restrictions on access: None
Both collections are catalogued and described in: Gray, I. E. Huguenot Manuscripts: a descriptive catalogue of the remaining manuscripts in the Huguenot Library, (Quarto Series vol. LVI), London: Huguenot Society of London, 1983.
A descriptive list of F.Af is in: Turner, W. The Aufrère papers calendar and selections, (Quarto Series vol. XL), London: Huguenot Society of London, 1940.
Additional information for F.St will be included in the Supplementary Catalogue of the Archive, currently in preparation. It will be volume LX of the Quarto Series of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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