| Description | Volume contains:
'Bourgeoisie' (patent of citizenship) of Geneva, granted to Claude Lagier, 'dit de La Motte', 11 December 1694.
Entries by John Lagier La Motte, senior, recording his marriage in London to Louise, daughter of Captain James d'Albiac, in February 1734/5; the births of his twelve children, 1736-1749 (with names of godparents), and the deaths of five; also the marriage in 1756 of his eldest daughter Louise to Benjamin Franois Houssemayne Duboulay (minister of the French Church of Threadneedle Street in London from 1761, died 1765) and particulars of their five children. Another hand, possibly John Lamotte senior's son, has added notes on the death of John Lamotte senior and his wife (both 1792) and their daughter Catherine (1797).
A note dated 1879 by 'T', apparently Charles Stuart Aubrey, 3rd Lord Tenterden, on the La Motte family and his descent from it.
Synopses of the wills of John Abbott (died 1785), Charles Abbott, Lord Tenterden (died 1832), John Lagier Lamotte (died 1811) and Mary Lamotte, widow. |
| AdminHistory | The Lagier Lamotte family originated in La Motte Chalançon in Dauphiné. Claude Lagier, called La Motte, was admitted as a citizen of Geneva on 11 December 1694. The records relate to him, his son Jean or John Lagier Lamotte (naturalized in England 1733) and his grandson of the same name. The latter's daughter Mary La Motte married in 1795 Charles Abbott, who became Lord Chief Justice and was in 1827 created the first Baron Tenterden. |
| CustodialHistory | The records were evidently inherited by the third Lord Tenterden (1834-1882), who was Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. They were acquired later by I I Howard, Maltravers Herald, whose name is on the fly-leaf. |