Yes
1598 Edict of Nantes gave protestants right of worship
1681 persecution of catholics began
1685 E. of Nantes revoked by Edict of Fontainebleau


paul courtney
leicester
UK

For other Paul (Matchen) I have visited Sedan and surrounding area - 
very interesting region for industrial (iron and textiles) and military 
archaeology


Carl Steen wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 8/15/2007 8:54:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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> I know  from our family research that Huguenots fleeing from France(some
> of my  ancestors were from Sedan) after Louis the XIV issued the Edict  of
> Fontainebleau (1685), which made Protestantism illegal, stopped over  in
> Brussels before taking refuge in England and Ireland.  My  ancestors
> resided in London for a time before traveling and staying briefly  in
> Amsterdam on their way to Virginia in the 1690s.
>
> Paul M. Matchen,  M.A., R.P.A.
>
>
>
> Is the edict of Fountainbleu the name used for the revocation of the (1598)  
> Edict of Nantes? The latter is the explanation used in SC for the Huguenot  
> diaspora... Carl Steen
>
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