(Christopher), a learned counsellor, and secretary to the French king, was born at Paris in 1630, and applied himself to the study of ecclesiastical history. He maintained a correspondence with the most learned men of his time, as archbishop Usher, Sir Henry Spelman, Blondel, &c. till his death, which happened in 1649. He wrote, 1. The code of the canons of the church universal, and the councils of Africa, with notes. 2. A genealogical history of the house of Auvergne. And, 3. Collections of Greek and Latin canons, from several manuscripts, which formed the Bibliotheca juris canonici veteris, published in 2 vols folio, by William Voet and our author's son.

(Henry), son of the foregoing, was born at Paris in 1620. He became secretary and counsellor to the king; and was as distinguished for his own learning as remarkable for encouraging it in others. He came to London in 1681, on the persecution of the Protestants; and was made keeper of the royal library at St James's: which office he held till his death in 1693, when he was succeeded by the famous Dr Bentley. He wrote several books, the titles of which may be seen in the catalogue of the Bodleian library.