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Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys, Countess of Pomfret. 
By Rev. W. W. Martin, M.A. 
There has been presented, on March 21, 1907, by a member 
of the Field Club, to the Reference Library at the Guildhall, 
Bath, a large folio volume of engravings of one hundred 
Illustrious Men and Women, dated 1730. This collection of 
portraits, English and foreign, was made by the Countess of 
Pomfret, who was the only daughter of John, 2nd Baron 
Jeffreys of Wem, by Lady Charlotte Herbert, daughter of 
Philip, 7th Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, and thus was 
granddaughter and sole descendant of Lord Chief Justice 
Jeffreys, whose name will ever be held in execration by Somer- 
set men for the Bloody Assize, after the close of the Duke of 
Monmouth’s rebellion. Each print is inlaid in the volume with 
a biographical sketch of the character of the historical subject 
represented, in the beautiful caligraphy of the time, by the 
Countess’s own hand, and most of these are illuminated by 
coloured borders, painted in gold and colours by the writer. 
All the characters represented in the engravings belong to the 
17th Century, and some are scarce and engraved by renowned 
French artists. Thus by Nanteuil there are nine :— 
Pomponius de Bellievre (died 1657). 
Lewis Baileul, Marquis de Chateau Contier. 
Lewis Phelipeaux, Marquis de la Veilliere (died 1681). 
Michael Letellier (born 1603). 
Charles de Ja Port, Duc de Meillevaye. 
Frederick Maurice, Duke of Bouillon (died 1652). 
James, Marquis de Castelnau (born 1620). 
Henry de la Tour d’Auvergne, Viscount de Turenne. 
John Baptist Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay. 
By Hollar there are four :— 
Charles I., King of England. 
Inigo Jones. 
Sir Peter Paul Rubens. 
Peter Aretin. 
By Morin there are ten, all French nobles ; and by Mellan 
there are seven, French clergy, including Cardinal de 
Richelieu, and Louise Marie Gonzaga, Queen of Poland. 
Unfortunately the Countess of Pomfret in all the portraits of 
English celebrities has cut off the names of the engravers in 

