The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

80 RISE AND PROGRESS OF HUGUENOTS.
introd. established, of which those at Saumur, Mon-
^^42tauban,
and Sedan were the most important.
Deatnsot Richelieu died December 4, 1642, and was
^''and*'' succeeded by Mazarin. In about five months
Louis afterwards, May 14, 1643, Louis XIII. died,
LouVa ^^^ ^^^ ^^^' when his minority was passed,
xiv, was crowned, Louis XIV. His mother, Anne
^^^^- of Austria, was Queen Regent for eight years.
^ '^^'
The same rights and privileges were granted
the Huguenots under this new regimen, but as
usual were disregarded. Having
lost their
political influence, they suffered a general loss
of nobles, who went to the Roman church.
From the Edict of Toleration in 1598 to
1659, the Reformed held fifteen meetings of
Meetings their National Synod, with Presidents as
Sym)a. follows: At Montpellier, March, 1598, Pastor
Berault; at Gergeau, May, 1601, Monsieur
Pacard; at Gap, October, 1603, Daniel
Chamier; at La Rochelle, March, 1607, Monsieur
Beraut; at St. Maxaut, May, 1609, Monsieur
Merlin; at Privos, May, 1612, Daniel
Chamier; at Vitre, Ma}^, 1617, Andrew Revit;
at Alez, October, 1620; at Charenton, September,
1623, Monsieur Durant; at Castres,
September, 1626; at Charenton, September,
1631, Metrezat, Pastor of Paris; at Alancon,
May, 1637, Benjamin Basnage; at Charenton,
December, 1644, Pastor Dulincourt, of Paris;
i659- and after an interval of fourteen years, the
Synod, twenty-uiuth and the last National Synod was
held at Loudon, November, 1659, Pastor
Daille, President.
Mazarin, who permitted the holding of the
last S3mod, intended that it should be the last.
Spirit of The spirit of that Synod was such as should
Syn^od. ^©come the last sessions of the highest judicatory
of the Reformed French Church.