[7] This approximate date is furnished us by the death certificate of Lady Atkyns; but these certificates are known to have been for the most part very inaccurately made out, especially with regard to the date of birth, when they had reference to a foreigner dying at Paris. [8] Will of Robert Walpole of March 14, 1803, by which he bequeathed all his worldly goods to his wife, Blancy Walpole, and to his three daughters, Mary, Frances, and Charlotte. Inventory after death of the effects of Lady Atkyns.--_Unpublished Papers of Lady Atkyns._ [9] Genest: _History of the Stage_. [10] Genest: _History of the Stage_. “This musical entertainment was written for the sake of exhibiting a representation of the camp at Coxheath.... Miss Walpole, as a young recruit, went through her exercises adroitly.” [11] _The Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle_, by Sylvanus Urban, Gent., London, vol. xlix., for the year 1779, p. 326. [12] _Diaries of a Lady of Quality, from 1797 to 1814_, edited, with notes, by A. Hayward, Esq. London: Longman, Green & Co., 1864, pp. 216-219. [13] “Milady Charlotte, English, pensioner of France, twelve livres; for one servant in 1789, two livres; twelve livres, two servants for 1790, four livres.”--_Register of the Poll-tax of the Seven Parishes_, 1790. _Parish of St. André, Rue Princesse, No. 337_, p. 46. _Municipal Archives of Lille._ [14] “To-day, October 28, 1790, in the Assembly of the General Council of the town of Lille ... having heard the solicitor for the Commune, the Council proceeded to the continuation of the work of sur-taxation, and of taxation for the patriotic contribution.... After which, it proceeded to the taxation of those able to contribute, having an income of more than 400 livres, as follows:--Parish of St. André ... Rue Princesse, Milady Charlotte, because of her pension from the Royal Treasury ... 300 livres....”--_Register No. 1 of the Deliberations of the Corporation of Lille. Archives of Lille._ [15] “On the 20th March, 1791, I the undersigned, Curate of this Parish, baptized Antoine-Quentin Atkyns, born yesterday at 8 o’clock a.m., the illegitimate son of Edward, native of England, and of Geneviève Leglen, native of Lille; attested by M. Warocquier, junior, registered _accoucheur_; verified by Derousseaux, clerk. God parents: Antoine-Quentin Derobois, and Therése Cordier, the undersigned, Signed: “Derobois. Cordier, “F. Dutheil, Curate.” _Civil Registers. Parish of St. Catherine. Baptisms. Archives of Lille._