The historiographer Livy and the lexicographer Festus also repeatedly mention the old Latin towns. There James I appointed him historiographer royal. Filipino religious historiographer Miguel A. Bernad mistakenly identified Amoretti as curator of the library. In 1848, Bishop William Paul Quinn named Payne as the historiographer of the AME Church. Louis XIII made him a historiographer of France and a councilor of state in 1619. According to historiographer Gheorghe G. Bezviconi, Nour died in 1940. Lari Azad identifies himself as an Indologist and historiographer in his work. The legend was first scrutinised by historiographer Sir William Foster. He held the office of English Historiographer Royal from 1692 to 1714. There is no ground for the old theory that he was an official historiographer. In 1677 Pufendorf was called to Stockholm as Historiographer Royal. He also claimed to be Jacobite Historiographer Royal of the Royal House of Stewart. He was succeeded as historiographer in Berlin by Charles Ancillon.