His father, Pierre Drelincourt, fled from Protestant persecution in Caen and became secretary to Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon at Sedan, Ardennes.

[1] Drelincourt was the author of a large number of works in devotional and polemical theology, several of which had great influence.

His Catechism (Catéchisme ou instruction familière, 1652) and his The Christian's Defence against the Fears of Death (Consolations de l'âme fidèle contre les frayeurs de la mort, 1651) became well known in England by means of translations, which were very frequently reprinted.

It has been said that Daniel Defoe wrote his 1706 pamphlet of Mrs Veal ( A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs Veal), who came from the other world to recommend the perusal of Drelincourt on death, for the express purpose of promoting the sale of an English translation of the Consolations; Defoe's text is added to the fourth edition of the translation (1706).

Another popular work of Drelincourt was Les Visites charitables pour toutes sortes de personnes affligés (1669).