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Migrants in Britain, c800–present

The experience and impact of migrants, c1500–c1700

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Overview

Stranger churches, why Protestant refugees were welcomed, craftsmen's resentment, Evil May Day, town restrictions, the orders of 1596 and 1601, the New Draperies and other industries, Fen drainage, Vermuyden, trade and culture.

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What did a stranger church allow a migrant community to do?

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What happened on Evil May Day in 1517?

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What orders did Elizabeth I’s government issue in 1596 and 1601 about Africans in England?

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  1. 1

    What did a stranger church allow a migrant community to do?

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    Worship in its own language under its own ministers, which held the community together and satisfied the authorities that it was Protestant.

  2. 2

    Why did the authorities generally welcome Protestant refugees?

    Model answer

    They were fellow Protestants fleeing Catholic persecution, and they brought skills, trade and taxes with them.

  3. 3

    Why did some English craftsmen resent the newcomers?

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    They believed the migrants took their custom, undercut prices and kept their skills to themselves outside the guilds.

  4. 4

    What happened on Evil May Day in 1517?

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    Apprentices and workers rioted in London against foreign merchants and craftsmen, attacking their houses and workshops.

  5. 5

    What restrictions did town governments place on migrant workers?

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    Limits on how many households could settle, on the goods they could sell locally and on the number of English apprentices they could take.

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    What orders did Elizabeth I’s government issue in 1596 and 1601 about Africans in England?

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    Orders for their removal from the country, which appear to have had little practical effect.

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AThe huge loss of life left England short of workers.
BForeign craftsmen and labourers were wanted.
CCompetition for work also bred resentment.

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