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From: Sara Haw <>
Subject: Re: [HWE] Incomplete knowledge
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:36:06 +0000


Hi Shane

Yes, I've found records of skilled foreign Protestants being invited to settle in Stamford at about that time as it was going through an economic depression (Stamford was half in Lincolnshire and half in Northamptonshire). They had their own Walloon Church.

Wasn't Northamptonshire also one of the parts of the country with a lot of weavers in the sixteenth century- rather like Norfolk and Suffolk?

Kind regards

Sara

Shane wrote:
>
> Would anyone venture to comment on the incompleteness of our Huguenots/Walloon knowledge? I
> get the impression there is a lot we don't know. From my own experience researching my family
> name, I can tell you there are quite a few TARRYs from Northamptonshire who believe their
> ancestors were French shoemakers. As far as I can tell, the dates go back to the 1560s. I've never
> read anything regarding French/Dutch protestants in that area.
>
> Shane
>
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