The England’s Immigrants Project Teacher Scholar Scheme 2016

Lesson 2

The BIG Question:How do we know who lived in the

Fifteenth Century?

Today’s Question:How do we know what we know?

What did you find out?

How do we know what we know?

After spending some time on the data base…

1.What did you find about either Nicolas Jone (de Boleyn) or Luket Nantron

2.Who else did you find out about? Why you think they’re interesting.

www.englandsimmigrants.com

How do we know what we know?

Obviously the database is not medieval but the data is.

Task:

1.If they did not have computers how did they get the data?

2.Why?

The Database itself says…“ The information within this database has been drawn from a variety of published and un-published records – taxation assessments, letters of denization and protection, and a variety of other licences and grants – and offers a valuable resource for anyone interested in the origins, destinations, occupations and identities of the people who chose to make England their home during this turbulent period.”

How do we know what we know?

What can you see?

What is it made from?

What do they say?

How do we know what we know?

Why was there an alien subsidy in 1440?Task:

Read the information sheet and answer the following questions:

1.Who was king

2.What else was going on in 1440?

3.Why 1440?

Challenge: What information would you expect to be collected as part of this? What might we have in the records?

The value of the subsidies to historans

• Monarchs in the 15th century wanted the subsidies to raise money

• But the subsidies and other taxes and documents contained another treasure – information

• We can piece together scraps and tell important and interesting stories…

What story can we tell?

How do tell the story of immigration in the Fifteenth

Century?

The story of the Alien Subsidy itself?

The story of individuals/

an individual?

The story of Fifteenth century

immigration?

The story of a particular

place?

Choose one of these stories, or another story of your own. Search the database and see what kind of story you can tell.

Tell your story in a 2 minute presentation.