England’s Immigrants 1330 – 1550 Resident Aliens in the Late Middle Ages

Joyce Hals [13021]

Surname: Hals
Forename: Joyce
Gender: Male
Place of Residence: London
Place of Origin: s'Hertogenbosch (Hertobusse), Brabant [modern: Netherlands]
Origin: Nationality: [Brabanter]
Original Document: CPR 1429-36, p. 552 (oath of fealty, 18 April 1436)
Notes: From the various references to this name (with variant spellings) it seems likely that the records refer to two individuals, possibly a son named after the father - Joyce Hals senior appears taking an oath of fealty in 1436 and is assessed for the 1441 alien subsidy where he is noted as being deceased before the tax's collection; and Joyce Hals junior appears in the 1444 alien subsidy, acquires a letter of denization in 1447, and is assessed for the alien subsidies of the 1450s-60s before being noted as deceased in 1464.
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