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

Joan Rewe [25474]

Surname: Rewe
Forename: Joan
Gender: Female
Place of Origin: Friedberg (Monte Pacifico), 'Germany' (Almain) [modern: Germany]
Origin: Nationality: [German]
Original Document: L&P Hen. VIII, i (1), no. 1083 (28-9) (letters of denization, 16 February 1512)
Notes: Her husband is noted as having been a scholar at Oxford and Cambridge, and that he and his wife 'think they could better their living if they were denizens'. The Archbishop of Canterbury is ordered to deliver the letters patent. 'Monte Pacifico' is identified in the L&P index as Friedberg. Uncertain, but plausible. (The original is likely to be in C66/617, m. 11 along with the following record in the L&P)
Biographical Notes: No Notes

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