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

Michael Culper [61680]

Surname: Culper
Forename: Michael
Gender: Male
Place of Origin: Ardres (Arde), [Picardy] [modern: France]
Origin: Nationality: [Picard]
Prior Residence in England: 32 years
Original Document: WAM 12261, m. 26 (letters of denization, 1 July 1544)
Notes: Described as 'brought up with Master Gage, comptroller of the king's majesty's household of a boy of eight years old and has continued daily in house with him by the space of 32 years'. Born in 'Arde'; Ardres next to Calais seems the most likely identification, but this is far from certain.
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