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

William Colles [62796]

Surname: Colles
Forename: William
Gender: Male
Place of Residence: Cranborne, Cranborne hundred, Dorset
Place of Origin: [Guernsey] [modern: Channel Islands]
Origin: Nationality: Guernseyman [Channel Islander]
Assessed Wealth: 20s
Tax Payable: 12d
Original Document: E 179/103/121, rot. 2 (tax assessment, 6 January 1525)
Notes: Taxed in the borough of Cranborne. The assessment seems confused. His wealth is given just as '20', and payment as 12d, when other goods assessments were (contrary to the act) being made at 4d for natives and 8d for aliens. However, presumably Channel Islanders should not have been charged as aliens?
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