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

John Frensheman [64577]

Surname: Frensheman [Frenchman]
Forename: John
Gender: Male
Place of Residence: Hinton St George, Crewkerne hundred, Somerset
Place of Origin: [France]
Origin: Nationality: [French]
Occupation(s): servant to Sir Amyas Paulet
Wealth Type: Poll Tax
Tax Payable: 8d
Original Document: E 179/169/145, m. 7 (tax assessment, 9 February 1525)
Notes: Paulet appears at the head of the list for Hinton St George, taxed on a landed income of over £271 (the rest is illegible). John's wage of 'nil' is written over an erasure, suggesting that his actual wage was so low that he would not have paid more than the 8d poll tax.
Biographical Notes: No Notes
Relationships: No Relationships

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