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The clock and churchtower of St Mary's Church, Rye. The town of Rye, Sussex had a small refugee population in the early 1560s. While not being in Kent, the Huguenot community at Rye interacted primarily with those in Kent, and a large number of Huguenots migrated to towns in Kent.
As a major Protestant nation, England patronized and helped protect Huguenots since at least the mid-1500s. Kent hosted the first congregation of Huguenots in England in around 1548. [99] During the reign of Mary I (1553–1558) they were expelled but, with the accession of Elizabeth I, returned to London in 1559 and Kent in 1561. [100]
Sandwich was a key town in the early history of the Huguenots in Kent. The town gained significantly from the skills brought to the town by many Flemish settlers, who were granted the right to settle by letters patent from Elizabeth I, dated 6 July 1561. [13]
The French Hospital in England by Tessa Murdoch and Randolph Vigne The French Hospital, near Old Street, Finsbury (oil on canvas, artist unknown, c. 1860). In his will proved on 2 December 1708, Jacques de Gastigny, who had been Master of the Hounds to King William III, left £1,000 to improve the pest-house to the north of Old Street in the parish of St Giles without Cripplegate and provide ...
The Church of the Crypt swiftly became the nucleus of the Huguenot community in Canterbury. By the 17th century, French-speaking Huguenots comprised two-fifths of Canterbury's population. The Huguenots had a large influence on the economy of Canterbury, and introduced silk weaving into the city which had outstripped wool weaving by 1676. [24]
Jacob des Bouverie (1659 – 1722), of Allhallows, Barking, London and Terlingham, near Folkestone, Kent, was an English Member of Parliament. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Hythe 1695 to 1700 and 1713 to 1722. The Bouverie family were Huguenots who had come over from Flanders. [1]
Pages in category "Huguenots" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 286 total. ... History of the Huguenots in Kent; Claudius Hollyband;
Key work: Memoirs of a Huguenot Family. [336] François Guizot (1787–1874), French historian, statesman. Key work: History of France. [337] Auguste Himly (1823–1906), French historian and geographer. [338] Francis Labilliere (1840–1895), Australian historian and imperialist, son of Huguenot-descended Charles Edgar de Labilliere. He was ...