How do we know so much about the England's immigrant population from the

period 1330-1550?

What can we tell about

this document

just by looking at it?

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https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/page/sources/alien-subsidies TNA Ref: E179-155-94

Now you are the teacher! Tell us about these documents …

Letter of denization Alien subsidies

Investigating the documents

Paired task:You are going to explain to another pair of

students these points about your document:1.The name of the document.2.Its purpose3.Ideas about what this tells about the lives of

immigrants at this time

Making inferences

1.What do the tax assessment AND the letters of denization documents tell us about the lives of immigrants at this time?

2.What do they reveal about the relationship between the government and the immigrants and how the migrants view themselves?

Ideas bankTargeted for an extra taxFear and mistrust at times of warWealthier paid moreRightsLoyaltyOathsFriends Ways to avoid paying the tax

Reflection time

‘Absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence’

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the database you have been exploring?

How do we know so much about the England's immigrant population from the period 1330-1550?

Learning Objectives:• To examine an example of an original document.• To discover the purpose of two types of document

used to create the database.• To make inferences about what they tell us about the

lives of immigrants to England at this time.

Key terms:Taxation

Denization