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© Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service, pattern books in Bridewell Museum collection
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The Elizabethan Strangers |
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In 1565, 30 households, totalling almost 300 people, journeyed from the Low Countries to Norwich seeking refuge from religious persecution. They were the first of the "Elizabethan Strangers".
By 1620 there were 4,000 Dutch and Walloons - people of Gaulish origin from the south-eastern provinces of Belgium - resident in Norwich, and their presence helped to revive the city's flagging textile industry. Their experience shows how attitudes and policies towards "Strangers" were constantly evolving in Elizabethan England, as the number of immigrants seeking refuge in the country increased.
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1 Peter Blois from Norwich - 6 January 2004
"I've carried out a lot of research over the years Ida. Strangely I haven't come across significant Huguenot ancestry.
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2 Ida M. Jacob from New Zealand - 4 December 2003
"My family name is Bloy and I am researching the family tree which led me to Norfolk where there are many Bloys, Blois,Blows from refugees from Blois in France who came to Britain with the Hugeunots.
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"I am keen to learn more and would welcome suggestions.
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"I know my forebears came over from Blois and settled in Norfolk using the name Blois in 1769.
Thereafter records show them as Bloy, Bloye and Blois mostly working as farm labourers so I doubt if there would be any possible legacies - apart from sturdy healthy genes ... untold wealth these days!
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"If anyone had any information it would be greatly appreciated."
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