Chart showing the recorded place of origin of immigrants to England in the period 1330-1550: https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/search/chart/bar?chartFacet=originRegionCombined.untouched …pic.twitter.com/oMUFdNtrTY
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Blaak Margaret, an immigrant living in Boston in 1440; no details on her origins, but thought to be a brothel-keeper https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/person/9631
Also ‘Gode for Eve’, ‘Long Grete’ & ‘Flemish Lysbet’, all from 15thC Boston; see further https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/page/sources/alien-subsidies/the-east-midlands/lincolnshire … & http://www.historischeskolleg.de/fileadmin/pdf/kolloquien_pdf/Kolloquien41.pdf …
By 1276, Gascon wine merchants resident in Boston & 351 names of immigrants living there recorded from 1330–1550 eg. https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/person/6775 pic.twitter.com/9VoLb50n9M
Elaborate 15thC brick vaulting by the windows in the private chamber of Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire.pic.twitter.com/N4nTHAvom3
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The Dutch version of "Baldwin" is "Boudewijn", by the way. :). Though Baldwin sounds MUCH cooler.
Hah! :D And, of course, a name with a very long pedigree in your area of the world
Oh yeah, and it's still relatively popular these days. :).
Yes, just googling & I see still in use as a royal name too! I did not know this, thanks! :)
National Trust :)
#brickmakers #techies of their day and age!
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