Women (and Men) on the Move: Scots in the English North c. 1440

Alien subsidies suggest that many men and few women immigrated to England between 1440 and 1487. This article examines the one exception to this pattern: the large numbers of Scotswomen assessed as aliens in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Northumberland in 1440. It considers why so many women are foun...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Journal of British studies 2018-01, Vol.57 (1), p.1-28
Main Author: Bennett, Judith M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
15th century
Archives & records
Females
Immigrants
Mobility
Noncitizens
Subsidies
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Alien subsidies suggest that many men and few women immigrated to England between 1440 and 1487. This article examines the one exception to this pattern: the large numbers of Scotswomen assessed as aliens in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Northumberland in 1440. It considers why so many women are found in these particular returns, what we can know about them, and how this knowledge might change our histories of women, labor, and mobility in both Scotland and England.
ISSN:0021-9371
1545-6986
DOI:10.1017/jbr.2017.178