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The provided passages indicate that a historian might dedicate entire sections to "Church-Government and Worship," "Gleanings from Wills," and "Old Registers of Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths" in a study of exiles because these records contain "particulars, dates, family names, and quotations" [3]. Such granular records offer an "authentic sketch" of foreign Protestant congregations and can yield "profitable matter" [3].
These records could provide unique insights into the refugees' daily lives, cultural adaptation, and long-term societal impact by offering details that a broader narrative might miss. For instance, church registers like those from Southampton, Canterbury, Norwich, and London (Threadneedle Street) provide specific dates and names, allowing for a glimpse into individual refugee movements and settlements [2]. Gleanings from wills and registers of births, marriages, and deaths would offer concrete data on family structures, social connections, and the passage of generations within the refugee community [3]. However, the passages do not explicitly detail *how* these specific insights are gained, only that the records are the source of such detailed information.
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n the Reigns of Edward VI. and Elizabeth. Section III – The Hospitality of James I. Section IV – The Times of Charles I. and Cromwell, and the Restoration of Charles II. Section V – Church-Government and Worship. Section VI – Naturalization to 1680, with Lists of Names. Section VII – Notes Gleaned from Old Registers of Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths. Section VIII – Gleanings from Wills. Book First. – Refugees between 1560-1680. edit Chapter I – Refugees of Earlier Date than the St. Bartholomew Massacre. Chapter II – Eminent Descendants of the Earliest Refugees. Chapter III – Celebrated…
raphy at the earlier date are non-existent, at least when the theme is limited to persons whose destination was England. We cannot single out any remarkable sufferers and pourtray their sufferings in their native Flanders, and then proceed to exhibit them in England as refugees and citizens of an adopted country, whose lives have survived in the memories of their new fellow-countrymen. The registers of their churches for the earliest dates have not survived, excepting Southampton, where the refugees obtained from Edward VI., and afterwards from Elizabeth, a chapel (originally dedicated to St.…
← Historical Introduction - section VIII Protestant Exiles from France by David Carnegie Andrew Agnew Book first - Title page Book First - Chapter 1 → 2628922 Protestant Exiles from France — Book first - Title page David Carnegie Andrew Agnew Layout 2 BOOK FIRST. REFUGEES BETWEEN 1560 AND 1680. Edinburgh Review , vol. 99, page 455:— “The refugees who settled in England waited long for a history of their fortunes, but they at length found a chronicler in Mr Southerden Burn, who having been appointed in 1843 secretary to the commission for collecting the non-parochial registers of baptisms,…
William Wood, Esq. Section XI – Mr. Charles Wood. Section XII – Captain Breval. Section XIII – Smart Lethieullier, Esq. Section XIV – Anthony Lefroy, Esq. Section XV – James Six, Esq., F.R.S. Section XVI – James Six, M.A. Section XVII – Christopher Edward Lefroy, M.A., Retired Colonial Judge. Section XVIII – The Messieurs Le Keux. Section XIX – Rev. Henry Bellenden Bulteel, M.A. Section XX – John Chalk Claris, Esq. Chapter XIV – Additional Enquiries concerning Scotland. Chapter XV – Genealogical and Biographical Fragments. Agace, Hersent, and Mancke ; Bar, Foulcaut, and Sarrazin ; Barbon ;…
ates other interesting facts. Their gentlemen had gone over to France in the hope of being repossessed of their estates. The able-bodied men had joined King Henry’s army, and their travelling expenses had been paid, their wives and children being left to the charity of the church. The congregation had also been always ready to make collections for their brethren in other places, and had responded to such appeals from Montpellier, Norwich, Antwerp, Ostend, Wesel, Geneva, &c. Having failed to put down refugee retailers by Act of Parliament, some Londoners attempted to gain this end by threats…
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- Imagine you need to explain Agnew's book to a peer using only the title and table of contents. What is the book's core historical argument or central question, and what specific types of evidence does it promise to use to support it?
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- Considering the book is a "Third Edition, Remodelled and Greatly Enlarged," which chapters or sections in the table of contents appear most likely to have been expanded or re-evaluated from earlier editions, and what historical developments or new research might have necessitated such changes?