Canterbury Case study 1500-1700 WALOONS

Question 1

Flemish & Walloons were……..migrants fleeing religious persecution by
Phillip II and arrived with the approval of our Elizabeth I

Answer 1

PROTESTANT

Question 2

Flemish & Walloons migrants were invited by authorities in Sandwich &
………….to help their declining towns grow

Answer 2

Canterbury

Question 3

Trade grew. More ships started to come to Sandwich and in Canterbury
there were soon over…looms and about 1/3 of Canterbury were migrants what number?

Answer 3

800

3,000 people

Question 4

In Canterbury, Walloons developed new trades like diamond cutting &
…that had not existed there before .So there was less jealousy about ‘taking

Answer 4

dyeing cloth

Question 5

In Canterbury, migrants had to prove their business would not compete with exiting ones.Their
own 12 ‘……..’ checked they were fleeing persecution. They worked closely with the authorities

Answer 5

elders

Question 6

The ……….. in Canterbury were welcomed & accepted. Helped prepare city defences against feared
Spanish Armada attack in 1588By late 1600s there over ……looms employing several thousand

Answer 6

Walloons

1000 looms

Question 7

In Canterbury the authorities gave them .. empty homes
& old …. as centre

Answer 7

100 and monastery

Question 8

Why was Canterbury in decline before the Walloons came

Answer 8

Canterbury had been a major place for pilgrims to visit the shrine
of a murdered archbishop- St. Thomas Becket.

The reformation put an end to Catholic practices of shrines to
saints & his was destroyed. Homes for visitors stood empty.