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1630 : Francis de le Pluke and Ellen Barnes - a Licence to Marry

 

Source:  Printed
Title:  Canterbury Marriage Licences. Second Series 1619-1660. Edited by Joseph Meadows Cowper, 1894, Canterbury, 1640
Date:  13 January 1630
Place:  Canterbury

De Le Pluke, Francis, of S. Alphage, Cant., silkweaver, ba., about 20, whose mother consents, as is testified by Peter du Boys, s. p., silkweaver, and Ellen Barnes of the city of London, spr., about 28, at her own govt. At S. Alphage, Cant. Jan. 13, 1640.

Francis de le Pluke was probably a Huguenot (religious refugees from France). He was a silk weaver.
Huguenot silk weavers came over in large numbers, and many lived in Canterbury where there was a sizeable Huguenot settlement.

 

 

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