Record revealed
List of immigrant Londoners from 1483
This 15th-century list of ‘alien’ residents, gathered for tax purposes, gives us a remarkable insight into London’s medieval immigrant population.
Series
Aliens Office and Home Office: Aliens' Entry Books
Catalogue reference: HO 5
What's it about?
HO 5
Out-letters of the Home Office and the Aliens Office relating to aliens and naturalization, Aliens Office accounts, registers of applications for denization, naturalization and exemptions, and indexes to the certificates of arrivals. Electronic...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Aliens Office and Home Office: Aliens' Entry Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1794-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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Out-letters of the Home Office and the Aliens Office relating to aliens and naturalization, Aliens Office accounts, registers of applications for denization, naturalization and exemptions, and indexes to the certificates of arrivals.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Home Office, Aliens Department (B Department), 1913-1962
- Home Office, Aliens Office, 1793-1836
- Home Office, Department S, 1904-1913
- Home Office, Domestic Department, 1782-1913
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 142 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Nationality
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8869/
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