2026 marks the four hundredth anniversary of the drainage of the Fens by the Dutchman, Cornelius Vermuyden: In this blog, our Hon Editor, Dr Vivienne Larminie, examines the hostility and challenges faced by Vermuyden's skilled workforce: Protestant migrants imported from the Low Countries for his Axholme project....

In her latest blog for the Society, Hon. Editor Dr Vivienne Larminie examines the plurality of Protestant belief and variety of practice in early modern England, and unravels the threads that ultimately bound many Huguenots of the Refuge to the Church of England....

Following a previous blog on a mid-seventeenth century Southwark MP of immigrant stock, we look at how Protestant 'strangers' were viewed in Parliament during that period. While some incomers could be perceived as a threat to vested interests or to the peace of the realm, others might be welcomed and given assistance. The parliamentary Journals yield a variety of interesting insights....