Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- The wards of medieval London
- The parishes and districts of medieval Cologne
- Anglo-Cologne family genealogies
- Introduction
- Part I The historical background: Anglo-German commercial foundations and the city of Cologne
- Part II Anglo-Cologne family, property, and inheritance ties
- Chapter 4 The formation of individual and family identity in medieval Cologne: property and surnames
- Chapter 5 Anglicus in Colonia: the social, economic, and legal status of the English in Cologne during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
- Chapter 6 Cologne families with English connections: the Zudendorps
- Chapter 7 Cologners in England
- Part III Anglo-German religious and cultural life
- Conclusion: A reappraisal of the Anglo-German nexus
- Appendix: The archbishops of Cologne
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth series
Chapter 7 - Cologners in England
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- The wards of medieval London
- The parishes and districts of medieval Cologne
- Anglo-Cologne family genealogies
- Introduction
- Part I The historical background: Anglo-German commercial foundations and the city of Cologne
- Part II Anglo-Cologne family, property, and inheritance ties
- Chapter 4 The formation of individual and family identity in medieval Cologne: property and surnames
- Chapter 5 Anglicus in Colonia: the social, economic, and legal status of the English in Cologne during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
- Chapter 6 Cologne families with English connections: the Zudendorps
- Chapter 7 Cologners in England
- Part III Anglo-German religious and cultural life
- Conclusion: A reappraisal of the Anglo-German nexus
- Appendix: The archbishops of Cologne
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth series
Summary
Thus far we have seen considerable material on Anglo-Cologne social relations within the city of Cologne as well as on the diplomatic and commercial relations with England maintained by Cologne families. We have yet, however, to consider the other half of this equation: those activities of Cologne merchants and expatriates dwelling in England. Accounts of their affairs appear throughout English royal and municipal records and therefore we can complement the history of the English in Cologne with a similar study of Cologners in England. Unfortunately nothing as specific for our purposes as the Cologne Schreinsurkunden survives in England, so we must piece together the evidence scattered among the numerous surviving record collections. We can, though, characterize the wide variety of activities that Cologners pursued throughout England, and even reconstruct the careers of a few notable expatriates who achieved influential positions in the English realm.
The main business of most Cologners in England was trade. Here we shall put a human face on the statistical story of interregional commerce by discussing specific individuals who carried on this trade. Cologners could be found in every region of eastern England, from the cities of London, York, Boston, King's Lynn, Norwich, Yarmouth, Sandwich, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Lincoln, and Stamford, to the lands of Suffolk, Huntingdonshire, and elsewhere. As early as 1176-7 a merchant of Cologne named Berengar appears in Lincolnshire.
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- Family, Commerce, and Religion in London and CologneAnglo-German Emigrants, c.1000–c.1300, pp. 162 - 196Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998