This document discusses life in 15th century England. Students are asked to learn about three people who lived during this time period: Luket Nantron, Nicolas Jone, and Gervase le Vulre. Working in groups, students will research one of these individuals and create a quick sketch to present to the class. The document emphasizes understanding historical sources of information and considering other ways these stories from the past may be known. For homework, students are asked to further research these three people or others using the provided database and explain what they find or why certain individuals have limited information.

1. The England’s Immigrants Project
Teacher Scholar Scheme 2016
How can we get people from the 15th
century to tell us about their lives?
Lesson 1

2. Today’s Question:
Who lived in the Fifteenth Century?

3. England in the 15th
century

4. England in the 15th
century
• For much of this period England was at war with France or
there was internal warfare between different factions as well
• England’s economy was developing, especially in the main
cities like London, Norwich, Bristol, York
• But wars are expensive and this meant taxes. And taxes are
unpopular…

5. Luket NantronNicolas Jone
Let’s look at 3 people who lived in the
Fifteenth Century
Task:
•In groups you will have 5 min look at the story of one of the
above.
•You will then have 10 min to prepare a quick sketch to show
the class the story of your person.
Task:
•In groups you will have 5 min look at the story of one of the
above.
•You will then have 10 min to prepare a quick sketch to show
the class the story of your person.
Gervase le Vulre

6. How do we know what we know?
Who lived in the
Fifteenth Century?
Who lived in the
Fifteenth Century?
Do we only know about two or three people?
Task:
Go back through your story:
1.What are the sources of information used?
2.Any other ways that we might know these stories?
Task:
Go back through your story:
1.What are the sources of information used?
2.Any other ways that we might know these stories?

7. www.englandsimmigrants.com
Who lived in the
Fifteenth Century?
Who lived in the
Fifteenth Century?

8. Homework
Spend some time on the database.
1.Find either Nicolas Jone (AKA Nicholas de Boleyn), Gervase le
Vulre or Luket Nantron – what evidence does the data base give
us of these two people? If none, why might this be?
2.Find out about one more person and explain why you think
they’re interesting.