[294] The following numbers show the proportion of the Netherlanders to the French: in 1567, 3838 Flemish to 512 French; in 1586, 5225 to 1119.
[295] Huguenot Soc. Pub. i., 1887-88; O. J. W. Moens, The Walloons and their Church at Norwich, ch. ix.
[296] W. Besant, London in the Time of the Tudors, London, 1904, pp. 80, 200, 203. The population of London is taken as about 120,000.
[297] Hug. Soc. Pub. x., 1900-1908, 4 parts.
[298] Hug. Soc. Pub. viii., 1893: Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalisation for Aliens in England, 1509-1603, ed. W. Page.
[299] Naturalization by Act of Parliament, which gave additional rights, such as that of succession to and bequeathment of real property, was in general of more advantage to Englishmen born abroad than to foreigners.
[300] On the French churches in England, see F. de Schickler, Les Églises du refuge en Angleterre, 3 tom., Paris, 1892.
[301] The first ministers appointed to the French church were François Pérussel, dit la Rivière, and Richard Vauville. Perlin visited the French church: "La prechoit un nommé maistre Françoys homme blond, et un autre nommé maistre Richard, homme ayant barbe noire" (Description des royaulmes d'Angleterre et d'Escosse, Paris, 1558, p. 11). Perlin was one of the few Frenchmen who came to England at this time.
[302] Op. cit. p. 11. Perlin also says that the English tried several times to set fire to the French church.
[303] See accounts in Rye, England as seen by Foreigners.