Black Tudors: Three Untold Stories

Dr Kaufmann tells the intriguing tales of three Africans living in Tudor England: a diver, a Moroccan woman and a porter. A lecture by Dr Miranda Kaufmann, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London 17 October 2019 6PM BST Dr Kaufmann tells the intriguing tales of three Africans living in Tudor England Jacques Francis, a diver employed by Henry VIII to recover guns from the wreck of the Mary Rose; Mary Fillis, a Moroccan woman baptized in Elizabethan London; and Edward Swarthye, a porter who whipped a fellow servant at their master s Gloucestershire manor house. Their stories illuminate key issues: how did they come to England What were their lives like How were they treated by the church and the law Most importantly: were they free