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French Protestants, many of whom fled religious persecution and settled in England.

The Huguenots were French Protestants. In 1685, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, removing religious toleration in France. Tens of thousands of Huguenots settled in England during the 1680s.

French Protestants, some of whom migrated to England to escape religious persecution.

French Protestants, many of whom left France to escape religious persecution.

French Protestants, who fought against Catholic opponents in the French Wars of Religion.

French Protestants, many of whom fled religious persecution and settled abroad.

Huguenots were French Protestants who faced religious persecution, including attempts to force them to convert to Catholicism. Around 50,000 Huguenot refugees made Britain their home between 1685 and 1725. This is a figure for Britain as a whole, not just the East End.

French Protestants, many of whom settled outside France as refugees; Huguenot communities in Spitalfields included silk merchants and weavers.

French Protestants, many of whom fled religious persecution and settled abroad, including in Britain.

French Protestants, many of whom fled religious persecution and settled in England, including in Spitalfields.

French Protestants, some of whom fled religious persecution and settled in Britain.

French Protestants whose communities included migrants who settled in Britain.

Keep the groups and places distinct: Flemish migrants in Sandwich, Walloons in Canterbury and Huguenots in Spitalfields.

Keep the geographical scale clear: the approximately 50,000 Huguenot arrivals between 1685 and 1725 were arrivals in Britain, not all in Spitalfields. The 150,000 Jewish arrivals between 1880 and 1914 were also a UK total.