Kemp Migrational Timeline

800-1000 Northmen and Vikings invade "Germany", from the North, East and west DO substantial destruction all over Europe, Magyars from the East. While heathen Vikings destroyed the newly erected churches, christianized Scandinavians pledged allegiance to emperor and pope.

900-1100 AD Some Kempe/De Campis families immigrate to England and obtain lands in Norfolk and Kent counties

1300-1500 AD Witchcraft Trials - Between the 13th and 19th centuries, as many as one million individuals in Europe were executed for the crime of witchcraft. The majority of the trials and executions took place during the 16th and 17th centuries.

1348-1350? AD Black Death (Plague) hits England. Unknown number of Kempe's perish.

1350-1800+ AD Kempe/Kemp's spread and move into various counties such as: Kent; Norfolk; Cornwall; Leicester; Northamptonshire; Dorset.

1370-1440 AD Some Kempes move their families "back" to 'Danzig' area of "Germany".

1440 AD HANSE cities ELBING, DANTZIG,THORN formed the PREUSSISCHE BUND, Prussian Confederation to get free of the Pope.When the excesses of the catholic church became too unbearable and all the money collected from German lands went to Rome, people started uprisings. It took however until 1525 to have the first protestant state in Europe. The Archbishops did not want to loose the nice cash income from the selling of indulgence papers either.
The Hanseatic League included many ports across Europe, as distant as present day Poland. The merchants of these cities co-operated with recognition of each other and supporting each other in trade. King's Lynn's Hanseatic warehouse is a relic of and reminder of the richness of the trade at that time. It dates from the 15th century, with originally room for two parallel rows of warehouses on either side of a narrow court. During the medieval period, Lynn was known as Bishop's Lynn, until granted the name King's Lynn in 1536.

1454 AD Teutonic Knights are put under suzerainty by Polish king Casimir IV, a Lithuanian and his wife Elisabeth of Habsburg. The Polish Piasts had died out in 1370 AD and the Jagiellos from Lithuania and the Habsburgs took on the task of continuing Poland, which otherwise would cease to exist ( Feudal law).

Under ALBRECHT von Brandenburg-Ansbach ,Hohenzollern, Teutonic Order Grandmaster, Prussia became Protestant Lutheran. Duke Albrecht took off the Teutonic Order robe and the eastern part of Prussia became Ducal Prussia. The western part of Prussia became Royal Prussia and remained Catholic, such as Ermland (in latin Warmia) . Feudal Law required an overlord for protectional alliances and the imperial Duke Albrecht von Brandenburg, got his mother's brother Sigismund I . Sigismund was the son of Elisabeth Habsburg and Casimir IV. Casimir was from the royal Lithuanian House of Jogailla. They ruled Lithuania and also ruled as kings of Poland, since the Polish Piasts had died out in 1370.

Teutonic Knights , Kurfuersten- Electors and kings of Poland pleadged allegiance to Emperors.

1525 AD Teutonic Knights Grand Masters also pledged allegiance to Pope and some to kings of Poland

1600+ AD Many Kempe/Kemp's emigate to Australia; Canada; United States; Newfoundland; and Africa.