MIGRATION

jews 1250

king henry III raised taxes on them

jews 1255

king henry III hands all his royal rights over to richard, earl of cornwall

31st july 1255

lincoln blood libel

jews 1263, london

palm sunday

1265; arrival of

italian bankers

jews 1275

statute of jewry

jews 1278

coinage offences

jews 1290

edward I expels them

jewries

• small areas of town where jewish communities lived

• had councils called a kehila which arranged synagogues, study centres, cemeteries and kosher food preparation

reasons the english didn’t like them

• they had special privileges such as seeking shelter in the King’s castles during times of crisis

• as christians they were taught that the jews were responsible for the crucifixion of jesus

knockover effects of king henry III raising taxes on the jews

• overestimated how much money the jews made

• taxed them too highly forcing the jews to call back on their loans to pay their taxes

• jews quickly lost wealth and popularity

main details about the lincoln blood libel

• in town of lincoln

• hugh (9 y/o) disappeared

• found a month later in a cesspit near a jew’s house

• local people accused a jew called copin of torturing and killing hugh - a blood libel

• copin was arrested and tortured into confessing he’d killed hugh

knockover effects of the lincoln blood libel

• 93 jews arrested and charged with ritual murder

• 18 hanged before trials with jews in the jury

• all but one jew was executed

events of palm sunday

london:

• 400 murdered - 1263

• 100 beaten to death - 1264

• similar attacks in other english towns like lincoln and bristol

knockover effect of italian bankers arriving at britain

jewish money-lenders were rendered useless

1275; statute of jewry states

-ve

• jews no longer allowed to collect interest on loans

• most people who owed money to jews no longer had to pay

• jews had to wear large yellow badges on their outer clothes

• jews could only live in a few selected towns

+ve (ish)

• jews now allowed to buy land and become farmer

domus conversorum

• special house in london

• opened by henry III

• made to convert jews to christianity

• got almost 300 to convert

1290 Jewish expulsion

• edward I expels remaining 3000

• all became refugees

• many died during journey

• 1 sea captain abandoned all jewish passengers on a sandbank and left them to drown

opinions surrounding jews

at first accepted because they helped businesses flourish through money-lending and the king could collect more money through trade

by the end they were despised

details on 1278 coinage offences

king edward arrests 680 jews + hangs 293 of them for coinage offences such as coin-clipping

impacts the jews had

economically benefitted country through money-lending

cause of the arrival of flemish weavers

• invited in 1270 by king henry III

• majority came during the 1330s after edward III persuaded them to

• kings wanted them to come over as there were huge taxes on exporting wool for weavers so instead brought weavers over

• flemish were the most-skilled and therefore encouraged the most

• many came due to distress and disrupted trade caused by the 100 year war