The Jews in Great Britain: Being a Series of Six Lectures, Delivered in the Liverpool Collegiate Institution, on the Antiquities of the Jews in England.Margoliouth, Moses
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The Jews in Great Britain: Being a Series of Six Lectures, Delivered in the Liverpool Collegiate Institution, on the Antiquities of the Jews in England.
Margoliouth, Moses
Jews -- Great Britain -- History
Mahometan.――L. The original Writ of the Cinque Ports.――M. Royal
Counter-Edict to Stephen Langton’s.――N. Prior of Dunstable’s
License to Jews to dwell within his Jurisdiction.――O. The
Writ in Favour of Augustin, a Jewish Convert.――P. The Original
Charter of the Jewish Convert’s House.
LECTURE V.
The King’s Wants.――The Norwich Jews’ Sufferings.――The infamous
Trial of Jacob of Norwich.――Parliament could not find the
accused guilty.――The cruel Conduct of the Christians drove
the Jews from Christianity.――Jews prohibited keeping Christian
Nurses.――Jews supply the King’s Wants when the Barons will
not.――They remonstrate.――The Jews obliged to yield.――The Jews
were, at the time, extremely rich.――Baseless Calumnies invented
against them.――Jewish Parliament.――Martyn, a Jewish Convert.
――Jewish Converts instigated to accuse their Brethren.――The
Conduct of the Jewish Converts honourable.――Earl Richard’s
Wedding.――The Welsh Incursions.――Westminster Abbey.――Jewish
Alms.――The Pope’s Usurers.――His Method of taking Usury.――Jewish
Cemetery out of repair.――Jewish Hatred of Images.――Abraham
murders his Wife Flora.――Accuses his own Nation.――Henry never
satisfied.――The Remonstrance and Address of Rabbi Elias.――Earl
Richard’s Reply.――Jewish Memorial――the King’s Reply.――The
Lincoln Jews.――Calumniated as Crucifiers of the boy Hugo.――A
false Confession extracted from Copin, the Jew.――Falsely
accuses his Brethren.――The murderous Effect of that venomous
Calumny.――Earl Richard ill-treats the Jews.――Ecclesiastical
Animosity.――Henry sanctions the cruel Edicts of the Church.
――Sancha’s Funeral.――Henry breaks his Agreement.――Barons
massacre the Jews.――Jews banished from many Places.――Epidemic
Fury against them.――The Jews given to Prince Edward.――The
Effect of the Battle of Lewes upon the Jews.――Jews enjoy a
short Respite.――A Jew accused of forging a Bond.――The Oxford
Jews.――Merton College.――the University in want of a Cross.――The
Jews obliged to erect one.――The Brentford Jews.――The Lincoln
and Cambridge Jews.――Aaron given to Prince Edmund.――The Favour
Individuals experienced stirred up the Envy of the Populace.
――Henry’s plundering Jews proved oppressive to the Nation at
large.――Henry’s Charter against the Jews.――Edward’s Crusade.
――Jews mortgage again to Earl Richard.――Another Synagogue taken
from them and given to the Friars’ Penitents.――The last cruel
Conduct of Henry towards the Jews elicited Commiseration even
from their virulent Foes.――The Jewish Converts’ House improved.
APPENDIX A. The original Record of the infamous Trial of Jacob
of Norwich.――B. The Relapse of a converted Jew, a Deacon, into
Judaism.――C. The Writ of the Expulsion of the Newcastle Jews.
――D. The Decree forbidding Christian Women serving Jews.――E.
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