Select pleas, starrs, and other records from the rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews, A.D. 1220-1284 / edited for the Selden Society by J.M. Rigg.

  • Great Britain. Court of Exchequer. Exchequer of the Jews
Date:
1902
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Credit: Select pleas, starrs, and other records from the rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews, A.D. 1220-1284 / edited for the Selden Society by J.M. Rigg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (Hone. Tie ref. London. thereof. And the Jews of Arundel and Lewes have nought except some empty houses, and are not found in his bailiwick. And the Jews of Seaford and Hatcham belong to the Liberty of our Lady the Queen of England, whose bailiffs had the return, and did nought in execution thereof. Judgment, that he omit not, by reason of the said Liberties, to enter etc., and mandate, as before, for Michaelmas quindene.1 In the same way and on the same account the Sheriff of Gloucester- shire was commanded, that he cause to be levied upon the Jews of Gloucester 8s. ; so that he have those moneys before etc. on the said day, to, be delivered to the said Henry ; and in regard thereof the Sheriff sent word, that he caused 8s. to be levied upon the community of the Jews of Gloucester, and delivered them to Ursel, Jew, to carry, that they might be forthcoming on the day appointed; which Ursel had not the said moneys on the said day. So Ursel in mercy. And mandate to the Sheriff, as before, for Michaelmas quindene, and that he have the body of the said Ursel on the same day, to answer for the unlawful detinue. In the same way and on the same account the Sheriff of Hereford- shire was commanded, that he levy upon the Jews of Hereford } mark ; so that he have those moneys before etc. on the said day, to be delivered to the said Henry. And the Sheriff sent word, that Aaron Le Blund, Jew, of Hereford, who is bound in the greater part of this £ mark, is in prison at London, and the goods and chattels of the other Jews of Hereford are taken into the hand of our Lord the King, and that their Chirograph-Chest is closed under seal by command of the King. Therefore mandate to him, as before, for Michaelmas quindene. HILARY TERM IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD, [a.d. 1273.] Samuel, son of Aaron, Jew, of London, was attached to answer Roger de Kineton touching a plea of trespass, whereof the said Roger complains, that on the vigil of the Annunciation of Blessed Mary in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of King Henry, father of the present King, at the house of Hervey de Bath, in the City of London, where the Earl of Gloucester then was, the said 1 It is evident from these records that the Liberties afforded the Jews asylum. do secure