Demurrer to the Jews, Part 2 (4 of 5)

Demurrer to the Jews · Part 2 (4 of 5)

p. 61(o)(o)Clauſ. 3. E. 1. m. 21. Pro Magiſtro Elia fil. Moſſei Judaei London.Rex Theſaurario et Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario ſalutem. Sciatis quod cum Magist…r Elyas fil. Mo…aei, Judaeus noſter London nobis in trecentis et quinq…aginta marcis pro Tallagio ipſum conting…nte, de Tallio ſuper Communitatem Judaeorum noſtrorum anno Regni noſtri ſecundo per praeceptum noſtrum aſſeſſo …eneatur. Et cum Mater noſtra A. Regina Angliae eidem Elye in tanta pecunia teneatur, ut aſſerit, et conceſſerit quod praedict: 350 marcas Nobis pro praedicto Iudaeo ſolvit ad Scaccarium nostrum p. 62praedict. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis prox: futur. Ʋobis ad inſtantiam ejuſdem Matris noſtrae mandamus, quod pradictum Iudaeum de praedictis 350 marcis quietum eſſe faciatis. T. R. apud Windſore 10 die Feb.

I have recited all theſe Records at large: partly to inform the world, how ſtrict, rigorous, and earneſt this King and his Officers were in levying their heavy Taxes upon the Jews, by impriſonment and baniſhment of their perſons, and ſeiſing all their Charters, Debts, Obligations, which they were enforced to aſſign over to the King, for want of ready monies to help diſcharge their Tallages, for which they had ſome reſpite given them where they had aſſigned real debts for to pay them. And partly to acquaint thoſe of the Long Robe, how little confidence they ought to repoſe in Reverend Sir Edward Cooke his citations of Records in his Inſtitutes and Reports: who from theſe very **2. Inſtit. p. 206.Records of Rot. Pat. 3. E. 1. m. 14, 17, 20. (which he miſtakes for Clauſ. 3. E. 1.) William Middleton reddit Compotum, (when as William Middleton is not ſo much as named in theſe Patent Rolls, but only in the Clauſe, where he renders no account at all but what you have read) makes this confident concluſion: (in his 2 Inſtitutes p. 506. upon Statutum de Iudaiſmo) What benefit the Crown made before the making of this Act appeareth by former Records, take **Rot. Pat. An. 3. E. 1. m. 14.27.20. William Middleton reddit Compot.one for many, from the 17 of December in the 50 year of H. 3. until the Tueſday in Shrovetide the 2. year of Edw. 1. which was about 7. years, the Crown had four hundred and twenty thouſand rounds fifteen ſhillings and 4 pence, De exitibus Iudaiſmi: at which time the Ounce of ſilver was 20d. and now it is more than treble ſo much: VVhen as there is not one ſyllable of this to be found in the Patent Rolls of 3, E. 1. he cites in his Margin (which are only licenſes to Jews to aſſign their Debts) nor any thing more in the Clauſe Rolls of this year that I can find, than what you have already heard, and no ſuch Account of Middletons de Exitibus Iudaiſmi for any ſet time, much p. 63leſſe from 50 H. 3. till Tueſday in Shrovetide, 2 E. 1. as he here fancieth. That which I conceive led Sir Edward Cooke into this miſtake, was this Note in one of the Kalenders in the Tower: Rex recepit iiij C. iiij millia libr. de exitibus Judaiſmi, ab An 50 H. 3. uſque An. 2 E. 1. Pat. 4. E. 1. m 12. citing Pat. 3. E. 1. m. 14.17. juſt before it, with reference only to Quod nullus Iudaeus vendere debitū poſsit, niſi Regis Lacentia, which Sir Edw. mi…applied to the following clauſe (a groſſe overſight:) when the Kalend…r refers only to Pat. 4. E. 1. m. 12. to prove this vaſt ſum levied of the Jews from the 50 year of H. the 3. to 2 E. 1. in which Membrane and whoſe Roll there is no ſuch thing at all appearing, nor ought relating to the Jews Taxes or Middletons account, as I dare affirm upon my double diligent peruſal of that whole Roll, neither is there any ſuch Acount that I can find in any other record that I have met with in my ſearch. Doubtleſſe this reverend Judge, and Great Ornament of the Law, took many, if not moſt of his Records upon truſt, without examination, and ſo frequently miſcites, wreſts, or miſapplies thoſe he quotes, eſpecially in brief, (and ſome he cites at large too) that thoſe Judges, Lawyers, and young Students, who rely upon him and his Quotations as infallible Oracles, and deem it a diſparagement once to queſtion them, will but deceive both themſelves and others, as I have undeniably manifeſted in his groſſe miſtakes concerning the Statute de Iudaiſmo, and Jews baniſhment out of England in my former Demurrer, and in his miſtake in this very Roll. Wherefore I ſhall ad…iſe them all ſtill to try his Records and Quotations before they truſt them, and to practiſe that Rule himſelf ſo frequently urgeth, but yet overmuch forgot. Tutius eſt petere fontes quam ſectari rivulos, having never met with ſo many groſſe Miſquotations and miſtakes of Records in any Mans writings, as I have found in his, though otherwiſe a Man of rare abilities in points of Law, but no ſuch Antiquary, Record-man, or Hiſtorian as the world p. 64eſteem him; Which I no ways publiſh to diſparage his honourable Memory or uſefull Publications, but to caution all of his Profeſſion (for whoſe benefit and information I have publiſhed theſe Records) to take heed they be not ſeduced by his venerable authority to imbrace or rely upon his frequent miſtakes, miſquotations of Records and Antiquities for undoubted verities. But to return from this neceſſary digreſſion to my former Text.

In theſe Patents Rolls of 3 E. 1. I find frequent mention of the forcited Ordinance of 23 H. 3. (recorded in the red Book of the Exchequer) prohibiting any Jews to grant or aſſign their debts of Chriſtians to any Chriſtians, without the Kings ſpecial licenſe firſt obtained, &c. together with ſundry ſpecial licenſes granted by the King to aſſign and grant their debts to Chriſtians, and to them to receive ſuch aſſignments of them. Take theſe few preſidents of this kind inſtead of many oother.

Rex omnibus ad quos, &c. ſalutem. (p)(p)Pat. 3. E. 1. m. 4. De Licentia vendendi debita.Cum tempore Domini Henrici Regis Patris noſtri proviſum eſſet; Quod nullus Iudaeus debitum aliquod quod ſibi a Chriſtiano debebatur vendere poſſet alicui, niſi prius ſuper hoc ab eodem Patre noſtro obtentis gratia & licentia. Et ſi quis debitum hujuſmodi ex licentiaſua ab aliquo Judaeo emeret, non plus haberet in eodem quâm ipſe Pater noſter, vel nos haberemus, ſi debitum illud eſſet in manu noſtra, vel in manu ejuſdem Patris noſtri, videlicet Catallam contentam, in Carta ſuper hoc confecta, ſine Vſura. Nos Moſſeo filio Jac. de Oxon. Joſceo filio Benedicti & Jacobo Sablyn de Eboraco Iudaeis, gratiam facere volentes ſpecialem, dedimus eiſdem licenti…m vendendi dilecto Clerico noſtro Thomae de Gunes quod…m debitum quadraginta & ſeptem Librarum in quo Thomas de Tauſterne de Eyton et Walterus de Rodiſtan eiſdem Moſſeo, Jo…ceo et Jacobo tenentur per Cartas ſuas. Dedimus etiam Licentiam eidem Thomae emendi debitum illud a Judaeis in formae Proviſionis ſupra-dictae. In Cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Thame 24 die Julii.

p. 65The like licences were granted the ſame year in the ſelfſame form to Iſaac de Prouyns a Jew of Lincoln, (q)(q)Pat. 3. E. 1. m. 17.and to Aaron de la Rye a Jew of London, to ſell their reſpective debts ſpecified in the Licences, to R. Biſhop of Bath and VVells; and to him to buy them, reciting the foreſaid Ordinance of Henry the 3. And in the Patent Rolls of 4 E. 1. m. 12. and 22. And in diverſe other Patent Rols afterwards in this Kings reign, I find ſundry Licences to other Jews to ſell their debts therein ſpecified, and to Chriſtians to buy them, all running in the very ſame form, and reciting the foreſaid Ordinance in the ſelfſame Words; which proved very gainfull to the King and his Officers, who would not grant ſuch Licenſes gratis.

As the Jews could not aſſign nor diſpoſe of their own debts to others without the Kings ſpecial Licenſe and grace, ſo the King on the other ſide could diſpoſe of, reſpite, and releaſe their debts, inquire of and ſearch after them at his pleaſure, and grant them to his own Queen, or others, as theſe Records in 3 E. 1. inform us.

**Clauſ. 3. E 1. m. 13. Pro Alinora Regina Angliae Conſorte Regis.Rex Juſticiariis ſuis ad Cuſtodiam Judaeorum aſſignatis ſalutem, Cum nuper conceſſimus cariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Alienorae Reginae Angliae, omnia debita in quibus Norman de Arſy tenebatur quibuſcunque Judaeis Regni noſtri, & vobis mandaverimus quod dicta debita ſecundum legem & conſuetudinem Iudaiſmi nostri levari & praefatae Conſorti noſtrae habere faceretis: ac eadem Conſors noſtra, debita de quibus dictus Normannus tenebatur Aaroni de la Rye, et Moſſaeo de Clare nondum habuerit, ut accepimus. Vobis mandamus quod Cartas praedictas ab Archa Cirograph. extrahi, et cum irrotulatae fuerint reponi, et debita illa ſecundum Legem et conſuetudinem Judaiſmi praedicti levari, et praefatae Conſorti nostrae habere, et ſic fieri et irrotulari faciatis. Itaquod praefata Conſors nostra eiſdem Cartis commodum ſuum facere poſſit, prout magis viderit expedire. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 4 die Julii.

(r)(r)Clauſ. 3. E. 1. m. 23, De Rotul. Scaccarii Judaiſmi ſcrutandis.Mandantum eſt Juſticiariis ad Cuſtodiam Judaeorum p. 66aſſignatis quod Scrutatis Rotulis de Scaccatio Judaiſmi noſtri, Regi ſub Sigillo ſuo ejuſdem Scaccarii ſine dilatione …on…are faciant, quibus & quot debitis Willi…mus de Appledreſfeld tenetur in Judaiſmo Regis, vel Judaeis ſuis quibuſcunque per Cartas ſuas, vel alio modo. Et hoc Breve remittant T. R. apud Bellum locum Regis 24 die Ianuar.

(ſ)(ſ)Ibid. m. …3. P…o W. de …ppl…dre…f…ld.Praeceptum eſt Vicecom. Suthampt. quod demandam quam de dicto VVillo. de Appledreſfeld fac. per ſummonitionem Scaccarii Regis de Judaiſmo pro debitis quibuſcun que Regis, vel aliquibus Judaeis Regis ſolvend. ponat in reſpectum uſque in tres Septimanas, poſt Feſtum Purificationis bearae Mariae prox. furtur. Teſte ut ſupra.

(t)(t)Ibid. m. 23. Pro codem Willo. &c.Rex Juſticiariis ad Cuſtodiam Judaeorum aſſignatis ſalutem. Volentes dilecto & fideli noſtro. VV. de Appledreſ. gratiam facere ſpecialem; Vobis mandamus quod demandam quam ei faci…is per breve noſtr. Scaccatii noſtri de Judaiſmo pro debitis quibuſcunque nobis, vel aliquibus Judaeis noſtris ſolvendis, ponatis in reſpectum uſque in tres ſeptimanas poſt feſtum Purif. Bea…ae Mariae prox. furtur. Ita quod ex tunc de debitis illis reſpondeat prout de jure & ſecundum legem Judaiſmi noſtri fuerit faciend. T. R. apud Bellum Locum Regis. 25 die Ian.

Theſe Writs fully manifeſt the manner of proceedings and reſpects in caſes of Debts and Obligations before the Juſtices appointed for the Cuſtody of the Jews, in the Kings Exchequer for the Jews.

In this 3 year of King Edward the 1. were the Statutes de Iudaiſmo made and enacted in Parliament by the King and Nobles, as I (u)(u)The firſt part of my ſho…t Demu…re… ▪ …. 2. p. 35. to …2.have elſewhere proved at large, not in the 18 year of his reign, as Sir **2. …ſtit. p. …06, 507.Edward Cooke very groſly miſtakes, which I ſhall infallibly evidence by theſe two Records in 4 E. 1. (the very next year after their enacting, which I have formerly touched and ſhall here tranſcribe at large) expreſly citing p. 67theſe very Statutes, and awarding execution according to their preſcription and words.

(y)(y)Clauſ. 4. E. 1. m. 8. Pro Gamaliele de Oxon. JudaeoRex Juſticiariis ſuis ad Cuſtodiam Judaeorum aſſignatis ſalutem. Ex parte Gamalielis de Oxon. Judaeo London, Nobis eſt oſtenſum, quod cum nuper Sacro de Geregrave, per diverſas Cartas quandam pecuniae ſummam mutuaſſet, et idem Saerus qui tunc temporis pro libero habebatur ſervilis conditionis nunc exiſtens, ut dicitur, omnes terras et tenementa ſua quae libere dare, vendere potuit & obligare, ad voluntatem ſuam, poſt confectionem praedictarum Cartarum in tantum vendidit diverſis Chriſtianis adhuc eadem tenentibus, quod nihil penes ipſum remanſit praeter quandam portionem terrae quam nunc tenet in Villenagio, et quam vendere nec alicui obligare potuit, per quod dictus Judaeus de praedicto debito ſuo minus juſte elongatur. Volentes igitur eidem Judaeo ad debitum ſuum recuperandum, pro ut juſtum fuerit ſubvenire, ita quod in hac parte ſibi non fiat injuria. Vobis mandamus, quod licet ſic fuerit, quod dictus Saerus terras et ten. quae tempore confectionis praedict. Cart. libere tenuit poſt illud tempus vendidit, & nunc ſervilis conditionis extiterit, propter hoc non omittatis quin per Sacramentum. 12 liberorum & legalium hominum, per quod rei veritas melius ſciri poterit, et qui nulla aſſinitate attingunt praedictum Saerum, vel tenentes terras & tenem…nta praedicta, diligenter inquiri faciatis, quas terras redditus & tenementa dictus Saerus habuit tempore confectionis praedictarum Cartarum, quae tunc aut poſtea libere dare, vendere & obligare potuit ad voluntatem ſuam: & qui praedictas terras, reddit us & tenementa quae ſunt vadium praedict. Judaei pro praedicto debito nunc tenent, & quantum valeant per annum, & quantum quilibet inde tenet. Et tunc inſpectis debitis dicti Judaei, ad quantum videlicet ſe extendunt Nota.SECUNDUM STATUTA NOSTRA IUDAISMI, omnes quos praedictarum terrarum reddit: et tenementer, quae idem Saerus libere p. 68dare et obligare potuit tempore praedicto, ut praedictum eſt, et quae ſunt vadium ipſius Judai, per praedictam Inquiſitionem tenentes invoneritis in quorum manibus exllant, di…tringi faciatis; viz. tam praefatum Saerum ſi aliquam liberam terram teneat, quam alios ſingulatim, pro portione ipſum de praedicto debito contingente eidem Judaeo ſolvend. Et ſi idem Saerus aut aliquis Chriſtianus de praedictis tenentibus aliquod Starrum acquietantiae, vel r…cepti de praedicto Judaeo oſtendere poterit, illud eidem faciatis allocari. T. R. apud Weſt. 6. die Junii.

(z)(z)Clauſ. 4 E. 1. m. 11. P…o Gamaliele de Oxon Judaeo.Rex Theſaurario et Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario, et VVillielmo de Middleton ſalutem. Cùm Secundum Aſsiſam et **Nota.Statuta Iudaiſmi noſtri, Judaei noſtri in Regno noſtro habere debeant a Chriſtianis deb…toribus medietatem terrarum redituum et Catall…rum ſucrum quouſque debita ſua perceperint, ac Willielmus de Laſcel de Oteringham qui Gamalieli de Oxon Judaeo per plures et diverſas Cartas in centum et quinquaginta Libris et amplius tenetur, non habeat terras aut tenementa in quibus distringi poſſit, niſi viginti libras, quas Johannes fil. Mart. de Oteringham ei debet et centum ſolides et duodecim quarteria frumenti annui redditus percipiend. à dicto Johanne ad terminum vitae ipſius Will. Volentes praefato Iudaeo ad debita ſua praedicta recuperanda ſubveni…e, Ʋobis mandamus quod ſi ita eſt, tunc praedicto Judaeo **Nota.Secundum Statutum praedictum, habere facias medietatem dictarum 20 librarum; et medietatem dictorum centum ſolidorum, et 12. quarter: frumenti per annum quouſque di…tus Iudaeus **Nota.Iuxta Statutum Noſtrum de Iudaiſmo editum debitum ſuum perceperit antedictum. Et nolumus quod praedict. Willielmus poſſit dare, vendere, vel alienare medietatem dictarum 20 librarum, nec medietatem dicti annui redditus quouſque dict. debitum praefato Judaeo plenarie per ſolvatur, T. Rege apud Weſtm. 14 die Maii.

In theſe two memorable Records Anno 4 E. 1. wee have an expreſſe recital of the Statute de Iudaiſmo no leſs p. 69than 4 ſeveral times, not only in words and ſubſtance, but by name, by th…e various ſtiles. Statuta noſtra Iudaiſmi; Statuta Iudaiſmi noſtri; Secundum Statutum praedict…m; Juxta Statutum noſtrum de Iudaiſmo editum. There…ore beyond all contradiction this Statute could not be firſt made in the 18 year of King Edw: the 1. as (a)(a)2 Inſtit. p. 506.507.Sir Edw Cook mo… confidently affirms 3. or 4. ſeveral times in his ſlight Commentary upon it (being 14 years after theſe Records, which could not recite and command execution upon it, ſo long before its making) but in the 3d. year of his reign, as I have fully e…inced elſewhere, both by Hi…ories, reaſons, and a brief touch of theſe Records; which miſtakes with others forecited, I doubt not but himſelf would have publiquely retracted had he been living, upon my clear diſcoveries of them, which I now preſume will henceforth miſlead no perſons ſince his deceaſe, as they have done moſt heretofore.

This ſtumbling block of his touching the true date of the Statute de Iudaiſmo being removed, I ſhall proceed to other Records of the ſame year, pertinent to my Subject.

(b)(b)Clauſ. 4. E. 1. m. 7. Pro Benedicto de Winton Judaeo.Rex Iuſticiariis ſuis ad Cuſtodiam Iudaeorum aſſignatis, ſalutem. Quia accepimus, quod Dominus Henricus Rex Pater noſter habere ſolebat in Scaccario ſuo Iudaeorum quendam Iudaeum intendentem Officio Eſcaetariae de tenementis et catallis quae ad ipſum Patrem nostrum accidere debent per mortem vel tranſgreſſionem Iudaeorum, vel quacunque alia ratione. Et quod Nos nullum Iudaeum ſeu alium habemus nec habuimus post mortem ejuſdem Patris noſtri qui Officio praedicto intendat, propter quod damnum non modicum hactenus ſuſtinuimus, ut accepimus. Nos indempnitati noſtrae proſpici volentes in hac parte, aſſignavimus Benedictum de Winton Iudaeum ad Officium praedictum exequendum in forma praedicta. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod accepto ab eodem Sacramento corporali, quod fideliter ſe habebit in Offiicio praedicto quamdiù steterit in eodem, ipſum p. 70Benedictum ad Officium illud …dm…ttatis in forma praedicta, T. Rege apud Westm. xix die Iulii.

In this Record we have both the Office, Oath and imployment of the Kings Eſcheator of the Jews expreſſed to the full, which no Hiſtories or Law-books mention. In the ſame Roll and Membrana there is this enſuing record, reciting the Kings authority to releaſe or aſſign the Jews Debts at his pleaſure, and the Tallages impoſed on them which were ſome times ſatisfied by Bills.

(c)(c)Clauſ. 4. E. 1. m. 7. Pro Magiſtro Elia, &c. et Gamal. Judeis London.Rex Juſticiariis ſuis ad Cuſtodiam Judaeorum aſſignatis ſalu…em. Cum celebris memoriae Dominus Hen: Pater noster dudum in recompenſationem arreragiorum quae reſtabant reddenda Philippo de Arcy de annuo feodo viginti Librarum quod à dicto Patre noſtro dudum recipere conſaevit et quae idem Philippus dicto Patri noſtro ex toto remiſit, pardonavit eidem Philippo quoddam debitum centum librarum quod debuit Magiſtro Elye fil. Magiſt. Moſſei et Gamelino Judaeis London, et quoddam debitum viginti libra…: quod debuit eiſdem Iùdaeis de annuo feodo: et idem Pater noster vobis madavit, quod eundem Philippum de praedict: debitis quietum eſſe et Cartas per quas dictis Iud is tenebatur in debitis praedictis ei reſtitui, et eiſdem Jud is in Tallagi…s ſuis vel aliis debitis quae Dom. Patri noſtro debuerant praedicta debita allocari faceretis, ſicut per inspectionem Rotulorum Cancellariae praedict. Patris noſtri Nobis constat, & quaedam pecuniae ſumma de praedict. ſeodo vigint. librarum praedict. Iudaeis adhuc reſtat allocanda: Vobis mandamus, ſicut alias mandavimus, quod eiſdem Iudaeis id quod adhuc reſtat allocand: in hac parte in Tallagio ſuo ſuper ipſos aſſeſſo tempore noſtro, vel in debitis ſi quae nobis debent, allocatis. T. R. apud Eſtwode 13 die Julii.

William Middleton one of the chief Collectors of the Jews Taxes and Arrears in this Kings reign, was ſo imployed in keping the Records of the Common-pleas this …ear, that he could not well attend his Collectors office, p. 71which occa…ioned there inſuing writs to diſcharge him from this Office, and for others to execute it, and for him to deliver up the keys, writs, and rolls of them and the Jews to others imployed therein.

(d)(d)Pat. 4 E. 1. m. 9. Pro Will. de Middleton.Rex dilecto Clerico ſuo Wil: de Middleton ſalutem. Advertentes quod vos Officio Cuſtodiae Rotulorum noſtrorum coram Juſticiariis noſtris de Banco taliter estis onerati, quod levationem arreragiorum Tallagii Judaiſmi noſ…ri, vel Viceſſimae Nobis conceſſae commode vacare non poteſtis, et volentes Breve exhonerationis in hac parte providere, vos ab Officio levationis arreragiorum praedictorum tenore praeſentium duximus abſolvend: In cujus, &c. T. R. apud Weſtm: 23 die Julii.

(e)(e)Pat. 4. E. 1.14. De Clavibus Viceſſim. & Tallagii Judaeorum liberandis.Rex dilecto Clerico ſuo Wil: de Middleton ſalutem. Advertentes quod vos ex Cuſtodia Rotulorum et Breuium noſtrorum, ac aliorum Inſtrumentorum placit: Banci nostri Weſtmon. tangentium, quae vobis cuſtodiend: commiſsimus taliter eſtis onerati, quod examinat: collectionis viceſſimae noſtrae cum dilecto Clerico noſtro Nicolao de Caſtro vel collect: et levat: Tallagii noſtri Judaeorum Juſticiariis noſtris ad Cuſtod: Judaeorum aſſignatis, diutius abſque dampno vacare non potestis. Nos veſtri exonerationi volentes in haec parte provideri, Ʋobis mandamus, quod Claves quas de praedicta viceſſima, et de praedicto Tallagio penes vos habetis, liberetis Baronibus noſtris de Scaccario, ut ipſi claves illas aliis, qui de praedictis Officiis fideliter ſe intromittant committere poſſint, prout ad opus noſtrum viderint expedire. In cujus &c. T. Rege apud VVeſtmon. 23 die Julii.

(f)(f)Pat. 4. E. 1. m. 9. De R…tulis & Brevibus Judaiſmi liberandis.Manndatum eſt, VVil: de Middleton, quod Rotulos & Brevía Judaiſmi Regis liberet Ade de Wynton: cuſtodiend: quamdiu Regi placuerit. Et hoc nullatenus omittat: In cujus, &c. T. Rege apud VVeſtm. 9 die Junii.

You have frequently heard before of the publick Cheſts of the Jews VVritings and Charters, wherein they were all reſerved, for the ſearching of which for p. 72ſeveral ends either to aſcertain the King of their eſtates, or to deliver up ſtars and obligations in them that were really ſatisfied to the parties bound in them, or to ſearch for and take out their particular writings and debts upon every occaſion, we have ſeveral Preſidents in ſundry Rolls, eſpecially in this 4 year of King Edward the 1. three whereof I ſhall only recite.

(g)(g)Pat. 4. E. 1. m. 11. De Chrograph. Judaeorum London. Scrutandis.Rex dilectis & fideliibus ſuis Gregorio de Rokeſly, Barthol. de Caſtello, & Radulpho de Broghton ſalutem. Sciatis quod aſſignavimus vos ad Archas Cirograf, Judaeorum nostrorum London ſcrutandas, & ad Cartas quas quietas inveneritis & de hoc vobis veraciter conſtiterit ab eiſdem Archis extral endas. & in quadam alia ciſta per ſe, & ad alias Cartas nomine Chriſtianorum bellicatas, & nondum quietatas in alia ciſta per ſe, & ad alias Cartas in quibus debita clara conſistunt, in tertia ciſta per ſe reponendas. Ita quod ciſtae illae ſigillis veſtris ſigillentur, et ſalvo cuſtodiantur donec aliud inde praeciperimus. Et ideo vobis mandamus quod praedista faciatis in forma praedicta. In cujus &c. T. R. apud Odiham 6 die Auguſti.

(h)(h)Pat. 4. E. 1. m. 25. De Archis Judaeorum Colceſtriae aperiendis et ſcrutandis, et alibi.Rex dilectis ſibi in Chriſto Abbati de Colceſt. et Walt. de Eſſex ſalutem. Sciatis quod aſſign. vos ad Archas Cirograf. Judaiſmi nostri Co…ceſt. et Suthbiry aperiend. et ad ſcrutand. & examinand Cartas ad omnia debita in Archis illis inventa, et ad omnia illa irrotulanda, et ad plenum ſcrutinium inde faciend. et ad omnia ea nobis ap…rte et diſtincte ſub ſigillis veſtris referenda. Et ideo vobis mandamus qu…d ad certos dies quos ad hoc provideritis, Arch. praedict as aperiatis, et Cartas, et omnia debita in eis inventa diligenter ſcrutemini, et facto ſcrutinio illo diligenter illa irrotuletis, et Archis illis ſic ſecure recluſis, eas ſigillis veſtris ſigilletis, Ita quod non aperiantur, donec aliud inde duxerimus Ordinandum. Proviſo inſuper, quod nullas Cartas extra eaſdem Archas exiſtentes ponatis in eaſdem, …c aliquas infra eaſdem Archas exiſtentes, ab eiſdem extrahatis, vel aliquo modo extrahi permittatis. Et ſi quas Cartas in manibus Cirografforum noſtrorum inveneritis extra p. 73Archas illas, eas per ſe irro…ulari, et in ſecuro loco reponi faciatis. In cujus rei, &c. T. Rege apud Turr. Lond. 27 die Novembr.

Eodem modo aſſignatur Rogerus de Northwode una cum aliquo aſio fideli Regis quem ſibi aſſociaverit ad aperiendas Archas Cirograf. Judaiſmi Regis Cantuar.

Eodem modo aſſign. Robertus de Ludham et Willus. Gerebert. ad aperiendas Archas Cirograf. Judaiſmi Regis VVinton, Oxon. et de Deviſis.

Eodem modo aſſign. Nicholaus de Stapleton et Abbas ſanctae Mariae Eborum, ad aperiend. Archas Cirograf. Judaiſmi Regis de Ebor.

Eodem modo aſſign. Prior Sanctae Katerinae extra Lincoln, et Robertus de Blund. ad aperiendas Archas Cirograf. Judaiſmi Regis Lincoln & Stainford.

Eodem modo aſſign. Abbas Sancti Auguſtini Briſtol, et. Bartholm. le Ieovene Conſtabularius Caſtri de Briſtol, ad aperiend. Archas Cirograf. Judaiſmi Briſtol.

Eodem modo aſſignatur Bartholomeus de Suthleye, una cum aliquo alio fideli, ad aperiend. Arch. Cirograf. Judaiſmi Wigorn. In cujus, &c. Teſte ut ſupra.

(i)(i)Pat. 4. E. 1. m. 36. De Archis Judae… rum Norwici ſcrutandis, et aperiendis et alibi.Rex dilecto ſibi in Chriſto Priori Norwici, et dilecto Clerico ſuo VVillielm. de Middleton ſalutem. Sciatis quod aſſignavimus vos ad aperiend. Archam Cirograf. Judaiſmi noſtri Norwici, et ad ſcrutand. et examinand Cartas, et omnia debita in illa Archa inventa, et omnia debita illa irrotulanda, et ad …lenum ſcru…inium inde faciend. et ad omnia ea nobis di…incte et aperte ſub ſigillis veſtris referenda. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod ad certum diem quem ad hoc provideatis, Archam illam aperiatis, er Cartas, & omnia debita in eadem inventa diligenter ſcutemini, et facto ſcrutinio illo, praemina omnia irrotuletis, et Archa illa ſecure recluſa, eam ſigillis veſtris ſigilletis. Ita quod non aperiatur don…c a…iud inde duxerimus Ordinandum. Proviſo, quod nullas Cartas extra eandem Archam exiſtentes ponatis in eandem, nec aliquas ibidem inventas ab eadem extranatis, p. 74vel aliquo modo extrahi permittatis. Et ſi quas Cartas in manibus Cirograf. noſtrorum extra Archam illam inveneritis eas per ſe irrotulari, et in ſecuro lo…o reponi faciatis. In cujus, &c. apud Turr. London. 24 die Novembris.

Eodem modo aſſignatur Walt. de Helynn una cum aliquo alio fideli Regis quem ſibi aſſignaverit ad aperiendas Archas Cirograf. Judaiſmi Regis Hereford et Glouceſter.

Eodem modo aſſignatur Iohannis Wigorn. et Roger de Eveſham ad aperiend. Arch. Cirograf. Judaiſmi Regis Exon. et ad ſcrutand. ut ſupra.

Eodem modo aſſignatur Hugo de Stapleford, una cum aliquo alio fideli Regis, quem ſibi aſſociau. ad aperiendas Archas Cirograf. Judaiſmi Regis Huntindon, Bedford, Northampt. & Oxon.

Eodem modo aſſignatur Prior de London et Willielmus de Stirkeſlegh. ad aperiend. Archas Cirograf. Judaiſmi Regis Lincoln et Stainford. In cujus, &c. Teſte ut ſupra.

I have rehearſed all theſe Patents and Commiſſions at large, becauſe they vary ſome thing from each other in form, preſcribe general and univerſal ſearches of the Jews common Cheſts and Writings, and manifeſt, how and where they were diſperſed into moſt of the chief Cities and Towns of England and where they had Cheſts, more exactly then moſt other Records.

This year there falling out ſome difference between the Jews and the Sheriff of Oxford who had the Cuſtody and Regulation of the Oxford Jews, thereupon at the Jews procurement there iſſued forth this Patent to the Mayor and Bayliffs of Oxford to keep the peace between the Sheriff and them, and to have the Protection and Government of them till the next Parliament.

(k)(k)Pat. 4. E. 1. m. 12. Pro Cuſtodia Judaeorum OxonRex Majori ad Ballivis ſuis Oxon. ſalutem. Cum ad occaſionem turbationis inter Vici: nostrum Oxon. & Judaeos p. 75noſtros ejuſdem Villae jam exortae, ſicut dicitur tollendam, et ad pacem in Judaiſmo noſtro, ibidem quietius conſervandam, aſſignavimus vos ad Cuſtod. Judaeorum nostrorum e…uſdem villae uſque ad Parliament. noſtrum poſt inſtans feſt: Sancti Michaelis: Vobis mandamus quod ſicut de veſtra diligentia et fidelitate ſpecialiter confidimus cuſtodiae illi diligenter intendatis. Ita quod Pax noſtra in Iudaiſmo praedicto, et in aliis quae ſtatum ipſorum Judaeorum in eiſdem partibus tangunt, veſtro mediante juvamime et Conſilo bene et inviolabiter conſervetur. Mandavimus enim Vicecomiti noſtro praedicto quod ad inform…nem ſtatus ipſorum Iudaeorum non praeſumat aliquid attemptare, nec de eiſdem in aliquo interim ſe intromittat. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Windſore 31 die Julii.

King Edward the 1. in the 5 year of his reign appointed Commiſſioners to impoſe a Tax upon all the Commonalty of the Jews throughout England, whoſe names and authority are thus expreſſed in a Commiſſion granted to them for this end.

**Pat 5. E. 1. m. 13. De Judaeis Talliandis See Rot. Finium 5. E. 1.Rex dilectis et fidelibus ſuis Ioh. de Cobham, et Phil. de Wileby et Wil. de Middl. ſalutem. Sciatis quod dedimus vobis poteſtatem obligandi univerſos et ſingulos Judaeos regni noſtri, ſecun…um quod vos vel duo veſtrum videritis ex…edire. Et ideo vobis mandamus quod vos omnes, vel duo veſtrum, omnes predictos Judaeos tallietis, ſecundum quod ad opus noſtrum melius videritis expedire. In cujus, &c, T. R. apud Windſore, 30 die Maii.

Hereupon all the Jews were ſummoned from all parts up to London to be taxed, and thereupon all Inquiſitions againſt them during their attendance there upon this occaſion & afterwards were ſuſpended, unleſs by ſpecial command of the King or his Juſtices for the Iews, or theſe Commiſſioners, and thoſe to be made both by Chriſtians and Iews, as was anciently accuſtomed, as this Writ doth evidence, iſſued ſoon after.

**Clauſ. 5. E. 1 m. 4. pro Judaeis Oxon,Rex Vicecomiti Oxon. cum aſſignavimus quoſdam fideles p. 76nostros London, ad Tallagium ſuper communitatem Judaeorum noſtrorū Angliae aſſidend: per quod oportet Iudaeos noſtros Oxon ibidem intereſſe ad mandatū fidelium noſtrorū praedictorum. Tibi praecipimus quod Inquiſitiones aliquas ſuper dictos Iudaeos dum ibidem fuerint, vel poſtquam inde redierint non facias, ſine mandaeto noſtro, vel dictorum fidelium nostrorum, ſeu etiam Iuſticiariorum noſtrorum ad Cuſtod: Iudaeorum aſſignat: & hoc per Chriſtianos & Iudaeos ſicut temporibus aliorum Ʋicecom. ibidem fieri conſuevit. T. Rege apud Beckell, 22 die Iunii.

Theſe inceſſant heavy annual Taxes …trarily aſſeſſed on the Jews without intermiſſion by Aegyptian Taxmaſters ſo impoveriſhed many of them, that they were unable to pay them, and thereupon all their goods and debts were ſeized to ſatisfie them, ſo far as they would reach, leaving them only a bare ſubſiſtance & the reſidue reſpited to be annually paid; as this record informs us.

**Clauſ. 5. E. 1. m. 6. Pro Moſſeo de Clare Judaeo.Rex Inſticiariis ſuis ad Custod. Iudaeorum aſſignatis ſalutem. Quia ex testimonio fide dignorum accepimus, quod Moſſeus de Clare Iudaeus, tam pro Tallagio noſtro ſuper ipſum aſſeſſo, quam pro aliis debitis quae nobis ſolvit poſt adventum noſtrum in Angliam, non ſufficit ad reſidua debita in quibus nobis adhuc tenetur, tam de tempore Domini Regis Henrici patris noſtri, quam noſtro, nobis ad praeſens ſolvend: Vobis mandamus, quod ſcrutatis rotulis de Iudaiſmo noſtro de debitis in quibus Nobis tenetur ad Scacc: Judaiſmi noſtri praedicti, de debitis ſuis uſque ad ſummam praedictum debitorum ad opus noſtrum in recompenſationem eorundem capiatis vel ſibi juxta quantitatem catallorum ſuorum in Archa Cirografforum Iudaeorum exeuntem rationabiles terminos ad quos d…bita illa ſolvere poſſit; ſalva ſibi et familiae ſuae ſuſtentatione ſua aſſignari faciatis, et catalla ſua ea occaſione in manum noſtram capta ſibi interim reſtitui faciatis. Teſte meipſo apud VVind…ore 28 die Maii.

If the rich wealthy Jews in foreign parts have a deſire to be impoveriſhed and fleeced of all their wealth by unceſſant arbitrary annual Taxes impoſed on them at p. 77the Aſſeſſors pleaſures, let them now come into England for that purpoſe, where they ſhall find perſons more skilfull and powerfull to tax and exciſe them now every monethmonth or two, then thoſe who taxed theſe their Anceſtors only once a year, till they have ſcarce a ſubſiſtence left them.

The Jews Uſury being totally ſuppreſſed to pleaſe the Chriſtians by the Statute de Judaiſmo, the King to enable them to pay their Taxes, and ſubſiſt, granted general Licenſes to them to exerciſe merchandizing according to that **Cap. 8. See The firſt part of my Demurrer, Edit. 2. p. 40.Statute, as this Record demonſtrates.

**Patent. 5 E. 1. m. 13. Pro Judaeis Angliae.Rex omnibus ad quos, &c. ſalutem. Cum propter Inhibitionem quam ad commoditatem Chriſtianorum de Uſuris & poenis Judaiſmi noſtri Nuper fieri fecimus. Conceſſimus, quod Judaei regni no…ri Merchandi…as legales exercere valeant in eodem r…gno Iuxta formam Statuti inde de Conſilio noſtro proviſi. Volumus & concedimus, quod Magiſter Elya… ▪ fi…. Magistri Moſſei, Creſſeus fil. ejuſdem Elie, & Aaron fil. Ʋynes Judaei noſtri London, hujuſmodi Merchandiſas exerceant in regno praedicto; et quod debitores ſuos qui eiſdem Judaeis per ſcripta vel alio modo legitime obligati fuerint, ad mercandiſas, et alia quae eis rationabiliter debuerint ſoluenda per Juſticiarios ad cuſtod: Judaeorum aſſignatos diſtringantur, ſecundum legem & conſuetudinem Regni noſtri. In cujus, &c. T. R. apud Windſore 30 die Maii.

By this Record of 5 E. 1. it is moſt apparent, that the Statute de Iudaiſmo, prohibiting Uſury to the Jews, and enabling them to exerciſe Merchandiſe, was not made in 18 E. 1. as is erroniouſly affirmed by Sir Edward Cook being 13 years after this Patent, which twice preciſely mentions it, in theſe words, Inhibitionem quam, &c. nuper fieri fecimus; and Juxta formam Statuti inde de Conſilio noſtro prouiſi: but in the 3 year of his reigne, ſcarce two years before it: as I have here formerly manifeſted p. 78by two other records in 4 E. 1. the very next year after it. And it is likewiſe evident by this record, that the baniſhment of the Jews Uſury out of England by this Statute, did not cauſe them voluntarily ro baniſh themſelves out of England, as he groſly aſſerts, ſince they continued here 15 years after, notwithſtanding all their Uſury was ſuppreſſed.

In this laſt Patent the King ſeemes to ſpeak to the Jews with Iacobs Voice, but in the very firſt Patent concerning them the next year after he diſcovers his Eſau's hands, impoſing an heavy Taxe upon their decayed eſtates with greateſt rigor in the exacting of ir, witneſs this memorable Commiſſion to their Aegyptian Taskmaſters, which I fear ſome now of late do imitate, even towards their Engliſh Chriſtian Brethren.

**Patent. 6 F. 1. m. 8. De Tallogi… aſſidendo ſuper Communitate Judaeorum Angliae. See Rot. Finium. 6. E. 1. …Rex dilectis & fidel: ſuis Fratri Joſepho de Chancy Priori Hospit. Sancti Johannis Jeruſalem in Anglia; Waltero de Helynn, Johanni de Cobham, & Philippo de Willeby ſalutem. Sciatis quod aſſignavimus vos ad aſſidendum quoddam Tallagium ſuper Communitatem Iudaeorum nostrorum ad opus noſtrum, quam citius et commodius videritis expedire, et prout vobis injunximus viva voce. Dantes vobis poteſtatem praedictum Tallagium de bonis, catallis, et debitis praedictorum Judaeorum levandi, et nomin e noſtro adnuandi: nec non et hu…uſmodi Iudaeos, qui in hac parte Rebelles fuerint Per Exilium et Abjurationem Regni, Nota.…i neceſſe fue… compellendi ad dictum Tallagium, pro proportionibus ipſos contingentibus Nobis ſins Difficultate qualibet perſolvend. Et ideo vobis mandamus quod praemiſſa faciatis in forma praedicta. Teſte Rege apud Windſore 15 die Iulii.

Et mandatum est univerſis et ſingulis Iudaeis infra regnum Angeliae conſtitutis quod eiſdem Joſepho, Waltero, Johanni, et Philippo in praemiſſis intendentes ſint, et reſpondentes in forma praedicta. In cujus, &c. Teſte ut ſupra.

We may perceive by this Commiſſion how intollerably p. 79the poor Jews were taxed and fleeced by the Kings Tax-maſters every year, and what rigorous penalties and aſſeſſments were extorted from them; yet neither theſe heavy, unceſſant annual Tallages, nor the baniſhment of their Uſury by the forementioned Statute would expel or force them hence, before a direct Edict of Parliament and Proclamation for their exile by a ſet day, under pain of hanging (ſome years after this enjoyned baniſhment and abjuration to ſuch as refuſed to pay this T…llage) ferretted them all out of England.

In the 7th year of King Edward the firſt, I find this memorable Writ, Proclamation and Edict of his to … Juſtices, for the inhibiting and puniſhing the Blaſphemies of the Jews (then frequent) againſt Chriſt crucified, and the faith of Chriſt Jeſus, with loſs of Life and Member, with other ſtrict Orders for preventing their Apoſtacyes and propagation of their Jewiſh Rites, and all communion betwixt them and Chriſtians, worthy our ſpecial obſervation.

(l)(l)Clauſ E. 1. m. 6. De Judae.Rex dilectis et fidelibus ſuis Stephano de Penteceſter, VValtero de Helynn, & Johanni de Cobham Iuſticiariis ſuis ad Placita Tranſgreſſiorum Mon…tae audienda et terminanda aſsignatis, et dilecto Clerico ſuo Philippo de VVylegheby ſalutem. Quia datum eſt Nobis intellig…, Quod quidam Judaei Regni noſtri fidem Ca…holicam et Sacra Eccleſiaſtica hactenus diverſimode Blaſphemare non formidarunt, nec adhuc formidant, in Divini nominis contumeliam, et totius Chriſtianae profeſsionis opprobrium. Nos hujuſmodi Blaſphemias ſicut Principem Catholicum decet reprimi cupientes; Volumus, Quod nullus Iudaeus taliter de caetero blaſphemare praeſumat: videlicet, aliquod erroneum, deteſtabile aut abhominabile dicendo vel faciendo in Blaſphemia Crucifiri, fidei Catholicae, ſeu beatiſsimae matris Mariae Virginis, ſeu Eccleſiaſticorum Sacramentorum. Volumus etiam, quod hoc per omnia loca Regni noſtri in quibus Iudaei morantur publice proclamatur: et ne aliquis Iudaeus p. 80ſub periculo Vitae et Membrorum talia facere vel dicere praeſumat. Et ſi quis notorius Blaſphemat or inveniatur, ita quod per Inquiſitionem per Sacramentum Chriſtianorum bonorum et graviorum inde convinci poſsit evidenter; Volumus quod quilibet talis puniretur ſecundum quod in hujuſmodi caſibus alias fieri conſuevit.

Idem fiat de ipſis qui aliquando ad fidem Catholicam converſi, baptiſati fuerunt, et poſtmodum ad Iudaicam pravitatem perverſi, ab eadem fide Apoſtatare praeſumpſerint.

Volumus etiam quod Mulieres Iudeae de caetero portant ſigna in ſuperiori veſte ſicut Iudaei Mares.

Et quod Iudaei de caetero nullos habeant ſervientes Chriſtianos mares aut fæminas ſecum in quibuſcunque obſequi…s commorantes, nec in domibus propriis, nec aliis in Civitatibus, am locis aliis ubi morantur, ſet ipſi Iudaei ſibi invicem in omnibus ſibi ſerviant et miniſtrent: Et hoc ubique precipiatur tam Chriſtianis quam Iudaeis ſub gravi forisfactura noſtra.

Volumus etiam quod omnes Christiani qui pignora ſua inter bona Iudaeorum dampnatorum inventa redimere voluerint, hujuſmode pignora per teſtes fideles et bonae famae probent eſſe ſua, et ea per certa ſigna et indicia deſcribant, & hujuſmodi Teſtibus eatenus credatur quatenus ipſis ma…oris vel minoris famae eſſe conſtiterit. Et ſi fortè pignora illa ſua eſſe per teſtes probare non poſsint, eo quod teſtes defuncti vel abſentes ſunt, ita quod eos habere non poſsint, vel quia ſecrete et abſque teſtimonio impignor atae fuerunt, tunc ad pignora illa recuperanda ſufficiat tantummodo Sacramentum ipſorum, quorum illa exiſtunt, dum tamen pignora illa certis ſignis et indiciis deſc…ibant ſicut praedictum est. Et hoc propter lapſum anni a tempore impignorationis hujuſmodi nullatenus omi…tatur. Ʋolumus inſuper, quod omnes illi qui per Teſtes fide dignos probare poſsint debita ſua pro ſuis pignoribus perſolviſſe, et pignora illa propter certam aliquam rationem per ipſos coram vobis oſtendendam, aut propter maliciam ipſorum p. 81Iudaeorum ab eiſdem Iudaeis non recipiſſe, ad iteratam ſolutionem debitorum illorum faciendam nullatenus compellantur, & teſtibus illis credatur juxta famam perſonarum, additis teſtibus aliis ſi neceſſe fuerit juxta diſcretionem veſtram. De libris autem apud Oxon impignoratis volumus quod nullum fiat judicium uſque ad Feſtum omnium ſanctorum prox: futurum.

Volumus etiam quod per Civitates, Burgos, Ʋillas mercatorias et alias publice proclametur, ne quis bona Iudaeorum dampnatorū, ſeu dampnandorū recipiat, ſeu jam recepta celet vel occultet, ſedea Nobis restituet citra Fest: beati Petri ad vincula prox: futur: Alioquin Nos verſus ipſos tanquam ad caelatores et occultatores Theſauri regni graeviter capiemus. Et ideo vobis mandamus quod omnia praedicta fieri et firmiter obſervari faciatis in forma praedicta. T. Rege apud Weſtmon. x. die Maii.

Conſimiles Literae diriguntur. Barth: de Sutlegh, Will: de beof, & Ade de Boteler, & Ioh: de Fauconer.

Conſimiles Literae Breve diriguntur. Ioh. Beks, Alex: de Kirketon, & Ranulpho de Dacre, & Hugoni de Kendale.

In this 7th year of King Edw. the 1. (as our Hiſtorians (u)(u)The fir…t part of the Demurrer, Edition 2. p. 41.42.elſewhere cited record) there was a Parliament held at London, principally to inquire after the great clipping and falſifying of the Kings coin, and prevent it for the future; during this Parliament moſt of the Jews throughout England were apprehended, and hundreds of them by ſeveral Inqueſts▪ found guilty before the Juſtices (mentioned in theſe VVrits) ſpecially appointed for that end, for clipping counterfeiting, and corrupting the Kings money, whereof 294 Jews in London alone were convicted and ſoon after executed, and multitudes more of them in other places throughout the Realm; which occaſioned theſe VVrits and Proclamations (made moſt probably by advice of the Parliament, and approved by it) to be iſſued forth and put in execution for the juſt puniſhment of the blaſphemous Jewiſh p. 82Malefactors, and better diſcovery of their concealed confiſcated eſtates for the Kings greater advantage, and likewiſe for releif of ſuch ſub…ects who had any pawns or goods in the then condemned Iews poſſeſſion. As thoſe Iews who were legally convicted for clipping and corrupting the Kings coyne, were executed for it in all places; ſo many more of them were accuſed, impriſoned for the ſame crime, much oppreſſed, maligned generally by the people, and inforced to make fines and ranſomes to the King, and the houſes and eſtates of thoſe who were executed ſold & ſtrickt inquiry made after all concealments of their eſtates, as the laſt, & theſe enſuing Records will at large inform us, far better than any of our Hiſtorians. I ſhall begin with that which is moſt large.

**Clauſ. 7. E. 1. m. 7. De ſine recipiendo a Iudaeis.Rex dilectis, et fidelibus ſuis Stephano de Penteceſter, Waltero de Helynn, et Ioh. de Cobham Juſticiariis ad placita Tranſgreſſionis Monerae audienda, ſalutem. Quia omnes Judaei nuper rectati, et per certam ſuſpicionem indictare de retonſura monetae noſtrae, & inde convicti cum ultimo ſupplicio puniuntur; & quidam eorum eadem occaſione, omnia bona et catalla ſua ſatiſfecerunt, et in priſona noſtra liberantur, in eadem ad voluntatem noſtram detinendi. Et cum accepimus quod plures Chriſtiani ob odium Judaeor. propter diſcrepantiam fidei chriſtianae,Nota. et ritus Judaeorum, et diverſa gravamina per ipſos Judaeos chriſtianis hactenus illata, quoſdam Judaeos nondum rectatos … indictatos de tranſgreſſione monetae, per leves et voluntarias accuſationes accuſare et indictare de die in diem nituntur, et proponunt, impouentes eis ad terrorem ipſorum, quod de hujuſmodi tranſgreſſione culpabiles exiſtunt ſuper ipſos Judaeos faciendae et ſic per minas hujuſmodi accuſationis, ipſis Iudaeos metu incutiant, et pecuniam extorqueant ab eiſdem; Ita quod ipſi Judaei ſuper hoc ad legem ſuam ſaepe ponuntur in vitae ſuae periculum manifeſtum. Volumus quod omnes Iudaei qui ante primum diem Maii proxim. praeterit. indictati, vel per certam p. 83ſuſpicionem rectati non fuerunt de tranſgreſſione Monetae predictae, et qui facere voluerint finem juxta diſcretionem veſtram, ad opus noſtrum facere pro ſic, quod non occaſionentur, de bujuſmodi tranſgreſſionibus factis ante primum diem Maii propter novas accuſationes chriſtianorum poſt eundem diem inde factas non moleſtentur, ſed pacem inde habeant in futurum. Proviſo, quod Iudaei indictati, vel per certam ſuſpicionem rectati de hu…uſmodi tranſgreſſione ante praedictum diem Maii, judicium ſubeant coram vobis, juxta formam prius inde ordinatam & proviſam. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod fines hujuſmodi capiatis, et praemiſſa fieri, et obſervari faciatis in forma praedicta. Teſte Rege apud Cantuar. 8 die Maii.

Conſimiles Literae diriguntur Barthol. de Sulley et Sociis ſuis juſticiar. ut ſupra, T. Rege, ut ſupra.

Conſimiles Literae diriguntur Iohan. Beks et ſociis ſuis Iuſticiariis, ut ſupra, T. Rege, ut ſupra.

**Clauſ. 7. E. 1. m. 7.Rex dilect. et fidel. ſuis Stephano de Penteceſter, Walt. de Helynn, & Ioh. de Cobham Juſticiar. ad placita Monetae audiend. et terminand. aſſignatis ſalutem, Quia Omnes Judaei nuper rectati, et per certam ſuſpicionem indictati, de retonſura Monetae noſtrae et inde convicti, cum ultimo ſupplicio puniuntur, et quidam eorum eadem occaſione, omnia bona et catalla ſua forisfecerunt, et in priſona noſtra liberantur, in eadem ad voluntatem noſtram detinendi. Volumus quod omnes illi Judaei qui bona et catalla ſua forisfecerunt ut praedict. eſt, et qui in priſona noſtra ea occaſione detinentur, et qui pro deliberatione corporum ſuorum finem facere voluerint vobiſcum ad opus noſtrum, hujuſmodi finem juxta veſtram diſcretionem facere poſſint. Et quod mulieres Judeae, quae fuerunt uxores Judaeorum dampnatorum, et etiam uxores Judaeorum, quorum bona et catal. forisfact. ſunt, et quae habent unde redimi poſſunt, ſimilit. fin. facere poſſunt vobiſc. ad opus noſtr. juxta diſcretionem veſtram, et juxta quantit. bonorum p. 84quae viri ſui habuerunt, et quae nondum inventa, et per eoſdem Judaeos occulte deponantur; et ſic per hujuſmodi finem a priſona, qua occaſione praedict. detinentur. deliberari. Ita quod Judeae pauperes quae fuerunt uxores hujuſmodi dampnat, Judeorum, et ſimiliter uxores Judaeorum quae bona et catalla ſua forisfecerunt, et quae non habent unde redimi poſſunt, per vos abſque redemptione deliberentur a Priſona. Volumus inſuper et mandamus, quod citra feſtum ſancti Ioh. Baptiſtae de terris et tenementis Judaeorum hujuſmodi quae ſunt eſcaeta noſtra, diligenter inquiratis in quibuſcunque locis exiſtent, et pro quanto vendi poſſint, et quis plus dare velit pro eiſdem, et nobis precium inde citius perſolvere. Ita quod inde infra Terminum praedict. ad plenam nos cerciorare poſſitis. Et ideo vobis mandamus quod fines hujuſmodi a dictis Judaeis tam Maſculis quam femellis, et omnia praemiſſa faciatis in forma praedicta. Teſt. Rege ut ſupra.

Conſimiles literae diriguntur Iohan. Beks, et ſociis ſuis Juſticiariis ut ſupra, T. R. ut ſupra.

Conſimiles literae diriguntur Barthol. de Suleye et ſociis ſuis Juſticiar. ut ſupra, T.R, ut ſupra.

Beſides theſe Patents to the Juſtices, the King then iſſued forth ſpecial Patents and Commiſſions to divers others, to ſell the Houſes and Tenements of the condemned and hanged Jews for his beſt advantage in this form.

**Pat. 7. E. 1. m. 1. De Domibus Judaeorum ſuſpenſorum vendendis.Rex omnibus, &c. ſalutem. Sciatis quod dedimus poteſtatem dilectis et fidel. noſtris Thomae de Sodyngton, Hugoni de Lendale, et Majori Eborum, ad domos noſtras quae ſunt eſcaeta noſtra in civitate Eborum et extra, per feloniam quorundam Judaeorum ibid. et alibi nuper ſuſpenſorum, et tenementa quorundam aliorum Judaeorum qui ſe in patriam ponere renuerunt vendendi, et homines inde feoffandi, prout ad opus noſtrum magis viderint expedire. Dedimus etiam poteſtatem dilecto et fideli noſtro Hamoni Hauteyn praedict. Hugoni et Thomae fil. p. 85Roberti ad hujuſmodi domos in Civitate Lincoln, et extra vendendi in forma praedicta. Dedimus etiam poteſtatem eiſdem Hamo…i, Hugoni. & Gilberto de Ceſtreton ad hujuſmodi domos in Villa Stanford et extra vendendi in forma prae…icta. Dedimus etiam poteſtatem eiſdem Hamoni, Hugoni, & Vic…comiti Warw. ad hujuſmodi domos in Villa Warw. et extra vendendi in forma praedicta. Ratum habituri et firmum quicquid praedicti fideles noſtri, vel duo eorum in ſingulis Comitatibus & Villis praedictis nomine noſtro duxerint faciendum. Nos enim factum eorum in hac parte per Literas noſ…ras Patentes ratificabimus. In cujus &c. T. Rege apud Weſtm. 17 die Novemb.

The like Letters Patents and Commiſſion were then iſſued forth to others, to ſell the condemned and executed Jews houſes, lands, rents in other places.

**Pat. 7. E. 1. m. 11. De Poteſtate vendendi Domus & redditus Judaeorum dampnatorum.Rex dilecto & fideli ſuo Willielmo de Braybeof ſalutem: Sciatis quod dedimus vobis poteſtatem vendendi omnes terras et redditus Judaeorum dampnatorum pro tranſgreſſionibus ſibi impoſitis in locis in quibus vos ad inquirendum de hujuſmodi Tranſgreſſionibus aſſignati eſtis, prout vobis injunximus viva voce, et prout ad opus noſtrum magis videbitur vobis expedire. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod hujuſmodi domos, terras, et redditus Judaeorum ſic dampnatorum vendatis in forma praedicta: Ita quod de Exitibus venditionis illius Nobis reſpondere poſſetis ad mandatum noſtrum. In cujus, &c. T. Rege apud Brehul: 1 die Aug.

When the Jews had all made fines and ranſoms for their Treſpaſſes with the Kings Juſtices and Commiſſioners as aforeſaid; then he ſent forth a proclamation that they might freely exerciſe their lawfull Trades, Merchandizes with Chriſtians and one another as formerly, and buy victuals, with other neceſſaries, and have ſuch communion with Chriſtians as they were wont; prohibiting any to lay violent hands upon or moleſt them, as p. 74this Record (with others of the like nature to other Sheriffs, atteſts.

**Clauſ. 7. E. 1. in Schedula: pro Judais Ebor,Mandatum eſt Vicecomiti Eborum, quod in pleno Comitatu Eborum, et in Civitate praedicta publice proclamari faciat, Quod Judaei ibidem de rebus et mercan. diſis licitis cum omnibus tam Chriſtianis quam Judaeis libere negociari poſſint, et victualia, & alia neceſſaria ab omnibus emere, et inter Chriſtianos converſari, prout premiſſa facere conſueverunt temporibus retroactis. Firtuirer etiam inhiberi facias, ne qui in eos manus violentas injiciant, vel alias eis malefaciant contra pacem Regis.

King Edward the 1. in the 8. year of his reign iſſued forth theſe Letters patents following for the ſale of all the condemned Jews houſes Lands, and Tenements in London, and 14 other ſeveral Counties named in them, in all which they had Lands, Tenements and Poſſeſſions amounting to no ſmall value.

**Pat. 8. E. 1. m. 28 De poteſtat… vendendi domos, terras & tenementa Iudaeorum.Rex omnibus ad quos, &c. ſalutem. Sciatis quod dedimus potestatem pro Nobis & haeredibus noſtris, dilecto & fideli noſtro Waltero de Helynn vendendi nomine noſtro omnes domos, terras & tenementa cum pertinentiis, quae fuerunt quorumcunque Iudaeorum, quae ad manum noſtram tanquam Eſcaeca noſtra per forisfacturam eorundem occaſione tranſgreſsionum monetam noſtram tangentiū devenerunt: videlicet in Civitate London, & Comitatibus Middle. Suſſex, Surr. Kanc' Eſſex, Hertf. Norf. Suff. Cantuar. Hunt. Bucks. Bedf. Oxon. & Berks. Ita quod ipſi qui ea emerint à praefato Waltero ea habeant et teneant ſibi et haeredibus ſuis in perpetuum. In cujus, &c. T. Rege apud Windſore, 28 die Novombris.

As the King ſold the Houſes of theſe condemned Jews, ſo he likewiſe took into his hands the Debts of the other Jews to ſatisfie their Debts due unto him for their Taxes, which he levied to his own uſe, and then allowed them for their arrears.

**Clauſ. 8. E. 1. m. 1. Pro Bonamy Judaeo Eborum.Rex Theſaurar▪ & Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario, ſalutem, p. 75Sciatis quod cum nuper capi fecerimus in manum noſ…m quoddam debitum quinquaginta marcarum in quo Robertus de Percy per Cartam ſuam in Archa Cyrographar: apud Ebor: exiſtenti tenebatur Bonamy de Ebor: Iudaeo: Et quod levari precipimus ad opus noſtrum: Conceſsimus eidem Iudeo, quod ſi praedict. debitum ad opus noſtrum levatum fuerit, vel in manum nostram captum, ſicut praedict: eſt. Idem Iudaeu… pro dicto debito 50 marcarum in recompenſationem habeat a… 40 marcis in veteribus arreragiis, tallagiis & aliis debitis quae nobis debet ad Scaccarium praedictum. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod ſi ita eſt, tunc eidem Iudaeo in hujuſmodi veteribus arreragiis, tal…agiis, & aliis debitis quae nobis debet ad idem Scaccarium allocationem de praedictis 40 marcis habere faciatis in recompenſatione praedicti debiti 50 marcarum ſicut praedictum eſt. T. R. apud VVeſtm. 13 die Novemb. By which the King got x. marks clear from this Jews over and above his pretended debt and arrear for which this debt was ſeized and levied.

King Edward in the 8. year of his reign at the ſupplication of the Friers predicants in England, who deſired to preach unto the obſtinate Jews, thereby to convert them to the Chriſtian Faith, and turn them from their antient errors, blindneſs and unbelief, procured this notable enſuing Writ and Patent to all his Sheriffs, Bayliffs and other Leige people, commanding them to induce the Jews in all places to reſort unto and hear their preaching, without blaſphemy or diſturbance, at ſuch times and places as theſe Friers Predicants ſhould direct, &c.

(u)(u)Pat. 8. E. 1 m. 27. Et Praedicando Judaeis.Rex Ʋicecomitibus et omnibus Ballivis & fidelibus ſuis ſalutem. Cum dilecti nobis in Christo Fratres de Ordine Praedicatorum in Anglia. Judaeis, quorum mentes vetuſtas erroris et perfidiae obnubulat et obc…cat, praedicare proponunt verbum Dei, quo facilius interveniente gratia Spiritus ſancti, ad fidei Catholicae converti valeant unitatē; & ob hoc dilectus nobis in Chriſto, Prior Provincialis ejuſdem Ordine nobis ſupplicaverit, ut vobis demus in mandatis, p. 88Quod omnes Iudaeos ubicunque locorum in Ballivis veſtris converſantes efficaciter moneatis et inducatis, quod in locis ubi vobis de Conſilio Fratrum ipſorum magis expedire videbitur, ad audiendum verbum Dei conveniant, et illud ab eiſdem Fratribus absq▪ tumultu, contentione, vel blaſphemia, audiant diligenter & benigne. Et ſi forte Altiſsimus velamen duritiae a cordibus eorum aufereus aliquibus vel alicui ipſorum Iudaeorum gratiam dederit convertendi, quod caeteri Iudaei eis ſuper hoc non impediant, nec per alios impediri procurent. Nos praeat…tum …opo…tam ipſorum …ratrum alten…entes pium et ſalubre et precibus predicti Prio…is favor…biliter annuentes in hac parte vobis ma…damus Quod omnes Iudaeos in Ballivis veſtris converſantes, ad praemiſſa facienda efficaciter moneatis, et eos ad hoc modis quibus melius ſciveritis inducatis, prout unicuique veſtrum inſpiraverit Spiritus veritatis. In cujus, &c. quamdiu Regi placuerat duratur. Teſte Rege apud Winton. 2 die Jan.

What good effects this zealous, pious project of the Friers preachers, and Patents of the King in purſuit thereof produced in converting any conſiderable number of the Jews to the Catholick faith, I find not mentioned in Hiſtories or Record, but their univerſal baniſhment hence 8. years after, (x)(x)See the firſt Demurrer, Edit. 2. p. 44, 65.90, &c.principally for their infidelity, ſufficiently manifeſts, that all the endeavours then uſed for their converſion, by drawing them to theſe Preachers Sermons, and the proviſions made by the King for the Converts ſupport hereafter ſpecified, were very ſucceſsleſſe. Wherefore thoſe Zealots and Enthuſiaſts who ſo earneſtly plead and write for their readmiſſion amongſt us now, upon the future probability of their Converſion by their powerfull preaching to, and exemplary converſation amongſt them, are like to find no better ſucceſſe than theſe preaching Friers then did, and other eminenter Divines than themſelves, of late years, and now, do find in foraign parts where the Jews reſide: p. 89where they may do well now to try what good they can do by preaching and converſing with them abroad, before they practiſe upon them at home, as theſe Predicants Friers formerly did without any ſuch ſucceſſe as they expected.

King Edward the 1, to promote the Jews converſion, and for their better maintenance & corroboration when converted to Chriſtianity, did this very year by two ſeveral Patents grant, That whereas all the eſtates and goods of the Jews con…erted to Chriſtianity did of right and cuſtome become forfeited to the Crown, that from thencforth the Jews ſhould jnjoy the moity of them for their own ſuſtenance, & that the other moity of them ſhould accrew to the houſe of the Converts, for rhe better ſuſtentation of the Converts there; And further granted the moity of all the forfeited eſtates of the Jews that ſhould any ways accrue unto him …nd all Deodands to be diſtributed in almes amongſt the Converts, and imployed towards the maintenance and repair of the Society and houſe of the Converts (now the Rolls) erected by his father, as theſe two Patents of his this year moſt fully relate.

(p)(p)Pat. 8. E. 1. pars 1. m. 15 dorſ. Pro ſuſtentatione Judaeorum converſ…Rex Theſaurario, et Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario, ſalutem, Quia ad augmentum fidei, et cultus nominis chriſtiani converſionem Judaicae pravitatis ad fidem Catholicam potiſſime credimus operari, Nos ut illi qui jam a caecitate hujuſmodi ad lucem Eccleſiae ſunt converſi, in ipſa fidei firmitate roborarentur, et alii qui adhuc in errore illo perſiſtunt, libentius et promptius ad gratiam fidei de caetero convertant; diſpoſuimus auctore Domino de ipſorum ſuſtentatione ſalubtiter providere. Licet igitur omnia bona et catalla Judaeorum quae convertuntur ad fidem, ad nos plenarie de jure et conſuetudine pertinent, volentes tamen eis poſtquam filii et fideles Eccleſiae ſunt effecti, Dei intuitu gratiam facere ſpecialem, medietatem valoris omnium bonorum ſuorum ubicunque in regno noſtro ad ſuſtentationem ſuam p. 90concedimus de dono noſtro; aliam autem medietatem bonor. hujuſm. bona etiam et Catal. Judaeor. ex nunc quacunque occaſione dampnandorum, una cum bonis et catallis, quorumcunque Judaeorum quae ex quacunque ratione Nobis ſorisfieri contigerit, nec non et Elemoſinam noſtram quae Deodanda vocatur (poſt tempus conceſſionis noſtrae Fratribus predicatoribus de Elemoſina illa facta) una cum **That is Polmony, or the Fine every Jewiſh villain paid for the acknowledgement of his ſlavery to the King. See Spelmans Gloſſary Cowels Interpreter Chevagium Lambard. Cooks 1 Inſtit. f. 140. a Bracton l. 1. c. 10. Britton. f. 79.Chevagio Judaeorum noſtrorum Angliae, quae omnia colligi, et deferri volumus ad Scaccarium noſtrum, ad ſuſtentationem Converſorum et convertendorum qui honeſtae converſationis extiterint uſque ad ſeptennium completum duximus deputanda, eiſdem per vos et cuſtodem Principalem domus praedictae plenarie aſſignanda. Et quia cura domus praedictae aliquo viro diſcreto, qui continue reſideat, et negociis dictae domus perſonaliter intendat, indigere dignoſcitur, volumus, quod a… …uram hujuſmodi aliquis Presbyter idoneus et diſcretus dicti cuſtodis arbitrio deputetur, qui capellae noſtrae ibidem, cum uno ſocio Presbytero honeſto converſo, ſeu, alio et Clerico ſeu Clericis fibi neceſſariis perſonaliter deſerviat ibidem continue reſidendo, qui redditus praedictae domus collegat, bona etiam et catalla, una cum commemoratis elemoſina et chevagio ad dictum Scaccarium recipiat, et hujuſmodi converſis et convertendis porciones ſuas diſtribuat, et gerat negotia dictae Domus in omnibus tam infra quam extra de conſilio cuſtodis praedict. Illi autem converſi qui habiles fuerint ad artificia ſeu Miniſteria ſecularia addiſcenda, volumus quod ad ea decaetero deputentur, per cuſtodem praedictum, et de portionibus ſuis eiſdem ut dictum eſt aſſignatis ſuſtententur, donec de Artificiis et Miniſteriis ſuis valeant competenter ſuſtentari; et extunc praedictae portiones ſubtrahantur, et ad fabricam et reparationem Capellae noſtrae praedictae, vel ad ſuſtentationem aliorum converſorum arbitrio cuſtodis Principalis praedicti aſſignentur. Proviſo etiam, quod bona praedicta quae ultra portiones ad ſuſtentationem p. 91converſorum praedictorum aſſignatas ſupereſſe contigerit ad fabricam praedict. Capel. et uſus ejuſdem neceſſarios convertantur. Dictus autem Presbyter rationabilem ſuſtentationem ſuam, et Concapellani ſui ac Clerici, ſeu Clericorum ſuorum, de bonis et Catallis praedictis percipiet annuatim. Volumus autem, quod fi…in domo praedicta capellanus converſus Idoneus et honeſtus extiterit, qui capellae noſtrae ibidem deſerviat, illum retineat in ſocium, quibuſcunque extraneis praefarend. Praefatus etiam Presbyter onera capellae praedictae, tam ordinaria quam extraordinaria ſumptibus dictae domus totaliter ſuſtinebit, et de receptis et impenſis ſuis compotum reddat de anno in annum cum vobis ad Scaccar. praedictum, prout rationabiliter fuerit faciendum; Et ideo vobis mandamus quod medietatem bonorum illorum Judaeorum qui ad fidem amodo ſe convertent; bona etiam et catalla Judaeorum quorumcunque ex nunc quacunque occaſione dampnandorum, una cum Chevagio Judaeorum Angliae, et elemoſina noſtra praedicta, quae Deodanda vocatur, ſtatim cum accederint plenarie ac diligenter colligi, et levari faciatis, Et cuſtodi principali praedicto ſeu Presbytero liberari faciatis, converſis et convertendis praedictis diſtribuend. in forma predicta, & compotum praedicti Presbyteri de anno in annum inde audiatis, prout ſuperius eſt expreſſum. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 26 die Maii.

The King ſoon after theſe Letters Patents to the Treaſurer and Barons of his Exchequer, conſtituted John de Saint Denys Archdeacon of Rocheſter Cuſtos or Gardian of this houſe of the Converts, and thereupon directed theſe Letters Patents to him, agreeing in ſubſtance with thoſe to the Treaſurer and Barons, which I ſhall infer… at large, as moſt fully ſetting forth his Office of any Record I have ſeen.

(q)(q)Pat. 8. E. 8. pars 1. m. 15. Pro ſuſtentatione Judaeorum converſorum.Rex dilecto Clerico ſuo Johan. de ſancto Dioniſio Archidiacono Roffenſ. Cuſtodi Domus converſorum London, ſalutem. Quia ad augmentum fidei, et cultus Nominis p. 92Chriſtiani converſionem Judaicae pravit…tis ad fidem Catholicam potiſſime credimus operari. Nos ut illi qui a c…citate hujuſmodi ad lucem Eccleſiae ſunt converſi in ipſa fid…i firmitate roborentur, et alii qui adhuc in errore illo perſistunt liben…ius et promptius ad gratiam fidei decaetero ſe conve…tant; diſpoſuimus auctore domino, de ipſorum ſuſtentatione ſ…lubrit…r providere. Licet itaque omnia bona & catallae Judaeorum qui convertuntur ad fidem ad Nos plenarie de jure & conſuetudine pertinent, Volentes tamen eis poſtquam filii & fideles Eccleſiae ſunt effecti Dei intuitu, gratiaem facere ſpecialem, medi…tatem valoris omnium bonorum ſuorum ubicunque in Regno noſtro, eiſdem ad ſuſtentationem ſuam dono nostro concedimus: aliam autem medietatem bonorum hujuſmodi, bona etiam et catalla Judaeorum ex nunc quacunque occaſione dampnandorum, una cum bonis et catallis quorumcunque Judaeorum quae ex quacunque ratione nobis foris fieri contigerit, …ec non et Elemoſinam noſtram, quae Deodanda vocatur (poſt tempus conceſſionis nostrae Fratribus predicatoribus, de elemoſina illa facta) una cum **Cenſus Capitis or Poll or Headmony. See Statutum de Judaiſmo, 3 E. 1. c. 4. Firſt part of the Demurrer. Edit. 2. p. 39.Chevagio Judaeorum nostrorum Angliae: quae omnia colligi et deferri volumus ad ſcaccarium nostrun, ad ſustentationem converſorum et convertendorum qui honeſtae converſationis extiterint, uſque ad ſeptennium completum duximus deputanda, eiſdem per Theſaurarium et Barones de Scaccario noſtro per vos proportionabiliter aſſignanda. Et ut circa Domus converſorum noſtrorum Lond. quo ad praemiſſa propenſius, et cum majori ſolicitudine pertractetur, Volumus, quod provideatis de aliquo idoneo Presbytero de cujus induſtria et diſcretione merito confidend. ſit, qui in domo ipſa continue reſideat, et capellae noſtrae ibidem cum uno ſocio capellano honeſto et uno vel duobus Clericis perſonaliter deſerviat, redditus ad dictam domum pertinentes colligat, et bona et catalla ſupradicta ad praedict. Scaccarium noſtrum recipiat, ac portiones converſis et convertendis aſſignatas diſtribuat, et ad alia negocia dictae domus fideliter procuranda, quotiens vos abeſſe, vel ad hoc perſonaliter vacari non poſſetis, de conſilio vel ordinatione veſtra diligenter intendat, qui etiam rationabilem ſuſtentatationem p. 93ſuam pro ſe, et ſocio ſuo, ac Clerico vel Clericis memoratis, ad ſervicium capellae neceſſariis, de redditibus et bonis praedictis recipiat, et de omnibus receptis et miſis ſuis compotum ſuum reddat coram Theſaurar…o et Baronibus de Scaccario de anno in annum, ſecundum quod literis inde dictis Theſaur. et Baronibus directis plenius continetur. Et ſi in domo praedicta capellanus converſus idoneus et honestus extiterit, volumus quod Presbiter ſeu Procu…ator praedictus ipſum prae cae…eris in ſocium retineat ad administrandum una ſecum in capella praedicta; Si qui autem de converſis et co… vertendis, habiles fuerint ad doctrinam, volumus quod Scelus exerceant: Laici etiam quos ad artificia ſeu Miniſteria ſecularia addiſcenda aptos eſſe noveritis, adeo decaetero deputentur, ut habeant ſinguli eorum ſuſtentationes ſuas de portionibus eiſdem de bonis praedictis rationabiliter aſſignandis. Quod ſi praedicti Scolares clerici aliquod beneficium Eceleſiaſticum adipiſci valeant, de quo ſuſtentationem ſuam rationabilem habere poſſint, ſubtra…antur eis ex tunc portiones praedictae, & eas aliis converſis ſeu convertendis indigentibus facias aſſignari. Et hoc idem fiat de Laicis ſupradictis, quam cito ſe poſſint de artificiis ſeu miniſteriis ſuis ſuſtentationem competentem habere. Proviſo inter caetera, quod de redditibus & bonis praedictis quae ultra ſuſtentationem converſorum capellanorum et Miniſtrorum Eccleſiae ſupereſſe contigerit, ad fabricam & ornatum Capell… predictae, & divini cultus augmentum faciatis ibidem Provide deputari. Et ſi quae in domo praedicta in perſonis aut rebus corrigenda ſeu reformanda videritis, ea corrigi & reformari cum omni diligentia facias, prout indempnitati et honeſtati dictae domus magis videbitis expedire. In cujus &c. T. Reg. apud Weſtm. 3 die Junii.

Yet all this care and diligence both of the King and Preaching Friers forementioned, made very few Jewiſh Converts in that age, and thoſe only of the poorer ſort, rather to get a livelyhood to ſuſtein them in this houſe, than out of any real affection to Chriſt or Chriſtianity.

In the Plea Rolls of the Kings Exchequer for the p. 94Jews in the 9 year of his reign, I find this Gardian of the Houſe of the Converts ſuing forth this enſuing Writ for the moity of the goods and chattels of one Belager an Oxford Jew converted to the Chriſtian faith, by vertue of the forementioned Patent: whereupon they wete deli…ered unto him for the uſe of the Houſe, as the Record it ſelf will more largely expreſſe.

Placita apud Scaccarium Judaeorum & Termino Paſche, Anno Regis Edwardi nouo part. 7.

**Paſche, E. 1. rot. 7.Johannes de ſancto Dioniſio Cuſtos Domus converſorum tulit Breve Regis de magno ſigillo in haec verba. Edwardus, &c. Juſticiariis ad cuſtodiam Judaeorum, &c. aſſignatis ſalutem. Ex parte converſorum domus noſ…rae London. nobis eſt oſtenſum, quod cum medietas bonorum & catallorum Jud…orum converſorum ſen convertendorum ad fidem Catholicam ad converſos Domus noſtrae praedict. ratione conceſſionis noſtrae eis inde factae pertineat, alia medietate illis qui ſic a tempore conceſſionis noſtrae praedict. convertunt reſervata: ac Belager Judeus Oxon. nuper ad ſidem Catholicam ſe converterit, &c. Thereupon the King commanded that according to his former Charters, the one moiety of the goods ſhould be delivered to the convert for his iuſtentation, and the other moity to the Houſe of the converts. T. Roge apud Woodſtock 25 die Aprilis, An. Regni noſtri nono.

Per hoc Breve liberantur eidem Johanni bona & catalla ſubſcripta, videliz et de bonis & catallis praedicti conver… ſorum, viz. vnus liber Prest. Conſtit: precii 12 d. unus Greciſmus precii 6d. una Legenda precii 10d. unum Doctrinale magnum precii 1 d. quidam liber Conſtitutionum precii 4 s. quidam codex, precii 16 s. quoddam inſciatum precii 16 s. &c.

In the Plea Rolls of this Term and year (Paſche 9 E. …. rot. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.) there are very many actions brought by Jews againſt Chriſtians, and Chriſtians againſt Jews, and one Jew againſt another, and many STARS as well of Grant and Releaſe, as Obligatory p. 95and by way of Morgage, pleaded and recited at large, and iſſues joyned upon them, whether they were their Stars or Deeds, or nor, when denied by them to bee their Deeds; which iſſues were tried by a Jury of 6. Legal Chriſtians and 6 Jews. Their Starrum and Starra, as they are there ſtiled, began in this form.

Solomon Judaeus de Stanford cognovit per Starrum ſuum, &c. that he was obliged to ſuch a one in ſuch a ſumme, or that he had aſſigned and granted ſuch a Debt, Starre or Morgage to ſuch a one; or that he had releaſed ſuch a Debt, Star or Morgage. And in their Stars of Releaſe they added this clauſe. Et ſi inveniatur Carta ſalis, vel obligatio in Archa Cirografforum, vel extra nomine praedicti Solomonis, &c. quod quieta ſit, et nil valeat, & quod recognoſcit hoc idem ſigillo ſuo. When iſſue was joyned upon Non eſt factum, concerning any of their Stars or Deeds, the entry upon the trial by 6 ſworn legal Chriſtians and Jews in thoſe Rolls, was uſually in this form.

Et Inquiſitio inde venit à die Paſche in tres Septim: nunc per Thomam Clinch, Johannem Hubbard, Abraham Sampſon &c. et alios probos et legales homines & Iudaeos, (expreſſing all their names) Qui dicunt ſuper Sacramentum ſuum, quod praedictum STAR: est factum praedicti Solomonis, et litera Ebraica manu ſua p…opria ſignatum, & quod dictum STARRUM fecit tempore quo habuit liberam adminiſtrationem bonorum ſuorum, &c.

I ſhall tranſcribe only one of theſe Records as a Pattern of moſt of the reſt, whereby the form of the Legal Proceſs and Proceedings before the Juſtices aſſigned for their Cuſtody, will be more fully manifeſted to the Readers, together with the forme of their Stars of Relea…e.

(ſ)(ſ)Paſche … E. 1. rot. 4.1 Norf. ſcil.Cum Alicia quae fuit Uxor Clementis de Poringland diſtricta fuiſſet pro xl. s. ad opus Regis de Debito Gente quae fuit uxor Ayey: fil: Deulegin: Eadem Alicia venit▪ et clamat habere quiet antiam de dicto debito per quoddam STARRUM coram: &c. in haec verba. Iſaac filius Jurn: et p. 96Muriel. Leveske Judaei redantur, quod Gente de Gloceſt. concedit, quod Alicia quae fuit uxor Clementis de Poringland et haeredes ſui quieti ſint de ipſa et haeredibus ſuis de omnibus Demandis Calumniis & Placitis a creatione ſeculi uſque ad Pentecoſten Anno Edwardi 4to. Et ſi aliquis Judaeus, homo vel fæmina, quid exigat, vel calumniatur verſus praedictam Aliciam occaſione alicujus Debiti quod eidem Gente debebat a principio ſeculi uſque ad praedict. feſtum Pentecoſt: ſupradict: Gente eam eſt acquietare, defendere & warrantizare. Et praedicti Jud…i teſtantur, quod eadem Gente spontanea voluntate hoc recognovit, et quod iſtud STARR: eſt factum pr…dictae Gente, & factum quo tempore habuit liberam adminiſt ationem bonorum ſuorum; et petit quod inquiratur. Ideo praeceptum eſt Ʋicecomiti, quod venire faciat coram Justiciariis ſex probos et legales homines Chriſtianos, et ſex legales Iudaeos de Civitate Norwic. ad dies, &c. Et quia conſtat per praedictam Inquiſitionem (upon the trial) quod praedicta Alicia quiet…i eſt de praedicto debito per praedictum STARR: quod eſt factum ipſius Gente de debito tempore factum, &c. Conſideratum eſt, quod de praedicto debito xl s. cedat quieta, &c.

The like trial is in Rotulo 5. of this term in dorſo. Kanc. Eustachius de Peckham; and Rot. 6. Suthampt. between Solomon ben-Solomon and others; with ſundry more, overtedious to inſert, ſince I intend not to be a Reporter of all their Caſes, but only of the form of their Law proceedings, for which theſe with the former Inſtances may ſuffice.

In the ſame 9th year of King Edward the 1. I find theſe Records relating to the Jews in the Clauſe and …tent Rolls in the Tower of London. The firſt of them in time, is concerning a fine made with the Kings Commiſſioners by a Jew, which another Jew undertook to ſatisfie for him to the King, whereupon there iſſued this Writ to the Receiver of their goods.

**Clauſ. 9 E. 1. m. 7. Pro Aarone fil. Vines Judaeo London.Rex dilecto Clerico ſuo Philippo de Wyleby Nuper p. 97Receptori bonorum Iudaeorum dampnatorum in diverſis Comitatibus ſalutem, Quia Aaron filius Vynes Iudaeus London, manucepit ſolvere nobis 40 s. in quibus Abraham fil: Elye filii Magistri Moſſei Iudaei London, et quinque Marcas in quibus Moſſeus fil: Hugonis nobis tenentur pro fine quem nobiſcum fecerunt coram dilectis & fidelibus noſtris Stephano de Peneceſtre, & ſociis ſuis tunc Juſticiariis nostris ad Placita de Tranſgreſſionibus, monetae noſtrae andiend: et terminand: aſſignatis pro Tranſgreſſionibus monetae. Vobis mandamus, quod praedict. Abraham de praedict. 40 s. et praedict. Moſſeum de praedict. 5 marcis quietos eſſe facias. Et ſcire facias Juſticiariis noſtris ad cuſtodiam Iudaeorum aſsignatis, quod praedict. 40 s. & 5. marc. decidant praefato Aaron in debitis quae eidem Aaroni conceſsimus in recompenſationem cujuſdam debiti in quo Galfridus Pecche eidem Aaroni tenebatur. Et quod idem Aaron cariſsimae Conſorti noſtrae, et Alianorae Reginae Angliae nuper remiſit. T.R. apud Weſtm. 28 die Maii.

The like writ in effect iſſued for Sarra a Jeweſſe of London concerning a like Fine the ſame year, to the Treaſurer and Barons of the Exchequer.

**Clauſ. 9. E. 1. m. 3. Pro Sarra de London Judaea;Rex Theſ: et Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario, ſalutem. Cum Sarra de London Judea Northampt: teneatur nobis in quinque marcis, per quas finem fecit nobiſcum coram dilecto Clerico noſtro Hugo de Kendale ad hujuſmodi fines recipiend: nuper aſsignat: pro Hak: fil. ejus Judeae, pro quibuſdam tranſgreſsionibus monetae eidem Hak: impoſitis, ut dicitur; ad quarum ſolutionem bona et catalla ipſius Sarrae ad preſens non ſufficiant, ut accepimus. Nos paupertati ejuſdem Sarrae quae occaſione debiti illius in priſona nostra Northampt. detinetur compatientes, et in co ſuper hoc gratiam facere volentes; Conceſſimus eidem Sarrae, quod de illi… 5 marcis ſolvat nobis per annum ad Scaccarium noſtrum, viz. ad Scacc. noſtrum Paſche prox: futur: unam marcam, et ſic de anno in annum ad eundem terminum unam marcam, quouſque dictae 5. marcae nobis fuerint perſolutae. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod eidem Sarrae terminum illum habere, et ſic fieri et irrotulari p. 98faciatis: & ipſam Sarram a priſona praedicta, ſi ea occaſione, et non alia detineatur in eadem, ſine dilatione deliberari faciatis. Teste Rege apud Winton, 12. die Octobris.

The Jews by the cuſtome formerly uſed, and the Statute de Iudaiſmo, could not ſell any of their Houſes (no more than their debts) without the Kings ſpecial licenſe firſt obtained in writing, for which take this preſident of the foreſaid year.

**Pat. 9. E. 1. m. 5. Pro Samuele de Elor. Judaeo.Rex omnibus ad quos, &c. ſalutem. Sciatis, quod de gratia noſtra ſpeciali dedimus licentiam Samueli de Eborum Judaeo London, vendendi cui voluerit quoddam Meſſuagium ſuum in Civitae Ebor: quod eſt in vico de Conyng-ſtreet, inter domum Paulini de Munbray, ex una parte, et domum A de Verdeuel ex altera: dum tamen idem Sam: meſſuag: illud ad manum mortuam non ponat, contra formam Statuti noſtri. Dedimus etiam licentiam ei qui Meſſuag: illud ab eodem Samuele emere voluerit illud emendi, prout magis viderit expedire, niſi Meſſuag: illud fit Eſcaeta noſtra, vel alio modo jus habeamus in eodem. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Winton, 12 die Octobris.

The like Licenſes to ſell houſes I find in other Patent and Clauſe Rolls.

This year the King to ſearch out all the Debts owing to the condemn…d Jews or others, ſent forth this Commiſſion to ſearch all the Cheſts of the Jews, and the Stars and writings in them, and to recover all the Debts that were due on them, ſomewhat different from thoſe formerly granted.

**Pat. 9. E. m. 1. De Archis Cirograff. Judaiſmi ſcrutandis.Rex dil: & fidel. ſuis Hamoni Hutteyn, Roberto de Ludham, et Magiſtro Henrico de Bray, ſalutem. Quia volumus quod omnes Cartae, Starra et munimenta omnia Iudaeorum dampnatorum, et alia quocunque modo ad Nos ratione Iudaiſmo pertinentia per vos ſcrutentur, videantur, et tunc tranſcribantur distinctè et aperte. Ita quod extractae fieri poſſint inde ad debita illa ad opus nostrum p. 99levanda, prout de jure et ſecundum legem et conſuetudinem Scaccarii Iudaiſmi noſtri fuerit faciend. et prout ad opus noſtrum magis videritis expedire. Et ideo vobis mandamus quod ad certos &c. praemiſſa fac: in forma praedicta. Et de Cartis, Star…is, munimentis et debitis illis tres Rotulos faciatis, quorum unus liberetur Baronibus noſtris de Scaccario; alter ad Scaccarium Iudaiſmi noſtri, et tertius remaneat in cuſtodia veſtra Magiſtro Henrico nobis liberandus. In cujus, &c. T. R. apud Guildeford 21 die Octobris.

A like Patent to this, with little variation, De Archis Cirographorum aperiendis et ſcrutandis, &c. I find in the patent Roll of 14 E. 1. m. 20. where all may peruſe it at leiſure.

This ſame year the King confirmed the Grant of his Deodands to the Houſe of the Converts in London, towards the repairing of the Chappel and buildings there by this Writ directed to his Juſtices itinerant.

**Clauſ. 9. E. 1. m. 1. Pro Converſorum Domo London de Deodandis.Rex Justiciariis itinerantibus in Com. Lincoln. ſalutem. Cum nos dudum pro ſalute animae nostrae, et animatum Anteceſſorum noſtrorum Regum Angliae, conceſſimus dilectis Nobis in Chriſto Fratribus Praedicatoribus London, Elemoſinam nostram quae Deodanda vocatur in Regno noſtro Angliae, in ſubſidium tranſlationis Domorum ſuarum uſque ad finem triennii percipiendam, et poſt idem triennium, eandem Elemoſinam dei intuitu conceſſimus Converſis domus noſtrae London, ad fabricam Capellae ſuae, quam Dom. H. quondam Pater noſter Rex Angliae fundavit, ibidem perſiciend: et in ſubventionem reparationis et ſustentationis edificiorum loci illius. Ʋobis mandamus, quod praedictam Elemoſinam noſtram de Itinere veſtro in Com: praedict. et in caeteris Comitatibus in quibus itineraturi eſtis, habere faciatis dilecto Clerico noſtro Joh: de Sancto Dioniſio cuſtodi Domus praedictae ad fabricam et ſuſtentationem ad reparationem praedict: inde faciend: T. R. apud Weſtm. 13 die Novembris.

Conſimiles Literae diriguntur Juſticiariis proximo Itineraturis in Com. Devon. pro converſis praedictis. T. ut ſupra.

p. 100King Edward in the 10th. year of his reign, ſafely to protect the perſons and goods of the Jews in Hereford from the violence of the people there, committed the protection of them to 24 of the chief Burgeſſes of Hereford (as he did the Jews in other Towns throughout England) an… proclaimed, that none ſhould damnifie or mo…eſt them in their perſons or goods under pain of loſing his goods, as this Patent manifeſts.

**Pat. 10. E. 1. m. 15. Pro Judaeis Hereford.Rex dilectis ſibi Waltero de la Barre, Hugoni de Clere, Reginaldo Comwood, Thomae de Aneſye (and to 20 more particularly named in the Patent) Burgenſibus ſuis Hereford ſalutem. Cum ſuſcererimus in protection…m et defenſ…onem noſtram Judaeos noſtros Hereford, res & omnes poſſeſſiones ſuas, & ad tuitionem & ma…orem ſecuritatem ipſorum vos aſſignavimus ad cuſtodiam eorun…em. Vobis mandamus, quod per totam villam praedictam publice proclamari & firmiter inhiberi faciatis ex parte noſtra: Ne quis ſub periculo omiſſionis bonorum ſuorum, praedictis Judaeis in perſonis aut rebus ſuis, inferat dampnum moleſtiam ſeu gravamen. Et vos ipſi Judaeos illos, res et poſſeſſiones ſuas infra villam praedictam et extra, quantum in vobis eſt, manuteneatis, protegatis et defendatis. In cujus, &c. quamdiu Regi placuerit durat. Teſte Rege apud Deviſes 10 die Aprilis.

It appears the Jews were then very odious and grievous to the Engliſh, that they needed ſo many Gardians to protect their perſons and eſtates from their plunder and violence.

Soon after this ſome Jews of Hereford, being there impriſoned for Treſpaſſes done to ſome Engliſh there, the King ſent this Writ to the Sheriff of the County to releaſe them upon their putting in of Bail to anſwer it, and to reſtore their goods if ſeaſed.

**Clauſ 10. E. m. 4. Pro Aaron de Blund, & aliis Judaeos in Breve.Rex Vic. Hereford ſalutem. Quia Moſſeus le Blund, Ioſſeus filius Manaſſes Judaei Hereford, & Moſſeus fil. Jacobi Judaeus London, manuceperunt habere apud Weſtm. p. 101coram Juſticiariis noſtris ad Cuſtodiam Judaeorum aſſignatis Aaron le Blund, & Mirabiliam uxorem ejus, Fautinum filium praedicti Aaron, & Bonam uxorem ejus, Creſſeum filium Jacobi & Floriam uxorem ejus, a die ſancti Iohis. Baptiſtae in tres Septimanas ad ſtandum recto ſuper quibuſdam tranſgreſſionibus quas dicti Judaei feciſſe dicuntur Ade de Peyntur & Margeriae filiae ejuſdem Ade, ſi ipſe vel eadem Margeria verſus eos loqui voluerit, tunc prae ictos Aaron, Mirabilem, Fautinum, & Bonam, et Creſſeum, & Floriam et eorum familiam, ſi ea occaſione, et non alia, in priſona noſtra detineantu…, dictis manucaptoribus interim tradas in Ballium, et catalla praedict. Judeorum, ſi quae occaſione praedicta ceperis in manum noſtram, eis interim reſtituas per manacaptionem praedictam, & de corporibus eorum Judaeorum, ſeu de familia aut catallis eorundem occaſione tranſgreſſionis illorum, te non intromittas, donec aliud inde preciperimus, & habeas ibi hoc Breve. T. Rege apud Salop 2 die Junii.

The Jews (moſt likely to avoid the rage and plunders of the Engliſh Chriſtians) having left the wearing of their Tables on their upper garments, formerly preſcribed by ſundry forecited Writs and Ordinances, and the Statute de Iudaiſmo, to diſtinguiſh them from Chriſtians, were now by this new Proclamation from the King ſent to the Juſtices, ſtrictly enjoyned to wear them, as well women as men, and likewiſe prohibited to ſell any fleſh to Chriſtians by any means, or to retain any Chriſtian man or woman in their houſes or elſewhere in their ſervice under great penalties.

**Clauſ. 10. E. 1. m. 8. Quod Iudeae portant Tabulas ſicut & Jud…s.Rex Juſticiariis ſuis ad cuſtodiam Judaeorum aſſignatis, ſalutem. Cum nuper pr…ciperimus & publice proclamari fecerimus; Quod omnes Judaei regni noſtri, Tabulas deferant in indumentis ſuis exterioribus, ut a cultoribus Catholicae fidei evidentius decernentur. Volentes hoc idem de Judeabus ejuſdem regni generaliter & firmiter obſervari; Vobis mandamus, quod tam p. 102in Ci…itate no…tra London, quam in aliis Civitatibus, Burgis, & villis alibi infra Regnum praedictum ubi Judaei conver…antur, publice proclamari faciatis ſub gravi forisfactura noſtra; Ut omnes & ſingulae Judeae ejuſdem Tabulas hujuſmodi publice deferant in forma quae proviſa e…t de Judeis praedictis. Facias inſuper inhiberi & publice proclamari per totum regnum praedictum, Ne aliquis Judaeus quaſcunque carnes quoquo modo preſumat vendere Chriſtianis, Nec Chriſtianum ſecum in hoſpitio …uo, ſeu alibi in ſervicio ſuo audeat decaetero re…inere. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 1 die Decembris.

In the 11 year of King Edward the 1, Upon complaint of the Jews clipping and falſifying his coyn, and other Merchants trading with them therein, the King iſſued forth this following Commiſſion to inquire thereof, the hanging and puniſhing of ſo many of them but three or four years before for the like offences, not reclaiming the Survivers of them from this their uſual Jewiſh practiſe.

(t)(t)Pat. 11 E. 1. m. 22. De his arretandis qui cum Judaeis mercantur de falſis platis.Rex dilecto & fideli ſuo Hamoni Hauteyn, et aliis, ſalutem. Q…ia ex relatu fide dignorum noſtrorum intelleximus, quod quidam Judaei noſtri mercantur cum quibuſdam Mercatoribus extraneis & aliis in Platis de Retonſura Monetae noſtrae fundatis, & etiam falſis platis de Stagno exterius deargentatis. Vobis mandamus, quod diligenter ſuper hoc faciatis inquiſitionem quotieſcun que videritis expedire: Et ſi vobis conſtare poterit ita eſſe, tunc Mercatores illos, & alios quoſcunque hujuſmodi platas mercantes, vel a Judaeis noſtris emendas petentes, arreſtari, & ſalvo cuſtodiri faciatis, donec ſuper hoc al…ud duxererimus ordinandum. Et Judaeos illos a quibus …ujuſmodi platas petierint emendas dummodo hujuſmodi venditioni ſeu emptioni non fuerint conſentientes, per talem munucaptionem qualem videritis optimam ponatis: in cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud …othele 6 die Febr.

p. 103In the 12 year of King Edward the 1. I find theſe 4. ſeveral Writs and Records concerning the Jews in one Schedule. The firſt, prohibiting them to live or reſide in any City, Burrough or Town where they had no common Cheſt, and commanding their Juſ…ices to remove them thence. The ſecond, commanding the Collector of the condemned Jews goods and eſtates and his Clerks, to give an Account thereof, and of the ſumme they amounted unto. The 3d, commanding the Sheriffs in all Counties where they reſided, with two diſcreet and …egal Knights of the County, to ſeal up and ſecure all there Cheſts and Charters in them, till farther order. The 4th commanding the Juſtices aſſigned for the Cuſtody of the Jews, to certifie the Treaſurer and Barons of the Exchequer the ſtate of all the Jews Debts, and to diſtinguiſh which were clear debts, and which not, that ſo they might be there recovered for the Kings uſe. I ſhall recite them in order as they are recorded, the Writs bearing date the (11th) year before.

**Clauſ. 12. E. 1 m. 8. … Schedula a…enſa. De quibuſdam Brevibus …angentibu… Judaiſmum.Edwardus, Dei Gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, Dux Aquitaniae, Juſticiariis ſuis ad cuſto…iam Judaeorum aſſignatis, ſalutem. Quia ſecundum conſu…tudinem Judaiſminoſtri, Iudaei noſtri in aliis Civitatibus, Burgis aut Villis habitare aut morari non debent, quam in illis quibus Archa Chirographar: Iudaeorum existat, et diverſi Iudaei diverſas villas in Regno noſtro ſunt ingreſſi & eas inhabitant, in quibus hujuſmodi Archa non exiſtat, per quod eoſdem Iudaeos ab hujuſmodi villis volumus amoveri. Vobis mandamus firmiter injungentes, quod univerſ…s & ſingulos Iudaeos in Civitatibus, Burgis et Villis, in quibus dicta Archa non exiſtit habitantes ſeu morantes, abſque d…mno eis de corporibus, ſeu de rebus ſuis faciendo, ſine dilatione facia…is amoveri ab eiſdem: Ita quod ipſi Judaei ab eiſdem villis modis omnibus amoveantur ante quindenam Paſche prox: futuram, Non permittentes ipſos in hu…uſmodi villis habitare decetero, vel morari. Et ita vos habeatis in hoc mandato noſtro exequendo, quod non oporteat Nos vobis iterata mandata p. 104noſtra di…igere, ex hac cauſa. T. Rege a…ud Newark, 28 die Jan. Anno Regni noſtri 11.

Edwardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, &c. Dilecto et fide…i ſuo, Waltero de Warham, nuper receptori bonorum & catallorum quorundam Judaeorum dampnatorum, ſalut…m. Quia quibuſdam de cauſis ſuper ſumma exituum bonorum et catallorum praedict. volumus certiorari. Vobis mandam is quod die Paſche proximo futuro in quin que Septimanas; ſ…tis coram Theſaur. & Baronibus noſtris de Scaccario, una cum clericis et rotulis veſtris de bonis et catallis illis, ut iidem Clerici compotum reddant tunc ibidem de exitibus praedictis; et ulterius faciant ea quae compotum et nego…ium illud con…ingunt. T. R. ut ſupra.

Eodem modo mandatum eſt Ioh. Beks, Ade Kirketon, and 7. others more there named.

Rex Vio: Midd. ſalutem. Praecipimus tibi quod aſſumptis tecum duobus de diſcretionibus et legalioribus Militibus e…uſdem Comitatus, in propria ſcil: perſona tua accedas ad univerſas & ſingulas Archas Cyrograf. Judaeorum in Balliva tua exiſtentes, et eas ſigillis eorundem Militum, et ſigillo tuo … ig…ari facias. Ita quod Archae illio ſic conſignatae, cum Rotulis in locis, quibus nunc existunt, ſub tua coſtodia remane…ant, donec aliud inde praeceperimus, et hoc nullo modo omittas T. ut ſupra.

Eodem modo mandatur Vic. Linc. Cant. Hunt. Kanc. Warw. Leicest. Norff. Suff. Wigorn, Northampt. Surrey, Suffex, Colceſt. Oxon, Berks, Hereford, Eſſex, Hertford, Gloceſt. Darby, Bedeford, Notingh. Devon. Cornub. Wilts, Suthampt. Exon, Deviſes & Ebor.

Rex Juſticiariis ſuis ad Cuſtodiam Judaeorum aſſigna…as, ſalutem. Quia volumus quod. Theſaur. & Barones noſtri de Scaccario, ſuper omnibus debitis quae nobis de…entur ad Scaccarium Judaiſmi noſtri, ex quacunque …ſa per vos ad plenum certificentur; Vobis mandamus, quo d…d certum diem quem praedict. Theſaur. & Barones vobis ſcire facient, coram ipſis in Scaccario praedicto, cum …otulis veſtris veniatis, ad certificandum ipſis ſuper debitis p. 105praedictis, quae videlicet ſunt clara, et quae non clara, ut ex tunc debita illa levantur, ſecundum conſuetudinem Scaccarii praedicti, et hoc nullatenus omittatis. T. ut ſupra.

Moreover, In the Patent Rolls of this 12 year, the King granted this enſuing Commiſſion, to enquire of all the concealed goods and chattels of thoſe formerly condemned, and of their clipping, falſifying, counterfeiting money, and trading with others in ſuch deceitful coyn.