The Jews of Angevin England; Documents and Records from Lat. and Heb. Sources, Collected and Tr. by J. Jacobs (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 14 KING COLLECTS JEWISH DEBTS. That is their law and their life, it signifies hard body, And thus they do inversely as the bird flies inversely; It is a bird of night and sings at the approach of evil, And that is the meaning without fear. Hell is without light where they sing lamentations, And we find it written that God himself said, " My children departed from me and strangers ap proached to me." He called the Jews his children, us he named strangers, The Jews went away when they crucified God, We are come near and baptised Christians. 1130-1. ? How Jews contribute to the Treasury. Pipe Roll, 3o-1, Hen. I, ed. Hunter, pp. 53, 146-9. 1. ? And the same Richard son of Gilbert owes 2oo marks of silver for the help which the king gave him against the Jews about his debts. 31 Hen. I., Essex, Madox (Hist. Exch., fol. ed. p. 296.) [The king gained in two ways by helping Christian debtor against Jewish creditor as here, or vice versd as Nos. 4, 5, and 2. ? Jacob the Jew and his wife render count of 6o marks of silver for the plea which was between them and the men of Westminster Abbey. They quit themselves to the king by king's writ. 31 Hen. I., Lond., p. 146. 3. ? The Jews of London render account of 2, ooo for the sick man whom they killed. In the treasury 62o, and by payments by king's writ to Rubi gotsce 1oo marks of silver and to Manasser the Cors dure. RUBI GOTSCE. 15 Jew 8o marks of silver and 64 shillings and twopence ... for William son of ... and to Abraham the Jew 15 marks of silver and again to Rabi gotsce 8o marks of silver and they owe j1,166 13s. 4d. 31 Hen. I., 15a (Madox i. 229). [An enormous sum; probably some charge of magic was involved. Rubi gotsce=Rabbi Joce or Joseph: his son was Isaac fil Ra...