if r-1 f? m m i 1 A Short | j i demurrer! To the 8p 5 §^ )§» SP «6Si hBS «>K « 3 §( i§C> l» *«S JEWES Longdifeontioued REMITTER into ENGLAND- Comprifing, An exa& Chronological Relation of their firft Admiffton into y their 1§^ iHDeportmenty MifeUmeamrs, Condition y Sufferitfgs y Oppreffions^^^ Slaughter Sy F[under /, by popular InfurreftienSyAnd regal Exattions i§£^ m ; and their total final Banishment by Iudgment and EdiEl of Par- It amenta out of ' England* fKwr to return again : collected out of m thebeft Hiltorians. With a Brief Colic llion of fuch Erglijh Laws,Scriptures^ feem Wrongly to plead, and conclude againft their 7 Icadmijfton into England, cfpecially at this feafon, and agajnft the General calling of the JewiJh Nation . thief Allegations for their introduction. m With an Anfwer totU } By milium Pry me Efq; a Bench er of Lmcolnes-Inne . .--~- ---- -„ ___._ m m m m 1 < T hr °. n ' 1 f**' Stouldfi thou help the ungodly , and love them thru hate the Lord ? there fore is wr ath upon thee pom before the Lode Prov. 6 , zj. (fan a wan tahj cods in bis bofome > and his cl oaths not be bu'tnt ? Cone iL To l$U.+ ca p. 5 7. Surius Concil. T om. 1 .p.7 3 4. Tam a eft quondam cupidity ut quid am earn appetentes etiam a fide erravermt : multi quippe hncufquc ex Sa- cerdotibm atque Laic is auipkntes ajudais muntra ,, fnfidirtm corum fuopatro- cin:ofovenr ., qui non immerito ex c&rpere Antichi fk cj]'e nofamtur, quia contra Cffjlum faciunt. Quicunque erg ode in ceps Epifcopwftve C kric us,five Secularis , ill is contra fide m Chriftiancm jufyagwm vcl munere , vet fazorc friffieWy vert (rtfrophanus & Sacr'ilegus) anathema cffcftuSy ah fjelefia. catholica , & Regno Da habeatur exirancus: quia digntn eft ut a cor pore Cbri/ti feparelur, aui mmicis Chnfti PATRQNUS cfficitur. §T* m m & & Printed at London, for Edward Thomas dwelling in Green-A r bor,t^5^ T •V kHat I may not jal\ly(a)fuffer((o much as in , Pa< • tby Thought) as a bufie-body in other mens i y. milters y for pubiiftving my Opinion in a publickjCafe; wherein I conceive my felf fothe waycs inrereffsd, both as a (fihri- __ ftittn and Enghfh Freedman : I fhall in - form thee of the true original caufe of this my fodatn un¬ premeditated undertaking. Being much affefted with God’s late admirable Pro¬ vidence , in caufingthe (A) fixth day of this inftant ‘De- cember to be fet a part for a Dap of Solemn Faffing and Hn - ^r gVt nUliationyfor the late Rebukes we have received , the Tares of D'tv ft fa that have been fawn by the enviotts one, and the gro'Onh they have had thropqbhis[ubtilty ; the abominable Rlafphcniiesy Aooftaciesy and abafe of Fiber tj by many frofejjin'gftj lies fin ^ and the continualSeries of Difficulties we have beetfexerdfed under : and, inviting all the Tsople of the Commons gave the King the fifteenth part of their UWjveables .• and therefore be- tngthutbanfeed by parliament , they could not by the Laws of England, be breugktiHA'gam-, without a fpecial Ml of Padlra- ment, which l would makegood for Law. He replied,! wife it might not be dine otberwife-,&,that thk bufinefhad Been former ly moved in the Rijhops time,raster than now. To which I tab- joy ned ; ?That 1 It ' WAS 'y>ow a berg iW time to bring iu the'Jews when thepmp/envre generally bent to Apofhl cy, and all fonsef NoveJt/sSand BrW»in f -and would' fooner turn Jews, than the Jews Chifiidns. He anlWered, He thouoht it was trite , and was ferry he could not dfcourfe longer tvymme, the Committee about the Jews being fate , andfeayinf or him as he feared. / ‘ Whereupon, as he 'was turning iivto^ ward S irhite-HalhGate, I toltfhim,?^ Jews had been former- fegreitt Clippers and Forgers ef -Mony, and had etuafied three otfenr Children,» England at leaf, which wereprincipal caufes ofthsirfemfemem. To w Inch be replied,^ the crucify J of Children was not felly charged imhem by oUrHifi«rians\ and ^ 7 he ac fed njf - ****&? Mfwercd, He was mnch mfiaken: and o we parted. As I, kept oh my way,in Lin- cooks- nue-\ telck, parting by fevenor eight maimed SoMie. s OiV Suits, who begged of me ; I heard them lay akudone ^njetds, and thcrewHi.be not Inna Ff^T^FT • h{ f ™ m ah other company of poor febple, jflft at Lincehts-Ihne back Gate, d ied aioud to each ocher: They are ajttnrned FDevls already, and now we mufi aa tarn Jews. Which unexpected concurrent Provi- mac * e to* an on my Spirir ihatbe&feJcoujd take my reft that night, T perilled mod of of the paffagesin our Ehgitfh fiijhriesCO\\cttnm° the Jews carriage in England, with fomtcf their mifdemeanors in 6* ther parts, to refrefh my memory, and fatisfie my judgment; making fome Collections out of them, which after fenlarg- ed and digefied into this enfuing Demurrer, with as inirh fpeed as the (harpnefi of thefeafon would permit; and was in¬ duced to pubtifh it (knowinglib particular difcdurie of this Subje<5t extant) for the general inft>rmaitioit,fatisfd£t}o#<>f o- thers, and honour of m) bleffed Lord and Saviour Jeftii thrift the righteow, whom the Jews with malic iota hearts, and wicked hands(d)crucified in perfon heretofore, and their poHerity (ft),aft 1 .ij, by their blafphemies, defptteful dftions againil Chriii, his Kingdom,Offices, Gotipe\(e)crudpe afrifh,every day tramjfing | *’ ,4 » under foot the Son of God, putting him to openjhdht?, offering de- Mai.ai.& * 7 . fpite to the Spirit of Grace, & counting the blood of the Covenant ft) Hd.4. an unholy thing. And in all their publick and private De- 1 vodons, praytng constantly for rheJodiih,, univerfal, total, final fubverfion, extirpation, perching of Chriif^Ktngdom, Gofpel,ar>d all his Chriftian Members,which they plot,and continually expeft, finch is theu^fmplacabletranfcendenr malice. I have deduced their in<-roauilioh into England, only from tViUiam furnamed the Conqueror , becaufe I finds not the leaft'mention of tbem in any of our Britifh,ot Saxon Htflorics, (foundIs,Synods, Canons , which doubclefle would have mentioned them, and made fome ftriii Laws or(Janons, againft their Tewifh as well as againft 'Pagan Superflit ions, had they exercifed them hefe, as they would have done as well as h Spain, 5c other, places, had they refideef hete. That any of them were here in the time of our famous Emperor Con- famine, is but a dream of liieti, who becaufe they finp’e an Epiflle of Conflantines irt the Council of Nice, to all the Chur- (f) spclmm,l ekes of thrift in(ffSirHcn, Speltnans CodeSlions of the Decrees, Concil.p. 4},44. (Rations, and Conflitutions of the Britifh WV/^w herein is men- See ^ tre A 51 don made of the Churches of Britain, in that age, as well as in %jme,France and other parts , keeping the‘Takeover in a different manner from the wicked blinded lews, would thence infer, there were then Jews refidenc in Britain ; of which" there there is not one fyllable in that Epifile , nor in any Claflick Author Forrain or Domcftick, I yet ever faw or heard of. That they were ietled in our Ifland in the Saxons time, is (g) Anna!, pan colleifed , onel.y from that Law inferted by (g) Hoveden,, peflcnor,p.604. and ( h).Spelman amongft Edward, the Confejfors , here cited, (h) spelmanm p t ^ # But there being no mention of the Jews in any of oor (s)Malmesbury Saxon Kings Ra : gns,Councils,Decrees,Laws, before the Con- dc geftuRcgum f c jf or -> °Ut of which all his Laws were ( i ) wholly extracted 9 Angl.l.x.c.\,p. and this Law of the jews being not to be found in the true 7 J: Coronicon Original Copy of the Confejfors and Conquerors Laws of Ab- coi.7i6. bot CO lugttlphns i who fiouri(hed in that age , was prefent at Spelmanm con • their confirmation , and then brought them to Cray land t/ 4 b- cil.p.61 5. by, publifhed by Mr. (/) Iohn Selden,not yet in Bromton y I (k) lngulphi cannot but reject it as counterfeit, and elteem it rather, a fu '^dKad- declaration of the Jews Condition in England in Hovedests mount No!*, time(inferted by him,as well as fome other things of punier p. 17*3 to ipj. date, amongft thefe Laws) rather than any Law of, or in the / Confejfors day s,w here in I can fade no evidence of any Jews refidence here, but only this interpolation and forged Law, which Mr. Selden wholly cmittes in his Colle&ion of his Laws. The Hiftory of King William Rufus , his compelling the lews of Rhoan that were turned Chrifiians ,. to renounce their Chrifiianity and turn lews 4 j^r/»,A,CCEPT 0 PRETIQ APOSTASIiE, upon the complaint and mony given him by the Infidel Jews there, with the Dialogue between Him Cm)Hilltri*no- indSte P he . K l hc Jew,cited out of Holinjhed , here p.5,6, verum, Lx. I finde originally recorded of himby (m)Eadmerus,livia^ in p sfiAl- his raign: who though very bitter and injurious to him, by reafon of the great Concerts between him &s 4 nfelme(vit\ofe Favourite, Follower and Companion in adverfity Eadmerus was) yet he relates it not as a certain Truth, but as a Re¬ port of others of that Country , who had another Opinion of "Rufus , Quam de Chriftianis Chrifiianos Lex Chrifiiana docet habere : qua tamen f cut ilia ,accepimus fimpliciter po- nam , non aftruens Vera an [ecus extiterint , an non . Onely he addles this paffage to the ftory of Stephen , which Holinfbcd ^ emits: r fhat Su Stephen appearing to hint as he was travelling OH -+ To the Ckftfiian Reeder. on the wajy he demanding ef him who he watt Anfwered, 7 &« he wot long ft nee of a few made a Chrifiian , and was Stephen thefirfi Martyr ; but far this caufe , / have now come down * from Heaven to Earthy that thou cafitng away thy lewifh Super - fittton , mightefi be made a Chrifiian ; and being -baptized in Chrtfiy mightefi be caHed by my name. Whereupon he became a Chnfttan-, and was baptized. That immediately after the con¬ ference between the King and Stephen , (which agrees with that in Holmfhed) he being thrull ooc , and meeting his Fa¬ ther Handing before the door, expe&ing the event, being animated againtt him, faid ;0 Son ofdeath , andfewel of eternal perdition , is not thine own damnation fuff cient for thee , unlefi thou alfo cafi me headlong into it together with thee ? But God forbidythat I to whomChrifi is new revealed fhould ever acknow¬ ledge thee henceforth for a Fatherfiecaafe the devil is thy father. I have omitted in this Demurrer , no paffage to my know¬ ledge, in any of our Hiftorians, relating to our former En- glilh Iewsy reciting them all in a Chronological Order in the Hiftorians own words,quoted in the Margin: only I finde thele 2 Records concerning them,which I (hall here fupply, RetjClauf. I .E. I .Rot.ft he Ktngctnfiitutedby his Charter t Hi- mon, Hattain, and Robert de Luvenham his Iuilices for the eufiody of the Jews ; and thereupon ijfued a (JMandate to the Treafurer and Barons of the Efcbequerfo deliver unto them the Keys of the Chefi of the Iews y together with the RollsytFrittyifr all other things belonging to that Ojfce of the lewsy as had formerly beep Accufiomed to be done to other Iuftices. And Ret.CLmf. $„ Ed. I. Mem. 1 y .The King fens a Mandate to the Infiices of the Iewsy to do jufitcey and proceed inaeaufe , according to the cu- ftome of Iudaifm. ' I have ( m ) herein only briefly touched, not handled,the r f'- > 6 ‘> 6 ^ great Queftion,®/ the general calling & convert! on of the lewifh ^°* "Nation to the Faith of Chriftytowards the end of the world ; for which I cannot finde any fatisfa&ory grounds in Scripture. ThatText of Levit.i6.^\^to 46. on which foraebuild their general call, having thele two claufes in it,that feem ftrong- ly to oppole,or make it very dubious, y,4i ,1F THEN their B tmeir- rfeVi! mcircifed heart be humbled, and that they accept of the pttnifh* went of their iniquity, &c. & v.46. I will not caft them away, neither will I abhor them to DESTROY THEM UTTERLY. And that other Text of Rom. 11. whereon others moft rely, having this conditional paffage 8 1 cxprefs claufes again!! it, V.i 7,. And they a/fo , IF they abide not fit ll in unbelief {hall be grafted infer Cod is able (he faith not refolved) to gruffe them in again. And v.?, to 8. 1 have referved tomj felf 7000 men , Qcc.Even fo then at thisprefent time there is a Remnant according tothe election of grace.Scc, But the Election hath obtained it, and the refi were hardned,or blinded. Which compared with Rom. 9 . 2 7> 1 9 - ( Ifaiah alfo lakh concerning Ifpael, Though the number of the children of /fr at l be at the [and of the Sea, yet a remnant of themfonlyffhadbe faved, #9.10.22,23, &C.) will neceffarily evince, that Rom.11.26. AndfoaUtfndfhallbe faved, See. (on which they ground this general call) muft be intended onely ; of all this fmallelett remnant of the 1 frael of God, and feed of Abraham according to the faith , not flefh, 6.Gal.3.7,8,9,14,1 6.Gt.6. 1 6. of allfueh who are Jews inwardly, and have the Circumcifion of' the heart, Rotn.2.28,15?. not of the whole Jewifh Nation And thofe who will drain that Text further,muft neceffarily aver,not only an univerfal calling,but likewife falvation and taking away the ungodliness and fins of that whole Nation then by Chnft, (of which that Text only fpeaks) not only contrary to thefe forecited Scriptures , and Gods dealing (n) K19.3JH W1 f“ a , n other 00 Churches, Nations ; but to Jer. 3.14. I wtH take you, one of a City, and two of a Tribe , and Iwillbring (0) De unit a u 7™ t0 Sion. Mat, 21.i6 .Many are called^but few chofen: & few xiccleftce Fran- faved^ Luke 13*25. Therefore for any to call in Ch ' J l" s ™ on§ “? “Ponthisfemifeof their general ap. s„%Z ■ S " S J r 0 r,”-fl- ‘l*!!** Sd ' cifm > both ip State ufierm,Dc € 6 . 1C £ Chriftiamty, efpecially m this age, wherein that tiefiwm ebri* Speech of ( 0) mitranms Bifliop of ^umburae is mol\ truelv (litn ^Succef- verwa. TDiahnfaiu viiAwt TA* 1 * tin „ ' * tot} tvs ; htrefefd, tnevnit & fchifmatA , qttibus fnbverteret {idem, corrssyeret veritatem. Exinde divifa eft Ecclefta,& d ( vi a fat tccleft* Sacerdotia , at% omnia fcandalornm orta fa Peng' a. Exinde crevit grave & dmturmtm helium , & „ e * folumcivi'e helium, fed & plufaim civile helium, & fatla fat ahfadivin » far tter XT humasso reffcttu vaftationesEcclefrarum , & cades hominum: Exixdt etiam corrupt* fat divitta par/ter & hurna- "* !'£*/> fi* e fa™ »•» faftfLt VelDei Ecclefta , vel/mper* Republic a : & ex inde violata eft ftdes & public a , & Catho- that exinde etiam tlla crtvit snjuftitia , utpro veritatefalfa teftimonia, & pro fide Catholic a, abundent perjuritt : ut pofttpuam Leges hello ft here coaBafaleamriam ifta Domini fententi a per Ofee Prophetam: Xjh eft verim, & non eft mifericord,a,& non (cientiaDei in terra : male diet urn, & mendacium , & homcidt- tm, &fatum % & adulter inn inundaverunt , & faguis fa- guinem tetigit . Ip ft Diaboltu videtur nunc de carccrefuo foist* tm e JJ e ' Hmc public a c ivium contra Cive s ctwgrefftonts , alut Vft P a fioribus legstsmie , aliu vero contra paftores dmiemtes : is (P)'De IxvcfiL nc and ( p) Gerhobm Richerfpergenfts writ of Pope Hilde- s ? l0!te An *i- - wands dayes. chr ^i syntag.. . Il? * n y man chance to cenfure me, as overh arfli or earneft Ml * in my expreflions againft the Jews j I hope that fpeech of their royal Prophet, (a man after Gods own heart) Pf.139. 20,21,22. Do not l hate them, O Lord , that hate thee ? and am 1 not grieved with thofr that rtfe up agatnft thee l I hate them wtth a per fett hatred\ I count them mine enemies: for they fpeab agamft thee mcfydly ; depart from me therefore ye bloody mens will apologize for me * efpccially feeing their PropofaL are, d\?t only to be admitted end nceived into our Commonwealth under the protection and fafeguardof ourCovernours.KS THE NATIVES THEMSELVES : and that all theHeads and Qe- nerals of j 4 rms may take an Oath to defend them upon alicccap - on i) that they may be permitted to traffic^ freely in all forts of (Merchandise as others ; but to be fudged by their Judges in differences between themj elves, according to the MofaickLaw: v^r^t wed PUBLIC* SYNAGOGUES, notonelyin ENGLAND, butalfo IN ALL OTHER PLACES under . ' ' • *■' • • - ; ; . ... 0m r (r) Rrv.l.g, c. 1,0, Ojtfum.tf. Gal. 4 . 18 * fuels 3 . 4 * To thtCbrifiUn Reeder. w rower t and TO OBSERVE IN ALL THINGS ThSr RBIIGION AS THEY OUGHT.• 7 h„ xa C t there have been any Laws againfi their J ewijh Nation ., they may IN THE FIRST PLACE, and BEFORE ALL THINGS BE REVOKED. A clear evidence of an intended defign in tbetn, only to fet up their (r) Syna- oooues of Satan,]udailm,8tjewhhCeremomes an the higtieft degree, among# as, a* lawfnl , in dire& oppofition and fub- verfion of our only Lord, Saviour, Redeemer, Mediator, Jefus Chrift his Perfon, Offices , Kingdom, Gcfpeland Chriftianity it fdf,without any thoughts of turning Chriili- ans themfelves. In which cafe not to be paffionately 2ea- 15 lous, not to‘,(j) contend earncftly for theFaiih agaialf thefe ungodly men, turning the Grace of our God into ialciviouf- nefs, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jefus Chrift; is in a great meafure to deny and betray him, toge¬ ther with our Church, & Nation at once,unto tbefe their in¬ veterate enemies. For whofe Coriverfion, (not National, but of the Elea Remnant of them) as I (hall pray, o 3 can¬ not but pray and write againft their Re-admiflion amongft us on thefc , or any other terms, for the Reafons here humbly prefented to thy view, andChriftian Coofiderati- on, by Thy Chriftian Brother, and Companion in tribulation, and in the Kindom & Pati¬ ence of Jefus Chrift, Lincolnes-Inne-f 14 December, 1615. WiUiam Prynnei FRRATA. Title f • fo't enuniam nad quo,'undam.p^ii.t^ bomcsi rdmfes. p.iiXu. p*i 3 .l.i 6 .r.Luvel. p.$ 7 .fix,Y.ten. p.tf.l.$.quod. 1 .8 . tam*p.txJiit.mttatlp.70 J.iJlU rccerd.nesm^mve^ I ************ ************* <*A Jhort Demurrer to the fens long difcontinued 'Remitter into ENGLAND. Ow the Nation ofthejewes {once (a) f . Cods own beloved, Jpeciall, c ho fen People ) ^ i\ l .&c z6 after their (b) malltious < rucifying op our j 9 . Saviour Jefus Chrift , and imprecation, {b)nlls i.it. That (c) his Blond might be on them and 1 The]}, z. i j, their children , were for this (d) their Mat ri% crying ftnne especially , made the iaddeft -if. Speftacles of divine J uftice, and humane Mifery of all o- 00 i Theff. therNations in the World, being quite extirpated out a * x *» ©f their-own Land, almoft totally deleted by the l'vvord, peilijence, famine > carried away Captives, and difper- fed like fo many Vagabonds over die face of the whole Earth, as the very otf-fcowring of rhe world, and execra¬ tion, derihon of all other people, having no place, Ci¬ ty, Form of Government, or Republike of their own, in any corner of the Univerfe; ( according to Gods Commi - nations againSt them , Levit. 2 5 . 14. to 46- Deut. 28. j 5. to 68. Jer.$>. 10. c. 13.24- Ezech. y. 2 .to the mid. r. 12.15. c. 22.15.Mich. 1.21. Mat. 24.) Orwhat banifhments, punifhments, oppofitions, reftraints by penal Laws, fuppreflions of their Synagogues, Ceremo¬ nies, they have received in all ages from Cnriftian Kings, Princes,-Republikes in Forreign parts, for their impla¬ cable malice, blafphemie againft our Saviour Jefus Chrift, Chrift ians, Cnriftian Religion, and ocher Crimes A and ) 4 '/*££ andMiildei^ar^ tp vYljiciiVtief are moll iaddjE&ld-, is Z,of>arai-, Vanias c Di acornspi he Magdebutgian Centtiriators^ out of them and other Hifiorians, in their 2. to their 13 fjeniunes,■ chap* -i^and i.S, t dq$»-^$T'hif Anflals\saqd Heylms !tCficfoco{m> , p.'^ 5 ° 9 > $70. wjaefe alVAia/pe- rufe them, that ! ilvaii not iVen Jtime to fecite-them", but wholly confine my, (elf to a, Brief'KjEuion of their firfi admiJfioK wtoyjkei/ illdcpenment, mifdemeanors, frjferings, popular infurreliions agalnfl them in, and their final banijh- ment by judgement and fditt of Parliament out of England, neper to return again , collected out of the hell Hifiorians : to which I (lull iubjoyn, a tatte only of fuch Laves, Seri - ft ur es , and. Reafons , as feetn ftror.gly to plead agamft their re- admijfion into our Jfland , ejpecially at this feafon. When tiiejevs came.firfi intoEngland, appears npt'ccr- tainly by any Hifiorians, there being no, mtnuon'oftlieir being here in any of o.ur Wstifh. or Saxon Kings reigns, to my remembrance* Antoninus in his Chronicles 1 it. 1 6. ca. 5. records, That William the Conqueror King of Eng- -hnd, Iran fluted the Jews from Rhoan to London^ and dm c jikgdeburg Outstrip out of him, Centur. xi. cap. 14, Col. < 58 tf. adds, thereto, that it was. OR bJUM^llATUM PKECIUM far afiimm of money given to,him by them 5 ( which 1 find not in a Antoninus ..)' Both thefe Authors intimate, That this was their, foil arival in Ena land, yet in what year of thisKing, they arc fiient. . W ith tiiem 3'^zphaclI-fpiiffJhedy Yoi.^.p. i 5 . where ihu-.-hc - -" - x othe r grievances y which the Lr.i’.ifo. Tflai- nedby the hard dealings of the Conqueror, this°is to*be re~ piembred, That he brought, Jews into the Land from Rouen, ana appointed them, a place to inhabit and occupy : f reputing heir very firfi introdu. or A dealing.) which John Store in ids An, mil of Eng- • ~- a fivP*: ip3# thug ieconds, King Y^iiiKihi brought me L."., ' ’ ■ Jews * difcontinued Remtter, & c . - Jews from Rhoan here to inhabit in England. B in this Law concerning the Je ws, mierred among!! the La ws in the' Confejfors time , lee ms to prove their arrival arid (e tene¬ ment mfygMnd, to.be before this Ntfrtians reion • un- lejie mit-ptaced in point of time among!!- his LawesHy* Hove deni being rather in my opinion, a Declaration of the Jews lem'e condition under King William,- and 48- ch.ir rl v e,-fid!, when Hovedsn writ,"then-any Law in. King^ Sdwayds; reign, or before >.a;s ■ the words import. , (<0 De J uda'is in Regno cotoftitnfis, ‘ Atnaf S Ciendum estepno^, cjaod omnes Judxdubicandm R eiT . potiorp.6o 4 . wfm^ fkb tHteU dr defenfione Domini JJ \fgis funt ; nec Spelmanid qmlibct eormn allcm divkifepotejb fubdere, fine Rjais liccn- Coacil - 6 l 3 - tia. jadxf, dr omniafaa Regis fant. ■QttodJi.q»,f?iamde- turner# els peemiam faam , perejuirat ‘R^extanqaa.n fa- '' ' am propriam ■' ( or detinaerit eos, vclpecaniam eorum perqm- rat Rex ■> ft valt, tanqaamfmtmpropriam, (as Sir Henry / Spelmaa renders it.) . This Law or Declaration(being the firft record making mention of their being,'and condition in Er aland-. ) . proves, that as all the Jews when they came hr(l into England, were under the Kings procedtion and patronage where ever they refided : that they were under him only as his meet,l r ijfals, their perfons and goods beinp his a - lonej.Sc that they could dtl pole ofneither of them with- out his Licen.e.Into which flavifh condition they doubt— lefle then put themlelves,. (being bani/hed out oi other Nations for their Villanies ) only to avoid the fury of the common people, to whom they were moft detelia- ble^ who.elie would have quickly murdered, or .fton’d them to death, and Ilript themof all their weahh ; aS the lequell will declare. The next PalTagein Hiiiorians concerning the Jews being and condition in England, is that of (f) mlliam rt\n,r e i *+?«! i» m*m**f« his reign V The Jews ( writes he ) in his time gave ateflimonj of their' infolentf l p * 1 22. Once at Rhoan, endeavouring by gifts to perfwade and revoke • A 2 ^ .certain 4 ' A fbm Emmet to the JtwS certain men to Judaifm, j vhc bad deferred tbeir error: Ano¬ ther time at London, being animated to enter into a combate ( or dijpute ) againttour Bifhops, becaufethe King ( m met- % rimenti as i believe ) had faid, That if they fkould overcome the Chriftians, and confute them by open arguments, he would then revolt to them , and become one of their Setl ; thereup¬ on it was managedwith great fear of the Bifhops and Clergy , and with pious folicitude offuch who were afraid of the (fhri~ ftian Faiths mifcarriage. And from this combate the Jews only brought away nothing befdes confujion ■ although they would many times boaft, that they were overcome not by ar~ gument , but by a faction, (g) Antoninus relating the fto- , , ry in the fame words, addes only this, That the Jews com- MAf mw ?> t0 ( ^‘ s King on a certain Solemnity , and offering him ’ g‘f cs ’■> ( a ft er their removal from Rhoan to London) he thereupon animated them to a conflict againft the Chriftians , fw earing by St. Lukes face* that if they overcame them , he would revolt to their Setl: (as ifhe fpake it in good earned) (b) centur.xi. whom the (^) dlagdeburge Centuries accord. can, col. (>%■;, By which we may obferve, That the Jews were no fooner traufported and fetled in Rhoan and London, buc they prefently began to grow very infolent againft the Chridians; u Endeavouring to pervert fome of them by monies to Judaiim. aly, Attempting to corrupt the King himfeh, by gifts, to tide wiihthem againlt the Bi¬ fhops and Clergy, and to become one of their Seif, jly. By encringintoopen Deputations with the BidaoPS and Clergy againit the Chrift ian Faith, to the great tear of the Profeffors, and hazard of the Chriftian Religion. 4 ly, By boafting frequently when they were overcome, That it was only by powerand fa&ion, not truth or dif- putation. And will not this be their very praftilenow, if re-admitted, to the hazard of our Chridian Religion, and iedudion of many fimple, undable fouls, in thisun- ^ Retied, apoftatizing age ? when not only the ignorant People, but many great Profeffors, tumAtheifts, Herc- ticks, Seekers, Apodaces, Blafph enters, Ranters; Qua- _ _ kers, I vi cUfcwtintteA Remtt&y (?c. fj kers, Anci'cripturitts? and what not? but. real €Hri» Ilians ? This Hifloryof William Rufus, caufing a deputation between the Cnriftians and the Jews? is related by Ra¬ phael Holmfhcd in his Chronicle; Vol. 5. p. 27. who like- wile records ot him, That be being at Rhoan on a time, there came to him diver ft Jews? who inhabited that City ^com¬ plaining to him , that divers of that Nation had renounced their Jewish Religion? and were become Chritiians : wherefore they'befought him, that for a certain fumme of money which they offered to give, it might pleafe him to conllrain them to abjure Chrillianity, and turn to the je with Law again; Hewas content to fatisfie their de¬ fines, and lo receiving the money , called them before him ; and rvhat with threats , and putting them otkerwife in fear, he compelled divers of them to for fake Ckrift, and to turn totheir old errors. Hereupon, the Father of one Stephen a Jew, converted to the Chritlian Faith, being fore troubled for that his Son was turned a Chriltian, and hearing what the King had done in fuch like matters, prelented to him 60 Marks of Silver, conditionally, That he fliould en¬ force his Son to return to his Je w ith Rel igion; where - f upon the young man was brought before the King, unco whom he laid, Sirra , thy Father here complained)-, that without his licenfe thou art become a Chri/lian : If this be true , / command thee to return again to doe Religion of thy Nation, without any more adoe% To whom the Young man anfwered, Tour Cjrace ( as Iguefs ) doth but jeft. Where *■ with the King being moved, laid? What * thou dounghil knave, fhould / jeft with thee; Get thee hence quickly , and fulfil my commandementi or by St. Lukes face, Ifhall caufe thine eyes to be pluckedout of thine head. The Young man nothing abalhed thereat, with a conftant voice anfwered, Truly I will not do it ; but know for certain ? that if you were a good Chriftian,yo*t would never have uttered any fuch words ; for it is the pan of a Chriftian->to reduce them again to Qhrifi , which dre departed from him, and not to feparate them from A-%, hint) A fhort Demurrer to the Jem him, which are joyned to him by Faith* The King herewith confounded, commanded the Jew to avant arid get him out'ofhis fight : But his Father perceivings that tiri King could not-per! wade his Son to for fake theChri.ii.in Faith, required to Inure his money again. To whom the King laid) He had done io much as lie protnifed io doe; that was, to perfwade him fo: far as_he might. Ac length , when he would have had.the King to have dealt further in the matter; the King ( to diop.his month ) tendred back to him the one half of his money, and received the other to himielf. All which. increa'fcd the fnsfltionmen had of his Infidelity. By this Flillory we may perceive what a. prevail in? Engin the Jews money is, torn to.forile them into Cha¬ dian Kingdoms, though the moll bitter, inveterate^pro- felfed Enemies ofChrili himfelf, Chrihians, and Chri- ftianity; and how their money can induce even Chadi¬ an Princes to. perpetrate moll unchriilian , and anticlm- llian adlionsand enforce by threats and violence, even convertedChrillian Jews, to renounce their Chnlliani- ty, and apollatiie to their former Jewiili Errors which they had quite renounced. And do not they Hill work even by the ielf-fame Money-Engin ? preterred by too many Chrillians, even befofc Chrift himfetf, and Chri- llianity ? Inthe year ofotirLord, 1145. during the reign of King Stephen , the Jews grew fo prelumptuous in °E»g- land, that they crucified a child called VF'ilham, in the City of Norwich, in derifion of Christian Rdioion , as ^Matthew' Wefiminfter,Flores Hifioriarum, Aim. 1 145. P« 39 . (fhronicon Johannis Bromtorr, Col. 1048. Hyaden ill his Volychromcon * y -Antoninus ; £entUYi^uu».tuHj ^ is contempt ot ’ Chrnc and his I a in on ) as John Bromtons Chronicon col xc> 5 o. M ? deKnygLn,de Events Anglia?™ coL ' 23P4 Poly chronicon : F . . on the lame account', the'jews on the Feafl 0/Eafter mar- tyredand-cruciped amber child at Sr. Edmonds-bury, cal¬ led Robert; who was honourably interredfoon after m the Church of St. Edmunds, and grew famous by miracles there wrought ; as Gel vafius Doroberr.enfis, in his Chronica, col. 145 8. relates. What punishments were then mfliftedon them for ‘ thefe Murders, and Inlolencies -,1 find not recorded; per¬ chance they purchased their Peace with monies : For I (0 read. That in the year 11 <58. King Henry the 2. want, r\ r ■ r ing monies, bamjhedthe wealihiefi of the jews out of Eng-. DorobrnSto. land, and fined the reft of them in 5 oco Uh'arkj; moli like- col ~ 1403. ly for thefe their Miiderheanors. The (kj) jews, though there vyere a great multitude (f) ibronicoit ot them in Eng land, in every quarter of the Realm, had 3 ohann - Brom - dhy one Church-yard alcttedthem, and that at London ; TohL'vlV in which they were enforced to bury all their dead corps gill. 13. wherdoever they died;:which being a great trouble Holinjhuls and annoyance to them, thereupon in the year 1178. chronicle >Kol. . they petitioned King Henry the 2. ( being at Stanfle'de) ^rjnoVs'cbw for a Licenle to have Church-yards without the Cities p. 79 . cent. * wherein tbeyl inhabited , in convenient places where Magdeburg, iz they could purchafe them, wherein to bury their deadi c,I T w/,I7j9, which he then printed to them. ■ , , • ., i Ir-ieems the Jews were then lb odious to the whole Nation, that they would not permit them to bury their very dead corps in any Enghjh foyl, for fear of polluting it, nor near any Chriit ians bodies, without the Kings ipecialLicenle. , ,...; * %t)Gulitl. V«- ( / ) King Hjchardthe first being to be crowned King brigenf. Hi ft. 1. n i 0 „^ i n the year of our Lord, 118 9 . the chiefeft of 4.c.t 7i t.&c. . t flocked together from all parts to his Corona- tion, refolving to purchai'e the favour of the New King Rog. Hoveden, w ith molt ample gifts, and to get their former prmled- Hygden, Rabi- 0£S con fl rme d, which they feared they iliould lofe. But g'JT&Z' they being fufpeaed of Sorcery and Magick, the King Speed, FOX, by a puhlick Prodamation prohibited all Jews from en- Daml, in the t ring the Church whiles he was crowning, or his Palace, life of Rich.i. w hiles he was therein feafting. Notwithstanding fome hanntiBrom-" °f principal Jews fecretly "ot into the Church and tonTcol! xtji. Palace; who being difcovered one after another were i i*o. 1171. well beaten, and thrurt out of the Church and Court by Radulphiu dc t fl e Kings Officers and Chriftians. Upon which the com- ^Thilionfjt mon P C0 P' e th en flocking in greatmultitudes to thcKings *47.6 ji!^ J Coronation, fell upon the Jews (landing in great multi- 1 tmricM de tudes at the Pallace gate, firfl beating them with their Rnygbeon, de flfl s , and then taking up clubs and Hones flew Tome of /tod!* 1 *! ». t ^ iem > anc ^ ^ others half dead: whereupon one of (■ them called Benechtt of Torhe\ being lb beaten and woun¬ ded, that he defpaired of life, and extraordinarily terrif- ed with the fear of death, received Baptifm from William Prior of St. eJM.aries of Torke , and thereby efcaped the peril of death, and hands of the perfecutors. In the mean while there was a great rumor Ppred throughout the City of Loncftm upon this occafion, That the King de fired , and had commanded , that all the Jews fbould be banijhed and de¬ ft rojed ; Whereupon an infinite number of People,as well out of the City->as mod Counties of England thencoming to the Coronation, inflamed with tne defire ofbooty, betaking themfelves to their arms, fell pell-mell upon the Jews, and flew and pillaged them both in the ftreets and in their houfes; and thole who defended themfelves for a time in fuch ftrong houfes which they could not enter, were there foon after'burnt and confu- med, together with their houfes, by the furious multi¬ tude, who put fire to their houfes , and burnt down molt 9 long difctoitinuMKeminer) &c. tridff df theiil, Synagoga data dedecori , an I iikevvile dtt— faced their Synagogues, as Rami fins de ‘Diceto records. The King being informed hereof whiles he vvasfeaftinV* with his Nobles, thereupon lent %jnulphus de Glanvd then chief juilice of the Realm, a potent and prudent man, together with other great Noblemen, to perfvvade reftrain theie bo.d people. But all m vain, for in lo great a multitude, none would hear their voices, nor reverence their perfons; but rather murmuring a^ainlt them, exhorted them fpeedily to return •• whereupon they advifediy declining their unbridled rage, the fury of theie Plunderers ceafed not till the next day. zAc licet immenfnaso tanta rahiei ft diftimulata esl inulta tranfiret, primer dia regia majeftatis deuigraret plurimum; propter r e'¬ er unit amen infinnam multitud : nem dijfimularioportuit quod v in die an non potuif, writes Henry de Knyghton . Yet the v'ery next day the King fending his Officers throughout the City, commanded tome ofthe laid malefa&ors to be apprehended, and brought before him, of which three were hanged by the judgement of his Court: one,becau(e he had 11 oil e nthe goods of a certain Chriflian: and two becapie they had made a fire in the City, whereby the houles of Chriltians were burned. After which the Kin<* lent for the man, who of a Jew was made a Chriftian" and demanded of him, in the prefence of thole who had feen him baptized, Whether he were made a Chriflian ? Who anfwered. That he was nct } hut that he permitted the Chriftians to do to him what they would, that he mioht efcape death. Then the King demanded of the Archbifhop, in the prefence of many Archbifnops and Bilhops, When was to he done^ concerning him f Who anf'weting very in¬ discreetly, laid : If he will not he a man ( or fervant ) of Gody/et him he a man ( or fervant ) ofthe Devil ; And lb he returned to the Judaical Law. In the mean time the King fent his Writs throughout all the Counties of Cng- owa, prohibiting. That none fhould doe any harm to the Jews, hut that they [hou/d enjoy his peacer But before that Edi& ® was IO A fhort Demurrer to the Jews was publifhe , the jews winch were in the To'vvne of Du/ifiaplc (to purer e their ives from the peoples fury) being converted ro the ChriiHan Faith, were baptized , betroathing their Wives after the manner of Chriitians; which was iikewi e done through many Cities of Eng¬ land. isnd a though the King by his Proclamation had decreed Peace to the Jews, yet notwhhitan ing the fu¬ ry 3ga init tejev\s kindxd at London, not verily out of * z**lo? Faith- bat of GAn ehemencly raged mother pla¬ ces or the Land. For a certain jew at Lynne happening to be made a Chrihian; thereupon the Jews ptriecutin^ him, as a j re-arkatoroftheLaw,takingan opportunity” al.au!,ed him with arms as he paffed through'the city : whereupon he took fianituary in the Church ; yet uot- with. landing he raging Jew would nor reit quiet : 0 r this, but with a continued fury pre ent.y began to aifault the laid Church with great . tolencc • presently hereup¬ on there aroe a great clamor, and the Chrii.iam aifilt- ance was dehred with qud oar-cries. This clamor and tame inceided the Ohriltian people, and young men who were is rangers, of which a great number at that time re¬ torted thi.her. by reason 0 f traffick; who runnin? to the Church armed, valiantly a {faulted the proud J^ws, who being unable to refill the a flail It of the Chriitians, pre- lently betoox themfelves toflight. Alter which , the Chriitians a hanking and taking their houfes, fpoyled and then bmrft them with fire. Hereupon the young, men who were Grangers, laden with prey,departed with icipeedi -y to their (hips, lell they fhonld be queliioned, peich^nce mforced to r€iloT£ their booty^ by th* Kings Officers. But the inhabitants of the place, vt hen nicy were quefiioned for this by the Kings Officers,tran * Mated this fa& to the {{rangers, who were then departed horn thence; although themfelves were not altogether innocent, taking up arms again!! the Jews upon the out¬ cry, but yet doing nothing againft the Jews, for fear of the Kings diipie-alure, Not long difcontinued Remitter , &c. Not long after, in Lent there arofe a new ftorm againlt the Jews at Stanford - for there being lolemn Fairs there held in Lent , t he young men and Souidiers who had ta - Jten upon them the fign of the Crofl’e, and were then rea¬ dy to go to Jerufalem with the King,a(fembling together mere out of divers Counties, difdaining that the Jews, being the enemies of the Crolfe ofChrilt, pofielfed fuch •great llore of goods and wealth, when as they had not lufficient to defray the neceflary expences of lb great a journey; and imagining that they fhould do God good lervice, if they aflaulted thefe his enemies ; boldly mill¬ ed upon them, no man oppoling himfelf againlt fo great attempts; whereupon divers of the Jews wereflain, & therell being received into the Cattle, hardly efcaped with their lives, their goods being all plundered? and the plunderers departing freely away with their booty, none of them being lo much as cjueflioned, orpunifhed by the Kings difeipline. The Citizens of Lincoln hearing what was done to the Jews of Stanford , taking occalion, and being animated by the examples of others, were willing to do lbmething againlt them: and being alfembled to¬ gether againlt the Jews inhabiting together with them? became enraged againlt them. But thefe Jews being made more wary by the daughters and damages of others, fome few of them fuffering harm and damages, the reft fled timely with their monies into the Royal Fort, and there lecured themlelves. In all other places wherelo- ever the Jews were found, they were pillaged and flain by the hands of the Pilgrims, who haftning through Eng¬ land towards Jerufalem., decreed to rife'up firft againlt the Jews, before they invaded the Saracens. Hereupon all the Jews who were found in their own houles at Nor¬ wich were flain on the 8. of February, lbme tew of them only efcaping to the Cattle. At the lame time, The No¬ bles and Gentry of Yorkejhire, nothing fearing the Kings Proclamation, rhe wicked Jews having by Ulury reduced the toextream poverty,joyning with them fome holy Ibl- B 2 diers, 12 Afbort Demurrer to the Jews diets, brake up ihe Houles of the chief jews, equall to the Kings Palace, flew their families, lpoiled their goods, and burnt their homes in the night , and then retired them;elves to their homes in the dark. After which, the promt ci ous multitude making an aflault noon the lews, flew them without ditinetion oflex or age; except iome levy who would gi ve up their names to Chrilt in baptil'm to *ave their lives. On the x 8 Jay of April, being Palm- Sunday, the ren of the Jews in the City of Torke, ( bein* 5co men ana women; betides their children ) firing the themfeives within the 9 ? r orke by the will and conlent of the Guardian thereof, and or the Sheriff; who being;hus received in¬ to the Cable for their defence.by the Guardian and She¬ riff, wouid not afterwards deli ver it up unto them a^ain W hereupon the Sheriff an dkeeperof the Caftle bein<* much offended with them,aflemb:ed .he Souidiersofthe SfSTefrnm rfi"r 1 | °" ^ P ty> thr:C the >’ mi S ht free the Ci , ^ romr ho e Jews, exhorting them to do their ut- ! efthe CawPd° ? L VV % whcn the Y had affauW , the Caide day and night, the Jews ofkred a oreac mmrne oi money to lave their lives; but all in vain the people being lo incensed againft them that they would LaP C flood 1C uD U1 T| Up r a P/ tain Jcw skiifull in their tL 'k : it P- H laid * M °f Israel hearken to my A , ‘ / l * better for m to diefor our Law, then to fall iZ to trie hands efthe enemies of cur Law, and. oar very Law commands.the fame th.ng. Upon which all the Jews , as wed men as: women, contented to his counsel, and eve™ he dProat a s ofbi 7 g ° inS ^ itha diar P razor,dr,l of all cut Chriffia" 1 Pe e o P !e OD A£°i;M ,l ;, e • to°Pri Jewe^in^ rnies, that theGhrifiians might not be inriched h,r MC * b theie murderers fluitting up themfeives and the reft long dificontinued Remitter 3 (fie. ■^??^ d { lU K d u in che Kin S s houl^ic on fire, and lo burnt both themfelves and it. After which the Citizens of Torke• and the Souldiers of the County burn- ning all the J ews houies together, Ipoyled their goods, feized their pofleffions to themfelves, and burn'dId che charters ol their debts. The King being informed here¬ of, and much interned both for the contempt ofhis Roy¬ al Proclamation and Authority, and dammage to his tx- chequer, to which all the coods and Debts of the Jews beingUlurers belonged, commanded his Chancellor to' intiid due punifhment upon the authors of this Sedition. Whereupon, after Edjfir, the Bijhop of Ely the Kims Chancellor gathering a great Army together,came To -orkfrxo apprehend thole as malefactors who had de- ilroyed the Jews of the City : And underftanding thac this was done by the command of the Sheriff' and Governour of the cable, he put them both from their Offices; and took t Ureties from the Citizens of the City, tor to keep the Peace of the King and Kingdom, and to band to the Law in the Kings court concerning the death of the Jews : and commanded the Souldiers of the Conn- t y who were at the definition of the Jcwsy to be appre- hended; but the chief o r them flying into Scotland, c- fcapea, not one of them all being put to death for this great mafi'acre and Riot. . Henry de Knighton , DeEveniibus nAnglia, ]. 2 . c> r * giv es this cenlure of thefe daughters and popular tumults agamft the Jews. The Zeal of the Christians conftired a- gamft the Jews in England, but mtruth not fmcerely , that is-, for the caufie of faith ; but either out of emulation and envy becaufe of theirfelicity , or out ofgaping after their goods : The Jujhce trpuy of God not at all approving fetch things 5 hpft decently ordering them, that by this means he might punilh theinjo/ency 1} a perfidious Nation. He like wife addes; That cne John, a mod bold C hrifiian, flying from Stan, ford with many fpoyls of the Jewsto Northampton , was there lecretly l ain ny his Hoii, to get his money, and B 3 thrown *4 A fhort Demurrer to the Jews thrown without the city in the night, the murderer flying therupon. After which?through the dreams of old women? - Si falacious figns, the Ample people atributing to him the merits of a martyr? honoured his Sepulchre with folerr.n vigil*? and gifts." This was derided by wife men, yet it was acceptable to the Clerks there living, by real on of the gains. Which the Bill .op hearing of? prevent jy \wr fainded him, and prophaned the Monuments of thisfalte martyr? continued by the ftudy of Ample and covetous per ions. I wifli net fuch plunderers as this, might be laincled and adored in our age? as too many of them are, . even before their deaths, who will be urHainiled after them? as well as this bold plunderer of the Jews. Mr. Fox in his Adis and Monuments, Vol. i.p. 305. relating the flory of the maifacres of the Jews this year out of the Chronicle of VVefimmfier, faith That there were no lefs than a tfsoufandfive hand ed of the Jews defiroyed at. that time in York alone-, ( befide tho'e flaughtered in o- ther places ) fo that this year , which the Jews tookjo be their Jubilee was to them a year ofconfafion. Neither was this ' 1 plague of theirs undeferved for every year commonly their cu- fiomwas, to get feme Chrifiian mans child from the Parents y andon Cfood-Friday to crtsc/fie h.m, in defp.'te of oar Reli- gon. King Richard the firft, after his return out of the Holy Land in the year, 1194. appointed Juftices? Laws and Orders, for preventing the frauds , and regulating the contrails of the Jews? both between them! elves,and be¬ tween Chrittians and them, thus recorded at large by (m) AmaJdum (*» ) %sg er de Hovedev, and briefly touched only by pars pofterior, feme others. p. 74J. Chiron. J tsf II the Debts, Pawns, JIForgagcs, Lands,Hoafes, Rents ) Holinjhed VoU and Poffejfions of the Jews,(bailee regifired. The Jew who " 3- f. >5 f. (hull conceal any of thefe,(hallforfeit to the King his body,and the concealment, and likewife all his fojfefiions and chattels', neither jhall it be lawful} to the Jew ever to recover the con¬ cealment. 1 cealnent. Lkewife 6 or 7 places frail be provided, in which they frail makj all the.r contrails, and there frail be appoint¬ ed two Lawyers that are Chrifljans, and two Lawyers who are Jews, and two egal Regflers; and before them, and ihe Clerks of W 'v hmof the Church of St. Maries, and Willi¬ am cf'^himilii, frail their Contracts bem.de■■ and Char¬ ters jhall be male of their contrails by way of Indenture. And one pa t of the Indenture frail remain with the Jew , fealed wit hsfeal to whom the money is lent ; and the other vart frail emam in the common cheft ; wherein there frail be 3 locks ani \$ys^ whereof the 2 ChnfHans frail keep one key , and the 2 je os another > and the Clerks of Wi'iiam of St* Marks Church, and Wiliam of Chiminij frail keep the thi d . And moreover, there frail be three feals to it ; and thofe who keep t f e feals , frailput the feals thereto. More¬ over the CLrkj of the faid Wi iiam and William frail keep a roll o p the tranfertpts of all the Charters ; and as the Charters frail be altered , fo let the roll be likjw fe : For every Char- te there frail be 3 pence paid, one mo.ty thereof by the Jew, and the other mo'ty by him to whom the money is lent ; whereof the 2 wr. ters frail have 2 pence, and the keeper of the roll ihe third. ndfrom henceforthyto contraIt frail he made with, mr payment made to the Jews, nor any alteration made of the Charters frut before the [aid per fans, or the greater part of the? if all of them cannot be prefent.. And the afore faid 2 Chri¬ stians (hall have one roll of the Debts or receites of the pay - ments which from henceforth are to be mads to the Jews, and the 2 Jews one, and, the keeper of the roll one. Moreover , every Jew frail fwear upon his Roll, that all his debts and pawns, and rents,and all his goods and pojfeffions he frail caufe to be enrolled) andthat he [hall conceal noth'ng, ecs is afore - flid: And if he frail know that any one frail conceal any thing, he frail ferret ly reveal it to the Iufltces fent unto them \ and that they lhall acts# and frew unto them, allFalftfiers or for¬ gers of Charters, and clippers of moneys, where rr when they [frail know them, and Ukewife all falfe charters. (#) Mat .weft. Afi.iilo.Mat, Paris, Hifi. Anglia. Lon - dini 1^40 p. iip.HolmJhed, rol.3.p. 174. ./Wtf Stow , p. 1*8, AUf. ( 0 ) Mat.Pa 1 /is Hifjt.Ang. p . ft?. Jrir. p. iji. Bratton l, 3. r # CO ATttf. F^Af bift.Jng.p.jtff Mat. ire ft min. fter,p. ii*. Holinfjed, p. 111. By thele fir Lit politick Laws, the King and his Officers knew the particular Wealth, monies, goods, debts, and real andperfonal Efiates ofe\eryJeW;and in whole hmds ' they were,and to could feize and command them at their pleaiure, upon any real or pretended miidemcanors, or complaints again!! them- (» ) King John, in t he year of our Lord 1210. com¬ manded all the Jews of both fexes throughout Eng¬ land. robe apprehended and imprifoned; and to be afflict¬ ed with molt grievous torments, that io they might ia- tisHe the Kings pleaiure with their mony. Some of them _ being grievoufly tortured,gave all things which they had, and promifed more, that they might by this means ef- cape fo many kinds of torments. Amongtt whom, one Jew at Bristol; punillied with various torments, when as he would neither redeem himfelf, nor lubmit to any fine, the King commanded his tormentors, that they fhould every day pull out one of his grinding teeth, untill he fhould ply to the King Ten thouland marks of fil ver. And when at lalt for 7 dayes fpace they had pul¬ led out 7 of his teeth, with intollerable torment , and ' now on the 8 day the Tormentors had begun the like work again; this Jew, an over-flow provider for his pro¬ fit, gave them the aforefaid money, that he might faVe the 8 tooth to himlelf, the other 7 being pulled out:who, with much more wifdom, and lels pain, might have done lo before , and have laved his 7 teeth, having but 8 in (0) In the year 1222. in a Council at Canterbury un- 5f ™ c ™ } (h°p Stephen, a certain Apoftate Jew,made S; hr ? 1 - n „ a Dea . c ° n > afterwards apoftatizing,was there judicially pumffit, whom Fa/co prelently apprehen¬ ding, earned to be hanged, as Matthew Paris writes: but ' Broth* others record, that he. was burned to afhes. Henryt>w 3 Anno 1 230. wanting mo- " neys, conltrained the Jews, whether they vvoffid or would not , to give him the third part of all their movea- long difco^tikued^Sbtrrfitter^ &c. 17 vable good?, and that with all expedition. (7) The Jews in the year of our Lord 1231. builded cb ro I° e } St< ? vs a Synagogue very curioully, but the Chriftian? obtained 1%™' h of the King, that it fhould be dedicated toqwHeJfed La¬ dy , and was lince by the fame King Henry-, granted to the Brethren of St. Anthony of Vienna, and called Sc. Antho¬ nies Hosft(all. 0 ) In the year of our Lord, 1233. King Henry the 3. (>) Mat.Park at iiis proper colts built in London, not farr from the old Hl I i - ring/. Temple, a decent Houle and*Church , fufficient for a 3 *** Stoy *< P- Co vent, with other convenient edifices thereto belong- ing,called * The houfe of the Converts : To which houfe the F converted Jews Hying, leaving the blindnefie oifmaifm^ * Near the under a certain honelt rule of living, might have a certain Rolls, habitation^ fafe refuge.and a fufficient livelihood during their whole Hues, without fertile labour, and the gain ©fUlury. Whereupon it came topafl'e, that in a fhorr. time there was gathered together to that place, a great number of Converts, who were there baptized and m- ftrufted in the Chriftian Faith, and lived laudably, being governed by a skillfull Rector, fpecially appointed for that purpole. (/) King Henry in the year 123?. keeping his Court (f) Mat - *<*• and the Nativity at Westminster with many of his Bi- ns {hops and Nobles, there were brought before him upon weftm p/iU the complaint of John Toly, 7 Jews, who had circumci- Holhjhe'd VoL fed a certain child in Norwich, whom they had flollen a- 3- St0 ™ way from his parents, and kept for a years 1'pace from the f 'L 83 ; Fox fight of Chriflians, intending to crucifie lxim on the feafi yf/ f_ p of Eajter . But being convicted for this fadf , they con- Speed p.pt. feffed the truth of the thing iq the Kings presence; and Veljchromcon , fo being at the Kings pleafure , both for their life and Lr-oj?. members, were detained in prifon for this fa&, and fome of them drawn and hanged. p. m. Mat- (t) In the year of our Lord, 124 o,theJewscircumcifed p ^k- druiq. a Chriftian child at Norwichi&nd being circumciled, they 178 called him fnm'mm : but referved him. to be crucified, (0 C in*”’ 18 A~fhort Demurrer to the Jews in contumely of'Jeius'Chrilt crucified. Buc the Father' of the child, from whom the jews had ftollen him?. dili¬ gently feeking after his Sonne? at the laft' found him iliuc up in the cufiody of the Jews : and with loud clamours' declared, that his Sonne, whom he thought to have been lolV was wickedly kept up in the chamber of a certain Jew. Which great premeditated wickednefle coming to the knowledge of the Bifhop, William Rele, a prudent and circumfpeit man, and of other great men, led through the Jlotbfulnefle of thc'Chriftiuns (o great an injury of Chilli fhonld be paffed by unpunished , all the Jews of the City were apprehended : and when as the/ would have defended themfelves by Regal authority'] the Bi- fhop laid. The! e things belong to‘ the Church , and are not to be de ermined in the Kings Court, feeing the Que'iion to be dilcufl'cd, is concerning Cirrumcifion, and the breach of faith. Whereupon 4 yf the jews bein» conviided of the aforefaid wickednefle, were firft drawee! about at the tails ofHorfeS,and at laft hanged on the Gal¬ lows, lamentably breathing forth the re’, iques of life. The very next year the jews in Forraign parts, efpe- • cully in (jennaup believing, thatche Tartars were* of ' rheir own Nation, entfed into a decree League with .., wem, to dduroyt,ae Chriftians, and fiibdne the ■whole 1 world to themfelves; to which end they provi led ma¬ ny Hogflieads filled with arms to be tranlpbrced to the • ' ij'artars ; • pretending to the Chriftiart Princes, thatthey " 1 wfere Vefle 1 s filled only with poyfoaed Wines, where-' with they intended m poyfoiv'and d.-ftroy thc'Tanars j ; who would drink no wines, but ftich as Were made by the Jews. But this their Treachery being decefted by tut. ^uftomefs in CJs'm.inyj who found thete' pretended .' . Velfe Is of Wine, to be fraiaght with atm? for- the Tartars: ' r wherewith to deftroy the Chf.iithn/;*r.tberenno» the /jews were deli feted ro' Tor mentors, to be perpetually ' impnlbned, or flam with their own-fwords, as Ul-Tmhem ■ Pans in ore. at large relates, A mo 12141. p. 564. King / • — J *~ long discontinued Remitter, &c. 19 __ _ _—i-1-.- - —. -- (u) King Henry, Ann.0 1243-. exifted a greatranfom (*) Mat,*# from the moil miter-able Jews, both in gold and filter: f© rii 3 ' 0? * that, beiides what he exacted from others , he extorted from one Jew, Aaron ofTorke , 4 marks of gold,and 4600 marks of hlver • the King himfelf receiving the gold with his own hand from every Jew, man or -woman, being made of a King, a new receiver ofCutiome ; but the til- ver was received by others for the King.' (*) - Amo 1244. in Augufi , the corps of a little ( x ) Mat. Va male child was found buried in the City of London, in rit, p . 644* whole thighs and arms, and under his paps, there’ was a regular inicription in Hebrew Letters. To which ipe- dfacle when as many retorted , admiring at it, and nett . knowing how to read the letters, knowing that the Let¬ ters were Hebrew, they called thither converted Jews, who inhabited the Houle which the King had founded in London, that they as they loved their life or members, for the honour,love, and fear of their Lord’the King,without figment offalfhood,.might declare chat-writing. For the/ Kings Bayliffs ani Contervators of the Peace were pre- - Lent. They likevvifebelieved, neither without cauley that the Jews had either crucified that.little ichild in ob¬ loquy and contumely; of Ghritl(.'which,vyas. related fre¬ quently to have happened) or had atflidted him with fwn- - dry torments to crucify him, and when he had given up the ghott, they had now cat! him there, as unworthy the CrofTe* Moreover, there appeared in.his body ©lew marks, and tents ofrodds, and manifel! figns and foot- fleps of fome other torment. And when as .thofe Con¬ verts were brought, to read thofe things that were in- bribed, and tludied that they might perfe&ly read them, they found the Letters detonated, and now not legible, being many ways difqrdered, and t.ofl'ed.up ahddown,by reafon of the extenfion and control on ©t the skin and - flefh. Biit they found the name ofthe: Father ,ahd Mo¬ ther ofthelittle.child, tupprefling theirfurnames , and - that the child was fold tochejews.; but to whom, orco C 2 what 20 A fhort Demurrer to ttre Jews (y) Hat, Ta. risp.f^t. what end, they could not find. In the mean time>cer- tam of the London Jews took a fiectec and hidden flight, never to return again, who by this very thing rendered themlelves iuwefted. And Tome affirmed that the Lord had wrought miracles for the child. A«d beeaule it was found, that the Jews at other times had perpetrated luch wictednefle, and the holy bodies crucified had been folemnly received in the Church, and likewile to have fhined brightly with miracles, although the prints of the s wounds appeared not in the hands and feet, and fide of the fold corps, yettheCahohsot St. Paul took it violently away,and folemnly buried it in their Church* not far from the great Altar. O' )Ji e fa . me >: car ( 1 ’44.) The Barons in Parlia¬ ment ordered > That there fhould be one Juliice at the felia a S nted rtheJ S>by thfe lwm “ a ^nofthe , , „ B . (*) In the year of our Lordiiiyo. King Henry the *d.. *}*£?' JjEX Wlt Y l C0V ^°r US dcfire ’ landed mony ? spell', p. 0 b X ^ rr 5 d fromcne Jews without all mercy, foas 5 he y 5®$* feeitt «> f,e altogether and irrecoverably im- poveripied i exafhng what monies foever they had in Notwithftandinw, although they were mi- fonble,yec they were pittiedgy none? becaufe they Tf d attd rifled to have been counter- feicersas well of monies as of Teals. And to pafle by the mthce S m ° C h erS ’ vveflla11 on, y mention one, P that their malice may the more appear to many.There was a certain -.gife »>>«*> a„d hWe at andi Abraham- m name , not in faith, who Si S Jf/y 1 ® ***** who had a very b^anti- hiH wife, and faxthfull to him , named Flora. This Jew fod’Th^f U8hCa fl! mul ? te more di%race to Chriit, cau- ^the lmageohthe Virgin decently carved and fom Tb aS J heman u er T 1S ’ holdin g h * r Soniinher*bo- “J* Ji 1 ? Ima S e the Jew placed in his houfe of Office, « d which jsagreatfl«me and ignomy toexpreffe, blafi- 4 pheming 55 long discontinued Remitter , &c. pheming the Image it felf, as if it had been the very Vir¬ gin her lelf» threw his moll filthy, and not to be named excrements upon her, days and nights, and commanded his wife to do the like. Which when his wife faw, after feme days, fhe grieved at ic by reafon of the Sex, and partin* by lecretly, wiped oft the filth from the face of the Image moll filthily defiled. Which when the Jew her .husband had fully found out, he therefore privily andimpioufly Hrangka the woman her ielf, though his wife. But when thefe wicked deeds were dilcovered, and made apparent, and proved by his convidlion, al¬ though other caules of death were not wanting, he was thrull into the moll loath lorn Caftlc of the Tower of Lon¬ don. whence to get his freedom, he moll certainly pro- mifed, That he would prove- alt the Jews e/England, to have been mofi wicked Traitors.. And when as he was greatly accufed almoll by ail the Jews of England, and they en¬ deavoured to put him to death, T^jchaid interce¬ ded for him. Whereupon the Jews grievoufly accufuig him both of the clipping of money, and other wicked¬ ness, oftred £arl ‘Richard a thoufand marks,if he would not protect hull ; vvhichmotwithftanding the Earl retu- fed, becaufe he was called his Jew. This Jew ha- therefore gave the King 700 marks? that he might be freed from perpetual imprilonment, to which he was adjudged, the Sard affiiling him therein.’ The King thereupon at the lame time lent the Jullices of the j ews throughout all England, to learch out all their monybotli in Debts and Pofteifions, and with them a certain moll wicked & mereikfle Jew,that he might w ickedly & falfly accufe all the reft againft the truth; who verily repre¬ hended the Chnllians, pitying and weeping over the at- flidbionof the Jews, and called the Kings Bayhfts, lukf- warma.nd effeminate -, and gnaftiing with his teeth over every Jew, affirmed with many great Oathes, that they could oive twice as much more to the King , then what they had given, although he moll wickedly lyed againft C 21 42 • A fhort Demurrer to the Jews ( a ) Mat. Fa ■lit, p. 8 * 7 . his' own bead. This Jew, that he might more etrettu- ally hurt chereft, revealed all their lecrecs daily to the Kings Chriltian Exadlors. In the mean time the King hands, hue J evv alone, , ttinea siaron, ^ becaule he was convidied of faliifying a Charter, as was reported ) he ex¬ torted 14000 marks, and iooco.marks of gold tor the Queens ule, for a little times refpite, that he might not Janguilh in pi;iton. All which tqms being paid , it was found that this Aaron had paid to the K. "lince his return from forraign parts, 3 0000 marks oflilver, and two hun¬ dred marks of gold to the Queen, as the laid Aaron upon the attehation ofhis honor and faith averred to -Matthew Parts, who records it. Yet notwithttanding, although the Jevvs might be pittied, yet were they pittiedbyno man, feeing they were corrupters and counterfeiters of the Kings mony and of charters', and manifelHy and frequently proved, condemned, and reprobated as (*) Philip Lmd Clerk, called to the (ervice of the King, and addicted to the cuHody ofthe Jews, Anno 1251. wasgrievoirilyacctrledbefore theKiiv*, his ad- veriaries affirming, that when he and Nicholas oi St Al bans - Clerk, were lent towards the Northern parts to tax andiqueeze the Jevvs, he priv ily received moll precious Ydlels .rom a certain Jew, that he might fpare him in his Tallage to the King ; and that he likewife took fe* creroifcs from others, that.he might 1 pare them • and that he oppre'ft thele Jews notvvithlfanding, to the dam- mage o. the King,and the violation ofhis Faith. Where¬ upon the King being very angry, commanded Philip hi m - lejt to be unworthily handled,untill he ffiould latisfo him v » re J c tranfgreffion. Philip hereupon, aS? ndcircurmpe& man, humbly craved advice and affift- nue ,10m the Lord JohnManfell -,the Kings Prime Coun- fel.or, concerning his great tribulation , becaufe he had promo- I long clifcontinued Kertntfcv^ &c. promoted him to the Kings for vice, who effectually pro- cured that he recovered theKings favor,giving him a great fumm of mony for it, a thoufand marks, as was reported. Yfet not withstanding he was removed from his Office > and not a little di(graced . It feems the Kings Officers could fleece the Jews in that age, by fecret Bribes and Gifts? as well as himfelf, by intollerable Exactions. ( b ) King Henry the III. to fatisfie the Popes de- (j) Mat - fire in taking a Voyage to the Holy Land , Anno 1252. m >P- 2 3 l,8 5 • . extorted from thejews whatfoever thole miferable wret¬ ches might feem to have? not only by icraping or exco¬ riating,"but even by nnbowelling them. Being alio an Hydropical t'hiffier after gold, he lp greedily fucked ta¬ lents', or Bullion, or Jewels, as well from Cf rittuns as Jews, that anew Crajfus might feem tobe railed from the dfead. And this very year Egbert de la Ho , to whom the King had committed the cullody of the Jews, and ot the Seal which belonged to their Exchequer, was grie- voufly accufedbefore the King, being charged with this crime, That he had opprefied the innocent Son of a cer¬ tain Knight, by a certain falfe Charter-, confirmed with the Seal, of which the faid Robert , Juft ice of the Jews, v was the bearer and keeper. Whereupon he ( was balely apprehended, and committed to a dole Prilon; and de¬ famed with the like fcandal wherewith Philip Lund but the year jutt before had been intangled in the Inares of the perfidious jews, who was then their Juftice. Ac lalbby the great labour of his friends, the malice of the jews istdece&ed, but the innocency of the laid Robert then let free, , fcarce declared. Whereupon being out •from his- Offices, he openly paid 4 marks of gold at leal! •for-his fine. («) Mat. Pa- ' (r ) jhis very year (.1252.) there came out of the holy Hs Hifl.Angt. ' Land a M ndate from the King of -France • that all the . levs fhohld be 'expelled out of the Realm of Prance, and yj voudemned to' verpetual exile ; with this claule ofp t4 ij. mo- |mi ly ■. 2 4 A moderation added thereto : But he who de/ires to re¬ main, let him he an artificer, or handicrafts-man» and apply himiclf to mechanical artifices. For it was Ccoro- Not a. obje&d to the faid King .by the Saracens That we d-d little love or reverence our Lord Jefus Chrift, who tole¬ rate the murderers of him to live among us. L v s!?87? ( d ) In the y ear of 1 2 ? 3 • Novemh. t o. the 5 73> 74, Obligatory Charter wherewith the Abbot and Covent of St. *Alban were held bound for the debt of Richard de Uxaie Knight, was taken out of the hand of Elias the London Jew, and heed out of the chefi; and it was pro¬ claimed in the School of the Jews at London ( where it fcems they had then a School ) that the forefaid Ab¬ bot and Covent fhould be