Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Weights and measures
- Jewish nomenclature
- Chronology
- 1 The English Exodus re-examined
- 2 Jewish settlement, society and economic activity before the Statute of the Jewry of 1275
- 3 ‘The King's most exquisite villeins’: the views of royalty, Church and society
- 4 The royal tribute
- 5 The attempted prohibition of usury and the Edwardian Experiment
- 6 The economic fortunes of provincial Jewries under Edward I
- 7 The Christian debtors
- 8 Interpreting the English Expulsion
- Appendix I Places of jewish settlement, 1262-1290
- Appendix II The Statute of the Jewry, 1275
- Appendix III Articles touching the Jewry
- Appendix IV Charles of Anjou's Edict of Expulsion, 1289
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought
Appendix II - The Statute of the Jewry, 1275
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Weights and measures
- Jewish nomenclature
- Chronology
- 1 The English Exodus re-examined
- 2 Jewish settlement, society and economic activity before the Statute of the Jewry of 1275
- 3 ‘The King's most exquisite villeins’: the views of royalty, Church and society
- 4 The royal tribute
- 5 The attempted prohibition of usury and the Edwardian Experiment
- 6 The economic fortunes of provincial Jewries under Edward I
- 7 The Christian debtors
- 8 Interpreting the English Expulsion
- Appendix I Places of jewish settlement, 1262-1290
- Appendix II The Statute of the Jewry, 1275
- Appendix III Articles touching the Jewry
- Appendix IV Charles of Anjou's Edict of Expulsion, 1289
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought
Summary
Les Estatutz de la Jewerie originally appeared in Anglo-Norman. There are various versions other than this one from Statutes of the Realm. The Statute was probably first mooted at Westminster in the Common Council of the Realm at Easter 1275. It was clearly promulgated by Michaelmas 1275. Source: Statutes of the Realm, vol. 1, pp. 220-1. Other copies exist in the British Library (BL Additional Manuscripts 15,667, 32,085, 32,085, 38,821).
Forasmuch as the King hath seen that divers Evils, and the disheriting of the good Men of his Land have happened by the Usuries which the Jews have made in Time past, and that divers Sins have followed thereupon; albeit he and his Ancestors have received much benefit from the Jewish People in all Time past; nevertheless for the Honour of God and the common benefit of the People, the King hath ordained and established, That from henceforth no Jew shall lend any Thing at Usury, either upon Land, or upon Rent, or upon other Thing: And that no Usuries shall run in Time coming from the Feast of Saint Edward last past. Notwithstanding, the Covenants before made shall be observed, saving that the Usuries shall cease. But all those who owe Debts to Jews upon Pledges of Moveables, shall acquit them between this and Easter; if not they shall be forfeited. And if any Jew shall lend at Usury contrary to this Ordinance, the King will not lend his Aid, neither by himself nor his Officers, for the recovery of his Loan; but will punish him at his discretion for the Offence, and will do justice to the Christian that he may obtain his Pledge again.
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- England's Jewish SolutionExperiment and Expulsion, 1262–1290, pp. 291 - 293Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998