Place

Kingdom of England

Kingdom on the island of Great Britain, ruled by Edward I from 1272 to 1307.

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Expulsion of the Jews from England, 1290 numbers disputed Primary record 1 2
Whitehall Conference, 1655 the conference considered whether any law barred readmission Scholarship & press 3 4

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Jews in England in 1290 (teaching resource with transcribed and translated royal records), The National Archives (UK). Primary record
The reign of King Edward I (1272-1307) witnessed a heightening of tensions between the Christian and Jewish populations in England.
Altogether, it is estimated that around 3,000 Jews were forced to leave England.
Expulsions (Encyclopaedia Judaica), Encyclopaedia Judaica, via Encyclopedia.com. Scholarship & press
The expulsion from England in 1290 (the number of expelled has been estimated at 16,000) removed the Jews from its borders until after 1650.
Some of these were "general expulsions" which removed the Jews from the territory of a whole country for an extended period.
The political fragmentation of these countries during the Middle Ages usually enabled the Jews to settle within the proximity of the baronage or town from which they had been expelled and to return there after a short interval.
Cromwell, Oliver (The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906), The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906. Scholarship & press
The first question which arose for consideration was whether there existed any law forbidding the readmission of the Jews
Jews in England: From Expulsion (1290) to Readmission (1656), by Ariel Hessayon, Jewish Communities and Records UK (JCR-UK); article by Ariel Hessayon, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2006. Scholarship & press
The Whitehall Conference had ended without a definite conclusion.

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