Edward and the Jews

Question 1

What was the name of the 1275 statute that stopped Jewish people from lending money?

Answer 1

Statute of Jewry

Question 2

The Statute of Jewry [1275] forced Jewish people to wear what?

Answer 2

A yellow badge

Question 3

What year did King Edward expel all Jewish people from England?

Answer 3

1290

Question 4

The Statute of Jewry stopped Jewish people from collecting?

Answer 4

Interest from loans (that they gave out)

Question 5

After the Statute of Jewry what where some Jewish people forced to do?

Answer 5

Coin Clipping

Question 6

In 1278 what where all Jewish people convicted of?

Answer 6

Coin Clipping and money fraud

Question 7

In the Statute of Jewry [1275], all Jewish people over 12 had to pay what amount of tax?

Answer 7

3p Tax

Question 8

What was Edward’s and Eleanor’s ‘dirty trick’ when it came to money lending?

Answer 8

When the Jewish people could not lend money anymore (due to the Statute of Jewry) people’s debts to the Jewish money lenders where removed. Edward and Eleanor took advantage of this and took away peoples land, titles, and personal possessions.

Question 9

Why was Edward refused to take £100,000 from parliament (before the explosion of the Jews [1290])?

Answer 9

Because they had insufficient funds due to their debts to money lenders (including Jewish people).

Question 10

What was many English people’s reactions to the Jewish people being expelled in 1290?

Answer 10

They were pleased as they saw the Jewish people as their enemies (because they where made into scapegoats for many of their issues)