The first-recorded Jews in England arrived after the Norman Conquest of the country by William the Conqueror in 1066, and the first written record of Jewish settlement in England dates from 1070. Afte
One of two surviving Jewish houses, the Jew's House in Lincoln, immediately below Jew's Court
Clifford's Tower, where the Jews of York were killed in 1190
Edward I was the first English monarch to use antisemitism as an instrument of state policy.
Extract of the Statute of Jewry, c. 1275
Aaron of Lincoln
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Aaron of Lincoln was an English Jewish financier. He is believed to have been the wealthiest man in Norman England; it is estimated that his wealth exceeded that of the King.
History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)
…Jews. The king had probably been led to make this great demand upon English Jewry by the surprising windfall which came to his treasury at the death of Aaron of Lincoln. In this period, Aaron of Lincoln is believed to have been the wealthiest man in 12th-century Britain in terms of liquid assets. All property obtained…
Norman House, Lincoln: frontage on Steep Hill