jan 1, 1275 - Statute of the Jewry

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Usury was outlawed in every form.
Debtors of Jews were no longer liable for certain debts.
Jews were not allowed to live outside certain cities and towns.
Any Jew above the age of seven had to wear a yellow badge of felt in the form of Two Tables Joined on his or her outer clothing, six inches by three inches.
All Jews from the age of 12 on had to pay a special tax of three pence annually.
Christians were forbidden to live among Jews.
Jews were licensed to buy farmland to make their living for the next 15 years.
Jews could thenceforth make a living in England only as merchants, farmers, craftsmen or soldiers.

Statute of Jewry passed the same year
Article One provided that any Jew could only remain in England only if he or she would "serve Us in some way"
Article Two deemed that Synagogues could not be constructed, and only those that existed in the time of King John could stand
Article Three demanded that Jews lower their voices in Synagogues, so that Christians could not hear them
Article Four placed a duty on Jews to pay to their local Christian church
Article Five banned Christian (wet)nurses and servants working for Jews, and banned all Christians from eating with Jews or '"abiding" with them in their houses
Article Six banned Jews from buying and eating meat in Lent
Article Seven banned Jews from disparaging or publicly disputing the Christian faith
Article Eight banned "secret familiarity" between Jewish men and Christian women, and Christian men and Jewish women
Article Nine commanded that "every Jew wear his badge conspicuously on his breast"
Article Ten banned Jews from Churches, except for 'transit'
Article Eleven barred Jews from hindering another's conversion
Article Twelve required Jews to obtain a licence to live in any town other than those with established Jewish communities
Article Thirteen set out that the "justices of the Jews" were to enforce the articles, and that they were to be "rigorously observed on pain of forfeiture of the chattels of the said Jews"

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