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===Steps towards expulsion=== {{see also|History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)#Edward I and the Expulsion}} The first major step towards expulsion took place in 1275 with the [[Statute of the Jewry]], which outlawed all lending at interest and allowed Jews to lease land, which had previously been forbidden. This right was granted for the following 15 years, supposedly giving Jews a period to readjust;{{sfn|Prestwich|1997|p=345}} this was an unrealistic expectation because entry to other trades was generally restricted.{{sfn|Huscroft|2006|pp=118-20}} [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] attempted to convert Jews by compelling them to listen to Christian preachers.{{sfn|Tolan|2023|p=172}} [[File:Extract of the Statute of Jewry, c. 1275.jpg|left|thumb|alt=Text of a statute in Latin|Extract of the [[Statute of the Jewry]], {{circa|1275}}]] The Church took further action, for example [[John Peckham]] the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] campaigned to suppress seven London synagogues in 1282.{{sfn|Tolan|2023|pp=172-3}} In late 1286, [[Pope Honorius IV]] addressed a special letter or "rescript" to the Archbishops of York and Canterbury claiming Jews had an evil effect on religious life in England through free interaction with Christians, and calling for action to be taken to prevent it. Honorius's demands were restated at the Synod of Exeter.{{sfn|Tolan|2023|pp=177-8}} Jews were targeted in the [[History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)#Coin clipping crisis|coin clipping crisis]] of the late 1270s, when over 300 Jews—over 10% of England's Jewish population—were sentenced to death for interfering with the currency.{{sfn|Rokéah|1988|p=98}} The Crown profited from seized assets and payments of fines by those who were not executed, raising at least £16,500.{{sfn|Rokéah|1988|pp=91—92}}{{efn|The total raised includes fines from Christians, but it is believed the vast majority of this sum was raised from Jews.{{sfn|Rokéah|1988|pp=91—92}} [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|UK's National Archives]] estimates £16,500 as being equivalent to around £11.5m in modern terms.{{sfn|National Archives|2024}}}} While it is unclear how impoverished the Jewish community was in these last years, historian Henry Richardson notes Edward did not impose any further taxation from 1278 until the late 1280s.{{sfn|Richardson|1960|p=216}} It appears some Jewish moneylenders continued to lend money against future delivery of goods to avoid usury restrictions, a practice that was wholly known to the Crown because debts had to be recorded in a government ''{{lang|la|archa}}'' or chest where debts were recorded.{{efn|The sherrif in each town kept an [[:wiktionary:archa#Latin|''archa'']] or "chest" with an official Jewry to record debts held by Jews of that town. Jews were only allowed to live in a town with an {{lang|la|archa}}; in this way, the Crown could easily assess the wealth and taxability of Jews across the country. {{lang|la|Archae}} had been seized and destroyed during pogroms organised by [[Simon de Montfort]] and his supporters in the 1260s.{{sfn|Hillaby|Hillaby|2013|pp=95-7}}}} Others found ways to continue trading and it is likely others left the country.{{sfn|Huscroft|2006|pp=140—42}}
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