Nameless War - Archibald Ramsay |
1215 | Magna Carta |
1255 | Ritual murder of St. Hugh of Lincoln. Henry III personally ordered trial and 18 culprits were executed — all Jews. |
1275 | The Statute of Jewry passed; confined Jews to certain areas, forbade usury to them and also ownership of land and contact with the people: compelled them to wear a yellow badge. |
1290 | Edward I banished the Jews from England. |
1657 | Oliver Cromwell, having been financed by Manasseh Ben Israel and Moses Carvajal, allows Jews to return to England, though order of banishment never rescinded by Parliament. |
1689 | Amsterdam Jews financed the rebellion against King James II. The chief of these — Solomon Medina — follows William of Orange to England. |
1694 | The Bank of "England" set up and the National Debt instituted, securing for the Jew moneylenders a first charge on the taxes of England for interest on their loans. |
1694 | The right to print money transferred from the Crown to the "Bank of England". |
1707 | Economic and political union forced upon Scotland against the vote of every county and borough; the national debt foisted upon Scotland, and the royal mint in Edinburgh suppressed. |