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The Exchequer of the Jews Revisited

The Operation and Effect of the Scaccarium Judeorum

Oxford Brookes University, Business School, Wheatley, Oxford OX33 1HX E-mail: revabrown{at}brookes.ac.uk

Sean McCartney

Dept of Accounting, Finance and Management, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ. E-mail: mccas{at}essex.ac.uk

The Jewish branch of the Great Exchequer of England was created some time during the last decade of the twelfth century during the reign of Richard I (1189–99). Jews arrived in England in significant numbers after 1066, invited by William the Conqueror to assist in the increase of English commerce and industry. They remained, as financiers, moneylenders and pawnbrokers, until expelled by Edward I in 1290. The article tells the story of the exchequer of the Jews, discussing its organisation, officials and effect on England's economy during the years of its operation.

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