Abstract
This article interprets the subtle changes made to the provision of credit by Edward I's Statute of the Jewry. It provides an analysis of the extracts of just over 1000 extant bonds which were confiscated by the crown in 1290 on the Expulsion of the Jews. The findings challenge the widely accepted view of the Jews as having avoided usury by registering false transactions during the period 1275–90. It indicates that at least some Jews became involved in the provision of credit in return for commodities of cereal and wool, and thus behaved as legal traders.
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