Extract (c) of the Statute of Jewry, c. 1275

Transcript

E le Rey lor g[aeg]nte kil vivent de marchaundies leaus e p[ro] lor labur e kil co’munient ove les Crestiens p[re] leument marchaunder en endaunt e en echataunt. Mes ke par cest encheson ne p[ro] autre nul Crestien ne seit cochaunt ne levaunt entre eus. E ne velt pas le Reys par encheson de lor merchandise kil seient lote ne en escot ne en talliages o ceus des Citez ou des Burgs ou il eminent de ci cum il sunt taillables al Rey come ses serfs e a nul autres, for a Rey […]

Translation

And the king grants to Jews that may earn their living by lawful merchandise and labour; and that they may interact with Christians in order to lawfully trade by buying and selling. But other than this, no Christian should mix with Jewish individuals. And the king wills that they [Jews] shall not by reason of their merchandise be put to scot or lot, not in taxes with the men of the cities and boroughs where they live; for that they are taxable to the king and to no other but the king […]