Note 126 — Chapter XX · A.D. 1200-1300—continued. THE JEWS IN ENGLAND.
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It has already been intimated that these charges were always made at times when the kings of England chanced to be in especial need of money. There is no evidence, that I am aware of, to show that the present accusation was due to that cause. But it is impossible to divest one’s mind of the suspicion. Henry’s extreme severity, at all events, had probably some connection with his urgent need of money.