Chapter I: Front Matter

The Jews In Great Britain:

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THE

JEWS IN GREAT BRITAIN:

BEING A

SERIES OF SIX LECTURES,

DELIVERED IN THE

LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION,

ON

THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS IN ENGLAND.

BY THE

REV. MOSES MARGOLIOUTH,

INCUMBENT OF GLASNEVIN, DUBLIN.

LONDON:

JAMES NISBET AND CO., BERNERS-STREET.
WILLIAM CURRY, JUN. AND CO., DUBLIN.

1846.

Dublin: Printed by EDWARD BULL, 6, Bachelor’s-walk.

TO

THE RIGHT REVEREND

JOHN BIRD SUMNER, D.D.,

LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER,

AND

VISITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION,

These Lectures,

ON

THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS IN ENGLAND,

ARE, BY KIND PERMISSION, INSCRIBED,

WITH FEELINGS OF PROFOUND RESPECT AND ESTEEM,

BY

HIS LORDSHIP’S MOST HUMBLE

AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

THE following Lectures form a complete History of the Jews in Great Britain, with reference to their literary, religious, political, and civil constitution, up to the eighteenth year of Edward I., A.D. 1290. They are published in deference to, and compliance with, the strong wishes of many who heard them delivered.

CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.