Persecution of Jews in England

Roman Empire
Under Christian emperors, Jews were persecuted in the Roman Empire, which included forbidding Jews from marrying Christians, restricting Jews from holding public office, and Jews weren't allowed to own slaves.

Blood libels
In 1144, William of Norwich was the first known Christian child death that was falsely blamed on Jews based on the blood libel or ritual murder libel, that Jews killed Christian children for rituals. Other child deaths falsely blamed on Jews include Harold of Gloucester in 1168, Saint Robert of Bury in 1181, and Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln in 1255. Over a dozen Jews were executed for Hugh's death.

English massacres of 1189-1190
A Christian mob attacked and massacred Jews in London in 1189, and again in Lynn, Norwick, Stamford, York, Bury St. Edmunds, Colchester, Thetford, and Ospringe in 1190. Over a hundred Jews were killed in York.

Council of Oxford
The ecclesiastical Council of Oxford convened by Archbishop Stephen Langton forced Jews to wear a Jewish badge.

Henry III
The Statute of Jewry issued in 1253 by Henry III, King of England, was a statute that placed restrictions on Jews. Among the provisions in the statute is the segregation of Jews, ordering of Jews to wear the Jewish badge, ordering for no new synagogues to be built, banning Jews from buying and eating meat during Lent, banning Jews from offending the Christian faith, and placing a duty for Jews to pay Christian churches.

Edward I
Edward I, King of England, arrested and executed around 300 Jews. The Statute of the Jewry he issued in 1275 was similar to the one issued by King Henry III, including the enforcement of the Jewish badge and the segregation of Jews. In 1280, Edward ordered all Jews to attend sermons, preached by Dominican friars, to convert them to Christianity. He expelled all Jews from England in 1290.