A group comprising clergymen, barons indebted to…
March 1190 CE
A group comprising clergymen, barons indebted to the Jews, and crusaders waiting to follow Richard sets Jewish houses on fire and steals all their valuables on March 16, 1190, the Sabbath eve before Passover (Shabbat Hagadol).
The Jews under Josce, a prominent Jew of York, and their Rabbi, Yom Tov of Joigny, flee to the castle.
One Richard Malebys (a noble who owes large sums to Jewish moneylenders) commands the attackers.
The Jews hold out for six days.
A stone thrown from the tower kills a monk, who had arrived each morning to celebrate mass, and inflames the crowd.
Facing the choice of baptism or death, most choose death.
Josce kills his wife and two children, and is in turn killed by the Rabbi.
The great majority kill themselves after destroying their belongings.
The few who remain open the gate and request baptism, only to be massacred.
Over one hundred and fifty Jews die in the riot, the Sheriff of York is forced to resign, and the bonds of debts to Jews, kept in Yorkminster for safety, are destroyed on the floor of the church.
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