There were 57 Jews slaughtered in Bury St Edmunds in 1190, then Norwich, Lincoln and York; and all the Jews of England were expelled in 1290.

Massacres of Jewish communities occurred across England in 1189-1190, including at Bury St Edmunds (where 57 Jews were killed in March 1190), Norwich, Lincoln and York (the mass killing at Clifford's Tower). On 18 July 1290 Edward I issued the Edict of Expulsion ordering all Jews out of England by 1 November 1290 - the first permanent expulsion of Jews by a European state.

▸ The National Archives (UK) — Jews in England 1290 ▸ Wikipedia — Edict of Expulsion

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