King Edward I issued the Edict of Expulsion on 18 July 1290, ordering all Jews to leave the Kingdom of England by 1 November 1290 (All Saints' Day).
Key Details of the 1290 Expulsion
Issuance Date: 18 July 1290 (which coincided with Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar).
Deadline to Leave: 1 November 1290 (All Saints' Day); remaining in the country after this date carried the penalty of execution.
Number of People Affected: Roughly 3,000 Jewish residents were forced to pack up and leave the country.
Assets and Property: Jews were allowed to carry movable cash and personal belongings, but their homes and immovable properties were seized and forfeited to the Crown.
Return/Readmission: The ban remained in place for over 350 years until Oliver Cromwell permitted Jewish families to resettle in England in 1656–1657.
Interesting fact: the day of the meeting is the actual deadline Jews had to leave England.
About Dr Dean Irwin
Dr Dean Irwin is a historian of medieval Anglo-Jewry.
He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Lincoln, and a Visiting Fellow in Anglo-Jewish Medieval History at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
His most recent publications include "The Medieval Lincoln Jewry" and a forthcoming article exploring memory of the Jews in the centuries following the Expulsion.