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Excerpt from Select Pleas, Starrs, and Other Records From the Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews: A. D. 1220-1284 A brief account Of the rolls, from which the present selection is made, is given in the note on p. Lxii infra. In the Introduction I have attempted to focus the scattered lights shed upon the rolls by the Chronicles, records cited by Prynne,1 Tovey,2 Webb,3 and Madox,4 and other printed and unprinted documents; in which enterprise I have been greatly assisted by the labours of four Jewish scholars, viz. Dr. Gross,5 Mr. Joseph Jacobs,6 Dr. Neu bauer,7 and 'mr. B. L. Abrahams,8 to whom I gratefully acknowledge my obligations. For help in deciphering the frequently enigmatical. Script, and in other ways, my thanks are due to Mr. S. R. Scargill-bird, Mr. E. Salisbury, Mr. C. G. Crump, Mr. C. Johnson, and Mr. H. E. Headlam, of the Record Office; also to Mr. F. B. Bickley and Mr. H. J. Ellis, of the British Museum, and Mr. G. J. Turner, of Lincoln's Inn. I am especially indebted to Professor Maitland for valuable sug gestions during revision. It only remains for me to record my high appreciation of the sedulous care bestowed on every part of the work by the reader for the press, Mr. George J. Briscoe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.