Date(s)

1279 (Easter term)

Locations

People mentioned

• Belia of Bedford (“Bele de Bedford”, “Bele”, “Belle of Bedford”, “Belle”)
• Jacob son of Belia of Bedford (“Jacob”, “Jacob”)
• Pictavin of Bedford husband of Belia (“Peyuteuyn de Bedʼ”, “Peyuteuyn”, “Peitevin of Bedford”, “Peitevin”)
• Benedict son of Belia of Bedford (“Beneyt”, “Benedict”)

Business(es)

Debt

Manuscript source

TNA E 9/31 and 70, 5d and 1.

Print sources

Great Britain. Select Pleas, Starrs, and Other Records from the Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews, A.D. 1220–1284, edited by J.M. Rigg. London: Bernard Quaritch 1902. pp. 48–50.

Great Britain. Calendar of the Plea Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews Preserved in the Public Record Office. Vol. 6, Edward I, 1279-1281, edited and translated by Paul Brand. London: Jewish Historical Society of England. 2005. pp. 85–86.

Notes

Rigg dates this case to 1268, but Brand corrects the date to 1279.