Today is today is Saturday July 18th 2020. On this day in the year 12 90 King Edward

the 1st of England issued an edict expelling the Jewish people from his

kingdom.

As many as 16,000 Jews were turned into refugees overnight.

Hauntingly, this edict took place on Tishab Av,

the day of destruction, fulfilling a dark prophecy foretold by God.

Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original. Today we're covering the

edict of expulsion and other calamities that took place on Tishab Av.

Let's go back to medieval England on July place on

July 18th 1290 just after daybreak. A row of mounted couriers stood watch outside the King's castle awaiting orders. A series of page boys moved down the line, handing out a decree. As each

courier received his orders, he set off. The men scattered to every corner of the kingdom, carrying an edict from King

Edward the first. They rode through villages delivering the news. All Jews were to leave England within two months time.

They were no longer welcome.

Panic rippled through the country as thousands of Jewish people were forced to leave their

homes.

Where were they to go?

They were largely penniless, out of work and bankrupt. Now they truly had nothing. But much

as the Jewish people were enraged by the order, they were hardly surprised.

They had always been outsiders in this land,

from the moment they were taken in as refugees

in the 11th century.

William the conqueror had invited the Jewish people to settle in England, but at the time only

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