Ancient_and_modern_York_a_guide

MOBERN YORK. 23
The second Henry was frequently in York. About the
year 1 1 56, he held a parliament here, and received at it the
homage of Malcolm, king of Scotland, who, in 1 1 74, again
did homage at the parliament held in York, and deposited,
as a mark of vassalage, his spear, breast-plate, and saddle
on the altar of the Cathedral. In the following year, a synod
of the clergy was held at Westminster, where the disputes
between the archbishops of Canterbury and York, as to
precedency, or sitting at the right hand of the pope's
legate, ran so high, that the monks espousing opposite
parties, came to blows, and a violent affray ensued. The
reign of Henry II. is also remarkable for the division of
England into six circuits, to each of which, three judges
were appointed ; York being included in the northern
circuit.
The reign of King Richard I., surnamed Cceur de Lion,
whose exploits in Palestine have been the theme of so
many tales, plays, songs, and ballads, was signalized by
a dreadful persecution of the Jewish people in England ;
affording another illustration of the prophecy, " Among
these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole
of thy foot have rest ; but the Lord shall give thee a
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind ;
and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee, and thou
shalt fear day and night and have no assurance of thy
life." At the coronation of Richard, in Westminster, the
mob fell upon the Jews, who came to offer the king pre
sents. They murdered many, and plundered the houses
of most of the Jews in London. This example was followed
at Norwich, Lincoln, and York. Several Jews resided in
this city at that period, their principal places of residence
being Jewbergate (now Jubbergate), and Jewbry, in
Layerthorpe, in the suburbs. The Jews of York, fiercely
persecuted by the inhabitants, took refuge in Clifford's
Tower ; and were so hard pressed by the high sheriff and
the Posse-Comitatus, who refused the money the Jews
offered for permission to escape, that near 2000 unhappy