2-645-479 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Henry III', (1207-1272), c1787. Also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death. Henry assumed the throne when he was only nine. He extracted huge sums of money from the Jews in England, ultimately crippling their ability to do business, and as attitudes towards the Jews hardened, he introduced the Statute of Jewry, attempting to segregate the community. From A New, Universal and Impartial History of England by George Frederick Raymond. [J. Cooke, London, c1787]