From In Author

A HISTORY

OF THE

ESTABLISHMENT AND RESIDENCE

OF

THE JEWS IN ENGLAND;

WITH

AN ENQUIRY

INTO THEIR

CIVIL DISABILITIES.

BY JOHN ELIJAH BLUNT,
OF LINCOLN'S INN, ESQ., M. A., BARRISTER, AT LAW.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR SAUNDERS AND BENNING,

(SUCCESSORS TO J. BUTTERWORTH AND SON,)

43, FLEET-STREET.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

WHOEVER has directed his thoughts to the consideration of the present state of the law, with respect to the Jews in England, must have observed that a considerable degree of doubt and uncertainty exists upon the subject.

Most persons appear to entertain the opinion, that the Jews labour under some disabilities; but of their nature and extent there are, probably, very few who can give any distinct or accurate account.

It will be the object of the following pages to remove, as far as possible, the uncertainty and difficulty by which this question is surrounded-to shew the former as well as the actual situation of the Jews in this country-and to point out the foundation and nature of the law, as it regards them at the present moment.

The peculiarity of the history of the Jews, as connected with our own, renders it necessary, for the purpose of coming to a certain conclusion upon their existing condition, to carry back the enquiry into the state