These are books and essays I read or dipped into in my research.

You can read them too, but there are spoilers. I suggest waiting until after you’ve read The Unusuals.

Abrams, Rebecca, Licoricia of Winchester, Power and Prejudice in Medieval England, The Arts Council of England, 2022.

Baker, J. H., An Introduction to English Legal History, Butterworths, 1990.

Bartlet, Suzanne, Licoricia of Winchester, Marriage, Motherhood and Murder in the Medieval Anglo‑Jewish Community, Valentine Mitchell, 2009. This short but comprehensive book covers what’s known of Licoricia: her marriages; children; moneylending; dealings with the courts; imprisonments; her female moneylending friends; the context of the Jewish community in medieval England; and the big events of her time, like the Second Baron’s War.

Butler, Sara M., Forensic Medicine and Death Investigation in Medieval England, Routledge, 2015.

Green, Thomas Andrew, Verdict According to Conscience: Perspectives on the English Criminal Trial Jury, 1200–1800, University of Chicago Press, 1985.

Hunnisett, R. F., The Medieval Coroner, Cambridge University Press, 1961.

Keen, Maurice, The Outlaws of Medieval England, Routledge, 1961.

Mundill, Robin R., England’s Jewish Solution, Experiment and Expulsion, 1262–1290, Cambridge University Press, 1998. I found this to be a tragic, deeply felt, and thoroughly researched book.

Roth, Cecil, A History of the Jews in England, John Trotter Publishers, 1941. This classic was my first source and my guide to everything I continued to learn.

Skinner, Patricia, ed., Jews in Medieval Britain: Historical, Literary and Archaeological Perspectives, The Boydell Press, 2003.

Essays

Brand, Paul, “Jews and the Law in England, 1275–90,” English Historical Review, Oxford University Press, 2000. https://www.sfu.ca/~poitras/ehr_statute-of-jewry_00.pdf

Butler, Sara M., “Who killed Licoricia of Winchester? A Medieval Murder Mystery.” Dr. Butler and I come to different conclusions about who killed Licoricia and Alice. She also discusses the plundering of Licoricia’s house after the murder, which really happened but that I left out of The Unusuals. https://legalhistorymiscellany.com/2023/02/10/who-killed-licoricia-of-winchester-a-medieval-murder-mystery/

Curk, Joshua M., “From Jew to Gentile: Jewish Converts and Conversion to Christianity in Medieval England, 1066–1290,” Wolfson College, 2015. This essay discusses the lawsuit that is Sir Henry’s motive, although I changed a very important detail. Spoiler alert! Oxford ORA link

MacLellan, Rory, “Dataset of Jews imprisoned, seeking sanctuary, or working at the medieval Tower of London.” PDF

McVaugh, Michael Rogers, “The Position of Alware Street in Medieval Winchester,” Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society, 1967. Alware Street doesn’t appear on my map, but this short essay shows how hard it is to tease out the truth. PDF

Summerson, H. R. T., “The Structure of Law Enforcement in Thirteenth Century England,” The American Journal of Legal History, Oct. 1979, Oxford University Press. https://www.sfu.ca/~poitras/ehr_statute-of-jewry_00.pdf

Links About Money (or Money‑Adjacent)

https://castellogy.com/history/medieval-money

http://www.medievalcoinage.com/prices/medievalprices.htm

https://aprilmunday.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/medieval-horses-part-two/

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator

https://www.historyhit.com/money-in-medieval-england/