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Domus Conversorum

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       A Hostel for Jewish converts to Christianity -founded 1232 The original intention of this  piece was to write a blogpost about the talk 'Dependence Intolerance and Expulsion; the Story of England's Medieval Jewish Community 1066-1290' by Sean Cunningham held at the National Archives on January 24th 2020. Unfortunately due to   problems on the rail network,I did not manage to attend. So have  had to resort to posting about my own research instead, starting with   the death of Little Sir Hugh of Lincoln in 1255   here     Another subject that I have been looking at is the Domus Conversorum -'House of converts'  and happy to concede that this post is very much 'work in progress' and does not represent my conclusive views of the subject.                                       Marginal Illustration from the Rochester Chronicle (British Library, Cotton                                            Nero D. II.), folio 183v. Courtesy of 'Wikipedia&#