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Black plaque № 9295

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On the night of Friday 16 March 1190 some 150 Jews and Jewesses of York having sought protection in the Royal Castle on this site from a mob incited by Richard Malebisse and others chose to die at each others hands rather than renounce their faith. יָשִׂימוּ לָּד כָּבוֹד וּתְהִלָּתוֹ בָּאִיִּים Isaiah XLII 12

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