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Abigail of London
Abigail, d. ca. 1199
Abigail of London was a moneylender and the matriarch of a wealthy London Jewish family. Widowed from her husband Jacob in 1175, Abigail had at least one son, named Abraham, and one daughter. Her family was active in lending money until the expulsion of Jews from England in 1290.
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Acknowledgment of Debt (Lincoln or London)
Let all people present and future know that I, William of Tottenham, owe one hundred silver marks to Avigai of London, a Jewish woman, and to her son Abraham. This sum is due at the next St. Martin’s…