Benedict of York

[2] Benedict acquired several lands as a result of his activities, and debts to him were still being honoured a decade after his death.

[1] Benedict was severely wounded in the attack and accepted a Christian baptism from a monk from York, Prior William of St. Mary's Abbey.

[1] The chronicler Roger of Hoveden said that Benedict was buried in neither the Jewish nor Christian cemetery in Northampton following his death as a result of his recantation.

[2] Benedict's house at Spen Lane was described by William of Newbury as like "unto a royal palace in size and strength".

Benedict's children and his widow were burned alive in his house during the Easter York riot in 1190.