Jews officially returned to to England during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell.
They were wealthy Sephardi merchants from Holland. Small in number, they enhanced British Trade and many scaled the heights of society. This is their story.
In the series:
May 3: The Jews of Spain to the Expulsion
May 10: The Jews of Holland
May 17: 1656 Resettlement in England to about 1750 (Part 1)
May 31: Jews in England to about 1900 (Part 2)
June 7: Jews in England 1900-1918 (Part 3)