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Starr means (historical) A receipt given by Jews on payment of debt..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A receipt given by Jews on payment of debt..
It is well known that, before the banishment of the Jews under Edward I., their contracts and obligations were denominated in our ancient records starra, or starrs, from a corruption of the Hebrew word shetar, a covenant.
In the Treasury nil, and bv quittance which the said Gervase and Hugo his son have of the said debt by a Starr which the said Hugo produced at the Treasury before the Barons £90.
Huntingdonshirr. son of master Moss the Jew, by his charter, he came before the justices, etc., and proffered certain starrs of acquittance of the said debt which the aforesaid Jacob had made to the aforesaid Nicholas his father, as he says, at the time when the same Jacob had the free administration of his goods.
Later in the same year 'when Burnell had retired from court' he personally acknowledged twenty-two Jewish starra whilst he was staying at Beaulieu.
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Starr means (historical) A receipt given by Jews on payment of debt..
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It is well known that, before the banishment of the Jews under Edward I., their contracts and obligations were denominated in our ancient records starra, or starrs, from a corruption of the Hebrew word shetar, a covenant.
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