The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303

Name: The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303
Rating: 4 (79 reviews)

by Paul Doherty

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The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303 reconstructs the extraordinary theft from Westminster Abbey during the reign of Edward I. Paul Doherty follows the robbers’ access to the abbey precinct, the disappearance of royal treasure and the investigation that led to arrests across London and Westminster. Using surviving records, he treats the episode as medieval true crime while also revealing the security, corruption, money and institutional rivalries surrounding one of England’s most important royal and religious sites.