Robert de Reddinge

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Robert de Reddinge was an English preaching friar, of the Dominican order; converted to Judaism about 1275. He appears to have studied Hebrew and by that means to have become interested in Judaism. He married a Jew, and was circumcised, taking the name of Hagin. Edward I, when he heard of this, brought the case before the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is said^[who?] that this was one of the causes which led the king and his mother, Eleanor, to aim at the expulsion of the Jews from England.^{[citation needed]}

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• Copied from: Joseph Jacobs, "Reddinge, Robert de", in the Jewish Encyclopaedia (referencing: Grätz, Gesch. vii. 421-422.)