CONVERTS (HOUSE OF)

Converts (House of): translation

   Erected in Chancery Lane (New Street as it was then called) by Henry III. for converted Jews (S. 282). Wheatley says in 1233.

   "Houses in the close of the site of the place of the Converts," 50 H. III. (Cal. P.R. H. III. 1258-66, p. 634).

   Site afterwards covered by the Rolls Office, and now by the Record Office (q.v.).