In 1255, the affair called 'The Libel of Lincoln' in which prominent Jews of Lincoln, accused of the ritual murder of a Christian boy ('Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln' in medieval folklore) were sent to the Tower of London and 18 were executed.
Lincoln je sedež ene od petih najpomembnejših judovskih skupnosti v Angliji, uveljavljenih preden je bilo uradno zapisano v letu 1154.