Royal chicanery after the death of a man from this city inspired both the tenth clause of the Magna Carta and actions in York that earned a man named Richard the sobriquet “Mala Bestia.” A man named Copin was the first of 19 people executed after an event in this city after John of Lexington drew a false confession from him. 12th-century “pipe rolls” contain primary records about a man from this city whose possessions escheated (“es-CHEAT-ed”) to the king upon his death and became the subject of a special division of the (*) Court of Exchequer. This city was the home of Henry II’s main creditor and perhaps the wealthiest man in Norman England, Aaron of [this city]. The death of an eight-year-old folk saint led to 1255 accusations of blood libel in this city. For 10 points, “Little Saint Hugh” was from what English city of the northern Midlands? ■END■
ANSWER: Lincoln [accept Aaron of Lincoln or Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln]
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