Page "Aaron of Lincoln" Paragraph 3

So large was the amount that a separate division of the exchequer was constituted, entitled " Aaron's Exchequer " ( Madox, History of the Exchequer, folio ed., p. 745 ), and was continued till at least 1201, that is, fifteen years later, for on the pipe-roll of that year most of the debts to Aaron ( about £ 7, 500 ) are recorded as still outstanding to the king, showing that only half the debts had been paid over by that time, though, on the death of Aaron, the payment of interest ceased automatically, since the king, as a Christian, could not accept usury.