Page "Acaster Malbis" Paragraph 5

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as " Acastre " and ownership passed to the Malbysse family during the reign of Richard I.

The family held the lands for about 200 years.

In 1190, Richard Malebysse was a leader involved in the massacre of the Jews at Cliffords Tower in York.

Richard I dismissed the sheriff and constable of York and imposed severe penalties on the city and arrested many of those who had taken part.

Richard Malbysse had been described by a Hebrew scribe eight years earlier as ' the evil beast '.

As punishment, the King ordered his estates seized into the king's hand and two of his esquires were thrown into prison.