Jews Can Not Live in England--Case Closed? The Defendants: William and Maria Ames—English Jews who dared to challenge the Edict of Expulsion in the Court of the Star Chamber. The Prosecutor: Nicholas Barham—arrogant barrister who never lost a case. The Defense Counsel: Richard Shaw—humble-but-brilliant lawyer willing to risk everything for justice. The Judge: Christopher Hatton—Protestant who tolerated Catholics but had no use for Jews. The Monarch: Queen Elizabeth—the verdict’s final arbiter—famous for flirting with handsome courtiers and for vacillating before crucial decisions The Privateer: Francis Drake—slaver-turned-comrade of Black freedom fighters and the man who could end the equivocation of the queen.