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Ransom
History of England
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| | 1011 | , Alfege | |
| Greenwich Held for six months, a ransom of œ3,000 is demanded, nowing that his people are unable to afford this huge sum, Alfege refuses to let them pay, and the captors carry out their threat to kill him |
| Greenwich The Kent coast is subject to raids from Danish pirates, and in 1011 they besiege to the City of Canterbury |
| 1064 | Harold II | |
| Pas de Calais Held for ransom by the Count of Ponthieu after being found shipwrecked off France |
| 1168 | Marshal, William | |
| Marshall is ransomed ransomed by Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| William's uncle is killed in an ambush by Guy of Lusignan, William is injured and captured in the same battle, but is ransomed by Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| 1193 | Countance, Walter de | |
| London Raises the ransom to release Richard I from the German Emperor Henry VI |
| 1193 | Richard I the Lionheart | |
| 23rd Mar London The Duke of Austria hands Richard over to Emperor Henry VI for a sum of money |
| 5th July London The Emperor Henry VI sets Richard's ransom at 100,000 pounds |
| 1193 | Walter, Hubert | |
| London Levies the extra taxes needed to pay Richard I's ransom |
| 1194 | Richard I the Lionheart | |
| Mar England levies its 1st secular taxation on movaeble property to pay Richard's ransom |
| 1475 | Margaret of Anjou | |
| Margaret is ransomed by Louis XI for 50,000 crowns |
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