In 1343 the men of Hexham were accused of pretending to be Scots and imprisoning many people of Northumberland and Cumberland, killing some and extorting ransoms for others. [Please select]
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--The calls made on their vassals by these captive nobles to supply their ransoms brought the misery to a height. [Please select]
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”)--a phrase that has haunted the discussions of all subsequent ransoms and indemnities down to the present time. [Please select]
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He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious. [Please select]
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Spratt's captivity, 266--Ransoms by English government, 267--Adventures of captives, 267--Admiral Blake at Porto Farina, 269--False passes, 270--Failure of all remonstrances, 271-3. [Please select]
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He might generously become surety for thousands of pounds of ransoms for English captives, and never receive back a penny from home. [Please select]
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'"[87] Ransoms and escapes were more than made up by fresh captures."' [Please select]
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Prevesa, battle of, 101-4 Provence, 23 R Ramadan Sardo, 185, 200 Ransoms, 267 Redemption, order of, 251 ff. [Please select]
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Great fires were lighted and the soldiers gathered round these, warming themselves and drinking, and calculating the ransoms to be gained by the capture of the king and the great nobles of England. [Please select]
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So long as the English nobles had France for a fighting ground, French cities to plunder, and French captives to hold for heavy ransoms, they were content to let matters go on quietly at home. [Please select]
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