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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… to the very pot-hooks; they take our children, and make us ransom them, and force our women before our faces. "September …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… a nation which had levied on its defeated foe a king's ransom equivalent to a ten years' grant of direct taxation … his French ambitions had been final and the payment of the ransom of John absolutely certain, it is extremely unlikely … been sufficiently recognised "The aids levied for the ransom" [of King John II], says M Delachenal have an extreme …
Survey of London
… Rev. Thomas Aubrey Grantham, then of Rampisham otherwise Ransom, Dorset, to Thomas Brocksopp of Hornsey Lane, esquire. …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… that the king's motive is 'for the love of God and for ransom for my sins, and for the salvation of the souls of my … sends greeting: Know ye that for the love of God, and for ransom from my sins, and for the salvation of the souls of my …
Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London
… the Jews of England were taken and imprisoned; and put to ransom on the morrow of Saint Philip and James [1 May]. 16 … In the same year, all the Justiciars were taken and put to ransom for their treason. Immediately after the last Sunday …
Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London
… prisoners, of the one side and the other, should, without ransom given, be for ever quit; and further, that if the … persons, until they have exacted fines from them by way of ransom; as to all manner of oppressions, duresses, and …
Survey of London
… to Corbett and McClymont. Jackson mortgaged property to Ransom, Bouverie's Bank (now part of Barclays), to whom …