1194
Arrest of Richard I the Lionheart
The Regents of England buy Richards freedom for pounds 100,000
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The Regents of England buy Richards freedom for pounds 100,000
Richard I leaves England in the hands of Hubert Walter when he returns to the Crusades
Goes to Normandy & spends the rest of his reign in France
At Gravina (June 1192) he reinforced his papal support by surrendering the royal legateship over Sicily.
But his death, at Palermo (20 February 1194), two months after that of his young son and co-king, Roger III, opened the way for Hohenstaufen rule in Sicily.
Henry had left garrisons along the frontiers of the Regno.
In 1192 and 1193 he personally led successful campaigns against the Apulian barons.
Tancred now sought to win over the towns by extensive grants of privileges.
England levies its 1st secular taxation on movaeble property to pay Richards ransom
Crowned King of England, 2nd time
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