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There are lots of unsolved cases, kidnappings for ransom too.
To pay for Richard's ransom, he had already been compelled to tax personal property, the first instance of such taxation for secular purposes.
An undisclosed ransom demand was made.
At last the Gauls consented to accept a ransom of a thousand pounds of gold.
The whole of his ransom was never paid, and his absurdities and misfortunes gave the Estates opportunity to strengthen their constitutional position.