Well it’s the anniversary of the death of Richard I, and someone pointed out that he pardoned the person who shot him (which went gangrenous leading to his death) and actually gave them 100 shillings (which was a lot of money, you could get a ewe and a lamb for a shilling according to this and the date isn’t way off and argh—trying to find a way to convert 1199 prices to today’s is impossible). The person he pardoned was, according to some sources a child, who defended a castle with only makeshift armour and a frying pan for a shield—so I can rather see the reason for the pardon
According to one source Richard’s loyal mercenary Mercadier (who was apparently rocking the “just one name” thing even back then) went off afterwards and flayed the youngster and hanged him…so, yeah
Lots going on back then
Mercadier died a 10th April 1200
I looked all this up because St Bart’s is my children’s school and people always seem surprised that he is usually portrayed as flayed alive holding his skin…