5 August – Third Crusade: Richard defeats Saladin at the Battle of Jaffa.[2]
2 September – Treaty of Jaffa between Richard and Saladin allows Christian pilgrims to visit Jerusalem and ends the Third Crusade. Richard leaves the Holy Land in October.
Ordinance of the Jewry: for taxation purposes, records are to be kept of financial transactions. England elects to be served financially by Jews, hence the eponym.
20 November (or 1196?) – the Assize of Measures establishes standard units of measurement across the country, including the ell as a linear measure, and regulates the production of cloth.[1][2]
1198
June – England resumes its war against France, re-occupying Norman Vexin.[1]
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