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    The walled Hansa warehouse complex in London - known colloquially as the Steelyard - is the centre of Hanseatic operations in England.
    Holland has been charged with seizing this complex. Thus, one night, several hundred men with torches converge upon the Steelyard, armed to the teeth. At their head is the Duke of Exeter, the surcoat depicting his arms obscured in the darkness. Sir Thomas, his second son, was at his side, for this was the sort of task that required a streak of ruthlessness. Goods were to be seized, men to be killed, buildings to be levelled. They had a royal warrant in their possession that declared the Steelyard and all of the property therein was now forfeit to the Crown, for the Hansa were now expelled from England's soil.

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    The Hansa were not prepared for this encounter with the English. Though tensions had gotten high, they had not brought nor bought extra security for the Steelyard. What guards there were were overwhelmed easily and the Hansa's complex was burning brightly that night in no time. Among the goods hauled, the solders present with the Duke of Exeter would find all sorts of valuable goods from across Northern Europe, from the Baltic Sea to the open waters of the North Sea.

    Range: 5,000 - 10,000 (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
    Result: 9,913 = 9,900

    An estimation is that the goods captured were worth close to ten thousand pounds.
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    Holland, with the steelyard firmly within his grasp, orders his troops to load the goods into wagons and send them over to the Tower of London. From there, they would be sold off to various merchants, brokers, nobles, and moneylenders, with a good deal of the profits going to the treasury. It was truly unfortunate that some of the goods went missing, though... £2000 worth, to be exact. The total sum that entered the royal coffers was £7900, which was not a bad haul from the London headquarters of the Hanseatic League.

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