Poitou
place · 1 work · 6 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Pictavie
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Continental region that was the object of John's military campaigns and the specific service the northern barons refused to render.
His projected campaign in Poitou required all the levies he could raise.
Writs for its collection had been issued on 26th May, 1214, an exception being indeed allowed for tenants personally present in the King’s army in Poitou.
When, on his return from the unfortunate expedition of 1214, he demanded a scutage from all who had not followed him to Poitou, the malcontents declared that they had no obligation either to follow him out of the kingdom, or to pay a scutage in lieu thereof.