56 THE ANNALS OF BURTON ABBEY 
this period and a man greatly to be admired for his many virtues, is 
often referred to in the Annals, but he is always mentioned as Louis 
without the prefix Saint so that the entries were in all probability 
made before his death. 
You are all aware of the fact that during the reign of Henry 
there was always a great deal of discontent, and that owing to the 
bad government the barons ultimately, under Simon de Montfort, 
took up arms against the King. ‘The chronicles of these times give 
you an excellent idea of the extent to which both barons and clergy 
were taxed, the barons by the King, the clergy by the King and the 
Pope. ‘That they literally groaned under these exactions is not 
surprising The following is a recapitulation of the exactions during 
the reign of Henry from the Abbey of Burton :— 
1224 In return for the charter of liberties and the charter of the Forests 
Henry took one-fifteenth 
Abbott Lawrence gave 800 marks. 
1229 A tenth of all goods movable and fixed is exacted for the use of the 
Pope Gregory. This amounts to £24 14s 2d. 
1235 The King took the old and the new scutage when his sister was 
married to the Emperor Frederick. 
1240 Otto, the Papal Legate, demands a tallage against the Emperor. 
Abbott Lawrence paid 30 marks. 
1254 A tenth collected by the Bishop of Norwich for the use of the King. 
This was to be given for 3 years. 
After mentioning these exactions the chronicler adds, “These were 
imposed at different times during the reign, not once, tallages heavy, 
burdensome, and hardly to be borne.” 
1 When the King went to Brittany 1230. 
2 When the King went to Gascony the first time 1242 and the second 
time 1253. 
3 Of the same amount when Edward (afterwards Edward I) the King’s 
son is knighted. 
After all these comes the demand of the Pope for a tenth for a crusade 
against Manfred. 
It must not be forgotten that at this time the Pope looked on 
England as a vassal state. When Otto, the Pope’s legate, came to 
England, he was entertained at a banquet, and occupied the principal 
seat, Henry and the nobles occupying inferior places. At this time 
the Church had risen to the zenith of its power. The idea held 
