Aymer was made Bishop of Winchester; William of Valence received at a later time the earldom of Pembroke.

Even the king's jester was a Poitevin.

Hundreds of their dependants followed these great nobles to find a fortune in the English realm.

The Poitevin lords brought in their train a bevy of ladies in search of husbands, and three English earls who were in royal wardship were wedded by the king to foreigners.

The whole machinery of administration passed into the hands of men who were ignorant and contemptuous of the principles of English government or English law.