The Crown had traditionally relied on gifts and bribes to encourage loyalty and obedience among the barons, but in the straightened, post-war circumstances the opportunities to dispense such patronage was limited.
A Coroa tradicionalmente empregou os agasallos e subornos para mellorar a lealdade e obediencia entre os baróns, pero na difícil situación da posguerra as oportunidades para outorgar semellantes padroados eran limitadas.