Note 24 — Chapter I · ROADS AND BRIDGES

King John became personally acquainted with those works only at a later date, viz. June 1206, when he landed at La Rochelle. He visited Saintes in July and August, and made again some stay at La Rochelle in October and November before sailing back to England. See his Itinerary in “A Description of the Patent Rolls in the Tower,” by Thomas Duffus Hardy, London, 1835.