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Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… met in the context of the imminent renewal of the French war and major concerns over the security of the realm: … an imminent threat to national security from the combined French and Castilian armada. The lords and commons were not … of frankpledge should duly punish taverners concerning wine, as completely as other misdeeds done within the pursuit …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… which seemingly vindicated his recent assumption of the French royal title while also restoring effective English … of the Channel and thus removing the imminent threat of French invasion. On 28 June the king wrote to all the bishops …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… told, in some detail, of the violations committed by the French against the truce of Malestroit, agreed in 1343 and … generous in its commitment to the revival of the French war. This sense of mutual support and friendship …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… and troops were being despatched to the continent. The French had already entered some of the territories claimed by … 1360 settlement and presented their breach as an act of French aggression. His speech ended with a statement that the … before the common petitions were presented, concerning the wine trade with Gascony (item 23) (see Introduction to …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… for the duchy of Aquitaine. Edward III's claim to the French throne had been formally asserted in 1328 when Philip … III's performance of homage to Philip IV in June 1329, the French king gave him a date by which he was to recognise that … the Agenais and most of Saintonge had been occupied by the French since 1324. In default Edward III would lose the …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… and royal judges and clerks to negotiate with the French over outstanding problems. The envoys were also to … in early December. The bishop of Winchester met the French king at Vincennes and then returned to England, where …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… Ironically Edward was openly informed of these plans by French envoys who also brought an offer from Philip VI for … that he was still committed to a crusade. News of the French plan to send troops to Scotland and of French and Scottish naval activity in the English Channel led …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… harbours on the east coast which were most suitable for a French landing and made one all but impossible. Edward left … of the latest embassy to France and of raids in August by French naval forces on Orford and Walton in Suffolk and on the Isle of Wight. Amid fears of an imminent French invasion of the south of England, the assembly …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… offer the Flemings an opportunity to remain loyal to the French crown but to ally with the English, it is tempting to … parliament for the resolution of complaints by his 'French' subjects, in just the same way that the same assembly … which is in Latin, may in part represent the (presumably French) preamble to the original schedule of petitions (not …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… the summons of this parliament: the uneasy state of Anglo-French diplomacy (item 2) and (recorded only summarily on the … it had become evident that neither the English nor the French governments wished to settle terms at this point. 7 It was predictable that Thorp should represent the French as the aggressors, claiming that they were planning a …