English Ports sealed and writs of passage cancelled
All English Ports were sealed, and all writs of passage collected on 14th January 1388. The period was turbulent in England.
Read moreAll English Ports were sealed, and all writs of passage collected on 14th January 1388. The period was turbulent in England.
Read moreIn 1339 the French utilised a strategy that had worked incredibly well for them in 1338. They set out to
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Read moreJeanne de Clisson was born in Belleville-sur-Vie in the year 1300. Coming from a noble family, she is also known
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Read moreThe Battle of Sluys was fought on 24 June 1340. King Edward III of England intended to sail his fleet
Read moreThe English determined their naval strategy for their forthcoming campaign in the Hundred Years War on 23rd January 1340. It
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