[1] [2] [3] [4] In the time of this warre also betwixt England and France,The seas tr [...]|ebled with men of warre. there was much hurt doone on the sea be|twixt them of the cinque ports and the Frenchmen of Normandie, and other: as the Caleis men and the Britons, which did make themselues as strong as they could against the Englishmen by sea. Where|vpon diuerse incounters chanced betwixt them, but more to the losse of the Englishmen, than of the Frenchmen: in somuch that they of the ports were constreined to require aid of the archb. of Yorke the lord gouernour of the realme. About which time, and after the king was withdrawen to Burdeaux, diuers noble men, as the earles of Norffolke and Winche|ster, with others, got licence to returne into Eng|land. Soone after whose arriuall, escuage was gathe|red through the realme towards the bearing of the kings charges. Moreouer,Escuage ga|thered 20 shil|lings of euerie knights fée. Matth. West. Death of noble men. in this yeare of the king there died sundrie noble men of naturall infirmities, as the earle of Warwike, Gilbert de Gaunt, Bald|win Wake, Philip de Kime, and Roger Berthram of the north, with diuerse other. Howbeit the king himselfe returned not home, but laie all the winter time at Burdeaux, meaning to attempt manie en|terprises, but he brought none to passe, sauing that in protracting the time, he spent much monie, and to lit|tle purpose.