[1] [2] This yeare was the warre proclamed betwixt England and France, cheefelie by the procurement of the lord Robert Dartois, a Frenchman, as then banished out of France, vpon occasion of a claime by him made vnto the earldome of Artois. This lord Robert after he was banished France, fled ouer vn|to king Edward, who gladlie receiued him and made him earle of Richmond. ¶ All the goods of the Italians were by the kings commandement this yeare confiscate to his vse, and so likewise were the goods of the moonks of the Cluniake and Cisterce|aur orders. ¶ This yeare also a comet or blasing|starre appeared, with long and terrible streames pas|sing from it. In the eleauenth yeare of his reigne, the king held a parlement at Westminster,1338 Anno Reg. 11. about the time of Lent, during the which, of the earledome of Cornewall he made a duchie, Thom. Wals. Ran. Higd. Polydor. Fabian. and gaue it vnto his eldest sonne Edward, that was then earle of Che|ster, whom also (as some write) he created at the same time prince of Wales.