 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chiteshi cheFrance cheCalais chakawira muEngland musi wa3 Nyamavhuvhu 1347 mushure mekukombwa kwemwedzi gumi nerimwe uye nguva pfupi mushure mekusainwa kweCreece yeCalais. Ikoku kwakanga kuri rutivi rwomugumisiro wokuti nyika dzose dziri mbiri dzakanga dzapera simba mune zvemari. Mugore iroro, Black Death yakasvika kuchamhembe kweFrance nokumaodzanyemba kweEngland, zvichiguma norufu rwavanenge 45 muzana yavagari vemo. Kurwisana kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi muPicardy neBrittany, uye kunyanya zvakasimba kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweFrance, uko vaEngland vakapinda mukati-kati penharaunda yeFrance, asi hapana mauto makuru akatora munda. Nhaurirano dzorugare rusingagumi dzakatanga muna 1353 muAvignon dzichitungamirirwa naPapa Innocent VI uye hondo yakaguma nokurwisana nokurwiswa kuduku. Iyi hurukuro yakaparara mukuvamba kwa 1355. Muna April 1355 Edward III nedare rake, nehomwe yezvemari iri mumamiriro ezvinhu emari akanaka zvikuru, vakasarudza kutanga kurwisa gore iroro muNorthern France neGascony. John II weFrance akaedza kusimbisa maguta ake ekuchamhembe uye masvingo kurwisa kwaitarisirwa naEdward III, panguva imwechete achiunganidza uto remunda; akatadza, kunyanya nekuda kwekushaya mari. 