 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Edward akanga agara nhaka yeDuchy yeAquitaine, uye saDuke weAquitaine akanga ari mutevedzeri waPhilip VI weFrance. Pakutanga Edward akabvuma kuti Philip ndiye aizomutsiva, asi ukama hwaiva pakati pemadzimambo maviri aya hwakakanganisika apo Philip akabatana nomuvengi waEdward, Mambo David II wokuScotland. Edwardwo akapa utiziro kuna Robert III weArtois, mupoteri wechiFrench. Edward paakaramba kuteerera zvaidiwa naPhilip zvokuti Robert adzingwe muEngland, Philip akatora nzvimbo yaitongwa naAquitaine. Iyi hondo yakakurumidza, uye nokukurumidza, muna 1340, Edward akazvizivisa amene samambo weFrance. Edward III nemwanakomana wake Edward the Black Prince, vakatungamira mauto avo muhondo yakabudirira kwazvo muFrance nekukunda kunoshamisa paAuberoche 1345, Crécy1346, Calais 1347 uye La Roche-Derrien 1347. Kurwisana kwakambomiswa pakati pemakore ekuma1350 nokuda kwokushayikwa kwezvinhu nemhaka yeDenda reBlack Death. Ipapo hondo yakapfuurira, uye vokuEngland vakakunda muHondo yePoitiers 1356 umo mambo weFrance, John II, akabatwa ndokuchengetwa nokuda kworudzikinuro. Chibvumirano cheBordeaux chakasainwa muna 1357 uye chakateverwa nezvibvumirano zviviri muLondon muna 1358 na1359. 