 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - William, 1st Earl, Archibald the Grim uye vose vari vaviri mwanakomana wake 4th Earl uye muzukuru, 5th Earl vakarwa muFrance pamwe chete neAnglo-Scottish Border, munguva yaizozivikanwa seHondo yeMakore Ane Mazana. 1st Earl na3rd vaivepo paHondo yePoitiers, uye ramangwana 5th Earl Archibald, Earl weWigtown aive mutevedzeri waJohn Stewart, Earl weBuchan paHondo yeBaugé uye kumwe kunhu. Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl weDouglas, akanga arwa paHomildon Hill, akabatwa ikoko uye akabatana nevapanduki veNorthern English Barons kuti varwe paHondo yeShrewsbury kwaakabatwa zvakare. Pakanga pari panguva iyi yehupenyu hwake apo Douglas anoonekwa semumwe wevatambi muWilliam Shakespeare Henry IV, Chikamu 1. Muna 1423 mwanakomana waDouglas Wigtown, akadzokera kuScotland kunotora mamwe mauto ehondo yeFrance uye akakwanisa kuwana rutsigiro rwababa vake, 4th Earl akaenda kuFrance neuto revanhu vanosvika zviuru mazana matanhatu nemazana mashanu, akagadzirwa Duke weTouraine uye Lieutenant General weFrance naDauphin anoonga. Douglas akaurayiwa muHondo yeVerneuilmuna 1424. 5th Earl weDouglas pakukwira kwake pachigaro aive pane imwe nguva regent weScotland panguva yevadiki James II weScotland uye Lieutenant-General weScotland. 