 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Muna July 1436, Stafford, achiperekedzwa naGloucester, Duke weNorfolk, uye maEarl eHuntingdon, Warwick, Devon, uye Ormond, vakadzokera kuFrance zvakare neuto revarume vanenge 8.000. Kunyange zvazvo chinangwa chendangariro chakanga chiri chokugumisa kukombwa kweCalaisnaPhilip, Duke weBurgundy, vaBurgundy vakanga vadzokera shure vasati vasvika, vachisiya shure huwandu hwezvombo zveEngland kuti vatore. Kukurukurirana kworugare kwakazotevera muFrance kwakatora Stafford mu1439, uye muna 1442 akagadzwa kuva Kaputeni weCalais neRisbanke fort, uye akasarudzwa kuti ashumire kwemakore gumi anotevera. Asati aenda kuCalais muna September 1442, varwi vakanga vapandukira ndokutora mvere dzemakwai dzaStaple panzvimbo pemari dzakanga dzisina kubhadharwa. Stafford akagamuchira vimbiso kubva kukanzuru yokuti kana mamiriro ezvinhu akadaro akamukazve mukati mokutonga kwake, aisazotarisirwa mhaka. Tichifunga nezvechakavanzika chakanga chakafukidza kugadzwa kwaStafford muna 1442, anodaro David Grummitt, zvinobvira kuti kupandukira kwacho kwakanga kwakarongwa chaizvoizvo navabatiri vake kuti vave nechokwadi chokuti Stafford akapinda muCalais mumamiriro ezvinhu akanaka. Stafford pachake akasimbisa kudikanwa kwokudzorera nhevedzano ikoko mukunyorera kwake kwokutanga nokuda kwehofisi. Akagamuchirawo imwe mari inokosha, achibvumirwa kutengesa kunze kwenyika ndarama nezvishongo zvinokwana 5 000 parwendo rumwe norumwe kuti azvishandise muFrance, kunyange zvazvo kutengesa kunze kwenyika zvinhu zvendarama kwakanga kusiri pamutemo panguva iyoyo. Akashanda nguva yakazara yokugadzwa kwake somutungamiriri weCalais, achisiya basa muna 1451. 