 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munguvayi, zvinhu zvamambo weEngland muFrance zvakanga zviri kutyisidzirwa namambo weFrance. Charles IV weFrance akarayira kuti Edward adzorere mutero kuDuchy yake yeAquitaine, uku panguva imwe chete achityisidzira kutora duchy pasi pechikonzero chekupokana kwenzvimbo kunosanganisira priory paSaint-Sardos. Muna April 1324, Edmund naAlexander de Bicknor, Bhishopu Mukuru weDublin, vakatumwa kuFrance nebasa rokukurukura nedzimwe nyika. Nepo vamwe vanyori venhau vakatsoropodza Edmund nokuda kwokukundikana kwake kusvika kugadzirisano yezvamatongerwe enyika, vamwe vakanongedzera kumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma aakatarisana nawo, uye kuti vamwe vakanga vabudirira sei zvishoma. Apo hurukuro dzakakundikana, Edmund akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri waEdward muAquitaine musi wa20 Chikunguru 1324. Kunyange zvazvo kwakanga kune kudikanwa kukuru kwokuwedzera kunobva kuEngland, ikoku hakuna kutongosvika. Muhondo pfupipashure pacho, nyika dzeEngland dzakakundwa nokukurumidza navaFrance, uye Edmund akakombwa paLa Réole. Pano akabata kusvikira 22 September, panguva iyo akamanikidzwa kuzvipa uye kubvumirana nechisimba chemwedzi mitanhatu. 