 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Rwendo rwokutanga rwaLongespée rwokuenda kuNyika Tsvene rwakanga rwuri rwokuita rutivi rworwendo rwechipiri rwevafambi vechiKristu rweBarons Crusade. Musi wa 10 June 1240 akabva kuEngland achishandira Richard, 1st Earl weCornwall ane varwi vechiRungu gumi nevaviri uye mazana akati wandei emachinda. Vakaenda kuMarseilles pakati paSeptember, ndokusvika paAcre musi wa8 October. Longespée nevarume vaRichard havana kuona hondo ikoko, asi boka iri rakapedza nhaurirano dzekuyananisa nevatungamiri veAyyubid yakaitwa naTheobald I weNavarre mwedzi mishomanana yapfuura munguva yekutanga yezvikwata zvehondo. Vakavakazve nhare yeAscalon, uye zvikurukuru vakapa kuchengetwa kwayo kuna Walter Pennenpié, mumiririri wamambo waFrederick II muJerusarema panzvimbo pokuipa kuvarume vemunharaunda veHumambo hweJerusarema avo vaipikisa zvakasimba kutonga kwaFrederick. Musi waApril 13, 1241, vakatsinhanisa vasungwa vechiMuslim nevaKristu vakanga vatapwa pakurwisa kwakaipisisa kwaHenry weBar paGaza mwedzi mishanu yakanga yapfuura. Vakatamisawo zvisaririra zvaavo vakaurawa muhondo iyoyo ndokuvaviga munzvimbo yemakuva muAscalon. Longespée sezvingabvira akaenda naRichard kuEngland pana 3 May 1241. 