<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UWilliam, i- 1st Earl, u-Archibald the Grim kanye nendodana yakhe u- 4th Earl nomzukulu, u- 5th Earl balwa eFrance kanye naseMngceleni wase-Anglo-Scottish, phakathi nalokho okwakuzokwaziwa ngokuthi iMpi Yeminyaka Eyikhulu. U-Earl wokuqala no-Earl wesithathu bobabili babekhona eMpini yasePoitiers, kanti u-Earl wesihlanu wesikhathi esizayo u-Archibald, u-Earl waseWigtown wayengumsizi kaJohn Stewart, u-Earl waseBuchan eMpini yaseBaugé nakwezinye izindawo. U-Archibald Douglas, u-Earl wesine kaDouglas, wayelwa eHomildon Hill  <response>: , wathunjwa lapho wabe esejoyina amavukelambuso aseNyakatho eNgilandi ukuze alwe eMpini yaseShrewsbury lapho aphinde athunjwa khona. Kwakungalesi sikhathi sokuphila kwakhe lapho uDouglas avele khona njengomunye wabalingiswa kuWilliam Shakespeares Henry IV, Ingxenye 1. Ngo-1423 indodana kaDouglas uWigtown, wabuyela eScotland ukuyobutha amasosha amaningi empini yaseFrance futhi wakwazi ukuthola ukwesekwa kukayise, u-4th Earl wahamba ngomkhumbi waya eFrance nebutho labantu abangu-6,500, wakhiwa waba yiDuke of Touraine noLieutenant General waseFrance nguDauphin obongayo. UDouglas wabulawa eMpini yaseVerneuil ngo-1424. U-Earl wesi-5 kaDouglas ngesikhathi engena esihlalweni sobukhosi wayeyi-regent yaseScotland ngesikhathi sikaJames II waseScotland kanye noLieutenant-General waseScotland. 