Calendar of Letter-Books, Vol. 7

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Excerpt from Calendar of Letter-Books, Vol. 7: Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of London at the Guildhall, Circa A. D. 1352-1374In October the City equipped a force of 20 armed men and 500 archers, and furnished them with their pay for forty days. They were destined for Calais under the King himself, who set sail for France early in November, ' and proceeded to ravage the country. The campaign, however, was cut short by trouble arising in the North, and Edward returned home. The Scots had seized Berwick, but before Edward could arrive on the scene, the town had been surrendered. On the i8th January (1356) he reached Newcastle, whence he dispatched a writ to the Mayor and Sheriffs to set the City in array in case of an attack by the King of France on the South coast, which he would willingly attempt if opportunity offered.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.