Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Preface ix
5. List of Abbreviations xii
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 8. Edward II and Mortimer’s Invasion (1307-1327) 7
8. 3. The King’s Navy 20
9. 4. Mortimer, the Admirals and Scotland (1327-1331) 30
10. 5. Edward III, the Navy and the Disinherited (1331-1335) 38
11. 6. The King’s Ships: Logistics and Structure 50
12. 7. England, France, Scotland and the War at Sea (1336) 59
13. 8. Walter Manny, Cadzand and Antwerp (1337-1339) 66
14. 9. Merchant Shipping in English Fleets 82
15. 10. Tactics, Strategy and the Battle of Sluys (1340) 90
16. 11. The Organisation of Impressed Fleets 101
17. 12. Brittany and the War at Sea (1340-1342) 107
18. 13. The Crecy Campaign and Calais (1342-1347) 114
19. 14. Mastery of the Channel (1347-1350) 130
20. 15. The Battle of Winchelsea (1350) 136
21. 16. Barges and Truces (1353-1357) 146
22. 17. Edward III and Resistance to the Navy 153
23. 18. The Fleet of 1359 and the Winchelsea Raid (1357-1360) 159
24. 19. Years of Peace, Years of Decay (1360-1369) 175
25. 20. The Decline of the Fleet in the Final Years of Edward III 185
26. 21. Failure and Fiasco: Knolles and La Rochelle (1369-1373) 191
27. 22. Edward III’s Final Years (1373-1377) 208
28. Appendix I: English Admirals in the Reign of Edward III 219
29. Appendix II: Royal Ships Used by Edward III 225
30. Bibliography 236
31. Index 243