How the Count of Montfort seized the land of Brittany after the death of his maternal half brother and found great wealth at Limoges.

I've taken a little break from my main theme; now I'll return to the noble history of the worthy King Edward of England and continue where I left off, at the raising of the siege of Tournai in the month of August in the year of grace 1340. The siege was ended thanks to a truce agreed between the two kings; but it wasn't well observed, especially by those in distant parts such as gascony and Saintonge and the Toulousain, where supporters of the King of France and the King of England kept fighting and winning cities and strongholds from each other, and there were often great feats of arms and prowess performed, as you'll hear in due course.

What happened next was this. After the truce was signed and sealed before Tournai, all the lords and all the ranks on both sides struck camp and headed for home. King Philip of France and his barons and lords went to Paris before going their separate ways to their own lands. Among them was the Duke of Brittany, who'd brought a greater contingent to the French army than any of the other princes, and he was heading back to his country when he fell so seriously ill that he passed from this world before he was half way home.