| Character and policy of Edward III. | 310 |
1330–40. | The rule of the Stratfords. | 314 |
1337. | The new earldoms. | 314 |
| Scotland during the minority of David Bruce. | 315 |
| Edward Balliol and the Disinherited. | 315 |
6 Aug., 1332. | The Disinherited in Scotland. | 317 |
| Battle of Dupplin Moor. | 318 |
6 Aug.-16 Dec. | Edward Balliol's brief reign and expulsion. | 319 |
| Treaty of Roxburgh. | 319 |
1333. | Attempt to procure his restoration. | 319 |
| Siege of Berwick. | 319 |
19 July. | Battle of Halidon Hill. | 320 |
| Edward Balliol restored. | 320 |
12 June, 1334. | Treaty of Newcastle, ceding to Edward south-eastern Scotland. | 321 |
| Failure of Edward Balliol. | 300 |
1334–36. | Edward III.'s Scottish campaigns. | 322 |
1341. | Return of David Bruce from France. | 323 |
1327–37. | Relations of England and France. | 323 |
31 Mar., 1327. | Treaty of Paris. | 324 |
| Edward's lands in Gascony after the treaty of Paris. | 324 |
1328. | Accession of Philip of Valois in France. | 325 |
| Protests of the English regency. | 325 |
1328. | The legal and political aspects of the succession question. | 326 |
| Edward III.'s claim to France. | 327 |
6 June, 1329. | Edward's homage to Philip VI. | 327 |
8 May, 1330. | Convention of the Wood of Vincennes. | 328 |
9 Mar., 1331. | Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. | 300 |
April. | Interview of Pont-Sainte-Maxence. | 328 |
| Crusading projects of John XXII.. | 329 |
1336. | Abandonment of the crusade by Benedict XII. | 329 |
| Strained relations between England and France. | 330 |
1337. | Mission of the Cardinals Peter and Bertrand. | 330 |
| Edward and Robert of Artois. | 330 |
| The Vow of the Heron. | 331 |
| Preparations for war. | 331 |
| Breach with Flanders and stoppage of export of wool. | 332 |
| Alliance with William I. and II. of Hainault. | 332 |
| Edward's other Netherlandish allies. | 332 |
1337. | Breach between France and England. | 333 |
Nov. | Sir Walter Manny at Cadzand. | 334 |
| Fruitless negotiations and further hostilities. | 334 |
July, 1338. | Edward III.'s departure for Flanders. | 335 |
5 Sept. | Interview of Edward and the Emperor Louis of Bavaria at Coblenz. | 335 |
| The Anglo-imperial alliance. | 335 |
| Further fruitless negotiations. | 336 |
| Renewal of Edward's claim to the French crown. | 337 |
| The responsibility for the war. | 337 |