ABSTRACT
The Englishmen retorted that the war the Hanseatic League had waged against England “unrightwisely and without cause” was the main source of trouble, and that to seek the best means of putting an end to it would be “the best way to come to peace.” The Hanseatic League ratified the treaty on 1st May, and on the following day Herman Wanmate and Arnd Brekerfeld were appointed to go to England to receive the Steelyards in London and Boston and the house in Lynn. On arriving at Utrecht on the last day of June, Hatclyf and Russell found that the Hanseatic ambassadors had been detained by contrary winds and so, “to avoid idleness,” they went off on a pilgrimage to Amersfoort. A settlement Edward effected with the Hanse towns, after months of negotiation, was also a highly important gain, as the seas must be made safe for English ships before an English army could be transported to France.
