- 1549 enstrangement with CV, war with FR - laid siege to Boulogne, failure to enforce marriage of Ed and MQS
- War with Fr = unpop + expensive
- Fr laid siege to Boulogne, Eng fleet beat Fr in Channel - meant Boulogne could be supplied by sea, but NL = no £
- HII K of Fr = afraid CV might help Eng (Boulogne = not too far from Neths)
- 1550 talks began Eng and Fr
- 1550- T of Boulogne - Eng proposal was to sell B to Fr in return, marriage of MQS takes place
- Fr refused
- After fall of Som, many wanted to aim for peace as they are dealing with enough
- In principles NL agrees but is too busy consolidating his position
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