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'Edward vows that he will make peace', 1864. After rejecting offers for peace during the Hundred Years War a great thunderstorm was seen as a bad omen by King Edward III, (1312-1377) who vowed he would no longer be an obstacle to peace. The Treaty of Bretigny was signed about three weeks later on 8th May 1360.From A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485 by James E. Doyle. [Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, London, 1864]