Ka cika wannan magana: Taƙaitacciyar tafiya a ƙetaren Dover Strait ta ba da garkuwar da ta dace da kuma tanadi ta teku. Duk da haka, rashin kare kariya na cikin gida ya bukaci gina da kuma kula da sansanin soja, a wasu kudade. Duk da haka, mahimmin mahimmanci a cikin kwanciyar hankali na gwamnatin Ingilishi a can tsawon ƙarni shine kishiyar Faransa da Burgundy, duka biyun suna sha'awar matsayin dabarun birni; kowannensu ya bar shi ga Ingilishi maimakon ya ba da shi ga juna. Daga bisani, dabarun siyasa sun canza a rarraba yankin Burgundian a ƙasashen Low tsakanin Faransa da Spain kuma, lokacin da Henry VIII ya sha wahala a cikin
Sieges na Boulogne (1544<unk>1546), hanyar zuwa Calais ta buɗe zuwa kudu. Sannan a cikin 1550 Crown, a cikin rikicin maye gurbin sarauta, ya janye daga Boulogne.