Editing Edward the Black Prince (section)

==Return to England==
The death of Edward's eldest son, [[Edward of Angoulême]], in 1371 caused him a great deal of grief. His health continued to deteriorate, and his personal doctor advised him to return to England. Edward left Aquitaine with the Duke of Lancaster and landed at Southampton early in January 1371. Edward met his father at Windsor. At this meeting, Prince Edward interceded to stop a treaty Edward III had made the previous month with Charles of Navarre because he did not agree to the ceding of lands King Charles demanded in it.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunt|1889|p=100}} cites ''Fœdera,'' iii. 967.</ref> After this, Edward returned to his manor in Berkhamsted.{{sfn|Hunt|1889|p=100}}

On his return to England, Edward was probably at once recognised as the natural opponent of the influence exercised by the anti-clerical and Lancastrian party, and it is evident that the clergy trusted him; on 2 May he met the [[convocation of Canterbury]] at the Savoy and persuaded them to make an exceptionally large grant.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunt|1889|p=100}} cites Wilkins, ''Concilia,'' iii. 91.</ref> His health began to improve, and in August 1372 he sailed with his father to the relief of [[Thouars]]; but contrary winds meant that the fleet never reached the French coast. On 6 October he resigned the principality of Aquitaine and Gascony, giving as his reason that its revenues were no longer sufficient to cover expenses; he acknowledged his resignation in Parliament the next month. At the conclusion of this parliament, after the knights had been dismissed, he met the citizens and burgesses "in a room near the white chamber" and prevailed on them to extend the customs granted the year before for the protection of merchant shipping for another year.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunt|1889|p=100}} cites [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000020573638&seq=316 ''Rot. Parl''. ii. 310]; Hallam, ''Const Hist'', iii. 47.</ref>

Edward's illness returned in force, though when the "[[Good Parliament]]" met on 28 April 1376 he was looked upon as the chief support of the commons in their attack on the abuses of the administration, and evidently acted in concert with [[William of Wykeham]] in opposing the influence of Lancaster and the disreputable clique of courtiers who upheld it, and he had good cause to fear that his brother's power would prove dangerous to the prospects of his son Richard.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunt|1889|p=100}} cites ''Chron. Angliæ'', Pref. xxix, pp. 74, 75, 393.</ref> [[Richard Lyons (Warden of the Mint)|Richard Lyons]], the king's financial agent who was impeached for gigantic frauds, sent him a bribe of £1,000 and other gifts, but Edward refused to receive it, though he afterwards said that it was a pity he had not kept it and sent it to pay the soldiers who were fighting for the kingdom.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunt|1889|p=100}} cites ''Chron. Angliæ'', Pref. xxix, p. 80).</ref>