Finance was always Edwards III’s weak point. He had little understanding of the problems of taxation or credit and was bored by administration. He tended to fund his enterprises on a hand-to-mouth basis, without budgets or forecasts.

— Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption Edward III: A Heroic Failure (2016)

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