Though Bedford's efforts prevented any final break, the Duke withdrew his forces from France to aid John of Brabant in the recovery of Hainault and Holland.

Gloucester challenged Philip to decide their claims by single combat.

But the enterprise was abandoned as hastily as it had been begun.

The Duke of Gloucester was already disgusted with Jacqueline and enamoured of a lady in her suite, Eleanor, the daughter of Lord Cobham; and in the summer of 1425 he suddenly returned with her to England and left his wife to defend herself as she might.
[Sidenote: Henry Beaufort] What really called him back was more than his passion for Eleanor Cobham or the natural versatility of his temper; it was the advance of a rival in England to further power over the realm.

This was his uncle, Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester.