Typically, Henry gave little thought to strategic objectives, though he did realise that an attempt to march on Paris, to which he had committed himself in the Imperial alliance, was likely to prove unsuccessful
By this time, the emperor had had enough of the conflict and had made a separate peace with Francis I
The English were defeated at the Battle of AncrumMoor and FrancisI sent troops to Scotland to reinforce a possible invasion of England from across the Scottish border

1545
Peace was agreed

1546
Henry had indeed paid a high price for his final and vain pursuit of glory
He was unable to fund the war from extraordinary revenue; he sold much of the Crownestate, borrowed large sums and debased the coinage, thereby significantly increasing the rate of inflation
