"the 100 years war......was primarily an effort by the English-speaking peoples from the British Isles...the English...to take over a very large area of land inhabited mostly by French-speaking peoples...the French." - Little Hawk (Supposed Student of History)

Eh, Little Hawk, those who ruled England at the time, were the descendents of the self same Norman knights (Note "Norman" Little Hawk - Not French) who had crossed the channel to invade England with the Conqueror in 1066, when they did so they left behind them rather large chunks of France, which presumably they felt like they still retained title to. Add to that minor legal hiccup in what you contend, as any child in the UK knows, the language spoken at court and amongst the nobility in England at the time of the 100 years war was French.