Start off by pulling out of caen, shipping the General and his troops back across the channel and use them to take York. Caen? Give it to the French as a gift! They'll love you, the water separates you so you can havea tasty long trade relationship worth lots of money while they have to pay to build up Caen, defend it and extend themselves further.

Meanwhile, you are lef tin peace to take Wales, York, and build up to attack Scotland. The trick with the future Mel Gibson movie materials is to just hold off until you can hit them with two armies. Scotland only ever builds one big army early on, so once thats dead and gone, Edinburgh and Inverness are yours to mop up, followed by Ireland.

From there just research, build up your forces and gradually start invading the continent. Bruges is a good first target as it typically stays rebel for longish.