Sir Walter Paveley KG (1319–1375) was an English knight from

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, a Knight Founder of the Order of the Garter. He was the son of Sir Walter Paveley (d. 1327), a Kentish landholder, and Maud (1304 – c. 1366), daughter and heir of Sir Stephen Burghersh (d. 1310), the elder son of Robert Burghersh (d. 1306). Paveley often served in retinues of

Bartholomew Burghersh the elder Bartholomew Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh (died 3 August 1355, Dover), called "the elder", was an English nobleman and soldier, a younger son of Robert Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh and Maud Badlesmere, sister of Bartholomew Badlesmere, 1st Ba ...

and Sir Bartholomew Burghersh the younger. He first fought in King Edward III's expedition of 1338–1339 to the Low Countries. Then Paveley participated in

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during two separate campaigns, 1342–43 and 1345, including the siege of Rennes by Walter de Manny. Paveley fought in France almost every year up until the

treaty of Brétigny The Treaty of Brétigny was a treaty, drafted on 8 May 1360 and ratified on 24 October 1360, between Kings Edward III of England and John II of France. In retrospect, it is seen as having marked the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years ...

(1360), most notably joining Henry Lancaster's expedition to Normandy (1346), King Edward's campaign in Northern France, Cressy and Calais (1346–47), the Great Raid of 1355 with

Edward the Black Prince Edward of Woodstock, known to history as the Black Prince (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), was the eldest son of King Edward III of England, and the heir apparent to the English throne. He died before his father and so his son, Richard II, suc ...

in Aquitaine and Languedoc and the

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. While Paveley was, most certainly, the retainer of

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, he appears to have attracted the personal attention of the

Black Prince Edward of Woodstock, known to history as the Black Prince (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), was the eldest son of King Edward III of England, and the heir apparent to the English throne. He died before his father and so his son, Richard II, suc ...

. In addition to employing Paveley in military campaigns, Prince Edward had given the knight a number of presents and minor grants.

Sources

* George Frederick Beltz, ''"Memorials of the most noble order of the Garter"'' (1841); * Richard Gorski, 'Paveley, Sir Walter (1319–1375)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', OUP, (2004); * Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 44, ''Paveley, Walter''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paveley, Walter Garter Knights appointed by Edward III 1319 births 1375 deaths Medieval English knights