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Walter Paveley
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<p>Sir Walter Paveley <a href="/facts/Order_of_the_Garter/no8AEJQP">KG</a> (1319–1375) was an English knight from <a href="/facts/Kent/aYfQI6Fc">Kent</a>, a Knight Founder of the <a href="/facts/Order_of_the_Garter/no8AEJQP">Order of the Garter</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/Robert_de_Burghersh%2c_1st_Baron_Burghersh/AYU5EbWC">Robert Burghersh</a> (d. 1306). </p><p>Paveley often served in retinues of <a href="/facts/Bartholomew_de_Burghersh%2c_1st_Baron_Burghersh/ARFmHYzg">Bartholomew Burghersh the elder</a> and <a href="/facts/Bartholomew_de_Burghersh%2c_2nd_Baron_Burghersh/NAXwXQ4m">Sir Bartholomew Burghersh the younger</a>. He first fought in <a href="/facts/Edward_III_of_England/t0kwe6JY">King Edward III's</a> expedition of 1338–1339 to the Low Countries. Then Paveley participated in <a href="/facts/War_of_the_Breton_Succession/N59qhNtw">War of the Breton Succession</a> during two separate campaigns, 1342–43 and 1345, including the siege of <a href="/facts/Rennes/V89b3R3z">Rennes</a> by <a href="/facts/Walter_de_Manny%2c_1st_Baron_Manny/GtkqyrYt">Walter de Manny</a>. Paveley fought in France almost every year up until the <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Br%25C3%25A9tigny/rtSxCXpd">treaty of Brétigny</a> (1360), most notably joining <a href="/facts/Henry_of_Grosmont%2c_1st_Duke_of_Lancaster/BzSHBMl0">Henry Lancaster's</a> expedition to Normandy (1346), King Edward's campaign in Northern France, Cressy and <a href="/facts/Siege_of_Calais_(1346)/Q7eM54Jy">Calais</a> (1346–47), the Great Raid of 1355 with <a href="/facts/Edward%2c_the_Black_Prince/8SmY1owS">Edward the Black Prince</a> in Aquitaine and Languedoc and the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Poitiers_(1356)/kycn6IeF">battle of Poitiers (1356)</a>. </p><p>While Paveley was, most certainly, the retainer of <a href="/facts/Baron_Burghersh/XwyFsU7T">Barons Burghersh</a>, he appears to have attracted the personal attention of the <a href="/facts/Black_Prince/8SmY1owS">Black Prince</a>. In addition to employing Paveley in military campaigns, Prince Edward had given the knight a number of presents and minor grants. </p>