111:. However he took part in the campaigns to conquer Wales and eventually won the favour of Edward I. In the late 1280s, he was steward of the Household. He was personally invited to several parliaments by writ of summons, where he was responsible as steward for receiving petitions to the king. In 1292 he rose to Chamberlain of the Household. During the Welsh uprising from 1294 he was part of the king's entourage when he was briefly trapped in
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Justicier of Wales in 1288, serving as his brother's deputy until 1295. On 4 Nov 1288, he had letters of protection when remaining in Wales in order to fortify the castle of
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Savoyards in North Wales, 1277-1300. With special reference to the Savoyard element in the construction of Harlech Castle". Genava 11: 290-291.
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Taylor, A.J. (1963) "Some notes on the
Savoyards in North Wales, 1277-1300. With special reference to the Savoyard element in the construction of Harlech Castle". Genava 11: 290-291.
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Taylor, A.J. (1963) "Some notes on the
Savoyards in North Wales, 1277-1300. With special reference to the Savoyard element in the construction of Harlech Castle". Genava 11: 290-291.
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Savoyards in North Wales, 1277-1300. With special reference to the Savoyard element in the construction of Harlech Castle". Genava 11: 290-291.
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Wardrobe for 1294-5. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 148. “Domino Petro de Chauvent . . . apud Abercon 9 die Februarii.”
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Laurent of Jura. With King Edward I and Otto de Grandson on Crusade, in Acre from 1271 to 1272. One of King Edward I's inner circle. First Constable of
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British Chronology. Third ed. London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society. 76.
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