Amery of Pavy

Who is Amery of Pavy?

Amery of Pavy was a 14th-century English knight of Lombardic origin, who was made captain of Calais by King Edward III of England in 1347. He made a secret bargain with Sir Geoffrey de Charney, a French knight, to sell Calais to Sir Geoffrey for 20,000 crowns. Upon discovering the plot, Edward summoned Sir Amery to London and confronted him, ordering him to keep his bargain with Sir Geoffrey and say nothing of the King's knowledge. Sir Geoffrey gathered an army to take control of the town in December of that year, and King Edward brought an army from England to ambush the French takeover. The English prevailed in the failed siege of Calais on December 31, 1348, and King Edward transferred governance of Calais to John de Beauchamp and abated the arms of Sir Amery in 1349.