Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Sir Amery of Pavy (also called Aymery de Pavie, Armerie of Pavie and Amerie of Pavia in various sources) 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, roughly two million pounds adjusted for inflation. 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."@en }
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- Amery_of_Pavy abstract "Sir Amery of Pavy (also called Aymery de Pavie, Armerie of Pavie and Amerie of Pavia in various sources) 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, roughly two million pounds adjusted for inflation. 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.".
- Q4745841 abstract "Sir Amery of Pavy (also called Aymery de Pavie, Armerie of Pavie and Amerie of Pavia in various sources) 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, roughly two million pounds adjusted for inflation. 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.".