King's Kinsfolk: William of Savoy and his nephew, John Bray;

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Douglas Richardson

King's Kinsfolk: William of Savoy and his nephew, John Bray;

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 06 jul 2007 21:42:24

Dear Newsgroup ~

Going through Google Book Search this past week, I encountered a
reference in an issue of the medieval journal, Speculum, to another
Savoy relative of the English royal family, namely a certain William
of Savoy, identified as "king's kinsman," which William of Savoy was
uncle of a John Bray.

The reference reads as follows:

"We have seen how John Bray got into chancery through the influence of
his uncle, William of Savoy, who was the 'king's kinsman'
" [Reference: Speculum, 29 (1954): 407].

The snippet view of this item can be found at the following weblink:

http://books.google.com/books?id=AhkbAA ... %22&pgis=1

The above reference comes from an article entitled "King's Clerks and
the Community of the Realm," by G. P. Cuttino, published in Speculum,
Vol. 29, No. 2, Part 2: Mediaeval Representation in Theory and
Practice (Apr., 1954), pp. 395-409.

The first page of this article can be found at the following weblink:

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0038-7134(195404)29%3A2%3C395%3AKCATCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-S

The above mentioned William of Savoy is presumably the William of
Savoy, clerk, styled "king's kinsman" who was granted the deanery of
the College of St. Mary Magdalen, Bridgnorth, Shropshire in 1300 by
King Edward I of England, grandson of Queen Eleanor of Provence
{Reference: Calendar of Patent Rolls,1292-1301 (1895): 526]. William
of Savoy resigned the deanery in 1301, at which time the king
appointed Peter of Savoy another of his kinsmen to the same deanery
{Reference: Calendar of Patent Rolls,1292-1301 (1895): 595]. William
of Savoy likewise occurs as a canon, going to Curia, 21 Feb. 1298
[Reference: Cal. Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326 (1927): 90)].

The Savoy-Bray connection will doubtless be of interest to English
descendants of the Bray family. In this time period, the surname Bray
is found employed with the article "de." Thus, William of Savoy's
nephew can probably be found in contemporary records as "John de
Bray."

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

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