Editing Peter II, Count of Savoy (section)

===English career===
In January 1236, [[Eleanor of Provence]], Peter's niece, married King Henry III and Peter came with a [[Savoy faction|number of other Savoyards]]. On 20 April 1240, Peter was given the [[Honour of Richmond]] by Henry III who invited him to England about the end of the year, and knighted him on 5 January 1241 when he became known popularly as Earl of Richmond although he never assumed the title, nor was it ever given to him in official documents.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Complete Peerage, Vol. 10|last=Cokayne|first=George Edward|publisher=The St. Catherine Press|year=1945|pages=806}}</ref> On 25 September 1241 he was granted the Honour of the Eagle and wardship of [[John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey]] bringing much land in Sussex and the south coast of England.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Peter of Savoy:The Little Charlemagne |first=John |last=Marshall |publisher=Pen and Sword |year=2023 |page=47}}</ref> His position on the south coast was further strengthened in 1249 by the Honour of Eu, also known as the Honour of Hastings.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Peter of Savoy:The Little Charlemagne |first=John |last=Marshall | publisher=Pen and Sword |year=2023 |page=83}}</ref> In February 1246 he was granted land between [[Strand, London|the Strand]] and the [[Thames]], where Peter built the [[Savoy Palace]] in 1263,{{sfn|Arnold-Baker|2015|p=1116}} on the site of the present [[Savoy Hotel]]. It was destroyed during the [[Peasants' Revolt]] of 1381. By his will, the [[Honour of Richmond]] was left to his niece Queen Eleanor,{{sfn|Raban|2003|p=52}} who transferred it to the crown.{{sfn|Howell|2001|p=242-244}}

In 1241, Henry sent Peter to gather support for a pending invasion of [[Poitou]]. He travelled to [[Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy]]; [[Theobald I of Navarre]]; his brother [[Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy]]; and his brother-in-law [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence]]. In February 1242, Peter was sent into Poitou to see what support existed there for [[Henry III of England|Henry]]. He was nearly captured there, but managed to escape. He then travelled to [[Provence]] to negotiate the marriage of his niece [[Sanchia of Provence]] to Henry's brother [[Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall|Richard]].{{sfn|Cox|1974|pp=112–115}}

In 1246, Peter went back to Savoy, in part to seal a marriage deal with [[Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy|Amadeus]]. In February 1247, he returned to England with Alice of Saluzzo, Amadeus's granddaughter by [[Beatrice of Savoy, Marchioness of Saluzzo|Beatrice]]. She was married to [[Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract]] that May.{{sfn|Cox|1974|pp=168–169}}

[[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]] (a borough by 1279), on the [[River Witham]], had over many years become an important port for [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]]. The town was held by the [[Dukes of Brittany]] until about 1200. In 1241, Peter obtained the manor of Boston at the same time as he had Richmond. It was restored to [[John I, Duke of Brittany]], on Peter's death. [[Donington, Lincolnshire|Donington]] manor is also thought to have been passed from John de la Rye to Peter of Savoy about 1255, when a charter was granted for a market to be held at the manor on Saturdays. In the same year, a similar grant was made for the holding of a fair on 15 August, also to be held at the manor. A separate charter was granted to Peter on 8 April 1255 by the king to hold a market on Mondays.
[[File:Pevensey Castle inner bailey exterior.jpg|thumb|The walls of the inner ward at [[Pevensey Castle]] are typically attributed to Peter of Savoy's tenure]]
In 1246, the king granted Peter the [[Pevensey Castle|castle of Pevensey]]. Peter originally, in 1258, sided with [[Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester|Simon de Montfort]], [[Earl of Leicester]], in the [[Second Barons' War]]; but sided with [[Eleanor of Provence]], his niece and his son-in-law [[King Henry III of England]] from 1261 against Montfort.<ref name="Marshall, John 2023"/>