Peter de Rivaux

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order = 8th
office = Lord High Treasurer
term_start =14 Jan 1233
term_end =1234
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monarch = Henry III
predecessor = Walter Mauclerk
successor = Hugh de Pateshull, Bishop of Coventry
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death_date =1262
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nationality =Poitevin
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relations =Peter des Roches
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Peter de Rivaux (d. 1262) was an influential Poitevin courtier at the court of Henry III of England. He was related to Peter des Roches, being a nephew (or possibly a son).

He was in effect Henry's chief minister, from 1232 and for a short period, holding positions in the king's household and being installed as sheriff for many shires. [cite book |title="The Thirteenth Century" 2nd edition |last=Powicke |first=Maurice Powicke |authorlink=Maurice Powicke |coauthors= |year=1962 |publisher= |location= |isbn= |pages=49 ] His administration included Stephen Segrave, Robert Papelew and Brian de Lisle, and achieved a centralisation under his hand of much royal revenue. [cite book |title="The Thirteenth Century" 2nd edition |last=Powicke |first=Maurice |authorlink=Maurice Powicke |coauthors= |year=1962 |publisher= |location= |isbn= |pages=51-2 ] . He also held the office of Lord High Treasurer from 14 Jan 1233 to 1234. [cite web |url=http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/lord_treasurer.htm |title=Lord High Treasurer |accessdate=2008-02-14 |format=html |work=Tudor Place ]

He fell dramatically from power in 1234, consequent on the death of Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, which was attributed to machinations of Peter des Roches. For a time Peter de Rivaux and associates were proclaimed traitors. [cite book |title="The Thirteenth Century" 2nd edition |last=Powicke |first=Maurice |authorlink=Maurice Powicke |coauthors= |year=1962 |publisher= |location= |isbn= |pages=57-8 ] Some partial rehabilitation followed.

He held the offices of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle from the year 1236, and intermittently up until the outbreak of the Second Barons' War. At this time the two offices were held separately and the title Lord Warden had not become established, so that de Rivaux was referred to as the Kings Keeper of the Coast.

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*Nicholas Vincent, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23688 ‘Rivallis , Peter de (d. 1262)’] , "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 5 June 2007