Source: Walter of Gloucester, Wikipedia
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| Walter of Gloucester (also Walter FitzRoger or Walter de Pitres) (d. c. 1129) was an early Anglo-Norman official of the King of England during the early years of the Norman conquest of the South Welsh Marches. He was a sheriff of Gloucester and also a Constable under Henry I. Walter of Gloucester was the son of Roger de Pitres, and his wife, Adeliza, and was the earliest to use the style "of Gloucester" in his family. He was hereditary Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1097 and 1105-6. He is recorded as a constable of the royal household of Henry I from 1114 on. He endowed the canons of Llanthony Priory in Wales with lands from his lordship of Beryntone and retired to the abbey in his old age where he died a monk and was buried in the chapter house, about 1129. He was married to Bertha. They were the parents of: Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford & Matilda, who married a Richard Fitz Pons |
WALTER of Gloucester