[3] The family originated in Port-en-Bessin in the Calvados region of Normandy.
[4] Before 1121, Adam was granted the manor of Kington in Herefordshire by King Henry I of England.
Sanders to have created Adam the baron of Kington.
[2] Adam served King Henry in his household as a steward.
[5] Adam held 22 knight's fees in Hereford before his death.