The count added 100 pounds a year, but that was all Floris was to get from Jan van Bergen's estate.

[6] Floris and Goede (sometimes Gudule) had: In 1335 Sir Floris and his brother Jan gave their brother Arnoud one third of the estate of their deceased father Witte, with promise to supplement this if Arnoud's share would render less than 27-30 Grooten.

[14] In 1326 Count William authorized 'his nephew' Floris van Haamstede to judge a shipping accident.

[16] In December 1326 Squire Floris van Haamstede was mentioned as a witness about the border between Holland and Brabant near Strijen Castle in Oosterhout.

[17] In April 1328 Floris is ranked second after the Lord of Voorne in a charter about the laws of Zeeland east of the Scheldt.

[19] In 1330 Floris did not succeed in extending the lease that his father Witte had on a plot of land.

[27] The disastrous 26 September 1345 Battle of Warns would be Floris van Haamstede's last adventure.

This poem comes in multiple versions, this is one of them: Den vierden baenrots sult ghy horen, Van conincx Willams slecht geboren.

Hy droech den scilt van goude, Een leeu van keel, die ridder boude, ende in die borst een silveren rat.

He bore a golden shield, it depicted a red lion, On its breast was a silver wheel, there was no match for him in Flanders?.