Gervase Paganell

[1] At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, the castle was in the possession of his son William fitz Ansculf together with manors in the Home counties and the English Midlands, which were rewards for services to the Conqueror.

The Paganell family had origins in Normandy, where Fulke's father William was Lord of Moutiers Hubert.

Dudley Castle was converted to a stone fortification by Fulke or his son and heir Ralph.

[1] Gervase was involved in a failed rebellion against King Henry II in 1173–4 that led to an order that the castle be demolished.

[7] It is not clear how much of the original stone castle was demolished, but it is usually assumed that the site remained an unfortified manor house until the second half of the 13th century.

[8] Gervase founded a Cluniac priory in Dudley dedicated to St James,[9][10] fulfilling a wish of his father, Ralph.