[3] The brothers' first appearance in the documentary record was as witnesses to the foundation document of Walden Abbey, sometime between 1138 and 1144.
[3] Besides the lands held of Mandeville, Henry and Warin acquired the majority of the lands of Eudo Dapifer;[1] Henry's share amounted to more than 50 knight's fees in Essex in 1166.
[4] FitzGerold also had the farm of the royal manor of Sutton Courtenay in Berkshire, which was worth £50 per annum.
[2] FitzGerold's eldest son Warin inherited the majority of his father's estates.
[2] The younger Henry married Ermentrude Talbot and became prominent in the service of William Marshall, the first Earl of Pembroke.