[4] During William II's reign, Herbert became a tenant-in-chief, holding lands directly from the king.
[7] New research, however, suggests that Emma might have been a daughter of Hunger fitzOdin, who held lands in Dorset in the Domesday survey.
William of Malmesbury does not name the assassin either, but relates that he had custody of the royal treasury.
The historian C. Warren Hollister first made the identification between "H." and Herbert, noting that there was only one chamberlain in King Henry I's reign who had a name beginning with "H".
The main argument against the identification is the fact that most records considered that Herbert remained in office until close to 1129 or 1130.