Hubert was a tenant in chief of Baldwin de Redvers, holding land at Farwood Barton in Devonshire.
Hubert received the Barony of Gilsland from King Henry II of England,[5] for Hubert's services for Henry II in France, against King Stephen of England and in the 1157 campaign to recover Cumberland from the Scots.
Gille is known to have died and Henry II, then gifted Gilsland to Hubert in 1158.
[9] He witnessed a charter by Henry II at Rouen, Normandy in early 1149.
[10] Hubert is known to have been dead in 1165, as a confirmation of Gilsland was given to his son Robert in 1165 by Henry II.