In June 1190, at Chinon, he was, with three others, put in charge of King Richard's fleet sailing for the Holy Land.
[1][2][3] He was the son of Richard de Camville (died 1176), an Anglo-Norman landowner, and Millicent de Rethel (daughter of Gervais, Count of Rethel, and kinswoman (second cousin) of Adeliza of Louvain, the second wife of King Henry I).
[2] The family probably originated from Canville-les-Deux-Églises (Canvilla 1149, Camvilla 1153) in Normandy.
[citation needed] In England, his holdings included land at Stanton Harcourt, in Oxfordshire,[4] Blackland, in Wiltshire,[3] and Speen (possibly posthumously)[5] and Avington,[6] both in Berkshire.
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