He was the fourth son of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick, and inherited his father's Normandy lands, holding Neubourg (today Le Neubourg, near Louviers, Eure) from Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester, a Beaumont family cousin, as Comte de Meulan.
[3] He was Sire du Ponteaudemer, and acquired other lands at Winfrith, Dorset.
[citation needed] He took part in the Norman rebellion of 1118–1119, against Henry I of England, around William Clito.
Later he was steward, justiciar[5] and seneschal of Normandy under Henry II of England.
Henry's lands were inherited by his brother Roger's son, Robert II de Neubourg (c. 1175 – c. 1260).