William Meschin

He built Egremont Castle on one parcel and with his wife funded two religious foundations.

There was also an older brother, Richard, who died young, and a sister, who married Robert de Grandmesnil.

[5] In compensation, King Henry I of England gave him lands around Allerdale in Cumberland, which centred on Egremont.

[8] Other properties in Leicestershire were previously held by Durand Malet and William Blund in the Domesday Book.

[11] Katrina Legg, a historian who studied medieval monasticism, argues that Meschin's main motive for the foundation was to show support for a monastic order that enjoyed the patronage of King Henry I.

Against this, Legg feels that Meschin's wife's motives were more probably religious, as she was close to Thurstan, the Archbishop of York.

[2] After the death of his son Ranulf,[4] Skipton went to Alice, who married William fitzDuncan.

[17] Before 1153 Avice had married as her third husband Walter, the son of Alan de Percy.