Baderon was the son of Caradoc de La Boussac, a nobleman with estates near Dol in Brittany.
[1] Withenoc's responsibilities initially passed for a short time to Ranulf de Colville, perhaps because William had not yet reached adulthood.
[1] Besides his castle at Monmouth, he was also lord of Huntley, Longhope, Ruardean, and Siddington, in Gloucestershire; and of Ashperton, Hope Mansell, Munsley, Stretton Grandison, Walsopthorne and Whitwick, in Herefordshire.
[5] William was of sufficient eminence to attract to the ceremony such notables as King Henry's chaplain, Bernard.
Lastly, [he] granted seven burgesses in their market-place, free from all toll and from all dues, save offences deserving corporal penalty.