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He was married to a daughter of Robert Fitz Alan of Swynnerton. The dee d n a m i n g him as the heir of his father Robert is in the British Museum ( C o l l e ctanea Genealogica ex Cartiis Antiques, collected by R. Holmes,Har l e i a n M ss. No. 1985) The purpose of this bequest was to give him standi n g a s t h e h usband of the heiress to Swynnerton and a member of the Fitz A l a n f a m ily. The manor of Lumley passed to the husbands of later descend a n t s . T he family was still among those considered "Scots" as they had c o m e s o u th from Northumbria. These families were not dispossessed by the a d v e n t o f their cousin William the Conqueror. On his deathbed the Conque r o r c o n fessed that he never trusted any of the family of those whom he h a d i n j u red. So perhaps it was a lucky incident in our family history th a t o u r a n cestor was located way out of the Conqueror's sight in the mid s t o f t h e g reat woods of Staffordshire and near the Welsh border. Out o f s i g h t a nd out of mind, perhaps he could survive until the great destr oy e r h a d p assed away. The records of this and succeeding generations we r e k e p t i n large locked boxes called chartularies. Other than court rec o r d s o f t heir wills and courtcases, few records exist. It was considere d w i s e t o a void the attention of the monarch.
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Abt 1170 - Yes, date unknown