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His marriage by 1170 to Avice, or Avicia (d. 1191), daughter of William o f L a n c a ster, lord of Kendal, brought him a large estate based on Burton i n L o n s d ale in the honour of Mowbray.
He had a strong castle at Burton, and a manor house and park at Whissen d i n e , R utland, in the honour of Huntingdon; but his territorial interes t s , c e n tred on the great provincial fiefs of Lauderdale and Cunningham, r e m a i n ed primarily Scottish.
During the war of 1173/4 he forfeited his English estates, but subseque n t l y r e gained his lands in Lonsdale by redeeming them from William de S t u t e v ille for 300 marks.
Contrary to what has often been assumed, Richard de Morville rather tha n h i s f a t her seems to have founded the Tironensian abbey of Kilwinning i n C u n n i ngham. He established St Leonard's Hospital at Lauder, and made a s e r i e s o f agreements with the Cistercians of Melrose Abbey concerning ri g h t s i n t he royal forest between the Gala and Leader waters. On account o f h i s g e n erosity to Melrose and other good works, he was freed from his v o w t o f o u nd a Cistercian abbey by Pope Urban III
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1125 - 1189 (64 years)