He, being in high favour with King Henry I, was constituted great high chamberlain of the kingdom in 1133, to hold the same in fee to himself and heirs. In 5 Stephen, 1140, while a joint sherriff of several counties, with Richard Basset, Justiciary of England, he was slain in a popular tumult of London. He married Adeliza, also called Alice, daughter of Gilbert deTonebruge and granddaughter of Hugh, Count of Clermone and his wife Marguerita.