General Notes

Herbert Fitz-Herbert, called Herbert of Winchester, Chamberlain andTreasurer to King Henry I, and the first of his family to born inEngland. He m. Adela or Lucy,† daughter and co-heir of Sir Robert Corbet,Kt., Lord of Alcester in the county of Warwick, and had issue, Herbert,his heir, Stephen Fitz-Herbert, and William Fitz-Herbert, called Williamof York.

This Herbert in the 5th of King Stephen, anno 1140, in conjunction withhis eldest son, gave £333 in silver for livery of his father's lands inHampshire, and Thomas Archbishop of York conferred upon him and his saidson the lordships of Launsborough, Collerthorpe, Wyderthorpe,Holperthorpe, and the two Lottum, besides one carucate of land inTurgisleby, three carucates in Schyneburne, three in Bridstall, five inMiddlethorpe, five in Urkilthorpe, &c., and all to be holden by theservice of three knights' fees. He was s. by his son aforesaid.

† She had been concubine to King Henry the I and was mother by thatprince of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall. [John Burke, History of theCommoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV, R. Bentley, London,1834, p. 728, Jones, of Llanarth]

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In the 5th year of King Stephen [1140], Herbert Fitz-Herbert, then lordchamberlain to that monarch, gave £333 in silver for livery of hisfather's lands. This Herbert m. 1st, --- the dau. and co-heiress ofRobert Corbet, Lord of Alcester, co. Warwick, who had been some timeconcubine to King Henry I. He m. 2ndly, Lucy, 3rd dau. and co-heir ofMilo, Earl of Hereford, and by her had three sons, Reginald, who d. s.p.; Peter, his successor; and Matthew, sheriff of Sussex, 12th John[1211]. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 206, Fitz-Herbert,Baron Fitz-Herbert]

NOTE: The second marriage mentioned above by Burke was the marriage ofhis son, Herbert FitzHerbert the 2nd.