Hugh de Montfort, is the first on record of this family in England. Hewas commonly called Hugh with a beard. (The Normans at that time beingusually shaved.) He accompanied William, the Conqueror, into England, andaided that Prince's triumph at Hastings, acting the part of an expert andvaliant soldier, for which great service he afterwards obtained diverslordships in various counties in England; but at length lost his life ina duel with Wacheline de Ferrers. At the time of the General Survey hewas possessed of the following lordships: 28 in Kent, with a largeportion of Romney Marsh; 16 in Essex; 51 in Suffolk, and 19 in Norfolk.This Hugh de Bastenbrege, Dominus of Montfort in Normandy, married Alice,daughter of Henry Beaumond of County Warwick.