Eldest son of Ralph le Mareschal; lord of Venoix and the king's sheriff or seneschal at Hastings, where, and at Rye, his descendants long held the revenue in farm from the crown. He had issue William de Hastings who c. 1100 m. Juliana, granddau./heir of Waleran, great baron in Essex. Father also of Robert de Venoix. [Falaise Roll, p. 110-111]