At the General Survey, Bertram de Verdun (stated to have been son of Godfreye, Comte de Verdun, surnamed "le Caplif") possessed Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, holding the same by grand serjeanty, viz., by the service of providing a glove on the day of the king's coronation for his right hand, and of supporting the monarch's right arm during the same ceremony, so long as he bore the royal sceptre.