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Walter FitzOther (fl. 1086, died 1100/1116) was feudal baron of Eton[1] in Buckinghamshire (now in Berkshire) and was Constable of Windsor Castle[2] in Berkshire (directly across the River Thames from Eton), a principal royal residence of King William the Conqueror, and was a tenant-in-chief of that king of 21 manors in the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Hampshire and Middlesex, as well as holding a further 17 manors as a mesne tenant in the same counties.[3]

Origins

As the Fitz prefix to his surname suggests, Walter was the son of Ohthere (Latinized to Otheus), who had been Constable of Windsor Castle during the reign of King Edward the Confessor (1042-1066).[4]

Marriage & progeny

He married Gladys ap Conwyn, daughter of Rywallon ap Conwym, Prince of North Wales,[5] by whom he had progeny including four sons as follows:[6]

Landholdings as tenant-in-chief

His landholdings as a tenant-in-chief as listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 were as follows (manor, hundred, county):[11]

Buckinghamshire

  • Eton, Stoke, Buckinghamshire, the probable caput of his feudal barony.[12]
  • Burnham, Burnham, Buckinghamshire
  • Hardmead, Moulsoe, Buckinghamshire
  • Horton, Stoke, Buckinghamshire

Berkshire

  • [East and West] Hagbourne, Blewbury, Berkshire
  • Bucklebury, Bucklebury, Berkshire
  • Kintbury, Kintbury, Berkshire
  • Chilton, Nakedthorn, Berkshire
  • Wokefield, Reading, Berkshire
  • Ortone, Ripplesmere, Berkshire

Middlesex

  • [East] Bedfont, Spelthorne, Middlesex
  • Hatton, Spelthorne, Middlesex
  • Stanwell, Spelthorne, Middlesex
  • [West] Bedfont, Spelthorne, Middlesex

Surrey

  • Compton, Godalming, Surrey
  • Hurtmore, Godalming, Surrey
  • Peper Harrow, Godalming, Surrey
  • Kingston [upon Thames], Kingston, Surrey
  • [West] Horsley, Woking, Surrey

Hampshire

  • Malshanger, Chuteley, Hampshire
  • Will Hall, Neatham, Hampshire

Landholdings as mesne tenant

His landholdings as a mesne tenant as listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 were as follows:[13]

Buckinghamshire

  • Burnham, Burnham, Buckinghamshire
  • Eton, Stoke, Buckinghamshire
  • Horton, Stoke, Buckinghamshire

Berkshire

  • [East and West] Hagbourne, Blewbury, Berkshire
  • Kintbury, Kintbury, Berkshire
  • Chilton, Nakedthorn, Berkshire
  • Ortone, Ripplesmere, Berkshire
  • Windsor, Ripplesmere, Surrey / Berkshire / Buckinghamshire
  • Wallingford, Slotisford, Berkshire / Oxfordshire

Middlesex

  • Stanwell, Spelthorne, Middlesex

Surrey

  • Compton, Godalming, Surrey
  • Kingston [upon Thames], Kingston, Surrey
  • [West] Horsley, Woking, Surrey
  • Woking, Woking, Surrey

Hampshire

  • Malshanger, Chuteley, Hampshire
  • Will Hall, Neatham, Hampshire
  • Winchfield, Odiham, Hampshire

References

  1. ^ Sanders, I.J. English Baronies, a Study of their Origin and Descent 1086–1327, Oxford, 1960, p.116-17
  2. ^ Vivian, p.133Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.133, pedigree of Carew
  3. ^ http://opendomesday.org/name/564200/walter-son-of-other/
  4. ^ Vivian, p.133
  5. ^ Vivian, p.133, quoting: "Berry's Surrey Pedigrees and other authorities"
  6. ^ Vivian, p.133
  7. ^ Sanders, I.J. English Baronies, a Study of their Origin and Descent 1086–1327, Oxford, 1960, p.116-17; Vivian, p.133: "of whom the Lords of Windsor (sic) descend"
  8. ^ Vivian, pp.133-145, pedigree of Carew
  9. ^ Vivian, p.133, quoting The Life of Sir Peter Carew, of Mohun Ottery, co. Devon., by John Hooker (c. 1527–1601), edited by Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872), published 1840 in Archaeologia, the journal of the Society of Antiquaries of London
  10. ^ Vivian, p.133, quoting: "Berry's Surrey Pedigrees
  11. ^ http://opendomesday.org/name/564200/walter-son-of-other/
  12. ^ Sanders, p.116, note 6
  13. ^ http://opendomesday.org/name/564200/walter-son-of-other/