Walter FitzOther

Walter FitzOther (fl. 1086; died after 1099) was a feudal baron of Eton[1] in Buckinghamshire (now in Berkshire) and was the first 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

In the 11th century, the name fitz Other meant simply son of a man named Other. Alfred Webb suggested that Walter was the son of "Lord Otho, an honorary Baron of England, said to have been descended from the Gherardini of Florence";[4][5][6] However, J. Horace Round considers this to be a fabrication of the fifteenth century.[7]

Marriage and children

He married Beatrice and had issue: [8]

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):[14]

Buckinghamshire

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:[16]

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, pp. 116-117
  2. Vivian, p. 133 Vivian, 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. "Walter son of Other". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  4. Webb, Alfred. "FitzGerald,Maurice", A Compendium of Irish Biography, Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1878
  5. Fitzgibbon, A. "Appendix to the Unpublished Geraldine Documents: The Gherardini of Tuscany", The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, Fourth Series, Vol. 4, No. 29, 1877
  6. Vivian, 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
  7. "The Origin of the FitzGeralds," The Ancestor, 1 (April 1902), pp. 119 - 125.
  8. Round, J. Horace. "The Origin of the FitzGeralds", The Ancestor: A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities, A. Constable & Company, Limited, 1902, p. 123
  9. Sanders, I.J. English Baronies, a Study of their Origin and Descent 1086–1327, Oxford, 1960, pp. 116-117; Vivian, p. 133: "of whom the Lords of Windsor (sic) descend"
  10. Rev. E. Barry, Records of the Barrys of County Cork from the earliest to the present time., Cork, 1902, p. 3; Vivian, p. 133: "Robert of Easton (sic), co. Bucks, 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
  11. Vivian, pp. 133–145, pedigree of Carew.
  12. 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.
  13. Vivian, p. 133, quoting: "Berry's Surrey Pedigrees
  14. "Walter son of Other | Domesday Book".
  15. Sanders, p.116, note 6
  16. "Walter son of Other | Domesday Book".
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