A companion of David I of Scotland at the court of Henry I. Received the lordship of Annandale, in Dumfriesshire, 1124. Benefactor to the church in Yorkshire. Forfeited Annandale by fighting on the English side, 1138 (The consise dictionary of national biography. Part 1 : from the beginnings till 1900. London : Oxford University Press, 1969, pg. 159). A royal justice for Henry I (Scott, Ronald McNair. Robert the Bruce : King of Scots. NY : P. Bedrick, 1989, c1982, pg. 10).