Listed alternately as The Earl of Leicester and the Earl of Mellent (Browning, Charles. Americans of royal descent, 7th ed. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969, pg. 67). aka Beaumont, Bellomonte (Browning, pg. 11, 111). Desecndants in Browning, pg. 147-153.
Distinguished himself at Senlac, 1066, and was rewarded with land in Warwickshire; became one of the most prominent laymen under William II, whom he assisted in his struggle in Normandy with Robert, 1096, and in invasion of France, 1097; became Henry I's trusted counsellor; despatched on mission to Normandy, 1103; fought at Tenchebrai, 1106 (The concise dictionary of National biography, Part 1 : from the beginnings till 1900. London : Oxford U. Press, 1969, pg. 80).