William Mauduit

  General Notes:

Baron of Mauduit, and Chamberlain to Henry I.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷²⁶
William was heir to his brother Robert to the office of Chamberlain and title of Baron of Hanslape which was confirmed to him by Henry II in the twefth year of his reign.
~Fenwick Allied Ancestry, pg. 141

• Background Information. ⁸⁵²
William was the son of William Manduit, who is mentioned in the Domesday Book as possessing seven lordships in Hampshire, and who was afterwards appointed chamberlain to henry I, from whom he received in marriage, Maud, the daughter of Michael de Hanslape, with the land of which he died possessed.

There were several chamberlains in the King's Court, and one of these was at the head of them all and called the magistra cameraria, which was an hereditary office. Whatever their duties were in the king's household, it is certain that they were offically connect with the Exchequer, and had the care of the receipts and payments of the revenue. They also sat at this time as barons or justices in the Exchequer.

When Henry II attained the crown, William was granted the inheritance of the office of chamberlain of his Exchequer, with the castle of Porchester and all the lands to the chamberlainship and castle appertaining, both in England and Normandy. He was the Sheriff of Rutland from 26 Henry II until the end of the reign Herny II. His name was also recorded as chamberlain up to 7 Richard I, 11945, soon after which he most likely died. The year prior to this, he served the King on an expedition into Normandy. He was succeeded by his son, Robert Malduit.

[Sources cited: Dugdales Baron. i. 398; Pipe Rolls, Henry II and Richard I]

~Biographia Juridica, p. 422