Background
Walter of Gloucester was the son of Roger de Pitres, and his wife, Adeliza (or Eunice), daughter of Hamelin de Balun, Lord of Abergavenny, and was the earliest to use the style "of Gloucester" in his family.
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Walter Gloucester
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He was a sheriff of Gloucester and also a Constable under Henry I.
In addition Walter acquired other estates by royal grants. These estates were principally in four shires, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire and Wiltshire. He was hereditary Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1097 and 1105-1106.
Sometimes called Constable of England he may only have been constable of Gloucester Castle He recorded as being a constable of the royal household of Henry I from 1114 on.
Walter erected or had a part in the erection of the castles of Bristol and Rochester as well as the Tower of London. He endowed the canons of Llanthony Priory in Wales with lands from his lordship of Beryntone and retired to the abbey in his old age where he died a monk and was buried in the chapter house, about 1129.
They were the parents of:
Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford
Matilda, who married a Richard Fitz Pons.
