Walter FitzOther

Johannes Vorstermans (c. 1643-1699^) - A View of Windsor Castle
View of the Round and Devils Towers from the Black Rock

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]

  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.