Walter FitzOther
Walter FitzOther was a feudal baron of Eton in Buckinghamshire and was the first Constable of Windsor Castle in Berkshire, 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.
Marriage and children
He married Beatrice and had issue:- William FitzWalter, eldest son, 2nd feudal baron of Eton. His son was William de Windsor, 3rd feudal baron of Eton, who adopted the surname de Windsor. The feudal barony of Eton soon split into moieties between two members of the family, William de Windsor and his cousin, Walter de Windsor. Walter de Windsor died without children in 1203, when his two sisters became his co-heiresses. The other moiety continued in the descendants of William de Windsor until at least the time of Richard de Windsor, the son of Richard de Windsor.
- Robert FitzWalter, second son, inherited the nearby manor of Eton in Berkshire.
- Gerald de Windsor,, third son, the first castellan of Pembroke Castle in Pembrokeshire, in Wales, who was in charge of the Norman forces in southwest Wales. He was the progenitor of the FitzGerald, FitzMaurice and De Barry dynasties of Ireland, who were elevated to the Peerage of Ireland in the 14th century and was also the ancestor of the prominent Carew family, of Moulsford in Berkshire, Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire and of Mohuns Ottery in Devon.
Landholdings as tenant-in-chief
Buckinghamshire
- Eton, Stoke, Buckinghamshire, the probable caput of his feudal barony.
- Burnham, Burnham, Buckinghamshire
- Hardmead, Moulsoe, Buckinghamshire
- Horton, Stoke, Buckinghamshire
Berkshire
- Hagbourne, Blewbury, Berkshire
- Bucklebury Manor, Bucklebury, Berkshire
- Kintbury, Kintbury, Berkshire
- Chilton, Nakedthorn, Berkshire
- Wokefield, Reading, Berkshire
- Ortone, Ripplesmere, Berkshire
Middlesex
- Bedfont, Spelthorne, Middlesex
- Hatton, Spelthorne, Middlesex
- Stanwell, Spelthorne, Middlesex
- Bedfont, Spelthorne, Middlesex
Surrey
- Compton, Godalming, Surrey
- Hurtmore, Godalming, Surrey
- Peper Harrow, Godalming, Surrey
- Kingston , Kingston, Surrey
- Horsley, Woking, Surrey
Hampshire
- Malshanger, Chuteley, Hampshire
- Will Hall, Neatham, Hampshire
Landholdings as mesne tenant
Buckinghamshire
- Burnham, Burnham, Buckinghamshire
- Eton, Stoke, Buckinghamshire
- Horton, Stoke, Buckinghamshire
Berkshire
- Hagbourne, Blewbury, Berkshire
- Kintbury, Kintbury, Berkshire
- Chilton, Nakedthorn, Berkshire
- Ortone, Ripplesmere, Berkshire
- Windsor, Ripplesmere, Surrey / Berkshire / Buckinghamshire
- Wallingford, Slotisford, Berkshire / Oxfordshire
Middlesex
- Stanwell, Spelthorne, Middlesex
Surrey
- Compton, Godalming, Surrey
- Kingston , Kingston, Surrey
- Horsley, Woking, Surrey
- Woking, Woking, Surrey
Hampshire
- Malshanger, Chuteley, Hampshire
- Will Hall, Neatham, Hampshire
- Winchfield, Odiham, Hampshire