 At the time he possessed lands in Verona, including a church dedicated to Saint Paul, and three strategically placed castles at Ronco all'Adige, San Bonifacio and Begosso.His will refers to earlier "written letters of instruction" ("paginae preceptoriae"), probably charters recording grants of land from the king.These may have been in the area of Parma and given around 936–45, when Hugh was distributing public lands there to counter the rise of the Anscarids.