 Ralph , the Lord of Tancarville during the reign of King William I of England and Urse 's overlord in Normandy , fought at the Battle of Hastings , but there is no evidence that Urse himself was present . He is probably the same person as the " Urse d 'Abetot " who was a witness to a charter of William before the invasion of England . The historian Lewis Loyd refers to Urse as " in origin a man of no importance who made his way as a soldier of fortune " . 
