ɪn ɐbˌaʊt wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪɾi, hiː ænd hɪz wˈaɪf fˈaʊndᵻd tˈʌtbɛɹi pɹˈaɪɚɹi ɪn stˈæfɚdʃɚ, ænd ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪɾi sˈɪks hiː wʌz wˈʌn ʌvðə ɹˈɔɪəl kəmˈɪʃənɚz ɪn tʃˈɑːɹdʒ ʌvðə dˈoʊmsdeɪ sˈɜːveɪ, wˌɪtʃ ɹᵻkˈoːɹdz hɪz tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd tˈɛn mˈænɚz.
In about 1080, he and his wife founded Tutbury Priory in Staffordshire, and in 1086 he was one of the royal commissioners in charge of the Domesday survey, which records his 210 manors.