Adam de Port (d. 1174)

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Adam de Port (d. after 1174) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and Baron of Kington in Herefordshire. He was the son of Roger de Port (d. before 1161) and his wife Sybil, and he had two brothers, Henry and Hugh. Because he held the manor of Kington, some historians, including I. J. Sanders, regard him as the baron of Kington. His lands in 1161 owed scutage for seven and a half knight’s fees, and in 1166, for the Cartae Baronum, he was assessed at about twenty-three knight’s fees. Adam forfeited his barony in 1171 for treason, for attempting to murder King Henry II. The chronicler Roger of Howden claimed he was exiled in 1172, and he is recorded as arriving in London that year as a prisoner. He took part in the Revolt of 1173–74 on the side of Henry II’s sons and was involved in the invasion of northern England by King William the Lion of Scotland. In July 1174, Adam was part of William’s force that was defeated; William was captured, but Adam escaped, and nothing more is known of him after his escape. His lands were kept in the royal demesne until King John’s reign, when they were divided among several noblemen, a division that suggests Adam had no heirs.