A powerful Anglo-Norman baron292 Roberts has name as St. Liz286

1089: Simon de Senlis I, who had arrived with William the Conqueror, became Earl of Northampton. He probably founded the castle and created defences.520

First married to Simon de Senlis. After he died, she brought David the earldom of Huntingdon (extensive lands in the English Midlands) and a claim to the vast Northumbrian estates. “This made David an English baron as well as a Scottish king, a complex double title which was to have far-reaching consequences in years to come.”292