Hugh de Douvres gave the church at Chilham to St. Bertin, for the souls of his father Fulbert and of Athelize his mother and for those of his relatives and of his wife, Maud, by the hand of Abbot Leonius. Wit. by Silvester, Abbot of St. Augustine, William Cade, Helias de Chilham, Maud, wife of the grantor, Ralf, son of William, William and John, his brothers, "my nephews", ca. 1140-1150 (Arch. Cant., vol IV, p. 203 sq.).175

In Domesday William fitz Ralf held 2-1/2 hides in Lutton and in Castor, Northants., of the Abbot of Petersborough and he also held a fee in Massingham and Butterwick, Co. Lincs. His successor appears to have been his son, Ralf fitz William, who held in the time of Henry I (V.C.H. Northants., vol. I, pp. 315b, 387b; II, p. 584; Bridges Northamptonshire, vol. II, pp. 402, 500) and these passed to John, son of William de Douvres, who mortgaged Lutton to Aaron of Lincoln, the Jew, for 50 marks, which on his death became payable to the King (Pipe R. Northants., 3 rich. I, 1191/2).175

John de Douvres, Baron of Chilham, was a person of considerable note in the time of Henry II. He was a Justice Itinerant and in 1185 he proffered £60 to have seisin of Ringwald and Whitstaple, co. Kent, of the dower of Maud, widow of Hugh de Douvres (his uncle) (Farrer's Feudal Cambs., p. 162; Pipe R., 31 Hen. II, p. 232). John de Douvres confirmed to Christ Church, Canterbury, in frank almoin the mill near St. Mildred's, Canterbury, which Hugh de Douvres, his uncle, at his death, gave them, with his consent (Hasted's Kent, vol. 11, p. 143n).175