The family of de Douvres, also styled "de Chilham", took its name from Douvres in the Bessin, East of Bayeux, which Fulbert held as the man of bishop Odo, who, after the Conquest, became Earl of Kent, and it was evidently through him that Fulbert was introduced into that county, where he held among other fees that of Chilham (Round's "Family Origins", p. 213). After the fall of Bishop Odo, Fulbert's holdings were turned into a barony, held in chief, with Chilham as the caput, by service of castle guard at Dover Castle. Fulbert was a fairly important tenant in Kent at Domesday (1086) and in the Domesday Monachorum of Christ Church, compiled bwtween 24 Aug 1089 (the date of the death of Archibishop Lanfranc) and 1100 and about the latter date (Douglas, Domesday Monachorum, p. 102). The fee of Fulbert de Douvres occurs at Douvres in the time of Henry II (Round, op. cit.). He must have been quite a young man at the time of Domesday and died shortly before 1130, when William, son of Richard, gave £50:11:8 for having the marriage of his widow (Pipe Roll, 31 Henry I, p. 158).280