Adam de Port (sometimes Adam of Port;[1] d. c. 1133) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and Baron of Kington.
Adam was the son of either Hugh de Port[2] or Hubert de Port.[3] The family originated in Port-en-Bessin in the Calvados region of Normandy.[4]
Before 1121, Adam was granted the manorofKingtoninHerefordshire by King Henry I of England. Kington had previously been in the royal demense. This grant is considered by I.J. Sanders to have created Adam the baron of Kington.[2] Adam served King Henry in his household as a steward.[1] He was a witness on four royal documents in 1115 and four more in 1121.[5] Adam held 22 knight's fees in Hereford before his death.[6]
Adam may have been the Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1130,[7] and perhaps at other times also, as he may be the person listed as the sheriff in some documents.[8][a]
Adam founded Andwell PrioryinHampshire as a dependent prioryofTiron Abbey. He also gave gifts of land to Tiron itself and Les Deux Jumeaux, another dependency of Tiron.[7]
Adam died between 1130 and 1133.[3] His heir was his son Roger de Port, and he had two other sons named Hugh and Robert.[9]
