#barrulet

These are canting arms (albeit slightly removed), as the town’s name was derived from Erlibach, which was derived from Erlenbach, meaning alder-river.

Ferne asserts that Gilbert married one Hawise de Roumare, William's daughter, and thereby obtained the title Earl of Lincoln. This does not seem to be borne out by the historical record. First, William de Roumare only had one recorded child, a son who was also named William. Hawise was the name of de Roumare's wife, so Ferne may be conflating the two. Moreover, Gilbert de Gant certainly did not marry into the earldom; when de Roumare took the Empress Matilda's side during the Anarchy, King Stephen granted the title to de Gant (around 1149 or 1150). Ferne goes out of his way to insist that King Stephen only created de Gant Earl of Lincoln after he married de Roumare's daughter in accordance with the laws of marriage and inheritance, but given that there is no evidence of a Roumare daughter, this seems improbable (and probably colored by Ferne's open disdain for King Stephen). He may be conflating de Gant's wife with Hawise of Chester, who was created the first countess of Lincoln in her own right in 1232.