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 manor of Kington in Herefordshire 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 Priory in Hampshire as a dependent priory of Tiron 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]