Alanus de Comberford was lord of Comberford in the time of Henry I. [1]
The Comberford pedigree is given in Shaw's Staffordshire [2]
"Alan de Comberford was lord of the manor of Chesterfield, in Shenston, in the time of the Conqueror, or William II.; he had issue Alan, temp. Hen. I. of Wiggington, near Tamworth, and Chesterfield in Scertestan, Shenston." [3]
"COMBERFORD was possessed by an ancient family of the same name for several centuries: they had also the Moat-house, at Tamworth, and the hall at Wednesbury. The old house has been long destroyed; and the manor, after passing through several families, was purchased by the first marquess of Donegal, and was sold by his son Spencer. It is now the property of the daughter of the late Richard Howard, esq." [4]
"Alanus de Comberfort was lord of Comberfort (as you may partly above perceive) in Henry the First or Second's time : he had issue another Alan, who had issue Roger, who had issue Richard, who had issue William, who had issue Richard, who had issue John, who had issue William, who had issue John, who had issue Thomas, who had issue Humphry, who had issue Thomas, who had issue William, who had issue Humphry, who had issue William; all four living anno 1596." [5]
See also Bagnall's "Wednesbury" [6] and [7]
[1] Frederick William Hackwood, Wednesbury ancient and modern: being mainly its manorial and municipal history (Wednesbury: Ryder & Son, 1902), 57, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Stebbing Shaw, The history and antiquities of Staffordshire, Vol. 1 (London: J. Nichols, 1798-1801), 434, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Thomas Harwood, Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire (London: 1844), 397, [HathiTrust].
[4] Thomas Harwood, Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire (London: 1844), 444, [HathiTrust].
[5] Thomas Harwood, Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire (London: 1844), 449-450, [HathiTrust].
[6] A history of Wednesbury, in the county of Stafford (Wolverhampton, W. Parke, 1854), [HathiTrust].
[7] Frederick William Hackwood, Wednesbury ancient and modern: being mainly its manorial and municipal history (Wednesbury: Ryder & Son, 1902), 57, left column, [GoogleBooks].