sentences:  His brother was a canon of Salisbury Cathedral, and they both may have come from around Salisbury.Hilary served as a clerk for Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, and as Dean of the church of Christchurch in Twynham, Hampshire (now Dorset), probably receiving both offices through the influence of Henry of Blois.Christchurch was a collegiate church of secular clergy, or clergy who were not monks, and Hilary was dean of the church by 1139.