meschin was given gilsland by his brother, in order to protect the approaches to carlisle. due to attacks by the scots, meschin was unable to hold it. in compensation, king henry i of england gave him lands around allerdale in cumberland, which centred on egremont. these lands comprised the lordship, or feudal barony of egremont. through his wife, he acquired skipton, and the lordship, or barony of skipton. besides these lands, meschin also was awarded two escheated properties in leicestershire, some of which had earlier been lands of roger de busli. other properties in leicestershire were previously held by durand malet and william blund in the "domesday book". meschin also held lands in lincolnshire and cheshire from his brother.