Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te mea he tamariki tana i te matenga o tona papa, ka waiho ia i raro i te mana o William Longespée, Earl o Salisbury, kia tae ra ano ia ki te pakeke. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia hei rangatira i te tau 1229, i uru ia ki te King Henry III o Ingarangi
he haerenga ki Brittany me France i te tau 1230. I aukatihia ia ki te haere ki nga whakataetae i Blyth, Northampton me Cambridge i waenga i te 1232 me te 1234. I te wa i karangatia ai a Kingi Alexander III o Scotland ki te haere ki te marae o Ingarangi i te 1235 me te 1237, ka haere a Vesci ki a Alexander III. I uru a William ki te haerenga a Kingi Henry III ki Gascony i te 1242. I te tau 1245, i uru ia ki te haerenga a Kingi Henry III ki Wales. I whakatūria e ia te whare karameta o Hulne, Northumberland i a ia e ora ana.