House of Grimferth
Grimferth of Eowain rode with Eorl from the North. By that time he was the head of a family of the minor nobility of the Éothéod; not extremely wealthy or powerful, but well established and well respected. By his deeds at the Celebrant, Grimferth received good horse-raising lands in the Eastfold from an ealdorman close to Eorl who was given a lordship in the Eastfold and the family came to be known by his name and thus appeared the House of Grimferth. Beaconwatch, a small settlement close to Aldburg was the ancestral home of the House which was mostly abandoned aside from a few of his descendants. Many Eowain of the House Grimferth returned only in the depths of winter.
Gratefully, Grimferth sent Elfmar, his second son, into the ealdorman's service and the young man became a Rider in the ealdorman's éored. Thus, Grimferth instaurated a practice his descendants would repeat often throughout history. And they recompensated the worthiest battle-deeds of Grimferth's heirs with gifts of land or horses or arms and, as token of gratitude, men of the House would leave their home to ride under the banner of the House of Eofor and acknowledge them as their lords beneath only the House of Eorl in times of peace.
