From The Richmond Family 1594-1896 and Pre-American Ancestors 1040-1594 by Joshua Bailey Richmond:
"Sir Alan, Fil Roald de Richmond, third Constable of Richmond Castle. In the first year of the reign of Richard I (1189), he owed the king 200 marks for the custody of Richmond Castle: in the 4th yr. of the reign of Richard I (1193), he paid 10 marks and owed 190; in the 3rd yr. of the reign of Richard I he was surety for Walter de Lasceles. In the 2nd yr. of the reign of John (1201), he gave the king 300 marks and 3 palfreys to be Constable of Richmond Castle, to hold the same to himself and his heirs, of the king and his heirs, by good and lawful services. In the 9th yr. of the reign of John (1208), he gave the king 200 marks and 4 palfreys to have the Castle of Richmond, of which he had been disseised, and to have the king's letters patent granting him military jurisdiction which the Castle of Richmond ought to possess."