Part 18 (1/2)

[Footnote 12: HOMMET, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of St. Lo; see M. de Gerville's _Recherches_, No. 10 and elsewhere, as to this powerful family, and as to the castle, No. 125. In the Red book, 'Jorda.n.u.s de Humeto 3 mil. de fdo de Cl...? et ad servitium suum 13 mil.' 'Richardus de Humeto 3 mil. et dim. de honore de Humeto, et ad serv. suum 18 mil. Idem servitium corporis sui de honore de Bellomonte.' Wilmus de Humeto is among the list of defaulters.]

[Footnote 13: SAINT SEVER, (in the arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Vire), may be here used to represent Hugh Lupus, as AVRANCHES has perhaps been for Richard his father. But the true reading of the text is doubtful. In the British Museum it is Saint Seg, written on an erasure, and followed by a mark of abbreviation; another MS. reads St. Sen,--which would probably be St.

Saens; and another reads St. Saire (near Neufchatel),--St. Salvius, where was an ancient abbey.]

[Footnote 14: CAILLY, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Rouen; referring either to Osbern de Cailly; or to his son Roger, who in 1080 made a donation to St. Ouen. William de Cailgi in _Domesday_ might be a brother. A junior branch of the family was established in England; but was not of much account, till Thomas de Cailly married Emma, one of the coheirs of Sir Robert de Tateshall, and succeeded through her to the barony of Buckenham. See note below on Preaux. In the Red book, 'Osbertus de Caillio 12 mil. de honore de Caillio;' and afterwards 'in ballia de Oxm,'--'Osbertus de Calleio 2 mil.; scilicet 1 mil. ad s. custam. et alt. ad cust. dni.']

[Footnote 15: SEMILLY, near St. Lo. William de Semilly appears in two charters about 1082. The family becoming extinct in the twelfth century, Semilly pa.s.sed to the line of Hommet. A.L.P. The castle was an important one; see M. de Gerville, _Mem. Ant. Norm_. v. 232. The name of Semilly, however, occurs very frequently, at a much later period than the twelfth century, in the charters in vol. vii. of those _memoires_.]

[Footnote 16: BACQUEVILLE, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Dieppe. The head of this family, in the maternal line, was Nicholas de Bacqueville, one of the six sons of Baudry-le-Teuton. His daughter, it would seem, married Hugh Fitz-Grip, or Hugh of Wareham; whose son, grandson, or perhaps nephew, was William Martel, butler to king Stephen, and brother of Walter of St.

Martin; see his fief in Hearne's _Liber Niger_. See also _d.u.c.h.esne,_ 313; and a charter to Montivilliers, in _Gallia Christ_, xi. app. c.

329. Hugh's wife appears in Domesday, _Introd_. i. 502. 499. There is a Jeffery or Goisfrid Martel, one of the undertenants, Domesday, _Introd_.

ii. 352. In the Red book, 'Gaufridus Martell 2 mil. et ad serv. suum 8 et tert. part,' 'Rogerus Martel' also appears there.]

[Footnote 17: PREAUX. There are several communes of the name in Normandy, and it might be safest to refer this to one in Wace's neighbourhood. There are also two communes of the name near Pont-Audemer, where were two monastic foundations. Wace may, however, refer to the more distinguished fief in the arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Rouen, which was about 1070 held by the Eudo dapifer of _Domesday_, son of Hubert de Rie. The lords of Preaux were afterwards of much account in French history. They formed a branch of the house of Cailly, commencing about the time Wace wrote. 'Ego Osbernus de Pratellis filius...o...b..rni de Calleio' ... appears in a charter in _L'Histoire de l'Abbaie de la Trinite de Mont St. Catharine_, p. 77. In the Red book Osbertus de Pratellis is among the defaulters.]

[Footnote 18: Gouvix, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Falaise. The early history of the lords of Gouvix is not known; but Ralf de Goviz appears, in 1181, in the charter of foundation of the abbey of Barbery; he is also witness to a charter of arrangement with Fontenay; _Mem. Ant. Norm_. vii. 363; and see the same work, iv. 406. The castle stood on a rock, on the banks of the river Laise, where its ruins are still visible.]

[Footnote 19: CINTHEAUX, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Falaise. The early lords of Cintheaux also are unknown. In 1181 the church is mentioned as given to Barbery. A.L.P. Richard and Ralf de Cintheaux--de Sanctellis--appear in the charter of arrangement mentioned in the last note.]

[Footnote 20: See note below, on MOLEI.]

[Footnote 21: There are many communes called MONCEAUX. The one meant is probably that near Bayeux.]

[Footnote 22: PACY SUR L'EURE, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Evreux. Pacy seems at the conquest to have belonged to William Fitz-Osbern. But there certainly was a William de Pacy in 1080, who possibly held under him.

_Ord. Vit._ 527--576.]

[Footnote 23: COURCY has occurred before. The lords of Courcy known to have held the office of seneschal were Robert, under the empress Matilda, and William, under Hen. II.; and there is no other authority than Wace's for its belonging to earlier members of the family. It is possible that one of the Courcys of Wace stands for Courceilles. In the Bayeux inquest, 'Gosellinus de Corcella feodum v mil. in Corcella et in Berneriis.' In the Red book is a similar entry, subst.i.tuting Rogerus for Goscellinus. He appears among the jurors, and is there called Gangelinus. Roger de Corcelles is a landholder in Domesday, _Introd_. i.

401.]

[Footnote 24: LACIE also has occurred before. Here the expression is peculiar, 'un chevalier de Lacie,'--which was intended perhaps to distinguish him from the superior lord, before mentioned.]

[Footnote 25: GACe, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Argentan. Robert de Gace, grandson of archbishop Robert, and son of Ralf 'caput Asini,'--who was concerned in the murder of Gilbert count of Brionne--died without children before the conquest, and the duke seized his lands. _Orderic. Vit_. 488 and 681. Who held Gace afterwards under the duke does not appear.]

[Footnote 26: The cradle of the n.o.ble family of D'OILEY is, on the authority of M. Le Prevost and M. Galeron, to be sought at Ouilly-le-Ba.s.set, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Falaise. Robert d'Oily was the one at the conquest. His daughter Maud married Milo Crespin, who had with her Wallingford castle. _Introd. Domesday_, i. 458; ii. 361.]

[Footnote 27: Sa.s.sY, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Avranches, near Pontorson.

Jourdain de Sacey appears in a charter of Richard de Subligny, bishop of Avranches, about the middle of the twelfth century; and see M. de Gerville's _Recherches_, No. 93. A.L.P.]

[Footnote 28: Va.s.sY, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Vire. Robert and Ivo de Va.s.sy--Vesci in English orthography--were in William's expedition, and settled in England. A.L.P. In the Bayeux inquest, 'Enguerandus de Vaceyo, vava.s.sor, sed servit pro dimidio mil.' In the Red book is 'Juliana de Vaacio 4 mil.' In the _Mem. Ant. Norm_. viii. 28, William Va.s.sy and Robert his brother appear in a charter, which is afterwards quoted p. 143, giving their names as Waace,--apparently the same name as the poet's.]

[Footnote 29: LE TOURNEUR, near Vire. A.L.P.]

[Footnote 30: PRESLES, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Vire. In the Red book, 'In ballia de castro de Vira,' are 'Joannes de Praeriis dim. mil.' and 'Mattheus de Praeriis 4 partem.']

[Footnote 31: COLUMBIERES and ASNIERES are in the arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Bayeux. The lords of both are found in a charter of 1082, in favour of the Abbaye-aux-dames, of Caen. The lord of Asnieres was then Ralf, who possibly had succeeded 'Gilbert le viel.' A.L.P. Ralf de Columbels, or Columbers, in Domesday held lands in Kent. In the Bayeux inquest, 'feodum Malevrier in Asinieres debet servitium dim. mil,' The Malevriers were well known in England.]

[Footnote 32: CAHAGNES, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Vire. The lords of Cahagnes are among the benefactors of Grestein and Lewes. William de Cahagnes appears to have been in the expedition, and is found in Domesday, _Introd. i_. 390; ii. 360. In the Red book, 'In ballia de Tenechebraio,'

is 'Radus de Chaineis [Chaagnes in _d.u.c.h.esne_] 1 mil.' TOURNIERES is in the arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Bayeux. Richard de Turneriis is, under Hen. I., mentioned in the foundation charter of Kenilworth. In the Bayeux inquest, 'feodum Ricardi de Tourneriis, ibidem et apud Hayam vava.s.soria.']

[Footnote 33: BOLBEC, arrondiss.e.m.e.nt of Havre. The printed text is '_Luce_.' The MS. of d.u.c.h.esne reads 'le filz Hue de Bolbec;' but the British Mus. MS. reads 'vielz Hue,' which we presume is correct. Hugh was in William's service. He held under Walter Giffard, lord of Bolbec and Longueville, and had joined, in 1061, in the donation of the church of Bolbec to the abbey of Bernay. See _Introd. Domesday,_ i. 383. He had two sons, another Hugh and Walter. According to Dugdale's _Baronage_, i.