[Footnote 15: SEMILLY, near St. Lo. William de Semilly appears in two charters about 1082. The family becoming extinct in the twelfth century, Semilly passed to the line of Hommet. A.L.P. The castle was an important one; see M. de Gerville, _Mém. 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, arrondissement 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 _Duchesne,_ 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 arrondissement 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 Osberni de Calleio' ... appears in a charter in _L'Histoire de l'Abbaie de la Trinité de Mont St. Catharine_, p. 77. In the Red book Osbertus de Pratellis is among the defaulters.] [Footnote 18: Gouvix, arrondissement 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; _Mém. 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, arrondissement 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.]