Meulan will have ultimately vested in the family of
Courtenay" (Ibid).

The Norman honour owed the service of 15 knights and comprised 63 (R.B., ii, 626; Register A reads 73). It was added to the demesne (C.N., no. 113).1 Its contents are specified in the Feoda Normanniae (H. de F., 712-3). By a characteristic charter Saint Louis in 1255 endowed a Ralph of Meulan with 600 librates of land, in Normandy, "in consideration of his noble ancestry." 2

MONTBRAI. In 1172 Nigel of Montbrai owed the service of 5 knights for Montbrai (Manche, arr. St. Lo) and ChateauGontier (Mayenne) and had 11 ++'/, knights in his service (R.B., ii, 629). William of Montbrai left Normandy in 1204, and the honour came to the king (H. de F., 707b,e). Philip still held it in 1220 (Ibid, p. 619k), but Andrew of Vitré got it in 1231 (C.N., no. 1147; cf. H. de F., 737a).

For William of Mowbray's English lands in Yorkshire and Leicestershire see Rot. de Fin., 102, 174; R.B., ii, 490, 551. For his descendants, see G.E.C., v, 410.

MONTFORT, honour of Hugh of: In 1172 Robert of Montfort owed the service of 6 knights for Coquainvilliers (Calvados) and 2 for Orbec (q.v.), and in the former he had in his service 33++ knights' fees (R.B., ii, 627). Robert died in 1179 and his wife paid a heavy fine for the custody of the lands and her children (Stapleton I, xc). In 1204 Coquainvilliers was held by Hugh of Montfort (Rot. Chart., 34). Hugh was in John's favour up to the last (cf. R.N., 121; Stapleton II, 1xvii), but disappears from the records.

1. Elboeuf, which Count Robert had granted to Richard of Harcourt was excepted. (Rot. Chart., i, 104; C.N., no. 371).

2. C.N., no. 536: "Noverint universi quod, cum dilectus et fidelis noster Radulphus de Meullento instanter a nobis peteret, ut jus quod in terra Belli montis Rogeri et Brionie ratione antecessorum suorum se dicebat habere, redderemus eidem, et nobis super hoc non appareret testimonium vel probatio, nos tamen, nobilitatem sui generis attendentes, ut qui magnis et nobilibus traxit originem, necessitati etiam misericorditer compacientes ejusdem, sexcentas libratas terre ad turonenses eidem dedimus, et eas in Normannia, sicut continetur inferius, fecimus assignari."

after the middle of 1204. In 1207 Philip assigned rents to the value of £100 in the land which Hugh had held at Coquainvilliers to Guy of Auteuil (Actes, no. 1027; cf. C.N., nos. 160, 403, 611). For a statement of his fiefs see H. de F., 634g, 711a.

The house of Montfort took its name from Montfort-surRisle, one of the fiefs of the count of Meulan. It should be noted that the honour of Montfort was quite distinct from that of Coquainvilliers and came to the duke in 1161 (Robert of Torigni, ed. Delisle, ii, 38, 77). Robert of Montfort and Hugh his son were castellans of Montfort several times before and after 1180, but solius nomine custodiae ' (Stapleton I, cxviii; above, p. 269). On the relation between the families of Meulan and Montfort see Delisle's notes to his edition of Robert of Torigni (i, 163, 224, 282). Montfort was of course annexed to the demesne in 1204 (C.N., no. 209; the phrase in no. 113 'honor de Montforti qui fuit Hugonis de Montforti' is either an error or refers to Coquainvilliers). On its service see R.B., ii, 642-3; H. de F., 710d; and above, p. 324 n.

MONTPINCON. In 1172 Hugh of Montpinçon (Calvados, arr. Lisieux) held the honour by the service of 3 knights; he had in his service 12 knights (R.B., ii, 628). In 1204 Philip Augustus gave the honour to Guérin of Glapion (Actes, no. 817B; H. de F., 707b). In 1220 it was an escheat (Ibid, 620d).

In 1212 a Fulk of Montpinçon was tenant of the barony of Valoines in Essex and Norfolk (Testa, 271b).

MORTAIN. The county was granted by Philip to Renaud of Dammartin, count of Boulogne (C.N., no. 107), and came to Philip's son, Philip Hurepel through the latter's marriage with Renaud's daughter Matilda (Actes, nos. 1217, 2158; C.N., no. 1121). On the younger Philip's death in 1235, the honour was divided into three lots (C.N., no. 412) of which the king took two, while Matilda was left in possession of one, including Mortain without the castle. Renaud had lost control of the castle in 1211 (Actes, nos. 12991301).

1. There is a reference in Rot. Claus., i, 50 (September, 1205), to lands which he had held in Kent.

MORTEMER. The castle of Mortemer (Seine-Inferieure, arr. Neufchâtel) had been taken from the family of Mortemer by the Conqueror and given to William of Warenne (Stapleton II, cxx-cxxi). It remained one of the chief seats of the honour of Warenne in Normandy until 1202, when it was taken by Philip and given to Renaud of Boulogne (above, p. 221). In 1204 Philip resumed possession of it (C.N., no. 93; Actes, no. 884; above, p. 404), and it became part of the demesne (C.N., no. 209). On June 4, 1202, John gave to the young Earl Warenne as much of Renaud of Boulogne's land at Lillebonne, as Renaud possessed of his (R.N., 47).

The other fiefs of the Earl Warenne were confiscated by Philip in 1204 (C.N., no. 113). They comprised Bellencombre and various lands in Caux and other districts of Normandy (cf. H. de F., 643a, 714h). Varenne, which gave its name to this great Anglo-Norman family, is situated near Bellencombre (arr. Dieppe).

On the Earl Warenne of 1204 see above, pp. 225, 435.
See Saint-Victor.

MORTEMER, William of: This great official, who had defended Verneuil in 1194 and Arques in 1202 (above, pp. 151, 224) and was in 1203 bailiff of La Londe and of Caux (Stapleton, II, cclx) joined Philip Augustus after the capitulation of Arques in 1204 (C.N., nos. 124, 230). He was alive in 1217 (Jugements, p. 291 note). He was a tenant of the honour of Montfort (Stapleton, II, cclx) and of Breteuil (H. de F., 714f) as well as in Caux. See H. de F., 644m, 6451, 710e.

MOUTIERS-HUBERT. Moutiers-Hubert (Calvados) lies just on the border of the department in the old archdeaconry of Gacé (Stapleton I, cxxi). It was the caput of the honour of Hugh Paynell, who in 1172 owed the service of 5 knights and had 6 in his service (R.B., ii, 627). In 1180 his son Peter was a debtor for a fiue of £500 pro terra patris sui ' (Rot. Scacc., i, 89). Hugh, according to Stapleton (1.c.) had taken the vows of a monk. By 1204 Peter had apparently been succeeded by another Hugh. Philip Augustus added the honour to his demesne (C.N., no. 113). References to the fiefs of Hugh Paynell are to be found in

the list of 1220 (H. de F., 616g, 621d), and in earlier documents (Ibid, 706b,h, 709d, 710c,d, 715b).

Peter granted his manor of West Rasen in Lincolnshire to his brother William (Stapleton I, cxxi). For West Rasen see Rot. Claus., i, 4b; Testa, 316b; Rot. de Fin., 247, 277. Distinguish the Hugh Paynell of Drax (Banks, op. cit., i, 156).

MOYON. In 1172 William of Moyon (Manche, arr. St. Lô) owed the service of 5 knights and had 11 knights in his service (R.B., ii, 629). In 1204 Reginald of Moyon remained with John, and Moyon was granted to Guérin of Glapion (Actes, 817B). After Guérin's disgrace, the king had the honour (H. de F., 611g).

The seat of the English honour of Moyon was at Dunster in Somerset (Stapleton II, ix-xi; Testa, 167).

Moyon charters in Round, Calendar, pp. 173-8, 282-3.

NEGREVILLE. Négreville (Manche, arr. Valognes) was the seat of the Norman honour of the Wake family. According to the Scripta de feodis, it was held about 1220 by the count of Ponthieu (H. de F., 608h, 612d; Stapleton II, clxxxi). In 1204 the heir was Baldwin Wake, whose mother was the daughter of William du Hommet, the constable. The constable had bought the wardship of the English and Norman lands for 1000 marks in 1201 (Rot. de Fin., 169; Stapleton II, clxxx).

Baldwin's English lands lay in Lincolnshire (Testa, 339b, 340). He chose to stay in England after 1204 (cf. Rot. Claus., i, 6).

NEHOU. Néhou (Manche) had come to the Vernon family from that of Réviers or Redvers (Round, Calendar, p. 314; Stapleton II, cclxix seqq.). In 1172 Richard of Vernon, in addition to his honour of Vernon held Néhou by the service of 10 knights and had 30 knights in his service (R.B., ii, 630). His grandson Richard, who lost Vernon in 1195 (above, pp. 161, 162), retained Néhou after the loss of Normandy (H. de F., 609h; cf. C.N., no. 204). For later charters of his family see C.N., no. 5201.

The English head of the Vernon family was earl of the Isle of Wight in 1204 (Stapleton II, cxlv).

Distinguish the Norman Richard of Vernon from the Richard of Vernon who held lands in Derbyshire and Buckinghamshire (R.B., ii, 584).

NEUBOURG. In 1172 Henry of Neubourg owed the service of 10 knights and had 15'/. in his service (R.B., ii, 630). His heir is mentioned on the exchequer roll of 1198 (Rot. Scacc., ii, 462). This Henry of Neubourg joined Philip (cf. C.N., nos. 205, 230). In the Testa, 128, there is a reference to lands in Berkshire which had once belonged to him.

In 1220 the lord of Neubourg held only 2 knights' fees at Neubourg (H. de F., 636a). The main strength of Henry lay at Annebecq (Calvados, arr. Vire).1 In 1220 he stated that he owed the service of 2 knights and possessed 22 knights' fees at Annebecq (H. de F., 618m). In 1195, perhaps in the minority of the lord of Neubourg, this land seems to have been in the hands of Guérin of Glapion (Rot. Scacc., i, 246); and in the year 1202 the honour of Neubourg was also at King John's disposal, either through the minority or the young lord's defection (see the reference to Neubourg and Annebecq in Stapleton I, clxix; II, lxx; R.N., 56; 52, 53, 60).

NONANT. In 1172 two members of the family of Nonant (Orne, arr. Argentan) held fiefs of the duke (R.B., ii, 630, 632; H. de F., 695d,j).2 The more important of these was Guy who held 11 fees by the service of one knight. In the Feoda Normanniae, compiled shortly after 1204, Henry of Nonant, Guy's successor, is said to have held 6 fees by the service of 1, and Renaud 4 by the same service (Ibid, 706e). The king had the barony of Henry, but Guérin of Glapion had received some of his outlying lands to the

1. Stapleton erroneously identifies it with St. Georges-d'Annebecq (Orne, near Briouze).

2. According to the Red Book (ii, 630, 632) three persons of this name held fiefs. Roger held 114, John 34 and Guy 114 fees, each by the service of one knight. But in the text preserved by Register A, the entry concerning John is omitted, and Roger's 11 fees are given as 34. It looks as though the Red Book had confused the entries, and that Guy and Roger were the only tenants.