Domesday Book Entry
for Shalfleet and Hamstead
The same Joscelin holds SHALFLEET. Eadric held it TRE, and it was
then assessed at 6 hides; now at 3 There is a mill rendering 11d , and 4 acres of meadow.
There is a church, [and] woodland for 20 pigs. Of this land, Geoffrey holds 2 ½ virgates, and there is 1 plough with 2
villans and 1 bordar; and Turgis half The same William (fitzAzor) holds half a hide in HAMSTEAD , and Nigel
[holds] of him. Ælfric held it in parage. [It was] then, as now,
[assessed] at half a hide. There is land for 1 plough, and there is [1
plough] with 2 This is a transcript from a Document held in the National Archives . Note: These pages are my transcriptions of original documents, they are accurate to the best of my ability but I do not take any responsibility for errors. 22 April 2007 |