Location: Watton / Hertfordshire

Factoid List

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Transaction S774      King Edgar 11 to Thorney, St Peter's 1 (i.e. Westminster 1 Abbey); confirmation, reciting a bull of Pope John 2, of liberties and of land at Ham (in East Ham), Wennington, Essex; Morden, Surrey; Fanton (Hall) in North Benfleet, Essex; Aldenham, Herts.; Bleccenham and Lothereslege (both lost, in Hendon), Middx; Holwell, Datchworth and Watton-at-Stone, Herts.; Chollington in Eastbourne, Sussex; Staines, with Teddington, Halliford, Feltham and Ashford, Middx.
Transaction S1043      King Edward 15 to Westminster 1 Abbey, First Charter; confirmation of lands, comprising 17.5 hides at Westminster, 20 at Hendon, 5 at Hampstead, 12 hides and 1 uirga at Greenford, 8 hides at Hanwell, 8 at Shepperton, 7 at Sunbury, Middx.; 10 at Aldenham, 4 hides and 1 uirga at Datchworth, 4.5 hides at Watton(-at-Stone), 6.5 at Holwell, Herts.; 2 at Ham, 4 at Wennington, 5 at Kelvedon (?), 4 at Fanton in North Benfleet, Essex; 10 at Morden, Surrey; 2 at Ewell, Kent; 7 at Parham, 3 at Chollington in Eastbourne, 4 at (West) Chiltington, Sussex. (b) Moulsham [granted by Leofcild 2], Kelvedon Hatch (?) [granted by Æthelric 66], Maplestead [granted by Wulfwine 11], Kelvedon, Rayne and Latchingdon [granted by Guthmund 5), Wanstead [granted by Ælfric 131], Leyton [granted by Atsere 3 Swearte], Paglesham [granted by Ingulf 1], Essex; Lessness, Kent [granted by Atsere 4]; Claygate, Surrey [granted by Tosti 3]; Ayot St Lawrence, Herts. [granted by Ælfwine 63]; Denham [granted by Wulfstan 58], a half hide at Amersham and 1 hide at Weedon, Bucks. [granted by Siweard 17]; 2.5 hides at Wormley, Herts. [granted by Leofsige 38 of London].
Event Bates297      King William 1 notifies Edmund 29 the sheriff, Ælfwine 63 Gottone, and Leofwine 88 Scufe that the abbey of Westminster is to have the land at Watton and Datchworth, Herts., as fully as they were previously held.
Possession GDB  136v (Hertfordshire 16:1) Robert 51 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1.50 hides in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  136v (Hertfordshire 16:1) Godwine 84 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1.50 hides in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  142 (Hertfordshire 42:1) Alwine 10 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 2.50 hides in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  142 (Hertfordshire 42:1) Alweard 2 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 2.50 hides in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  142 (Hertfordshire 42:1) Deormann 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 2.50 hides in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  142 (Hertfordshire 42:1) Alwine 10 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 2.50 hides in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  135 (Hertfordshire 9:8) Westminster, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  135 (Hertfordshire 9:8) Westminster, St Peter's 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  135 (Hertfordshire 9:8) Edwin 38 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  133 (Hertfordshire 2:2) Canterbury, Christ Church 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  133 (Hertfordshire 2:2) Almær 6 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1066)
Possession GDB  133 (Hertfordshire 2:2) Canterbury, Christ Church 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 2 hides in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1086)
Possession GDB  133 (Hertfordshire 2:2) Ælfric 164 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 2 hides in Watton, Hertfordshire (in 1066)