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Hemming 8

Name

Summary

Hemming 8 was a small free man of King Edward in Cambridgeshire who held 1½ virgates worth 8s.

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Cambridgeshire	Phil. ref. 14,40	Vill Shepreth	DB Spelling Haminc	Holder 1066 Hemming 'of Shepreth'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Alan, count	1086 Subtenant Reynold 'of Shepreth'	Fiscal Value 0.38	1066 Value 0.40	1086 Value 0.40	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Shepreth was a small vill of 5 hides on the river Rhee 9 miles upstream from Cambridge. In 1066 it was divided among nine holdings, two of them monastic (Ely abbey and the nuns of Chatteris) and seven in the hands of small free men and sokemen (Cambs. 5:35; 11:4; 22:9; 26:32–3), among whom King Edward’s man Hemming had 1½ virgates and a sixth share of one of the mills. This was the holding of a rich peasant, unusual only in including milling rights. Hemming had to provide watch and ward service (inward) but was free to grant or sell his land. His was not the sort of property held by king’s thegns, and in any case Shepreth is too isolated to be associated with any of the other Hemmings.