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A
standard English derivation of the place-name
might be ‘Boda’s HĀM’
with Boda as a personal name, meaning the village
of a man named Boda. But Bruce Coplestone-Crow
points out that HAMM is always likelier than HĀM
in Herefordshire and the rendering should be ‘Boda’s
land in a river-bend.’ Bodenham’s
situation in a bend of the River Lugg suits this
interpretation.
|
Manor |
Number
of hides |
Number
of ploughs |
People |
Value
in shillings |
Value
change |
|
Before
1066 |
1086 |
|
Bodenham |
1½ |
11 |
11 |
60 |
48 |
-20 |
|
Bowley |
1 |
2(4) |
2 |
25 |
20 |
-20 |
|
Broadfield |
1 |
1 |
5 |
20 |
25 |
25 |
|
Lower
Broadfield |
2 |
1½ |
6 |
40 |
25 |
-37.5 |
|
Maund
Bryan |
1½ |
4 |
12 |
40 |
45 |
12.5 |
|
Rowberry |
2 |
2(4) |
5 |
30 |
25 |
-16.67 |
|
Bodenham
Moor |
1½ |
8 |
21 |
50 |
60 |
20 |
|
The
Vern |
½ |
3 |
8 |
10 |
16 |
60 |
|
Venn |
1½ |
3 |
11 |
20 |
30 |
50 |
|
Dudales
Hope(?) |
1 |
- |
- |
waste |
waste |
0 |
|
Houghton |
¼ |
1 |
nil |
2/2 |
2/2 |
0 |
|
|
13¾ |
36½
(40½) |
81 |
297/2 |
296/2 |
-0.34 |
Bodenham Moor
At
Domesday Bodenham Moor was a part of the extensive
holdings of Roger de Lacy. Herbert de Furchis
held it from Roger. There were 1½ hides
which paid tax and there were 2 ploughs in lordship.
The recorded population consisted of six villeins,
three bordars, a smith, a beadle and six cottars
with six ploughs. There were also six slaves.
A mill there was worth 16 shillings and 30 sticks
of eels. There was ‘meadow only for
the oxen.’
At
the time of Domesday there were ten or eleven
estates within the area of the present parish
of Bodenham. Bodenham Moor was at the time
the largest of the settlements.
The
various estates had experienced mixed fortunes
since 1066, some having declined in value and
some increased. Bodenham Moor was among
those with an increased value – from 50
shillings to 60 shillings and had overtaken Bodenham
itself as the most valuable of the manors.
Bodenham
Moor or Bodenham Furchis remained in the Furchis
Family until the later 13th century
when it passed to the Lucy family who held it
until 1583. By 1243 one third of this manor
had become a separate holding of Roger de Bodenham,
who held it in turn of Walter de Baskerville of
Eardisley. This part was then known as Bodenham
Roger.
In
about 1240 Purnell, daughter of Roger Furchis,
married Sir William Lucy of Charlecote. Roger
Furchis died without male heirs and this manor
remained with the descendants of Purnell and William
until its sale in 1583 by Sir Thomas Lucy –
Shakespeare’s “Justice Shallow”
– to Sir Thomas Coningsby. From that
date it became a part of Hampton
Court estate’.
Much
of this information from an undated typescript
by Bruce Coplestone-Crow in Herefordshire Record
Office
Visit
Bodenham Local History Society's web-site at
http://www.bodenham.ik.com
Archaeological
records from Bodenham are held by Historic Herefordshire
On Line
See
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Bodenham/
Illustration
courtesy of
Hereford City Library |
