Hamo the Steward
Hamo the Steward, the Sheriff of Kent was a leading person during the 11th century, Norman Conquest of England.
He had extensive land holdings in Essex, Kent and Surrey.[1] He was a judge at Penenden in case between Lanfranc and Odo of Bayeux in 1071 and was himself sued in (1076),[2] when acting as the king's agent and with the king's license, look lands for Odo of Bayeux, the king's brother.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Domesday Book: England in 1085 genealogy project".
- ^ Edward Hasted, 'The town and parish of Fordwich', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9 Pages 56-67.
- ^ Hist Mon St Aug 352 (abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury).