THE HUNDRED OF SPELTHORNE 



Spelthorne (Spelethorne, xi cent.) Hundred was already formed at 

 the time of the Domesday Survey, 1 and contained, as it has since con- 

 tained, the following parishes : 



ASHFORD HANWORTH 



EAST BEDFONT WITH HATTON LALEHAM 



FELTHAM LITTLETON 



HAMPTON WITH HAMPTON WICK SHEPPERTON 



STAINES 

 STANWELL 

 SUNEURY 

 TEDDINGTON 



Littleton is the only place that is not mentioned in the Domesday 

 Survey ; it was included, however, in Laleham. 8 



The hundred has always been held by the Crown, but the jurisdic- 

 tion of the king's sheriff was largely curtailed until the Dissolution by 

 the extensive franchise of the 

 Abbot and Convent of West- 

 minster. The principal manor 

 held by Westminster was that 

 of Staines, of which Ashford, 

 Laleham, Halliford, Shepper- 

 ton, Teddington, and Yeveney 

 were appurtenant manors or 

 members. 8 In the reign of 

 Edward I, the Abbot of West- 

 minster claimed the right to 

 hold pleas of the Crown, view 

 of frankpledge, the amendment 

 of assize of bread and ale, and 

 all pleas which the king's sheriff 

 had in the county except ap- 

 peals and outlawries, and to have market, fair, and toll, in Staines and 

 its members. 4 The abbot based his claim on a charter of Henry III 

 granting sac and soke, toll and theam, infangenthef and utfangenthef, and 

 other privileges to the monastery, which charter had, he said, been 

 inspected and confirmed by Edward I. 8 



After the Dissolution, view of frankpledge was held in these parishes 

 by the respective lords of the manors. It was held also in Teddington by 

 the lord of the manor. 8 Hanworth lay within the liberty of the honour 



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SPELTHORNE 

 HUNDRED. 



. Bk. (Rec. Com.), i, 127-31. 

 1 Cott. MS. Faust. A. iii ; Titus, A. viii. 

 6 Ibid. 



305 



' See Littleton. 



4 Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 479. 



' Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 1 5 Chas. I. 



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