Shapwick
Major Settlement in the Parish of Shapwick
Historical Forms
- Scapeuuic 1086 DB
- Scapewyk' 1280 Ass
- Escapewihc 1086 Exon
- Sapewic c.1170 CartAnt 1212 Fees
- Sapewyc 1242 Ch
- Sapewyk' 1280 Ass
- Sapewike 1547 DLMB
- S(c)hapewyk(e) 1176–89 ADVI 1280 Ass 1291 Tax 1431 FA
- S(c)hapewik 1412 ib
- Sapwic' 1212 Fees
- Sapwikes 1228 FF
- lib' de Sapwyk(') 1244 Ass 1285 FA
- S(c)hapwyk(e), S(c)hapwik(e) 1244 Ass 1267 Ch
- Chapwyk 1253 FF
- Chapwick 1591 DLMB
- Sabwyk 1266 Ipm
- S(c)happewyk(e) 1280 Ass 1317 Pat 1513 Pars
- Shaupwyk 1318 FF
- Shapweke 1504 Ipm
- Shapwick 1577 AD
- Sepewich 1191–93 P
- Sepewic 1195 ib
- Sepewyk' 1265 Cl
- Sepwik 1235–6 Fees
- Sepwyk 1265 Pat
- Shepwyk(e) 1238 1431 FA 1593 Lane
- Sepwyc, Sepwic 1256 FF
- Schepwyk' 1244 Ass 1268 ib
- Shepewic 1256 FF
- Shepewyk' 1288 Ass
- Schepike 1265 Misc
- Scepwyk(') 1275 RH
- Shopewyk' 1288 Ass
- Shopwick 1575 Saxton
- Shapwick(e) Champaigne 1346,1587 Hutch3
- Shapwike Champayn 1469 IpmR
- Shapwick Plecy 1407 Hutch3
- Shapewik Plecy 1417 IpmR
- Sheepwick als. Camells lands als. Camells Shapwicke 1564 Hutch3
Etymology
'Sheep farm', from WSax scēap (gen.pl. -a ) and wīc, identical in origin with Shapwick So (DEPN) and Shopwyke Sx 76. The spellings in Escape - and Sap (e )-, Sep (e )- show AN influence, v. IPN 103, 113. The affixes Champaigne and Plecy are manorial. The manor of Shapwick Champaigne was named from Henry and Ralph de Champaines who held a knight's fee here in 1212 Fees, cf. Roger de Chaunpayne 1256 FF, Joan(de ) Chaumpaign (e ), Roger (de ) Chaumpaign (e )1332 SR, mes ' voc ' Champeynsplase , mes ' voc ' Champeynsplace 1429–30DLCt (v. place ), and the f.n. Champayne Cl infra , v. Hutch3 3160–1. The manor of Shapwick Plecy was named from John Plecy 1389DLRent , 1407 IpmR, cf. Playseys Wode 1509DLCt (v. wudu ), v. Hutch3 3165–6; this manor was later called Camells (Shapwicke ) (cf. mansionem Roberti Cammell , Cammelles Place 1509DLCt (v. place ), Cammellondes 1548ib (v. land ), the manor of Shapwick called Cammels 1569 Hutch3, mannor farme and scyte of the mannor …formerly called Camells 1591DLMB ), from John Cammell 1451 Hutch3, 1472DLCt . A third manor in Shapwick was Vinter 's Fee , v. infra .