Rotherfield Greys
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rotherfield Greys
Historical Forms
- Redrefeld 1086 DB
- Rutrefeld' 1192 Eynsh
- Rutterfeld 1245 Ch
- Reðeresfeld' Radulfi Murdac 1194 P
- Reðeresfeld' 1195 P
- Reðeresfeld Radulfi Murdac 1196 P
- Rethersfeld 1321 Ipm
- Retheresfeld 1340,86 Cl
- Reðefeld' 1194 P
- Rethefeud Murdak 1285 Ass
- Reðerfeld' 1195 P
- Retherfeld 1240 Ch 1401–2 FA
- Retherfeld Grey 1313–14 AD 1517 DInc
- Retherfelde Grey, Gray 1402 Cl
- Retherfelde Murdack 1428 FA
- Rutherefeld 1240 Ch 1242–3 Fees 1321 Ipm
- Ruthereffeld 1246 Ch
- Ruthereford 1295 Ipm
- Rerefeld' 1242–3 Fees
- Rudherhesfeld 1246 FF
- Ruderefeld Murdac 1254–5 RH
- Rutheresfeld Murdak 1275–6 RH
- Rotherfeld 1275–6 RH 1401 Cl
- Rotherfeld Mordacke 1285 Ass
- Rotherfelde Grey 1316,1428 FA
- Grey Rotherfeld 1458 Ch
- Rotherfield Grey 1474 AD
- Rotherfylde Gray 1526 Henley
- Rothurfeld 1531 Henley
- Rothurffelde 1535 Henley
- Rederfeld Mordacke 1285 Ass
- Rotherefeld Mordake 1285 Ass
- Rittherefeld Murdake 1285 Ass
- Rutherfeud 1311 Ipm
- Rutherfeld Murdak 1351 AD
- Rutherfeld 1361,8 Cl
- Rutherfeld Grey 1362 Cl
- Retherefeld 1311 Ipm
Etymology
'Open land where cattle graze,' v. hrȳðer , feld . Greys , like Peppard (infra 79–80) is an example of a feudal addition to a place- name replacing the name itself in common speech. The family of Grey first appears in connection with this place in the early 13th century. No reference to the Murdac family has been noted after the late 12th century.