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Rotherfield Peppard

Major Settlement in the Parish of Rotherfield Peppard

Historical Forms

  • Redrefeld 1086 DB
  • Retherfeld c.1110 EHRxl 15th Ch 1284
  • Retherfeld Pippard 1289 AD 1517 DInc
  • Rethirfeld Pipard 1327 Cl
  • Rutherefeld 1211 Thame early13th
  • Ruthereffeld 1316 Ch
  • Rutheresfeld 1211 Thame early13th
  • Rudherefeld' 1220 Fees
  • Ruderefeld Pippard 1254–5 RH
  • Rutherfeld' 1220 Fees
  • Rutherfeld a.1235–6 AD
  • Rutherfeld Pippard, Pyppard 1303 AD 1351 AD
  • Rutherford Pippard 1346 AD
  • Retheresfelde Pipard 1232–3 WellsR
  • Retheresfeud 1263 FF
  • Rurefeud' 1235–6 Fees
  • Ruyerfeld 1275–6 RH
  • Retherefeld 1284 Ch
  • Rotherfeld 1300 Ipm
  • Rotherfeld Pyppard 1411–12,1474 AD
  • Rotherfelde Pyppard 1428 FA
  • Rethefeld Peppard 1340 AD
  • Rethefeld Pypard 1517 DInc

Etymology

For etymology see Rotherfield Greys. The family of Pipard which possessed this place were important feudal tenants of the Honour of Wallingford.