King's Sutton Hundred
Hundred in the County of Northamptonshire
Historical Forms
- Suttunes a.1076 GeldRoll
- Sutone, Sudtone DB
- Sutton 1195 P
- Eadboldestowe a. 1076 Geld Roll
- Edboldeston, Edboldestou, Alboldestou 1086 DB
- Albodestow 1181 P
- Abbotestan 1230, 1241 P
Etymology
v. King's Sutton infra 58. The north-eastern part was originally an independent hundred and was named Eadboldestowe a. 1076 Geld Roll, Edboldeston , Edboldestou , Alboldestou 1086 DB, 1156 P , Albadesto 1161, Albodesto 1162 P, Albodestow 1181 P, Abbotestan 1230, 1241 P. 'Ealdbeald 's place,' v. stow .For such a use of stow in a hundred-name, cf. s. n. Wixamtree (PN BedsHu 87–8). The traditional meeting-place of the hundred of Alboldestou was in the Gallows -field of Stuchbury on a small hill (Bridges i, 203).