Shiplake Hundred
Hundred in the County of Sussex
Historical Forms
- Schepelawe 1180,1188 P
- Shippelake 1248 Ass
- Schiplak' 1279 QW
- Shepelake 1262 Ass 1359 Ipm
- Sepenlake 1292 MinAcct
- Sheplake 1359 Add
- Edivestone in DB
- Ediueherst in 1130 (P)
- Ediueherst in 1169 (P)
Etymology
This is from OE scēapa -lacu , 'sheep-pool,' v. sceap , lacu .Cf. Sepelac in Thorney (C), 1314 Ch. The Pipe Roll form shows confusion with the suffix hlaw so common in hundred-names.Nothing is known as to the site of the meeting-place. The hundred is called Edivestone in DB, Ediueherst in 1130 (P).Both contain the OE fem. pers. name Eadgifu , DB having a superfluous genitival s , v. tun , hyrst . The site of Ediueherst is unknown but it occurs in the pers. name Henry de Ediueherst in 1169 (P).