Bishops Rowborough Half-Hundred (HalfHundred)

Created: By 1316   Abolished: Fourteenth to early Fifteenth Century

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Notes

Land in Rowborough was always divided up between the King and the Bishop. Over time this arrangement became more formalised as the two parts came to be considered half hundreds.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
BISHOPS ROWBOROUGH Preferred English     Robin Glasscock, The Lay Subsidy of 1334 (London: British Academy, 1975)
ROUGHBERGH EPISCOPI Alternate English     Robin Glasscock, The Lay Subsidy of 1334 (London: British Academy, 1975)

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WILTSHIRE Ancient County     Robin Glasscock, The Lay Subsidy of 1334 (London: British Academy, 1975)

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
Early medieval was created through the abolition of ROUGHBERGH Hundred   Olof Anderson, The English Hundred Names: The South-Western Counties (Lund: Lund University, 1939), p. 154-66.
Fourteenth to early Fifteenth Century was abolished to create POTTERNE AND CANNINGS Hundred   Olof Anderson, The English Hundred Names: The South-Western Counties (Lund: Lund University, 1939), p. 154-66.
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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bishops Rowborough Half-Hundred (HalfHundred) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12874480

Date accessed: 08th April 2026