Global InformationAbbot Scotland v Hamo the Sherrif information
| Abbot Scotland v Hamo the Sherrif | |
|---|---|
 Fordwich borough and other lands had been given by the ousted abbot of St Augustine's Abbey (now partly ruined) to the sheriff. The new abbot successfully sued for them back. | |
| Court | The King as final arbiter |
| Decided | 1076 |
| Case history | |
| Prior actions | An initial decision, unreported |
| Subsequent action | none |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | William the Conqueror |
| Keywords | |
| Alienation of church property/voidable acts by an outlaw - medieval ecclesiastical patronage - established religion | |
'Abbot Scotland v Hamo the Sherrif' or more precisely versus Hamo the Steward, Sheriff of Kent as agent for (or chief tenant of) Bishop Odo of Bayeux, the Earl of Kent (1076) was a determination by William the Conqueror of an English land law suit.
The matter involved a civil plea (suit) against the donation by a previous abbot of some lands of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury and their continued confiscation by William himself. In this case the direct defendant was the land holder (chief tenant) Hamo the Steward, Sheriff of Kent who had been a judge in the case Odo of Bayeux v Lanfranc (1071) five years prior.[1][2][n 1]
The sheriff acted as the king's agent, with his licence, for Odo, the king's brother.[3]
- ^ "The Domesday Book: England in 1085 genealogy project".
- ^ Edward Hasted, 'The town and parish of Fordwich', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9 Pages 56-67.
- ^ Hist. Mon. St. Aug. 352 (abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury).
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