Children of Sigeræd, Prince of Kent: # Sigehelm # #Sigewulf d. Dec 13 902 slain on the side of England's King Eadweard at the Battle of Holme. Wickhambreaux, pronounced wick-ham-brew takes its name from the Saxon Wickham – a dwelling by a marsh – and the suffix added later when in the 13th century when the land was owned by the de Breuse family. Wickhambreaux is nestled between the wet, flat,cattle-grazed water meadows that stretch out onto the Ash Level and fertile farm land producing some of Kent’s finest fruit, cereal and vegetable crops. The Bishop of Bayeux held Wicheham in demesne and it was assessed at 4 sulungs. There was land for 11 ploughs, while the demesne had land for 2 ploughs; 36 villans and 32 cottars had 9 ploughs. There was a church and a priest who gave 40 shillings a year. There was a park; 2 mills rendering 50 shillings; 2 salt-pans rendering 32 pence; 3 fisheries rendering 4 shillings; 32 acres of meadow; pasture for 300 sheep and 31 cattle; woodland for 80 pigs. In the time of King Edward it was worth £25; when it was received by the bishop it was worth £20; by 1086 it was worth £30. Also belonging to this manor were 3 messuages in Canterbury rendering 6 shillings 8 pence. In addition there belonged to this manor half a sulung of free land which Sigeræd of Kent held of Alfred Bigga and then Geoffrey fitzMalleterre held of the Bishop of Bayeux;it was always worth 60 shillings.
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