THE HUNDRED OF ODIHAM
containing the parishes of; Bentworth; Dogmersfield; Elvetham; Greywell; Hartley Wintney; Lasham; Liss; Odiham; Rotherwick; Shalden; Sherfield-Upon-Loddon; Weston Patrick; and Winchfield (fn. 1)
At the time of the Domesday Survey the parishes contained in the
modern hundred of Odiham were included in the two hundreds of Odiham
and Hefedele (Edefele, Efedele). The former comprised Lasham and Shalden
and half a hide which had been taken from Preston Candover, (fn. 2) and the latter
included Odiham, Winchfield, Elvetham, Dogmersfield, and ' Berchelei.' (fn. 3)
For the manors of Bentworth, Greywell, Hartley Wintney, Liss Turney,
Rotherwick, Sherfield-upon-Loddon, and Weston Patrick, there are no entries
in the Survey, but they were all probably included in the large manor of
Odiham. (fn. 4) The manor of Liss Abbas was and remained until 1831 in
Meonstoke Hundred. (fn. 5)
The hamlet of Southrope in the parish of Herriard was in the hundred
of Odiham, (fn. 6) and so remained till 1831. (fn. 7) Before 1841, however, it was
transferred to the hundred of Bermondspit, in which Herriard lies. (fn. 8) Bramshill, a tithing of Eversley, was also in the hundred of Odiham in the
13th century, (fn. 9) but it seems afterwards to have been transferred to Holdshot
Hundred, in which Eversley lies. Between 1831 and 1841 it was again
transferred to Odiham Hundred, (fn. 10) in which it still remains.
The hundred of Hefedele seems to have become merged in that of
Odiham at an early date, and in 1316 Odiham Hundred was apparently of the
same extent as in 1831. (fn. 11) Liss Turney in 1831 formed the so-called Out
Hundred of Odiham, (fn. 12) and some arrangement of the same nature seems to
have prevailed in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries, for the hundred of Liss
is frequently mentioned, the term being in some cases used to indicate the
manor. (fn. 13) It would therefore seem that, owing to the distance of Liss from
Odiham, separate hundred courts were held in the tithing of Liss Turney.
Between 1831 and 1841 various changes were made in the hundred of
Odiham. Bentworth, Lasham, and Weston Patrick were transferred to
Bermondspit Hundred; Liss Turney, including Liss Abbas, became part of
Finchdean Hundred; and Shalden and Sherfield-upon-Loddon were transferred
to the hundreds of Alton (Upper Half) and Basingstoke respectively. (fn. 14)
Odiham Hundred itself was divided into three parts: the Middle Half, containing Dogmersfield, Greywell, part of Odiham, the tithing of North
Warnborough, South Warnborough, (fn. 15) and Winchfield; the Lower Half, containing Elvetham, Bramshill in Eversley, Hartley Wintney, and Rotherwick;
and Odiham Town, containing part of Odiham with the tithings of Hillside,
Stapely, and Murrell. (fn. 16) The extent of the hundred is the same at the present
day as in 1841.
Odiham was a royal hundred, but was granted at various times with the
manor. John Fitz Hugh held it by grant of the king in 1217, (fn. 17) and in
1299 it was assigned as dower to Margaret, queen of Edward I. (fn. 18) It was
granted in 1440 to John Basket for life, and to Margaret, consort of Henry VI, (fn. 19)
in 1454, and in 1466 it formed part of the dower of Elizabeth, consort of
Edward IV. (fn. 20) It was leased for fifty years to Chideock Paulet in 1558, and
was granted in 1603 to John, Earl of Mar. (fn. 21) From that time its descent is
the same as that of the manor of Odiham.
Index Map to the Hundred of Odiham