Re: HATFIELD family Yorkshire England
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Re: HATFIELD family Yorkshire England
Carol Hatfield 10/15/02
Hatfield is a place name which first shows up in history as the Battle of Hatfield 589 AD where Eadwine the king of Scotland was killed in BAttle. The name is a derivative of Heathfeld which means a heath marsh.The name is also recorded in records of the 14th century in Durham Co England where treaties were signed at Hatfield Catherdral.
When William the Conqueror created the Domesday Book Census the Village of Hatfield in Hertfordshire England showed three men living there.This location is about 15 miles WEst of London.All three of these men, Adam, William and Robert held 2 hydes of land apiece. This would be about 40 acres a pieces. Each of these men owned at least two oxen, cattle, and household goods as well as weapons. AS such these menwere considered to be precisely middle classed and were eligible to hold office intheir local government.( Aristocracy, gentry, yeomen, serfs, and unlanded (?)men). The Hatfield men were yeomen.This was 1089 AD. hatfield is there fore a place name. Queen Elizabeth I was raised at Hatfield House in this shire.