Hamo the Steward, the Sheriff of Kent was a leading person during the 11th century Norman Conquest of England.
He had extensive land holdings in Essex, Kent and Surrey. He was a judge at Penenden in case between Lanfranc and Odo of Bayeux in 1071 and was himself sued in (1076),Edward Hasted, 'The town and parish of Fordwich', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9 Pages 56-67. when acting as the king's agent and with the king's license, look lands for Odo of Bayeux, the king's brother.Hist Mon St Aug 352 (abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury).
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