The Battle Abbey Roll. Vol. III.
by
The Duchess of Cleveland.

Prepared by Michael A. Linton
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Vaberon : I take this to be Vaubadon or Valbadon, a name three times written in Domesday. Ansfrid de Valbadon was a baron in Northamptonshire, where he likewise held of Bishop Odo; "Rannulfus de Valbedon" (Renouf de Vaubadon in the Dives Roll), and "Osmundus de Valle Badonis" were both sub-tenants, the former in Kent, and the latter in Herts. Some of Ranulph's descendants were seated at Shipborne in the time of Henry III. Of Osmond I can only find one solitary notice in Hertfordshire, where he held the manor of Wells. "Pannage for fifty hogs lies to this land, which Osmond de Valle Badonis entered upon in the time of King William." Chauncy's Herts. The name is never again mentioned in that county, but in the time of Henry II. we meet with it in Surrey. "Hatcham then belonged to a family named Vabadune, of whom James de Vabadune left Richard his brother and heir, and Richard left a daughter and heir, who married Roger Bavent."—Manning and Bray's Surrey.