Full record: Sheppey

County	Kent
Transcript	Sheph[e]y
Icon description	island with a large castle
Icons	castle island
Description
Appearances
Etymology	OE scēap, 'sheep' + īeg, 'island'
Translation
Earlier editors	Shephay (Gough). Sheppey castle was entirely rebuilt in the reign of Edward III and in 1366 its name was changed t. Queenborough in honour of his queen Philippa (Parsons). See further discussion in Samllwood (2010) and Lawson (2010). According t. Lawson ((p). 393) in 1361 Edward III purchased land on the Isle of Sheppey (at a place called Bynnee) on which a castle was t. be built. Construction began in 1361 and was completed c. 1367. In a charter of 1368 Bynnee was formally replaced by the Royal borough of Queenborough which was newly laid out t. accompany the castle named after Edward's wife. Records of work associated with the construction of the new town appear in the castle accounts from 1366 onwards. The earliest attestation of Queenborough given by Wallenberg (1934) is Quenesburgh 1367 AD 4, followed by 1368, 1371, 1372, 1373 Cl, 1368, 1369, 1370 Pat.
Early Maps	shepe (Angliae Figura)
Overwritten	yes
Attested spelling	Scape 1086 DB