The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period of the Norman Conquest, Volume 2 |
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¹ Cod abbot aecclesiae ÆÐELRED ÆÐELWULF Ælfred Anglosaxon archbishop autem authority Beda bishop bishop of Worcester Bretwalda burh called canons Canterbury century ceorl charters Christian Chron Chronicle church clergy clerical Cnut Comitis commanded court cyninges cyricsceat decimas dignity Dipl doubt duke Dúnstán Eádgár Eadweard ealdorman Eccl ecclesiastical Ecgberht Edelred Edelst Edelstán eius elected England eorum episcopal estates etiam Flor Florence of Worcester Frankish freemen fuerit Gaul gemót was held geréfa grant Hist Ibid justice Kent king king's kingdom land lord Mercia monks nobles Northumberland OFFA OF MERCIA officers omni ordained peace period Pertz possessed prelates presbyter priests prince probably quae quam quod reeve regis Roman Rome royal sancti Saxon says scabini secular sheriff shire sicut sive sunt tenth terra thanes Thorpe tion tithe towns Wessex witan witena gemót words καὶ
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Page 470 - Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles...
Page 20 - King Egbert conquered the kingdom of the Mercians, and all that was south of the Humber ; and he was the eighth king who was Bretwalda...
Page 207 - ... where was assembled a deliberative convention of the great men ; there was Birhtwald, archbishop of Britain, and the fore-named king ; also the bishop of Rochester, the same was called Gybmund, was present ; and every degree of the Church of that province spoke in unison with the obedient people. There the great men decreed, with the suffrages of all, these dooms, and added them to the lawful customs of the Kentish-men, as it hereafter saith and declareth.
Page 525 - ... 9. And let it not be denied nor concealed, if our lord or any of our reeves should suggest to us any addition to our ' frith-gilds ' that we will joyfully accept the same, as it becomes us all, and may be advantageous to us. But let us trust in God and our kingly lord, if we fulfil all things thus, that the affairs of all folk will be better with respect to theft than they before were. If, however, we...
Page 219 - ... the realm." His brief reign of " forty weeks and one day" saw two formidable invasions of the country, and three great battles, the last of which swept away the Saxon rule, which, though undergoing many ™ Perhaps both statements are true, as one MS. of the Saxon Chronicle says, "Harold the earl succeeded to the kingdom of England, even as the king had granted it to him, and men also had him chosen thereto.
Page 229 - The Witan possessed the power of adjudging the lands of offenders and intestates to be forfeit to the King. xii. Lastly, the Witan acted as a Supreme Court of Justice, both in civil and criminal causes.
Page 539 - ... seigneur du château ou à celui qui sera en son lieu ; et si , à leur avis , satisfaction leur est faite de l'ennemi de la commune , ce sera assez ; mais si le seigneur refuse satisfaction , ils se feront justice à eux-mêmes sur ses biens et sur ses hommes.
Page 526 - ... except those which were there before done away with ; which was Sunday marketing, and that with full and true witness any one might buy out of port.
Page 540 - Si quelqu'un de la commune a confié son argent à quelqu'un de « la ville , et que celui auquel l'argent aura été confié se réfugie dans « quelque château-fort, le seigneur du château, en ayant reçu plainte, « ou rendra l'argent ou chassera...