ABBREVIATIONS and Contractions. (See Glossary, 309.)

Acts. (See Statutes.)

Adrian, Abbat of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, died A.D. 708, 30.
Alfred, K.-Translator of Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History, 36. His
account of the arrival of the Saxons, and of Hengist and Horsa in
Britain, 37. Causes forty-four justices to be hanged for false judg-
ments, 50. K. Alfred and the first kings of this realm had all the
lands of England in demesne, 54. K. Alfred did not first divide
England into Shires, Hundreds, &c., 55; cited, 75. Defeats the
Danes at Rochester, 131. His Boethius cited, 36, 196. His Laws, 260.
Elfric, Abp., cited, 195.

Æthelbert, K. of Kent, converted to the Christian faith, c. A.D. 600, 42. The
earliest Saxon law-giver. His Laws, 42, 191, 201, 259.

Ælla and Cissa besiege Andredes-ceaster, and destroy all the inhabitants, 141.
Esc (son of Hengist), defeats the Britons at Creccan-ford, in Kent, 23; again
at Crecgan-ford, when they forsook Kent, and fled to London, 23;
again at Wippedsfleet, 23; again, when the Welsh (i. e. Britons) fled
from the Angles like fire, 23. Succeeds his father in the kingdom of
Kent, A.D. 488, and reigns twenty-four years, 23, 27. (Called also
Octa, 25.)

Aids. (See Feudal System.)

Ailesford, a lathe in Kent, 63, 71, 72.

Albinus, the first Englishman by birth who was made abbat of St. Augustine's,
Canterbury; renders assistance to Ven. Bede in his Ecclesiastical
History; died A.D. 723, 30, 35.

Alderman. (See Ealdorman and Ranks.)

Alfred, a Thane, his will, 97, 98.

Alienation, of Gavelkind lands at xv years of age (see Table, 92), 164.
Whether the custom confined to lands acquired by descent, 165 to 169;
or extends to all lands, however acquired, 165 to 168; whether upon
a Sale only, 165, 169; whether by Feoffment only, 170. The custom
extends to Females, 168, 177, 179; may also release his right, 171;
cannot discontinue an estate-tail, 180.

Fines for, in military tenures, 225. (See Feudal System.)

Alphabet, Runic.-Saxons acquainted with; derived from the Scandinavian,
when it had only sixteen letters, 36; laid aside on the introduction of
Christianity, 94.

Analytical Commentary on the Custumal, 73 to 280, in XXII Sections :—

Andred, Anderida, 106, 110, 126. The great Wood described, 131.
tory of, and tenures in, 134; its various names, 134.

Inquiry into

the site of the city and station of Anderida, 136 to 144. The antient
Roman station at Pevensey, in Sussex, and the antient British city at
Newenden, in Kent, 120, 128, 136, 144. A Roman station, 128.
Andredes-ceaster destroyed by Ella and Cissa, 141, 142, 143.
Angles, invited by the Jutes to assist in the conquest of Britain, 22.
Angles, East, kingdom of, founded c. A.D. 527, 40.

Anglia, Britain so called from its Conquerors, 26.

Antoninus, his Itinerary cited, 121, 139.

Appledore, Danes erect a fortress at, 131; K. Harold assembles his army
at, 133.

Assise Great, of Gavelkind lands, to be taken by XII tenants in Gavelkind,
instead of XII knights, as elsewhere, by Charter of K. Hen. III, 253,
254, 255. But attaints to be taken by XXIV knights; afterwards, by
stat. 18 Hen. VI, c. 2. Attaints taken by tenants in Gavelkind,
248, 255.

Athelstan, K., his Laws, 261.

Attaints. (See Assise.)

Augustine, St., Canterbury, Charters of, destroyed by fire, 100.

A lathe in Kent, 61, 71, 135 (formerly called Boruuar-lath, which see.)

B.

BATTEL, Trial by, not allowed in Kent, 252; but the grand assise taken
by XII tenants in Gavelkind, by Charter of K. Hen. III, 253. His-
tory of, 277 to 279. First introduced by the Normans; abolished by
Act 59 Geo. III, cap. 46, 278.

Saxon order of, 129.

Bede, Venerable (A.D. 673-735), 23. His account of the arrival of the
Saxons in Britain, and of Hengist and Horsa, 23. His Ecclesiastical
History cited, 30, 34, 53, 109. K. Elfred's translation of, 37.
Observations on (note 16, 37, 38), 46.

Bernicia, kingdom of, founded by Ida, c. A.D. 547, 40.

Blackstone, Commentaries cited, 18, 73, 75, 217, 219, 221, 225, 232, 236,
240. On the Great Charter, 81, 85.

Bóc-land, account of, 96, 150.

Boethius, cited 36, 196.

Borowe, a division or district in Kent, 54. Same as Tithing' in other parts

of England, 56, 64, 65. Account of, and of buph-ealdoɲ, 56. Ac-
count of, in laws of K. Edw. the Confessor, 57. Consisted of x
freemen, or heads of families, 57. Superseded by parishes, 66.
Boruuar-lest, an antient lathe in Kent (now St. Augustine's), 61, 135, 302.
Bosworth, Dr., cited, 33, 39, 41, 43, 45.

Bracton, cited 149, 151, 163, 254, 282, 283.
Bretwalda, 29, 52. (See Glossary in verb.)

Bridge-bōt.-(See Trinoda necessitas.) History of, 113. History of Rochester

bridge, 114 to 119.

Bridges, first erected at, or near, fords. 113.

British Ways, antient, account of, 119.

Burg-bōt. (See Trinoda necessitas.) Account of, 128.
Butler, Mr. Charles, on the Feodal System, cited, 219.
Byrhtric, his will, 287.

C.

CANTERBURY, a Hundred by itself (Domesday), 64.

Drayton's Poly-Olbion, 90; in Domesday, 298.
122, 123, 124, 126, 128.

Attacked by the Danes, A.D. 839, 130.
Taken by storm, A.D. 851, 130. Destroyed by the Danes, A.D. 1011,
132. Elects citizens to parliament, 273.

Cantuarians, descended from the Giota (Jutes), 25, 26.

Cnut, K., his Laws, 112, 187, 188, 192, 193. Obtains the Crown of Eng-
land, A.D. 1017, 133. Grants Sandwich to Christ Church, Canter-
bury, 109, 133.

Cases and Authorities will be found under the different Sections in the

Commentary.

Catigern (or Catigis) slain, 25, 27.

Cedwella, K., and his wife, Keneldritha, grant lands to Christ Church, Can-
terbury, A.D. 687, 102.

Celtic tribes expelled by the Teutonic or Gothic nations, 76.

Celtic Languages, table of, 44.

Cenulf, K. of Kent, grants lands to Christ Church, Canterbury, A.D. 809,

107.

Cenulf, K. of Mercia, and Cuthred, K. of Kent, grant lands to Christ Church,

Canterbury, A.D. 805, 107.

Also to St. Augustine's, Canterbury, A.D. 804, 135.

Charters of liberties:

K. Offa to Christ Church, Canterbury, A.D. 790, 104.

K. Ethelred to the same, A.D. 1006, 108.

K. Henry I (of liberties), A.D. 1101, 81.
K. Stephen (of liberties), A.D. 1136, 82.
A second charter, 82.

K. Henry II (of liberties), 83.

K. John (letters-patent to the Barons), A.D. 1214, 85.
to the archbishops of Canterbury, 242.

K. Henry III to the Men of Kent, 253.

Table of, from Magna Carta, to 29 Edw. I, 87. (See Title, "Magna
Carta.")

Christ Church, Canterbury, charters of, burnt, A.D. 1067, 100. Cathedral
burnt, A.D. 1067; again, A.D. 1174, 100, 101. Various royal grants

to, 101 to 109.

Chronicle. (See Saxon Chronicle.)

Cimbri, defeated by Marius, c. CXI. A.C., 39.

Cimbric Chersonesus (Jutland), the original seat of our Jutish ancestors, 39.
Cinnewarra (the Abbess) grants lands, chargeable with a render of lead of 300
shillings per annum to Christ Church, Canterbury, A.D. 835, 107.

Cirencester, Rich. of, 116. His Itinerary, 119, 123, 139.

Cissa (with Ella) destroys Andredes-ceaster, A.D. 492, 142.

Coke, Lord, cited, 18, 47, 48, 52, 54, 74, 91, 99, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160,
180, 183, 184, 214, 219, 224, 225, 226, 282.

Commons, history of (See Parliament).

Constables of Hundreds, 56, 58; created by Stat. 13 Edw. I, their duties,

158.

Contractions and abbreviations. (See Glossary, 309).

Corruption of blood, abolished by Stat. 54 Geo. III, c. cxLv, 151.

Courts, account of, 157, 158.

Court baron, held every three weeks, 156, 157, 250.

Sheriff's tourne, held twice in the year, 157.

Hundred and Wapentakes, held twelve times in the year, 157, 158.
Court leet, or view of Frankpledge, account of, 157.

County court, 158, 250.

Court of the coroner, 158.

Court of Piepoudres, 158.

Burthensome nature of attendance required at these courts, but by Stat.
of Merton, 20 Hen. III, cap. x, the suitors may appear by attorney,
except at the leet or tourne, and also by Stat. of Marlebridge, 52 Hen.
III, cap. IX, 159, 160.

Curtesy, in Gavelkind, and at common law. (See Table, 92.)

Account of (Sec. XVI of Custumal), 210-215.

Custom and common law defined, 17, 73.

of Gavelkind inherent in the land, 181.

can be altered only by Act of Parliament, 181.
styled the Common law of Kent,' 17.

Customs of four lathes in Kent (Domesday), 302.

Custumal of Kent, 1-16. Allowed by Justices in Eyre, 1, 74. Analytical
commentary on, 73-280.

Cuthred, K. of Kent, with license of Cenulf, King of Mercia, grants lands to
Christ Church, Canterbury, A.D. 805, 107.

Also they grant Lenham to St. Augustine's, Canterbury, A.D. 804, 135.

D.

DANES did not originally possess the Cimbric Chersonesus (Jutland), 39.
Their language, 41, 43. First invaded England, A.D. 787, 130.
Their several attacks on Kent, 130 to 133. Massacre of the Danes
in England, A.D. 1002, 132.

Decretum Sapientum Kanciæ, a Kentish Witena-gemote, 263.
Deira, kingdom of, founded, c. A.D. 559, 40.

Dens, in the Weald, account of, 135.

Descent of lands in Gavelkind, and at common law. (See Table, 92.)

of Gavelkind lands can be altered only by Act of Parliament, 181, 245.
of Gavelkind lands to all sons equally, 92, 153, 180.

Antiquity and universality of partible descents, 154.

Partible descents the universal law of the whole world, 154, 238.
In default of lineal heirs, all the brothers inherit, 155. (See, however,
the recent Stat. 3 & 4 Will. IV, cap. 106, sec. VI, 331.

In default of brothers, their respective issue take jure repræsentationis, 156.
Nephews, succeeding with their uncle, take per stirpes, not per capita, 156.
Estates tail, and descendible freeholds, descend in same manner as those
in fee simple, 156, 180.

Change of descent if lands escheat to lord holding over by knight's
service, 215.

Descent of Gavelkind lands changed by parliament, 245 to 248. (See
Disgavelling Statutes).

Descent and purchase, title by, distinction explained, 170, 197.
Devise of the custom to devise Gavelkind lands, 281 to 294.

Arguments against the custom, 283.

Arguments for the custom, 284.

Byrhtric's will, 287. Ethelstan Etheling's will, 290.

Disgavelling Statutes, 245 to 248.

Names of persons whose lands are disgavelled, 245, 246.

Domesday.-Lathes in Kent, from Domesday, 61 to 64; Notices of, 218, 240.
Extracts and Kentish Customs from, 298 to 306.

Donations and Grants of Manors, &c. to Christ Church, Canterbury, 101 to
109, 135.

Dovor.-A Roman station, 122, 126, 128; account of, in Domesday, 301.
Dower, in Gavelkind and at Common Law (See Table, 92), and Sec. XV of

the Custumal, 185 to 210.

Wife endowed of a moiety notwithstanding the felony of her husband, 152.
Drayton.-Poly-Olbion, description of Kent and Canterbury, 90.