Normans, a Scandinavian race; adopt a corrupt Latin dialect called Norman-
French; the language of the Kentish Custumal, 45.

Introduce the Feudal System into England, 216, 217.

Nothelm, Abp. of Canterbury (died A.D. 739), 30, 35.

Notitia Imperii, account of, 139. Count of the Saxon shore in Britain, 140.
(See note 7, 28.)

Noy's Maxims, cited, 214.

O.

OCTA (son of Hengist), called also Esc, 25. (See Esc.)

Octarchy, the Saxon, tabular arrangement of, 40.

Offa, K., grants lands to Christ Church, Canterbury, A.D. 774, 103; A.D.
790, 103, 104; A.D. 791, 106, 135.

Also to St. Augustine's, Canterbury, 135.

Also Trottesclyve to the church of Rochester, 136.
Also Deorwent (Darent) to the same church, 136.

P.

PARCENERS, by the custom of Kent, 153 to 156.
Parish (ppeort-rcipe), account of, 65.

Kent divided into, by Abp. Honorius, c. A.D. 630, 66.

Parliament, origin and history of, 258 to 277.

The Pirena-zemote (Assembly of the Wise), 258.

Laws of K. Ethelbert, Hlothhære and Edric, and Wihtræd, kings of
Kent, 259. Decretum Cantianum (a Kentish Witena-gemote), 263.
England did not possess one supreme Legislature till after the Norman
Conquest, 265.

Account of the several Councils or Legislatures, 267.

Regulated by Magna Carta, 268.

Cities and boroughs first elected representatives in Parliament, 49 Hen. III,
270.

Commons first separated from the Lords, 6 Edw. III, A.D. 1332, 272.
Elections of representatives for Kent, Canterbury, Rochester, 273.
Wages of representatives in Parliament, 273 to 277.

Petition of Gentlemen of Kent as to wages, 2 Hen. V, A.D. 1414, 274;

and see Glossary, 315.

Partition of Gavelkind lands (see Descent, Gavelkind). Of goods, obsolete,

160.

Petition of gentlemen of Kent as to knights' wages. (See Parliament.)
Plegmund, Abp. of Canterbury, 46.

Primer-seisin, 222. (See Feudal System.)

Primogeniture, law of, unknown before the Norman Conquest, 154.

Established by the Feudal System in England, 154, 216, 221, 238, 239.
Prevailed absolutely in military fiefs, temp. Hen. II, 221; and in socage
lands (except in Kent), temp. Hen. III, 221. The last remaining
badge of Norman tyranny, 239.

Ptolemy of Alexandria; his account of Britain, 137 to 139.
Purchase and Descent, lands acquired by, explained, 170.
Purchase, title by, explained, 197.

Q.

QUIA emptores terrarum, statute of, 18. 6 Edw. I, A.D. 1290, 226.
Charters of feoffment before the stat., 227, 228; after the stat., 229.
Quo warranto, statute of, 6 Edw. I, and history, 48.

R.

RANKS, amongst the A.-Saxons, 295 to 297.

Rapes, a division in Sussex, 56.

Reeve, its derivation, 59.

Regulbium (Reculver), a Roman station, 126, 127, 305.

Rhutupium (Richborough), a Roman station, 120, 122, 123, 126, 128.

Relief (Relevium), 221. (See Feudal System.)

Richard I grants Blean Forest to Christ Church, Canterbury, 109.

Robinson, Mr., cited, 18, 51, 52, 89, 150, 151, 156, 161, 169, 170, 179,
180, 205, 207, 208, 209, 216, 238, 241, 248, 249, 282, 283, 286.

Roculf (Reculver) a Roman station, 126, 127, 305.

Monastery of, granted to Christ Church, Canterbury, A.D. 949, 108.
(See also Regulbium.)

Rochester, 64. Bridge at, 114-19, 120. A Roman station, 122-4. Attacked
by the Danes, A.D. 839, 130; again, A.D. 885, 131; again, A.D.999, 132.
Election of citizens to parliament, 273. (Domesday, 301.)

Roman roads, 121 to 126; adopted by the Saxons, 126.

Romney Marsh, the greater part covered by the sea at the period of the Roman
occupation of Britain, 145. The Rhee Wall, 147. The space between
Romney and Lyd not embanked from the sea during the Roman occupa-
tion of Britain; invaded by the Danes, A.D. 838, 130. (See also Lymine).
Runic alphabet, 36; derived from the Scandinavian, 94; laid aside by the
A.-Saxons on the introduction of Christianity in England, 94.
Runing-mede (pratum concilii), 86. Penenden the Pratum Concilii of Kent,
note 59, 86. (Domesday, 304).

S.

ST. AUGUSTINE, a lathe in Kent, formerly called 'Hedelinth' and Boruuar
Lest, 61, 71, 135, 302.

Sandwich, a hundred (a lathe ?) granted to Christ Church, Canterbury, by
K. Cnut, A.D. 1023, 109, 133.

Danes defeated at, 130; invaded by the Danes, A.D 1006, 132; again,
A.D. 1009, A.D. 1013, and A.D. 1015, 133.

Saxon Chronicle, cited, 22, 23. Its authority, 29 to 37, 46. Extracts from,
130 to 134, 141, 217, 218, 233.

Saxon Gospels, 195.

Saxon Octarchy, tabular arrangement of, 40.

Scandinavians, a distinct people from the Jutes, 39. Their language, 41, 43.
Scray, a lathe in Kent, 62, 71, 135, 302. (Formerly called Sherwinhope and
Wiuuart-lest.)

Seven hundreds, in Kent, justices of peace for, 62, 71.

Shepway, a lathe in Kent, 62, 71, 135, 302. (Formerly called Linuuart-lest.)
Sheringhope, an antient lathe in Kent. (Now Scray, qd. vide.)

Sheppey, Isle of, ravaged by the Danes, A.D. 832. 130.

Danes first wintered at, A.D. 855, 130. Retreat to, A.D. 1016, 133.
Statutes, Cases, and Authorities, will be found under the different Sections

of the Commentary.

Table of Recent Statutes relating to Real Property, 327 to 338.
Stephen, K., his charters of liberties, 82.

Abolishes Mescheninga, 82. (See Glossary, in verb., 322).
Suits of Court, 156. In case of partition, one suit only due.

One parcener

may make suit, the others contributing equally, 158 to 160.
But suit-service may be made by attorney, by Stat. of Merton, 20 Hen. III,
c. 10, and Stat. of Marlebridge, 52 Hen. III, c. 9, 159. (See title, Courts).
Sutton, a lathe in Kent, 63, 71, 72.

TABLES, of Celtic languages, 44.

T.

Of charters of liberties from Magna Carta to Edw. I, 87.

Of conservators and justices of peace in Kent, 70.

Of lands in Gavelkind and at common law, 92.

Of lathes, ancient and modern, in Kent, 61 to 63.

Of the Saxon Octarchy, 40.

Of Saxon and Friesian proper names, 33.

Of Recent Statutes relating to Real Property, 327 to 338.

Of Teutonic languages, 44.

Of descent of Woden, or Odin, and the Jutish Kings of Kent. (See
Genealogia-Saxonica, next title-page).

Tacitus, cited, 237.

Taylor on Gavelkind, cited, 18, 151.

Tenures among the A.-Saxons, 92 et seq.

Teutonic (or Gothic) tribes migrated from Asia, 76.

Established ten kingdoms on the subversion of the Roman empire, 77.
Languages, table of, 44.

Textus Roffensis, cited, 81, 99, 114.

Compiled by Ernulf, bishop of Rochester, c. A.D. 1114, 81.

Thanes-law, 112.

Thanet, Isle of, Danes first wintered at, A.D. 881, 130.

Battle at, A.D. 853, 130. Another at, A.D. 980, 131.

Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury, 30.

Thorne's Chronicle, cited, 101, 135.

Tithes, not subject to the law of Gavelkind, 206, 207.

Towne and Borowe in Kent, same as tithing, 64.

Tradition and the bardic songs the foundation of our history, 19.

Trinoda Necessitas, 96. History of, 110 to 134.

Trithings and Tithings, 56, 58.

Tunbridge, the Lowey of, justices for, 71, 72.

Turner, Sharon, cited, 27, 28, 77, 78, 94, 95, 186, 197.

V.

VORTIGERN, K. of Britain, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.
Vortimer, his battles with the Saxons, 25.

W.

WAGES of representatives in parliament, 273. How levied, 276. Petition of gentlemen of Kent against, 2 Hen. V, A.D. 1414, 274. (See also Glossary, in verb., 315).

Wapentake, same as hundred, 56, 58.

Wardship, laws relating to, 161 to 164.

of Gavelkind heir ceases at XV years of age, 163, 222.

Sale of ward in marriage by the feudal law, 223.

Warranty on feoffment by infant not authorised by the custom of Gavelkind, 178, 179.

Weald (See Andred), tenures, 134.

West Saxons, kingdom of, founded, c. A.D. 519, 40.

Wight, Isle of, possessed by the Jutes, 22, 23, 41.

Wihtræd, K. of Kent, grants lands to church of Lyminge, A.D. 683, 102. and his son Ethelbert grant lands near the Limen to Minster Abbey, 135. His laws cited, 60, 259.

Will-Custom of devising Gavelkind lands. 281 to 294. Arguments against the the custom, 284. Wills of Alfred, a of Ethelstan Etheling, 290.

(See Table, 93). History of, custom, 283; arguments for thane, 98; of Byrhtric, 287;

Stat of Wills, 1 Vic. c. 26. (See Recent Statutes, 337).

William the Conqueror defeats K. Harold at Hastings, 1066, 80, 133.
Swears to govern according to the laws of England, 80.

Introduces the Feudal System, 80, 217.

His policy on a threatened invasion by Canute, son of K. Sweyn, 217. William Rufus oppresses the people, 80.

Willis, professor, cited, 100.

Witena-gemote (Assembly of the Wise), 55, 78.

Held by K. Æthelbert, A.D. 602 and A.D. 605, 259.

by Hlothare and Edric, A.D. 673, A.D. 685, 60, 162, 191, 259. by Wihtræd, A.D. 695, 60, 259.

A Kentish Witena-gemote, 263.

by K. Ælfred, 260; by K. Athelstan at Greatenlea, 261; by Edmund Atheling (brother of Athelstan), A.D. 944, 265; by K. Edward the Confessor, A.D. 1042, a.d. 1066, 266. (See Parliament). Wiuuart-lest, an ancient lathe in Kent (now Scray), 62, 135, 302. Woden (or Odin), genealogy of, follows title-page.

Women, Kentish, rights of (Sec. XV of the Custumal), 185 to 210.
Laws for their protection:

K. Edmund .

K. Ina

188, 193
188, 192

K. Æthelbert

189, 198 191 K. Hlothhære and Edric 191

Marriage settlements of A.-Saxon ladies, 199.

Wright, Mr. Thomas, cited, 20.

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