Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind, and Other Remarkable Customs in the County of KentJ.R. Smith, 1851 - 352 pages |
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... authority of the Custumal Styled by Lord Coke " Statutum de Consuetudinibus Kancia " Etymology of Gavelkind Its antiquity The first kings of this realm had all the lands of England in demesne . In the Saxon , or Jutish , kingdom of Kent ...
... authority of the Custumal Styled by Lord Coke " Statutum de Consuetudinibus Kancia " Etymology of Gavelkind Its antiquity The first kings of this realm had all the lands of England in demesne . In the Saxon , or Jutish , kingdom of Kent ...
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... authorities . Mr. Turner says- " When we turn to the simple and authentic facts that all the battles of Hengist were fought in Kent , and that one of the last contests was even in Thanet , in the extremity of his little kingdom ; and ...
... authorities . Mr. Turner says- " When we turn to the simple and authentic facts that all the battles of Hengist were fought in Kent , and that one of the last contests was even in Thanet , in the extremity of his little kingdom ; and ...
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... authority . " ( Ibid . vol . ii , book 7 , c . 2. ) Whilst I am yet writing , Mr. Kemble's Saxons in England ( published Lond . 1849 ) has come under my notice . As this learned antiquary concurs with those whom I have already mentioned ...
... authority . " ( Ibid . vol . ii , book 7 , c . 2. ) Whilst I am yet writing , Mr. Kemble's Saxons in England ( published Lond . 1849 ) has come under my notice . As this learned antiquary concurs with those whom I have already mentioned ...
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... authorities to an immeasurable and inconvenient extent . To obviate that inconvenience I have selected ( in addition . to the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle ) the Saxon historians , Bede and Ethelwerd the British historians , Gildas and ...
... authorities to an immeasurable and inconvenient extent . To obviate that inconvenience I have selected ( in addition . to the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle ) the Saxon historians , Bede and Ethelwerd the British historians , Gildas and ...
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... authority and aid in this work was the learned and reverend Abbat Albinus , 10 who , educated in the church of Canterbury , by those vener- able and learned men , Theodore , 11 of blessed memory , and the Abbat Adrian , 12 transmitted ...
... authority and aid in this work was the learned and reverend Abbat Albinus , 10 who , educated in the church of Canterbury , by those vener- able and learned men , Theodore , 11 of blessed memory , and the Abbat Adrian , 12 transmitted ...
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A.-Saxon Adisham ĉtatis Ĉthelheard aforesaid age of xv Anderida Anglo-Saxon anno antient archbishop assise barons Bede bishop boc-land borough Britain called Canterbury charter Christ Church Chronicle common law Conquest county of Kent court custom of Gavelkind debet dedit deed descent dimid dower Edward England English escheat feoffment feudal folc-land freehold Gauylekend Gavel Gavelkind lands grant hath heirs Hengist and Horsa holden husband inheritance Inst Johannes John justices justices in Eyre Jutish Kanc Kentish king king of Kent king's kingdom kingdom of Kent knights Lambard lathe liberties livery lord Magna Carta manors moiety Offa omnes parliament persons prĉdicti quĉ quòd Reculver regis regni reign Richard of Cirencester Robinson on Gavelkind Rochester Roman says seised seisin sicome socage Somner statute sunt tenant tenements tenure terra terres Thomas Trinoda Necessitas wapentake wife William Willielmus writ ŝam
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Page 234 - Smith very feelingly complains, " when he came to his own, after he was out of wardship, his woods decayed, houses fallen down, stock wasted and gone, lands let forth and ploughed to be barren...
Page 238 - ... away the Court of wards and liveries and tenures in capite, and by knights service, and purveyance, and for settling a revenue upon his Majesty in lieu thereof...