 ceorl" thrived, so that he had fully five hides of his own land, church and kitchen, bell-house and "burh"gate-seat, and special duty in the king's hall, then was he thenceforth of thane-right worthy.  The Conquest of England - Page 136by John Richard Green - 1883 - 636 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1841 - 614 pages
...from the rank of a free man to that of a thane, from the rights of a thane to those of an eorl, " And if a ' ceorl ' thrived, so that he had fully five...hall, then was he thenceforth of thane-right worthy And if a thane thrived, so that he became an 'eorl,' then was he thenceforth of ' eorl '-right worthy.... | |
 | John Mitchell Kemble - 1841 - 58 pages
...from the rank of a free man to that of a thane, from the rights of a thane to those of an eorl. " And if a ' ceorl ' thrived, so that he had fully five...hall, then was he thenceforth of thane-right worthy And if a thane thrived, so that he became an ' eorl,' then was he thenceforth of ' eorl '-right worthy.... | |
 | 1842 - 536 pages
...commonwealth. was part of the Anglo-Saxon polity to recognize principles of promotion in civil affairs. If a ceorl thrived, so that he had fully five hides...of his own land, church and kitchen, bell-house and burh-gate, seat and special duty in the king's hall, then was he thenceforth of thane-right worthy.... | |
 | Sussex Archaeological Society - 1851 - 428 pages
...established by these laws, the free spirit of which may be considered to be in force to the present day. " Fully five hides of his own land, church and kitchen, bell-house and burh-gate-scat, and special duty in the king's hall " also entitled a ceorl to rise in the social class.... | |
 | Sussex Archaeological Society - 1851 - 388 pages
...established by these laws, the free spirit of which may be considered to be in force to the present day. " Fully five hides of his own land, church and kitchen, bell-house and burh-gate-scat, and special duty in the king's hall " also entitled a ceorl to rise in the social class.... | |
 | Charles Henry Pearson - 1861 - 500 pages
...on a portion of their estates as tributaries ; while the peasants and prisoners of war were 1 "And if a ceorl thrived, so that he had fully five hides of his own land, chureh and kitchen, bell-house and burh-gate-seat, and special duty in the king's hall, then was he... | |
 | Charles Henry Pearson - 1861 - 502 pages
...so that he had fully five hide» of his own land, church and kitchen, bell-house and burh-gate-seat, and special duty in the king's hall, then was he thenceforth of thane-right worthy." — Ranks : AS Laws, vol. i., p. 191. Thus, the abbot of Ely fraudulently conveyed some of the abbey... | |
 | William Longman - 1863 - 552 pages
...quantity of land, he became a thane. This right was thus expressed in the old Anglo-Saxon laws.70 " And if a ceorl thrived, so that he had fully five hides of his thanesown land, church and kitchen, bell-house and burhgate seat, and special duty in the King's hall,... | |
 | 1865 - 348 pages
...Anglo-Saxon document entitled ' Of People's Ranks and Law,' we have the following entries : — § 2, " If a ' ceorl ' thrived so that he had fully five hides of his own laud, church and kitchen, bell-house and hurh-gate seat,3 and special duty in the king's hall, then... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1867 - 706 pages
...shillings, and let the wile (fine) be 60 shillings. Anc. Law*, i. 79. The A.-S. laws of Ranks enact that, if a ceorl thrived, so that he had fully five hides...his own land, church and kitchen, bell-house, and " burh"-gate-seat, and special duty in the king's hall, then was he thenceforth of thane-right worthy.... | |
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