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APPENDIX В.
reeve neglect it, let him pay one pound ; if the lord neglect it, let
him pay a pound, unless he be on his lord’s need or confined to
his bed. And if any one steal from a gild-brother, let there be no
boot, but eight pounds. But if the outlaw neglect this boot, let
all the gildship avenge their comrade ; and let all bear it, if one
misdo ; let all bear alike. And if any gild-brother slay a man,
and if ho be a compelled avenger and compensate for his insult,
and the slain man be a twelve-hundred man, let each gild-
brother assist....................if the slain be a ceorl, two
ores ; if ho bo a Welshman, one ore. But if the gild-brother
with folly and deceit slay a man, let him bear his own deed ; and
if a comrade slay another comrade through his own folly, let him
bear his breach as regards the relatives of the slain ; and let him
buy back his brotherhood in the gild with eight pounds, or lose
for ever our brotherhood and friendship. And if a gild-brother
eat or drink with him that slew his comrade, save in the presence
of the king, the bishop or the ealdorman, lot him pay a pound, un-
less he can clear himself with two of his dependents, of any know-
ledge of the fact. If any comrade misgreet another, let him pay
a scstcr of honey, except he can clear himself with his two de-
pendents. If a servant draw a weapon, let his lord pay a pound,
and recover what he can from the servant, and let all the company
aid him to recover his money. And if a servant wound another,
let the lord avenge it, and the company, so that seek what he may
seek, he shall not have his life. And if a servant sit within the
spence, let him pay a scster of honey, and if any one hath a foot-
sitter let him do the same. And if any gild-brother die or lie
sick out of the country, let his gild-brethren fetch him alive or
dead, to the place where he desired to lie, under the same penalty
as we have before said, in case of a comrade’s dying at home, and
a gild-brother neglecting to attend the corpse.”
The following document, which seems justly referable to the
reign of Eιidga'r, that is to the close of the tenth century, gives
the regulations under which the Hundred was constituted1.
1 Thorpe, i. 258, etc.
CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
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“ This is the Ordinance how the Hundred shall be held.
“First that they meet every four weeks, and that each man do
right to other.
“ That a thief be pursued, if necessary. If there be present need,
let it be told to the hundredman, and let him afterwards make it
known to the tithingmen, and let them all go forth whither God
may direct them to their end : let them do justice on the thief as
it was formerly Eadmund’s law. And be the cedpgild paid to
him that owns the chattel ; and be the rest divided in two, half to
the hundred, half to the lord, except men ; and let the lord take
possession of the men.
“ And if any man neglect this, and deny the judgment of the
hundred, and the same be afterwards proved against him, let him
pay to the hundred thirty pence ; and the second time, sixty
pence ; half to the hundred, half to the lord. If he do it a third
time, lot him pay half a pound : the fourth time, let him lose all
that he hath, and be an outlaw, unless the king will allow him to
remain in the land.
“ And we have ordained respecting unknown cattle, that no man
should have it without the witness of the hundredman or the
tithingman ; and that he be a well trusty man ; and unless he
have one or other of these, let no vouching to warranty be allow-
ed him l.
“We have also ordained, that, if the hundred pursue a track
into another hundred, notice be given to the hundredman, and
that he then go with them. If he neglect this, let him pay thirty
shillings to the king.
“ If any one flinch from justice and escape, let him that had him
in custody pay the angild. And if he be accused of having aided
the escape, let him clear himself according to the custom of the
country.
“ In the hundred as in every other gem6t, we ordain that folk-
right be pronounced in every suit, and that a term be appointed
1 Compare the further provisions of Eadgar’slaw. Supp. 11. § 6, 7, 8, 9,
10,11. Thorpe, i. 274, 276.