Note 207 — XVI MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE UNDER ROMAN AND ENGLISH LAW
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My friend Mr. F. W. Maitland, whose authority on these matters is unsurpassed, informs me that he knows of no such trace. The practice, however, seems to have been not uncommon. Several instances of the sale of a wife by auction, sometimes along with a child, are reported from Kent between 1811 and 1820.