Note 1154 — Chapter IX · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE RETURN OF GODWINE TO THE DEATH OF EADWARD THE ÆTHELING.[921] 1052–1057. (continued 2)
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Domesday, 179. “In Arcenefelde habet Rex tres ecclesias; presbyteri harum ecclesiarum ferunt legationes Regis in Wales.... Quum exercitus in hostem pergit, ipsi per consuetudinem faciunt Avantwarde et in reversione Redrewarde. Hæ consuetudines erant Walensium T. R. E. in Arcenefelde.” These customs are described at length, and they give a curious picture of a border district, largely inhabited by Welshmen living under English allegiance and bound to service against their independent brethren.