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The Saxons in England, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 565 — Chapter XI · FOLCLAND. BÓCLAND. LǼNLAND.

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Thus Ealhfrið bishop of Winchester (871-877) making a grant for lives to duke Cúðred, properly calls it a lǽn: “Ealferð ⁊ ða higan habbað gelǽned,” etc. Cod. Dipl. No. 1062. They reserved ecclesiastical, but no secular dues.

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