Note 383 — Chapter VIII · THE UNFREE. THE SERF.
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Mr. Allen in his valuable notes upon the law of Henry the First (published by Thorpe in his Anglosaxon Laws, i. 609-631) has some remarks upon the whole subject, as considered by our Norman jurists. His conclusions coincide generally with mine, and he says (p. 628), “The Mirror [Sachsenspiegel] makes the marriage of the parents an essential condition to the liberty of the offspring,” etc.