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The Saxons in England, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 417 — Chapter VIII · THE UNFREE. THE SERF.

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“Qui servum suum liberat, in aecclesia, vel mercato, vel comitatu, vel hundreto, coram testibus et palam faciat, et liberas ei vias et portas conscribat apertas, et lanceam et gladium, vel quae liberorum arma sunt, in manibus ei ponat.” Leg. Hen. I. lxxviii. § 1. Hence the manumitted serf is called freo ⁊ færewyrð, free and fareworthy, that is, having the right to go whither he chooses.

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