Note 468 — Chapter IX · THE MUTUAL GUARANTEE. MÆGBURH. TITHING. HUNDRED.
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This again we learn from the law attributed to Eádweard the Confessor. “Cum autem maiores causae insurgebant (that is greater than those which concerned the tithing), referebant eas ad alios maiores iusticiarios, quos sapientes supradicti super eos constituerant, scilicet super decem decanos, quos possumus vocare centenarios, quia super centum friðborgos iudicabant.” § xxix.