Note 891 — Chapter VIII · THE BISHOP.
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“But if any of my reeves will not do this, and care less about it than we have decreed, then let him pay my oferhyrnes [that is the fine for disobedience], and I will find another, who will. And let the bishop exact the oferhyrnes of the reeve in whose district it may be.” Leg. Æðelst. i. § 26. Thorpe, i. 212. Again: “And let the judge that giveth wrong judgment to another, pay to the king a bót of one hundred and twenty shillings; unless he will venture to prove on oath that he knew no better. And let him forfeit his thaneship for ever, unless he can redeem it from the king, as he may be willing to permit. And let the bishop of the shire exact the bót into the king’s hand.” Leg. Eádg. ii. § 3. Thorpe, i. 266.