CHAPTER XIII.

_EARLY ANGLO-SAXON CUSTOM._

I. KING ALFRED’S DOOMS 370

II. THE DIALOGUE OF EGBERT, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, A.D. 732-766. ECCLESIASTICAL OATHS AND WERGELDS 377

III. THE DOOMS OF INE, A.D. 688-725 386

IV. THE POSITION OF STRANGERS IN BLOOD UNDER KING INE’S LAWS--THE SIX-HYNDEMAN 396

V. THE TWELVE-HYNDE AND TWY-HYNDE MEN AND THEIR HYNDENS OF OATH-HELPERS 406

VI. THE GESITHCUND AND CEORLISC CLASSES IN THEIR CONNECTION WITH LAND 417

VII. COMPARISON OF WESSEX AND MERCIAN WERGELDS WITH THOSE OF CONTINENTAL TRIBES 436