CHAPTER XIV.

_THE LAWS OF THE KENTISH KINGS._

I. DISTINCTION FROM ANGLO-SAXON LAWS, A.D. 596-696 440

II. THE SCÆTTS AND SCILLINGS OF THE KENTISH LAWS 443

III. THE LAWS OF ETHELBERT 455

IV. THE LAWS OF HLOTHÆRE AND EADRIC, A.D. 685-6 467

V. THE LAWS OF KING WIHTRÆD, A.D. 690-696 476

VI. THE DIVISION OF CLASSES UNDER KENTISH CUSTOM 481

VII. THE AMOUNT OF THE KENTISH WERGELDS 487

VIII. RESULT OF THE KENTISH EVIDENCE 492