George Hickes and Humfrey Wanley, Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archaeologicus (Oxford, 1703–5); see Law of Æthelberht#Manuscript, editions and translations
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law code
The Law of Wihtred is an early English legal text attributed to the Kentish king Wihtred (died 725). It is believed to date to the final decade of the 7th century and is the last of three Kentish legal texts, following the Law of Æthelberht and the Law of Hlothhere and Eadric. It is devoted primarily to offences within and against the church, as well as church rights and theft.
The LawofWihtred is an early English legal text attributed to the Kentish king Wihtred (died 725). It is believed to date to the final decade of the...
not through the same line as Wihtred. Shortly after the start of his reign, Wihtred issued a code oflaws—the LawofWihtred—that has been preserved in...
Germanic law is a scholarly term used to describe a series of commonalities between the various law codes (the Leges Barbarorum, 'lawsof the barbarians'...
Æthelberht and the early 8th-century Law ofWihtred. Written in language more modernised than these, the Lawof Hlothhere and Eadric has more focus on legal...
Wihtred became king. Wihtred, famous for the LawofWihtred, did a great deal to restore the kingdom after the devastation and tumult of the preceding years...
date) – LawofWihtred issued in the Kingdom of Kent. 698 Creation of the Lindisfarne Gospels perhaps begins; its creator Eadfrith becomes Bishop of Lindisfarne...
usually referred to as the "Privilege ofWihtred", is claimed to be a grant from Wihtred to the monasteries of Kent of exemption from non-clerical control...
c 679–85, and Wihtred, 695. This is the only manuscript source for these three laws, though Wihtred's are heavily reliant on the lawsof the contemporary...
nickname of "the Slit-nosed"). He is exiled to Cherson (Crimea), and begins to plot an attempt to retake the throne. September 6 – King Wihtredof Kent,...
qui tam actions also occurred in Anglo-Saxon England; in the year 656, Wihtredof Kent issued a decree that a Sabbath-breaker would "forfeit his healsfang...
evidence for it. The Lawof Hlothhere and Eadric is a single law code that was issued in the name of Hlothhere and Eadric as joint rulers of Kent, but it may...
King Oswine of Kent is toppled by Wihtred, brother of the late king Eadric of Kent, after a 2-year reign. He takes his lands north of the River Thames...
taxation given by another king, Wihtredof Kent, to a church. Other mentions of taxes are contained in the law code of King Ine of Wessex. Although other early...
possibility of this being a particularly early church site. It is possible that Bearsted is the “Berghamstyde” at which King Wihtredof Kent held a Council...
presided over by Wihtred, King of Kent. There were present at its deliberations Berhtwald, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Tobias, Bishop of Rochester, besides...
only of a single element. These are sometimes explained as hypocorisms, short forms of originally dithematic names, but in many cases the etymology of the...
23 – Wihtred, king of Kent Ealdbert, prince of Wessex Grimoald, duke of Bavaria Gwylog ap Beli, king of Powys Nothhelm, king of Sussex Ruben of Dairinis...
on the abundant acorns and nuts. In an early charter of 724 AD Æthelberht (son of King Wihtredof Kent) granted land in the wooded area around Romney Marsh...
end of the 7th century, by King Wihtred in fulfilment of a vow to that saint. Their living was dependent on land and tithe grants, and the grant of half...
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