Source: Textual EditionWihtred.Laws

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Source Information
Source Title The Laws of Wihtred
Language Old English / Kentish

Notes

*@Whitelock 1979 dates the code's conception to September 695, possibly the 6th, as does @Wormald 1999, The Making of English Law: vol. 1, p.102.

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Go to Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen Liebermann, Felix Wihtred Halle 1903 12-14

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Whitelock, Dorothy The Laws of Wihtred London and New York 1979 396-8 (no. 31)

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref Primary Person Short Description
Office Wihtred.Laws  Prologue Anonymi 720 held office of Cleric (every order of the Church of Kent)
Office Wihtred.Laws  Prologue Gebmund 1 held office of Bishop (Bishop of Rochester)
Office Wihtred.Laws    Beorhtwald 6 held office of Archbishop (Archbishop of Britain)
Office Wihtred.Laws  Inscr. Wihtred 1 held office of King (King of the Kentish people)
Status Wihtred.Laws    Anonymi 721 held status of Hersuman / Hersuman
Event Wihtred.Laws  Prologue At a deliberative assembly, the leading men [Anonymi 721] devised the decrees and added them to the lawful usages of the people of Kent
PersonInfo Wihtred.Laws    Anonymi 721 The leading men, by implication secular, present at the Kentish council which produced Wihtred's code.
RecordedNames Wihtred.Laws    Wihtred 1 (Wihtrĉd)
RecordedNames Wihtred.Laws    Beorhtwald 6 (Birhtwald)
RecordedNames Wihtred.Laws    Gebmund 1 (Gybmund)