| King | 100 | cows | |||||
| Son of King or comes | 66⅔ | ” | |||||
| Son of comes and thane | 44 | ” | and | 21 d. | and | ⅔ | ob. |
| Son of thane | 29 | ” | ” | 11 d. | ” | ⅓ | ” |
| Rusticus or carl | nil |
De effusione sanguinis or of blude drawyn.
| Blood drawn from the head of a | |||
| Comes or King’s son | 9 | cows | |
| Comes’ son or thane | 6 | ” | |
| Thane’s son | 3 | ” | (? 4) |
| Thane’s grandson | 2⅔ | ” | |
| Rusticus | 1 | cow | |
| Blood drawn subtus anhelitum one third less than above it. | |||
| If a woman have not a husband her right shall be as her brother, if she has one. | |||
| Striking without blood drawn 10d. | |||
That we are right in supposing the kelchin to be analogous to the Welsh saraad seems to be confirmed by the interesting additional information appended to the clauses.
And if the wife of a freeman is slain her husband has the Kelchyn and her kin the Cro and galnes.
Item if the woman of a carl be slain, the lord of the fee where he dwells shall have the Kelchin and the vilein shall have his wife’s turhochret of the Kelchin and her kin shall have the cro and the galnes.
If a man be killed in the host, his lord shall have the Kelchin and his parentes the cro and the galnes and the King eight cows flatha.
These clauses of explanation are very important when we try to understand the laws to which they are appended as a whole.
The thane’s wergeld the normal one of 100 cows.