[243] Ancient Laws of Ireland, vol. iv. p. 227.
[245] Ine came to the throne in A.D. 688, and Alfred’s treaty with Guthrum was in A.D. 880.
[246] See Schmid’s Glossary sub voce ‘Eideshülfe.’ There is only one mention of oaths of so many hides in the later Anglo-Saxon laws, viz. in Alfred, s. 11, in which it is stated that a woman must clear herself from a charge of previous unchastity with 60 hides.
[247] The monk’s oath was one fourth of the priest’s in value: so 400 argentei = one fourth of 800 sicli.
[248] See Schmid’s introduction, where he states his reasons for placing Ine’s Dooms before Alfred’s in his edition of the Laws.
[249] This is repeated in Henry I. lxix.
[250] Schmid, Anhang ii.
[251] Schmid, Glossary, sub voc. ‘Die Britischen Einwohner von Cumberland.’ But the mention of York is conclusive.