“This is the Ordinance how the Hundred shall be held.
“First that they meet every four weeks, and that each man do right to other.
“That a thief be pursued, if necessary. If there be present need, let it be told to the hundredman, and let him afterwards make it known to the tithingmen, and let them all go forth whither God may direct them to their end: let them do justice on the thief as it was formerly Eádmund’s law. And be the ceápgild paid to him that owns the chattel; and be the rest divided in two, half to the hundred, half to the lord, except men; and let the lord take possession of the men.
“And if any man neglect this, and deny the judgment of the hundred, and the same be afterwards proved against him, let him pay to the hundred thirty pence; and the second time, sixty pence; half to the hundred, half to the lord. If he do it a third time, let him pay half a pound: the fourth time, let him lose all that he hath, and be an outlaw, unless the king will allow him to remain in the land.
“And we have ordained respecting unknown cattle, that no man should have it without the witness of the hundredman or the tithingman; and that he be a well trusty man; and unless he have one or other of these, let no vouching to warranty be allowed him[[862]].
“We have also ordained, that, if the hundred pursue a track into another hundred, notice be given to the hundredman, and that he then go with them. If he neglect this, let him pay thirty shillings to the king.
“If any one flinch from justice and escape, let him that had him in custody pay the angild. And if he be accused of having aided the escape, let him clear himself according to the custom of the country.
“In the hundred as in every other gemót, we ordain that folkright be pronounced in every suit, and that a term be appointed when it shall be fulfilled. And if any one break that term, unless it be through the lord’s decree, let him make amends with thirty shillings, and on a set day fulfil that which he should have done before.
“An ox’s bell, and a dog’s collar, and a blast horn, each of these three shall be worth a shilling, and each is reckoned an informer.
“Let the iron for the threefold ordeal weigh three pounds; and for the single, one pound.”