The Saxons in England, Volume 2 (of 2) / A history of the English commonwealth till the period of the Norman conquest

by John Mitchell Kemble

The murder of Æfic is mentioned in the Chronicle, an. 1002, where he is called heáhgeréfa.

[81]. Cod. Dipl. No. 1035. But not if he had legal heirs. See Cnut, ii. § 71. Thorpe, i. 412. In this case the king could claim only the Heriot, a custom retained even by the Normans. “Item si liber homo intestatus decesserit, et subito, dominus suus nihil se intromittet de bonis suis, nisi tantum de hoc quod ad ipsum pertinuerit, scilicet quod habeat suum Heriettum.” Fleta, ii. cap. 57, § 10.

[82]. Cod. Dipl. No. 1078.

[83]. Hist. Eliens. i. 1. “Sicque postea per destitutionem, regiae sorti, sive fisco, idem locus additus est.” See also vol. i. p. 302, note 2.

[84]. Cnut, ii. § 12. Thorpe, i. 382.

[85]. Cnut, ii. § 14. Thorpe, i. 384.

[86]. Cnut, ii. § 15. Thorpe, i. 384.

[87]. Beow. l. 6016 seq.: compare l. 5583 seq.

[88]. Ibid. l. 6320.

[89]. See the account of the burial of Haraldr Hilditavn in the Fornald. Savg. i. 387. “Ok áðr enn havgrinn væri aptr lokinn, þá biðr Hríngr Konúngr til gánga allt stórmenni ok alla Kappa, ok við voru staddir, at kasta í havginn stórum hríngum ok góðum vápnum, til sæmdr Haraldi Konúngi Hilditavn; ok eptir þat var aptr byrgði havgrinn vandliga.” Brynhildr caused the jewels which her father Buðli had given her, to be burnt with herself and Sigurðr. Sigurd, evid. iii. 65.