So far the resemblance between the Irish and the Welsh tribe seems sufficiently marked, and we can also trace in the Welsh Laws the existence of the sept, though it does not come so prominently forward as in the Irish Laws. The _Uchelwr_ or territorial lord, from which class alone the _Pencenedl_ was elected, had under him a class of native _Cymri_ who had become his _Aillt_ or tenants, and had likewise settled upon his land, the _Alltudion_ or stranger tenants, both bond and free, and his prædial serfs or _Caethim_. These formed his _Teulu_ or sept, which was sufficiently numerous to turn out a military force of one hundred and twenty fighting men;[235] and we find, though to a more limited extent, the same system by which the nearer relations of the chief formed an artificial group, which inherited his lands and were responsible for the crimes of its members. The law of succession in the _Tir Gwelyawg_ or inheritance land was this—‘Three times shall the same patrimony be shared between three grades of a kindred. First, between brothers; the second time between cousins; the third time between second cousins; after that there is no propriate share of land;’[236] and in the Commentaries this is illustrated by the following figure, Great Grandfather +——————————————-|——————————————+ | | | Brother Grandfather Brother | +——————————-+—————————-+ | | | | | | Cousin Brother Father Brother Cousin | | +———————+—————-+ | | | | | | | | | Second Cousin Brother Son Brother Cousin Second Cousin | | | | | Cousin Second Cousin Grandson Cousin Second Cousin | | | Cousin Second Great Grandson Second Cousin Cousin