“This is the ordinance which the bishops and the reeves belonging to London have ordained, and confirmed with pledges, among our friðgylds, as well eorlish as ceorlish, in addition to the dooms which were fixed at Greatley, at Exeter, and at Thundersfield. “Resolved: That we count every ten men together, and the chief one to direct the nine in each of those duties which we have all ordained, and afterwards the hyndens of them together, and one hynden-man who shall admonish the ten for our common benefit; and let these eleven hold the money of the hynden, and decide what they shall disburse, when aught is to pay, and what they shall receive, should money accrue to us at our common suit[455].... “That we gather to us once in every month, if we can and have leisure, the hynden-men and those who direct the tithings, as well with butt-filling, or as else may please us, and know what of our agreement has been executed. And let these twelve men[456] have their refection together, and feed themselves as they themselves think right, and deal the remains of the meat for love of God[457].” ----- Footnote 455: Æðelst. v. 3, § 1. Thorpe, i. 230. Footnote 456: The MS. reads xii, twelve, but it seems almost certain that we ought to understand eleven, that is one man for each tithing and one for the hundred or hynden. Footnote 457: Æðelst. v. 8. § 1. Thorpe, i. 236. ----- Now as this valuable record mentions also territorial tithings, containing different amounts of population[458], it seems to me to furnish important confirmation of the conclusion that the gegyldan of Ini and Ælfred, the members of the London tithings or friðgylds of ten, and the York _tenmantale_, are in truth identical. And it is further in favour of this view that the citizens called the members of such gildships, gegyldan[459]:— “And we have also ordained, respecting every man who has given his pledge in our gyldships, that, should he die, each gyld-brother (gegylda) shall give a gesufel-loaf for his soul, and sing a fifty (psalms), or cause the same to be sung within xxx days.” ----- Footnote 458: “Swá of ánre teoðung ðǽr máre folc sig.” Thorpe, i. 232. Footnote 459: “And we cwǽdon eác be ǽlcum ðára manna ðe on úrum gegyldscipum his wed geseald hæfð, gif him forðsíð gebyrige, ðæt ǽlc gegylda gesylle ǽnne gesufelne hláf for ðǽre sáwle, and gesinge án fíftig, oððe begite gesungen binnan xxx nihtan.” Æðelst. v. 8. § 6. Thorpe, i. 236.