Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Sources
51. For each of the four front teeth, 6 shillings, for the tooth which
stands next to them, 4 shillings; for that which stands next to that, 3
shillings; and then afterwards, for each, a shilling.
52. If the speech be injured, 12 shillings.
53. Let him who stabs through an arm make amends with 6 shillings. If an
arm be broken, let him make amends with 6 shillings.
54. If a thumb be struck off, 20 shillings. If a thumb-nail be off, let
amends be made with 3 shillings. If the shooting-finger [fore-finger] be
struck off, let amends be made with 8 shillings. If the middle finger be
struck off, let amends be made with 4 shillings. If the gold-finger
[ring-finger] be struck off, let amends be made with 6 shillings. If the
little finger be struck off, let amends be made with 11 shillings.
55. For every nail, a shilling.
57. If any one strike another with his fist on the nose, 3 shillings.
69. If a foot be cut off, let 50 shillings be paid.
75. For the “mund” [money paid by a bridegroom to the bride’s father] of
a widow of the best class, of an eorl’s degree, let the fine be 50
shillings; of the second, 20 shillings; of the third, 12 shillings; of
the fourth, 6 shillings.
86. If one esne slay another unoffending, let him pay for him at his
full worth.
87. If an esne’s eye and foot be struck out or off, let him be paid for
at his full worth.
89. Let the highway robbery of a slave be 3 shillings.
90. If a slave steal, let him make twofold amends.
POPE GREGORY’S LETTER TO AUGUSTINE
ON THE ORGANISATION OF THE CHURCH (601).
=Source.=—Bede, _Eccl. Hist._, i. 29. A.D. 731. Translated by J. A.
Giles. Bohn’s Library.
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