sixhyndman

English

Noun

sixhyndman (plural sixhyndmen)

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- 1832 July, “The Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth. […] By Francis Palgrave, […]. The History of England; Anglo-Saxon Period. (Family Library.) By Francis Palgrave, […].”, in The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, volume LV, number CX, Edinburgh: […] Ballantyne and Company, for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, London; and Adam Black, Edinburgh, page 310:
  The nobility are frequently, and in later records generally, styled Thanes; which honour seems to be a territorial designation. They are also indicated by the fines imposed on them for crimes, and by the composition payable for their lives. And thus we find them divided into Twelfhyndmen and Sixhyndmen; according as 1200 or 600 shillings was the amount of their were or composition.
- 1848, Henry Hallam, Supplemental Notes to the View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, London: John Murray, […], page 210:
  It is remarkable that, though the syxhyndman is named at first, nothing more is said of him; and the twelfhyndman is defined to be a thane.
- 1905, P[aul] Vinogradoff, The Growth of the Manor, London: Swan Sonnenschein, publishers|Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim.; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Co., page 125:
  Both the twelvehyndman and the sixhyndman are gesithcundmen, followers of chiefs, and enjoy their privileged position in regard to were and wite, and in other respects, by reason of the exalted patronage bestowed on them.
- 1908, Paul Vinogradoff, English Society in the Eleventh Society: Essays in English Mediaeval History, Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, page 344:
  It was the acquisition of five hides that enabled a warrior to aspire to the rank of king’s thane, and led to the passage into the class of twelvehyndmen for him, or to sixhyndmen in the case of the prosperous wealh.
- 1909 February 18, Mrs. King Warry, “The Status of Peasantry in Portland”, in Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, volume XXX, Dorchester: […] the “Dorset County Chronicle” Office, page 76:
  These wealhs, as well as ceorls, appear to have been able to attain to the rank of king’s thane, but it has been suggested that the thane of Welsh extraction (wealh) was only appraised at half the value of the English thane; in fact that the twelvehyndman with his were of 1,200s. was the English thane, and the sixhyndman with the were of 600s. the Welsh thane.

单词	sixhyndman
释义	sixhyndman English Noun sixhyndman (plural sixhyndmen) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text `{{rfdef}}`. 1832 July, “The Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth. […] By Francis Palgrave, […]. The History of England; Anglo-Saxon Period. (Family Library.) By Francis Palgrave, […].”, in The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, volume LV, number CX, Edinburgh: […] Ballantyne and Company, for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, London; and Adam Black, Edinburgh, page 310: The nobility are frequently, and in later records generally, styled Thanes; which honour seems to be a territorial designation. They are also indicated by the fines imposed on them for crimes, and by the composition payable for their lives. And thus we find them divided into Twelfhyndmen and Sixhyndmen; according as 1200 or 600 shillings was the amount of their were or composition. 1848, Henry Hallam, Supplemental Notes to the View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, London: John Murray, […], page 210: It is remarkable that, though the syxhyndman is named at first, nothing more is said of him; and the twelfhyndman is defined to be a thane. 1905, P[aul] Vinogradoff, The Growth of the Manor, London: Swan Sonnenschein, publishers\|Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim.; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Co., page 125: Both the twelvehyndman and the sixhyndman are gesithcundmen, followers of chiefs, and enjoy their privileged position in regard to were and wite, and in other respects, by reason of the exalted patronage bestowed on them. 1908, Paul Vinogradoff, English Society in the Eleventh Society: Essays in English Mediaeval History, Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, page 344: It was the acquisition of five hides that enabled a warrior to aspire to the rank of king’s thane, and led to the passage into the class of twelvehyndmen for him, or to sixhyndmen in the case of the prosperous wealh. 1909 February 18, Mrs. King Warry, “The Status of Peasantry in Portland”, in Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, volume XXX, Dorchester: […] the “Dorset County Chronicle” Office, page 76: These wealhs, as well as ceorls, appear to have been able to attain to the rank of king’s thane, but it has been suggested that the thane of Welsh extraction (wealh) was only appraised at half the value of the English thane; in fact that the twelvehyndman with his were of 1,200s. was the English thane, and the sixhyndman with the were of 600s. the Welsh thane.
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