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This year bade the king that men should speedily build ships over all England; that is, a man possessed of three hundred and ten hides to provide one galley or skiff; and a man possessed of eight hides only, to find a hemet and breastplate.
(Ingram, p.107)
Bishop Aelfwold of Crediton in the West Country died and in his will freed all the slaves who had worked on his estates.
(Lacey, p.25)
