200 THE DOMESDAY INQUEST 



by six out of the nine other vills in Archinfield, and two pro- 

 vided the King with sheep. 



In the hundred of Atiscros, which was annexed to 

 Chester, the area of the lands belonging to Rhuddlan, Engle- 

 field, and Bishopstrev is expressed in terms of teamlands, 

 and these lands are stated to have never paid geld ; but 

 other parts of the same hundred were hidated. Food rents 

 here are conspicuous by their absence, except in one case. 



" In the same hundred of Atiscros, King Griffin had a manor 

 called Bishopstrev, and had one team in demesne, and his men had 

 6 teams : when the King himself came there, each team rendered to 

 him 200 capons, and a cask full of beer, and a rusk of butter." 1 



The pre-Conquest customs of the men of Archinfield are 

 set out at great length, but are too long for insertion here. 

 The most noteworthy point among them is the sanction 

 given to the primitive custom of private feuds. 



" If a Welshman killed a Welshman, the relatives of the dead man 

 gather, and harry the murderer and his neighbours, and burn their 

 houses, until on the morrow about midday the body of the dead man 

 is buried. Of this booty, the King has the third part, but they have 

 all the rest." 2 



1 D. B., I. 269 a I. 2 Id., I. 179 a 2. 



