Gavelkind
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Gavelkind was a system of land tenure chiefly associated with the Celtic law in Ireland and Wales and with the legal traditions of the English county of Kent.
Monument at Swanscombe commemorating the legend of how Kent successfully managed to protect their rights from subjugation by the Duke of Normandy
Bayeux Tapestry scene 23 Harold sacramentum fecit Willelmo duci
Jutes
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The Jutes were one of the Germanic tribes who settled in Great Britain after the departure of the Romans. According to Bede, they were one of the three most powerful Germanic nations, along with the A
Gavelkind
…was divided at the death of the holder among his sons. The Normans called the Irish inheritance law gavelkind because of its apparent similarity to Jutish gavelkind inheritance in Kent. History of English land law…
Landing of the Jutes in Britain by Byam Shaw, c. 1898
Reconstructions of clothes from Illerup Ådal, Moesgård Museum.
Quoit brooch found in Sarre, Kent. Part of the British Museum collection.