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Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales; Comprising Laws Supposed to be Enacted by Howel the Good, Modified by Subsequent Regulations under the Native Princes prior to the Conquest by Edward the First: And Anomalous Laws, Consisting Principally of Institutions which by the Statute of Ruddlan were
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gives this as computed the length of grains of barley rather than their width, but this does not appear anywhere in the statutes and early reckoning elsewhere was by the width or breadth of the barleycorn.
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or erw, whose legal descriptionā€”its breadth as far as a man can reach in either direction with an ox-goad as long as the long yoke (16 Welsh feet) and its length "thirty times that measure"ā€”is noted by
109:), disputes over the length of the inch used in the container were to be resolved by the width of the judge's thumb. The code notes that in some areas of Wales, the rod used to compute the Welsh acre ( 1649:
Welsh Medieval Law, Being a Text of the Laws of Howel the Good, Namely the British Museum Harleian MS. 4353 of the 13th Century, with Translation, Introduction, Appendix, Glossary, Index, and a Map
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Admitted to Continue in Force: With an English Translation of the Welsh Text, to which are Added A few Latin Transcripts, Containing Digests of the Welsh Laws, Principally of the Dimetian Code
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composition of the homestead for purposes of inheritance and so on, varying its size depending on the social status of the owner. The homestead of a nobleman (
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were imposed). Modern Wales no longer employs these units even for customary purposes but instead follows the custom as elsewhere in
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as ambiguous. He finds it more likely, however, that the "measure" to be multiplied thirty times is the width of the acre (that is,
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The Welsh used an eight or nine-day week, rather than a seven-day one. Even today, the modern Welsh word for "week" is
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although in fact the commutes and cantrefs were fixed political entities with quite various sizes. The 11th-century
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A glossary of mediaeval Welsh law, based upon the Black book of Chirk
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preferred 18 feet to the rod and the Latin Peniarth
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(1841), 1106: 1103:(literally, eight nights). 566:Thus, at least in theory, 10: 2627: 1092: 535: 93:but retained unchanged by 35:Welsh units of measurement 26: 2562: 2536: 2480: 2420: 2374: 2293: 2182: 1985: 1951: 1944: 1913: 1882: 1875: 1828: 1819:English Engineering Units 1786: 1748: 1741: 1654:, Oxford: Clarendon Press 1627:, London: Athlone Press, 1075: 938:2 rods Ɨ 18 rods = 1 acre 76: 1683:Williams, Jane (1869) , 1667:, in Jones, Mary (ed.), 1134: 1858:Quantum chromodynamical 1621:Roche, John J. (1998), 1584:Lewis, Timothy (1913), 1088: 1045: 1013: 975: 941:312 acres = 1 shareland 918: 890: 872: 832: 792: 742: 711: 680: 649: 601: 531: 508: 476: 445: 414: 386: 377:16 feet = 1 long yoke ( 369: 361: 344: 329: 315: 306:8 feet = 1 field yoke ( 284: 276: 267:4 feet = 1 short yoke ( 239: 204: 169: 134: 53:) and the 13th-century 1971:centimetreā€“gramā€“second 1735:Systems of measurement 1063: 1027: 993: 957: 904: 846: 806: 756: 725: 694: 663: 634: 618: 522: 490: 459: 428: 400: 298: 253: 218: 183: 148: 112: 104: 65:of using a mixture of 2493:Biblical and Talmudic 1959:metreā€“kilogramā€“second 1598:"The Venedotian Code" 944:3 sharelands held by 101:and its legal worth ( 2601:Units of measurement 45:(prior to which the 37:are those in use in 1179:Black Book of Chirk 1159:Although note that 1965:metreā€“tonneā€“second 1761:UK imperial system 1661:Wade-Evans, Arthur 1643:Wade-Evans, Arthur 1083:Winchester bushels 1032:) = 1 upland 320:) or second yoke ( 55:Edwardian conquest 2588: 2587: 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1814:Electrical 1674:1 February 1612:(in Welsh) 1440:, p.  1403:, p.  1378:, p.  1357:, p.  1190:References 1161:Wade-Evans 1028:tref rhydd 544:Venedotian 536:See also: 464:) = 1 land 370:cessel-yeu 362:gesseylyeu 349:) = 1 leap 223:) = 1 foot 188:) = 1 palm 153:) = 1 inch 83:Venedotian 18:Welsh feet 2463:Uruguayan 2448:Colombian 2438:Brazilian 2428:Argentine 2366:Tanzanian 2336:Mauritian 2306:Ethiopian 2270:Taiwanese 2240:Pakistani 2220:Mongolian 2195:Cambodian 2114:Norwegian 2084:Icelandic 2079:Hungarian 2072:Byzantine 2028:Exchequer 1776:Hong Kong 1571:, note 5. 1195:Citations 958:taeogtref 436:3 leaps ( 254:troedfedd 95:Hywel Dda 2549:Obsolete 2544:Humorous 2498:Egyptian 2458:Peruvian 2433:Bolivian 2397:Honduran 2361:Tunisian 2341:Moroccan 2331:Malagasy 2316:Eritrean 2311:Egyptian 2301:Algerian 2230:Nepalese 2210:Japanese 2144:Scottish 2134:Romanian 2035:Estonian 1945:Historic 1921:Overview 1890:Overview 1787:Specific 1663:(2007), 1645:(1909), 1107:See also 1014:tref ryd 928:Dimetian 919:godayauc 821:commotes 581:imperial 572:imperial 277:uerr yeu 240:troetued 2580:Modulor 2554:Unusual 2523:Persian 2481:Ancient 2443:Chilean 2402:Mexican 2392:Haitian 2321:Guinean 2225:Myanmar 2164:Swedish 2159:Spanish 2149:Serbian 2139:Russian 2119:Ottoman 2109:Maltese 2099:Latvian 2094:Italian 2040:Finnish 2018:English 1998:Cypriot 1993:Cornish 1900:History 1895:Outline 1830:Natural 1771:Chinese 1749:General 1742:Current 1607:Kingdom 1101:wythnos 1067:wrthdir 1050:vrthtir 926:In the 873:uchelwr 855:cantref 815:commote 793:maynaul 775:⁄ 695:rhandir 548:Gwynedd 542:In the 523:milltir 509:mylltyr 429:gwialen 415:gwyalen 401:hir iau 330:eyl yeu 299:byr iau 285:uerryeu 184:modfedd 149:heidden 87:Gwynedd 81:In the 63:Britain 47:Britons 2575:N-body 2513:Indian 2488:Arabic 2351:Somali 2326:Libyan 2294:Africa 2265:Syrian 2215:Korean 2200:Indian 2190:Afghan 2154:Slovak 2124:Polish 2062:German 2045:French 2008:Danish 1986:Europe 1952:Metric 1883:Metric 1863:Stoney 1853:Planck 1838:Atomic 1693:  1651:  1631:  1076:Volume 1065:maenor 1060:  1042:  1024:  1010:  995:maenor 990:  972:  915:  901:  887:  853:) = 1 843:  829:  813:) = 1 808:maenor 803:  789:  781:manors 761:) = 1 753:  739:  726:gafael 722:  712:gauael 708:  691:  681:randyr 677:  664:tyddyn 660:  646:  615:  598:  538:maenor 519:  505:  495:) = 1 487:  473:  456:  442:  425:  411:  397:  387:hyryeu 383:  358:  326:  312:  295:  273:  250:  236:  215:  201:  180:  170:moduet 166:  158:inches 145:  131:  105:teithi 77:Length 67:metric 2563:Other 2528:Roman 2508:Hindu 2503:Greek 2387:Cuban 2275:Tatar 2235:Omani 2174:Welsh 2169:Swiss 2089:Irish 2067:Greek 2013:Dutch 2003:Czech 1973:(CGS) 1967:(MTS) 1961:(MKS) 1933:(FPS) 1914:UK/US 1148:Roche 1135:Notes 1046:maena 1034:manor 976:maena 964:manor 946:serfs 905:aillt 891:eyllt 867:legal 848:cwmwd 833:kymut 763:manor 650:tydyn 631:Latin 590:acres 584:yards 575:yards 339:paces 316:veieu 205:palyw 193:palms 49:used 39:Wales 2280:Thai 2250:Pegu 2183:Asia 1821:(US) 1804:Troy 1691:ISBN 1676:2013 1629:ISBN 1089:Time 1057:Mod. 1039:Med. 1021:Mod. 1007:Med. 987:Mod. 969:Med. 912:Med. 898:Mod. 884:Med. 879:serf 840:Mod. 826:Med. 800:Mod. 786:Med. 757:tref 750:Mod. 743:trew 736:Med. 719:Mod. 705:Med. 688:Mod. 674:Med. 657:Mod. 643:Med. 635:acra 626:lit. 612:Mod. 595:Med. 577:, or 557:Owen 552:acre 532:Area 516:Mod. 502:Med. 497:mile 484:Mod. 470:Med. 460:naid 453:Mod. 446:neyt 439:Med. 422:Mod. 408:Med. 394:Mod. 380:Med. 355:Med. 323:Med. 309:Med. 292:Mod. 270:Med. 261:lit. 247:Mod. 233:Med. 228:feet 219:palf 212:Mod. 198:Med. 177:Mod. 163:Med. 142:Mod. 128:Med. 99:milk 69:and 1442:344 1380:339 1165:MS. 997:vro 980:vro 619:erw 561:two 491:tir 477:tyr 366:or 345:cam 281:or 113:erw 29:ERW 2597:: 1689:, 1610:. 1600:, 1555:, 1539:, 1529:^ 1520:, 1504:, 1488:, 1472:, 1456:, 1424:^ 1405:81 1387:^ 1366:^ 1359:42 1347:^ 1338:, 1322:^ 1301:, 1279:^ 1270:, 1250:^ 1241:, 1225:, 1209:, 1054:, 1048:į»½r 1018:, 984:, 978:į»½r 895:, 837:, 819:2 797:, 768:12 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Index

Welsh feet
ERW
Wales
Sub-Roman period
Britons
Roman units
Edwardian conquest
English units
Britain
metric
Imperial units
Venedotian
Gwynedd
Dyfnwal Moelmud
Hywel Dda
milk
barleycorns
inches
palms
feet
paces
mile
maenor
Venedotian
Gwynedd
acre
Owen
imperial
yards
imperial

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