From: Benedict Adamson (ben@cd.co.uk)
Date: Fri 21 Mar 1997 - 12:57:34 EET
> >The question is not whether it will be beneficial but whether he has
> >the surplus to pay for full-time healer (let alone a Priestess!)...
> This seems to beg the question as to what the actual
> surplus is....
FWIW:
Therefore one warrior requires 5--7 hides. Hengest would have craftsmen,
When Hengest came to Britain in the 5th century, he came with '3 ships',
which means 90--120 warriors (a ship load is variously 30 or 40,
traditionally).
Vortigern gave him the Isle of Thanet. Bede tells us that Thanet has 600 hides/
families. That fighure seems reasonable, because the Tribale Hidage gives
500 hides for the Isle of Wight and 15000 hides for all Kent. Vortigern would
not want to reduce his income too much, and Hengest would need enough income to
support his men,so we can assume that was a reaonable amount.
servants, and dependents in addition to his warriors.
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