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or foot to the Neidiav, and 12 Troedvedd or foot
in the Gesstiliav and 16 Troedvedd in the Hiriav.
And a pole or rod so long, that is 16 foot long,
is the breadth of an acre of land, and 30 poles or
rods of that length, is the length of an Erw or
acre by the law, and four Erw or acre maketh a
Tyddyn or messuage, and four of that Tyddyn or
messuage maketh a Rhandir, and four of those
Jthandiredd maketh a Gqfel or tenement or hoult,
and four Gqfel maketh a Tref or township, and
four Tref or townships maketh a Maenol or Maenor,
and twelve Maenol or Maenor and dicy dref
or two townships maketh a Kwmwd or Gemot,
and two Kwmwd or Gemot maketh a Kantref or
Cantred, that is a hundred towns or townships.
And by this reckoning every Tyddyn containeth
four Eriv, every Rhandir containeth sixteen JEnr,
and every Gafel containeth sixty-four Erw.
Every town or township containeth two hundred
fifty six Eriv or acres, these Erws being fertile
arable land, and neither meadow nor pasture nor
woods. For there was nothing measured but
fertile arable ground, and all
wastes.
others was termed
Every Maenol containeth four of these
townships, and every Kwmwd containeth fifty of
these townships, and every Cantred ii, hundred of
these townships, whereof it hath its name. And
all the countries and lords dominions were divided
by Comtreds or Cantre, and to every of these Ca/itredSf
Gomot$i Mamors, Towns, Gafels, were given