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The shyre mote, therefore, or county court, was instituted; and it formed the chief source of justice both in Germany and England. "The powers, accordingly, which had been enjoyed by the court of the hundred, were considerably impaired.
In this usurpation he devastated the country, without any respect for churches or religious houses, and especially plundered Rochester, driving Bishop Putta from his see. Soon afterwards, still within Lothair's reign, Ethelred of Mercia invaded Kent, "spoiled the whole Shyre, and laid this Citie waste."
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