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Commote
A commote (Welsh ''cwmwd'', sometimes spelt in older documents as ''cymwd'', plural ''cymydau'', less frequently ''cymydoedd''),〔''Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru'' (University of Wales Dictionary), p. 643〕 was a secular division of land in Medieval Wales. The word derives from the prefix ''cym-'' ("together", "with") and the noun ''bod'' ("home, abode").〔 The English word "commote" is derived from the Middle Welsh ''cymwt''.〔Brown, Lesley (ed), "New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary", Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1993 ISBN 0-19-861134-X〕
==Medieval Welsh land organisation==
The basic unit of land was the tref – a small village or settlement. In theory, 100 ''trefi'' made up a cantref (literally, "one hundred settlements"), and half or a third of a ''cantref'' was a ''cymwd'' although in practice the actual numbers varied greatly. The plural of ''cantref'' is ''cantrefi''. Together with the ''cantrefi'', commotes were the geographical divisions through which defence and justice were organised. In charge of a commote would be a chieftain probably related to the ruling Prince of the Kingdom. His court would have been situated in a special ''tref'', referred to as a ''maerdref''. Here the bonded villagers who farmed the chieftain's estate lived, together with the court officials and servants.〔, ''The Welsh People''〕 Commotes were further divided into ''maenorau'' or ''maenolydd''.
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