nal attendants who gave him their service at court. Further instructions bade that those who inherited the king's lands should leave these in legacy, in possible, to their male children. Finally, the king wrote, "I pray in the Name of God and His Saints that none of my kin or of my heirs vex any of those dependents for whom I have paid money. Let these choose whatever lord they will" (Duckett 200). Alfred the Great will always be remembered as a great king, and as one of the greatest leaders to ever rule mankind....
