Original sentence: A regular freeman (ceorl) was worth 200 shillings in 9th century Mercian law  (twyhyndeman), a nobleman was worth 1200 (twelfhyndeman).The law code even mentions the weregeld for a king, at 30000, composed of 15000 for the man, paid to the royal family,  and 15000 for the kingship, paid to the people.The size of the weregild   was largely conditional upon the social rank of the victim
Edited sentence: A regular freeman (ceorl) was worth 200 shillings in 9th century Mercian law (twyhyndeman), a nobleman was worth 1200 (twelfhyndeman).The law code even mentions the weregeld for a king, at 30000, composed of 15000 for the man, paid to the royal family, and 15000 for the kingship, paid to the people.The size of the weregild was largely conditional upon the social rank of the victim