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frankpledge

noun

Etymology

From Anglo-Latin franciplegium, a Latinization of Anglo-Norman frauncplege ("free pledge"), a mistranslation of Old English friðborh ("pledge of peace"), which had the corrupted form friborh, which led to the Modern English term friborg, as if it were *freoborh ("free pledge"). See also friborg, which refers to the predecessor of frankpledge.

  1. derived from term friborg
  2. derived from friðborh — “pledge of peace”
  3. derived from frauncplege — “free pledge”
  4. derived from franciplegium

Definitions

  1. A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a…

    A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.

  2. Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for…

    Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.

    • The servants of the Crown were not, as now, bound in frankpledge for each other.

  3. A decener

    A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.

    • Entire vills sir Henry Spelman conjectures to have consisted of ten freemen, or frank-pledges.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The tithing itself.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA