francplege (s.xiii3/3)

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francplege (s.xiii3/3)

[ FEW: ; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  franc 1 (francplege); DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  frank-pledge n.; MED:  frankplegge n.; DMLBS: 1001b francplegia ]
franceplegge,  franciplegge,  francplegge,  frankplegge;  frauncplege,  frauncplegge,  fraunkeplegge,  fraunkplegge,  fraungplege  i 7 fraunplegg  242
pl. franciplegges  93  

s.

1lawfrank-pledge (an administrative unit consisting of ten or twelve families bound to preserve the peace and report infractions)
( MS: 1419 )  Item, si ascune soit resident ou herbergé deinz la Garde qi ne soit mye loialx, ne de boun fame ne dessoutz francplegge [...]  337
lawmember of a frank-pledge unit
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Icy deit le seneschal charger les franciplegges de articules que sount a presenter a cele court  93
vewe de francplege
1lawview of frank-pledge (assembly of suitors of a hundred for inspection of frank-pledges)
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  qe plus de une fois par an tenent veuue de francplege  27
( 1335 )  la vient Williem Paynel et tient vewe de frauncplege et prent amendes de assise de pein  ii 90
( 1385 )  a cause qe plusours de les voewes de francplegges des ditz hundredes esteantz en mayns les ditz viscountes, sount grantez as diverses seignurs  iii 211
( 1422 )  wapentakes, ballives, fees des countees, vieux de franciplegge, courts, fee fermes, rents annuelx, terres et tenements qe furent au roi Henry  iv 188
franc#1  plege 
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