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infangenthef (c.1155)

infangenthef (c.1155)

infangentheif,  infangentheof;  infangenethe,  infangenethef,  infangenetheof;  infangeynthef;  infangethef;  infangthog;  infongenethef  (infangtheiffe  Exchequer Chamber ii 116 infogenesthe  YBB 20-21 Ed I 159 infogenefez  YBB 21-22 Ed I 585 infongeneyef  Red Bk iii 1032)  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  infangenthef I234 DMF: TLF: OED:  infangthief n.  MED:  infangenethef n.  DMLBS:  infangenetheofa 1349a
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lawinfangthief, the right of the lord of a manor to try and to amerce a thief caught within its limits
( c.1155; MS: s.xii3/3 )  E cil francs hom ki ad e sache e soche e toll e tem e infangentheof (var. (I: s.xvi) infangenetheof), se il est enplaidé e il seit mis en forfeit el cunté  Leis Will ANTS 2.3
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  ne apent point a dowarie de aver poer de tener vewe de fraunc plege, ne pleder pleez, ne de aver [...] la fraunchise de infangenthef ne wrek  BRITT ii 252
( 1373 )  Item q’ils puissent avoir la garde de la prison de meisme la ville et avoir infangthof et ountfangthof et faire jugement d’icelle  Bristol Red Bk i 123
lawthe capture of a thief within one's demesne
( 1302 )  nous dioms infangethef quant un laron est pris ov meynoure a sute de akun e s’il se voyle mettre en la curt nous tendroms cel play  YBB 30-31 Ed I 501
( 1313-14 )  Infangenethe est quant un feloun est pris ove meynoevere a seute d’acun et s’il se voille mettre en la court nous tendrons cel play  YBB Ed II v 105

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