frankpledge

frankpledge englanniksi

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

2. 1806, Francis Bloomfield, https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=owUVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk'', Vol. IV, p. 517:

Lackland|King (smallcaps) granted to the prior and convent, in all their manors and lands, soc and sac|''sac'', ''soc'', ''tol'', and ''theam'', ''infangenthef'', and ''outfangenthef'', with the ''ordeals'' or ''judgment'' by ''fire'', ''water'', and ''iron'', and a common ''gallows'' in each manor; with a view of ''frankenpledge'', and assize of ''bread'' and ''ale'', of all their tenants...

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

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

6. The tithing itself.