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Frankalmoigne
Frankalmoigne Frank`al*moigne", n. [F. franc free + Norm. F. almoigne alma, for almosne, F. aum[^o]ne. See Frank, a., and Almoner.] (Eng. Law) A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. --Burrill.

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- Frank almoin, frankalmoign or frankalmoigne (/ˈfræŋkælmɔɪn, fræŋˈkælmɔɪn, ˌfræŋkælˈmɔɪn/) was one of the feudal land tenures in feudal England whereby...
- In Bracton's time, the question frequently arose about land held in frankalmoign (land donated to the Church). Writs were common to prohibit Church courts...
- ancient practice of frankalmoign whereby lands could be donated to a Church organization to be held in perpetuity. Frankalmoign created a tenure whereby...
- and a maximum of 62 'white Abbots' and 37 'black Abbots', by mainly Frankalmoign. This is the traditional start of the regular parti****tion of the Commons...
- church land was held by knight-service, while other property was held by frankalmoign (the obligation to pray and say m****es for the lord's soul). If a lord...
- afterwards reënacted by the well-known statute of Charles II (1660), and of "frankalmoign", or the spiritual tenure by which churchmen held. In the description...
- its foundation and endowment, was probably held from the de Barrys in frankalmoign and included rights such as gallows and baronial courts for all contentious...
- being said for the king and the souls of his family (a practice known as frankalmoign) but in 1472 it was re-granted to Eton College, who had been previous...
- jurisdiction. There is no record of such an ecclesiastical court at Llanbadarn. Frankalmoign(e) was also known as "tenure in free alms". Gifts to religious institutions...
- 1331 Robert de Botebrigge, confirmed a grant made by their ancestors in frankalmoign to the Abbot and convent of Quarr of part of the meadow called R****emede...