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Frankpledge was a
system of
joint suretyship common in
England throughout the
Early Middle Ages and High
Middle Ages. The
essential characteristic was...
- court) of
England and
Wales and
Ireland that
exercised the "view of
frankpledge" and its
attendant police jurisdiction,
which was
normally restricted...
- punishment –
Punishment carried out
without legal processes or a
trial Frankpledge –
System of
surety in
medieval England, also an
American form of frontier-vigilantism...
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occurs in 1279. In 1287, and 1330, the
Prior claimed to hold a view of
frankpledge from four
tenants in Kempston. In 1338, this
estate comprised a messuage...
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system known as
frankpledge. If a
person accused of a
crime was not forthcoming, his
tithing was fined; if he was not part of the
frankpledge, the
whole town...
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central part of the
tourn was
known as 'views of
frankpledge', when the
sheriff looked into the
frankpledge or frith-borh system, for
which all
freemen and...
- and
Baron and View of
Frankpledge The
Manorial Court for the
Hundred and
Borough of
Cricklade The
Croyland View of
Frankpledge,
Court Leet and
Great Court...
- more men who were
jointly responsible for
peacekeeping (later
known as
frankpledge).
Sarah Foot
commented that
tithing and oath-taking to deal with the...
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Suretyship was not
always accomplished through the
execution of a bond.
Frankpledge, for example, was a
system of
joint suretyship prevalent in medieval...
- (chief pledge) or
decennarius (tenner). In the Anglo-Saxon
system of
frankpledge, or frith-borh, the
headborough presided over the
borhsmen in his jurisdiction...
