FRANKPLEDGE


Meaning of FRANKPLEDGE in English

noun the tithing itself.

2. frankpledge ·noun a pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, — each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in england, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety.

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