frankpledge

11 letters · noun · scores 3,400 in SpellHuntr

noun

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

Frankpledge in a sentence

The servants of the Crown were not, as now, bound in frankpledge for each other.

Entire vills sir Henry Spelman conjectures to have consisted of ten freemen, or frank-pledges.

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