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francplegia, ~ium, ~ius [AN francplege, ME frankplegge, calque onAS friborg, freborh] , (as sb. f., leg.) frankpledge. b (as sb. n. or f.) frankpledge group. c (as sb. m.) member of frankpledge group, guarantor of frankpledge. d (visus ~ii) court attended by frankpledge. V. et. 1 Francus 8. (Cf. W. A. Morris The Frankpledge System New York, 1910). 1274 inposuit Johanni Neveu quod fuit extra franpleggia, et amerciavit illum de xiij d. et duxit suas francpleg [ias]; et nichil ei potuit valere; et nichilominus amerciavit capitalia plegia de xj sol. Hund. I 136b (v. b infra); 1538 dedimus ‥ visus, ~ias, ac omnia que ad visum franci plegii pertinent Pat 676 m. 4.  b de ~io: omnis qui sibi vult justitiam exhiberi vel se pro legali et justitiabili haberi sit in ~io (Leis Will.) GAS 511; 1179 ~ium Toui filii Algari ‥ debet dim. m. pro Sawal’ fugitivo Pipe 8; 1191 B. ‥ [debet] dim. m. pro homine sine francplego Ib. 102; 1198 de v s. et viij d. de ~io Roberti de L. quia non habuit quem plegiavit Ib. 50; 1199 ~ium Johannis marescalli in Ringwode debet dim. m. pro fuga Johannis Ib. 58; 1203 de dim. m. de ~io camerarii Ib. 111; 1274 fuit extra franpleggia (v. a supra); s1206 homines ‥ terram tenentes ‥ debent monstrare abbati de Burgo vel ballivo franciplegium suum Croyl. Cont. B 473.  c 1306 in manibus Godefridi de L., Willelmi de B., et Willelmi le T., franciplegiorum Rec. Leic. I 370; 1437 Ricardus atte Well capitalis franciplegius et tastator servisie presentat quod A. B. [et al.] ‥ fregerunt asssisam servisie Rect. Adderbury 121.  d 1276 domina L. P. tenet visum frangpl’ Hund. I 27a; ballivi T . ‥ habet visum francpl’ et non facit sectam Ib. 28a; de visu franpl’g’ Ib. 29b; 1408 visus franceplegii ‥ tentus Arch. Cant. LVII 22; 1448 cum ‥ visibus franciplegiorum (Ch.) Reg. Whet. I 46.

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