| 单词 | in frankalmoign |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin frankalmoign A feudal tenure in England by which a religious body could hold land perpetually, in principle without any secular obligations, in return for the performance of religious duties, most commonly the saying of masses or prayers for the soul of the donor and his descendants. Frequently as in frankalmoign. Cf. alms n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > tenure by free gift of charity almsOE almoign?a1400 perpetual alms?c1430 free alms1445 frankalmoigna1513 society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > almoign > perpetual perpetual alms?c1430 free alms1445 frankalmoigna1513 almonagea1711 alms-gift1882 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. xxii. sig. r.vv Many helde their landes..by tenur franke almoigne. c1523 J. Rastell tr. Tenuris sig. Avv/2 They yt hold in frank almoyn shal do no fealte. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. iii. 116 They hold what ever they have in Frankalmoin from God. 1641 W. Prynne Antipathie v. 252 To this they answered..that their Baronies were founded in pure Franck-Almoigne, where they owed no Knights Service but what was certaine. 1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 440 Baronies..given in Frank Almoigne and as Elemosinary. 1745 F. Blomefield Hist. Norwich xlii. 859 Lakenham..had a Church and 13 Acres of Glebe held in Frank-Almoign. 1763 R. Burn Eccl. Law I. 400 William the conqueror turned the frankalmoign tenures of the bishops and of some of the great abbots into baronies. 1844 J. Williams Real Property Law (ed. 12) 39 The grantees in frankalmoign..were for ever free from every kind of earthly or temporal service. 1895 Eng. Hist. Rev. 10 235 He..granted the advowson of the church of Skenefrith to the abbot and convent of Grâce Dieu, in frank-almoign for the souls of King Henry..and Queen Eleanor. 1955 F. Barlow Feudal Kingdom Eng. iv. 111 Knight-service, frankalmoin, and serjeanty were the three distinct tenures introduced by the Normans. 2000 M. Chibnall in M. Gervers Dating Undated Medieval Charters (2002) 55 The precise nature of tenure in frankalmoign became only slowly defined by the increased activity of the king's courts in the twelfth century. < as lemmas |
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