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- noun (Eng. Law) A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also
tenure by free alms .
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- noun A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
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Examples
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It was a usual expedient for men who held of the king or great barons by military tenure, to transfer their land to the church, and receive it back by another tenure, called frankalmoigne, by which they were not bound to per form any service. [
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. David Hume 1743
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They were given sometimes in frankalmoigne or sometimes as ordinary seigneuries.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
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In mediaeval times many of the wealthiest fraternities obtained their estates in this simple and cheap manner, and once when Henry VIII of England sent an officer to confiscate certain vast possessions which a fraternity of monks held by frankalmoigne, "What!" said the Prior, "would you master stay our benefactor's soul in Purgatory?"
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
sionnach commented on the word frankalmoigne
a kind of land-for-prayer deal; also called tenure by free alms.
November 30, 2008