The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge
The tithe given as an offering to the church.
The payment of tithes.
A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory.
The collection of tithes.
Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe-proctor).
A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior.