Sentence examples for frankpledge from inspiring English sources

In addition to their frankpledge obligations, constables were responsible for overseeing the "watch-and-ward" system (the night watch) and for providing security for traveling justices.

The frankpledge method of policing continued unchanged until England's conquest by the Normans, who added the office of constable.

In the frontier regions of the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there arose a novel form of the Saxon tradition of frankpledge: the vigilante.

The Saxon frankpledge required all adult males to be responsible for the good conduct of each other and to band together for their community's protection.