Franchilanus
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from Fr. franche or frank, free.] In old English law.
A freeman
Sciatis me dedisse — cum villanis et franchilano, nomine Hamone, &c.: Know ye that I have given — with the villeins and the freeman, named Hamon, &c.
Blount. 1 Mon. Angl. fol. 442 b.
Carta Hen. IV. cited ibid. A freeholder or free tenant; a franclaine, frankleyne or frankelein.
Spelman, Reliq. 167.
Fortescue de L. L. Angliae, c.
29, note (m).