Franchilanus
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A freeman. Blount.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. I.
In old English law. A freeman; a freeholder or free tenant; a franclaine, frankleyne or frankelein.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A freeman. Chart. Hen. IV. A free tenant. Spelman.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
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).