Editing Frankpledge (section)

==Origins==
The first mention of frankpledge comes in 1114–1118, with the ''[[Leges Henrici Primi]]''; but 12th-century figures like [[William of Malmesbury]] were keen to link it to pre-Norman times, and to the laws of [[Canute the Great]].<ref>J. Hudson, ''The Formation of English Common Law'' (2014), pp. 63–64</ref> Some historians have indeed seen in the Anglo-Saxon '''frith-borh''' (literally "peace-pledge"<ref>Smith (1857:230) notes: "The Anglo-Saxon term for the ''{{`}}view of frank-pledge{{`}}''&thinsp; is ''{{`}}frith-borh{{`}}''&thinsp; – literally 'peace-pledge'. The term ''{{`}}frith{{`}}''&thinsp; became, by a very natural blunder, corrupted into ''{{`}}free{{`}}''&thinsp;; and so (in the Norman French) the compound word was converted into ''Frank-pledge''."</ref>) the clear anticipation of frankpledge; others consider the 12th-century commentators were reading back into earlier times the later concept, and that the borh system was much less rigid and comprehensive than frankpledge.<ref>W. A. Morris, ''The Medieval English Sheriff'' (Manchester 1968), p. 26</ref> On this view, [[William the Conqueror]], with the revival of [[murdrum]] with respect to the French invaders, played an important role in systematically and universally making the tithing adopt  compulsory frankpledge,<ref>[[David C. Douglas]], ''William the Conqueror'' (London 1966), p. 314</ref> so as to increase and consolidate the power of the [[Norman conquest of England|Normans]] and to establish a more stringent policy.<ref>Thorpe (1845:334).</ref>