Editing Frankpledge (section)

==Geography and profits of frankpledge==
Frankpledge did not at first take place in Wales or eight Northern and border counties,<ref>J. Green, ''The Government of England under Henry I'' (1989) p. 111</ref> but elsewhere was common in the area under the [[Danelaw]], and in the south and [[South West England|southwest of England]]. By the time of Edward I, however, the sheriff's [[tourn]] also began to appear in shires like Northumberland and Cumberland.<ref>W. A. Morris, ''The Medieval English Sheriff'' (Manchester 1968) p. 203–4</ref>

The bi-annual view of frankpledge which was carried out by the sheriff involved payment of a tithing penny to the sheriff,<ref>Z. Razi ed., ''Medieval Society and the Manor Court,'' (1996) p. 408</ref> as well as other opportunities for profit including fines: for this reason exemption from the tourn, or the private takeover of view of frankpledge by lords or boroughs, were valued privileges; while conversely the 1217 [[Magna Carta]] sought explicitly to restrict what the sheriff could legitimately demand of frankpledge.<ref>W. A. Morris, ''The Medieval English Sheriff'' (Manchester 1968) p. 156</ref>