free benchn.

Brit.

/ˌfriː ˈbɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/ˌfri ˈbɛn(t)ʃ/

Forms:

α. late Middle English fre banch, late Middle English fre braunch (transmission error).

β. 1600s– free bench.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: free adj., bench n.

Etymology: < free adj. + bench n., originally after Anglo-Norman franc banc frank bank n. Compare post-classical Latin francus bancus , francbancus (see frank bank n.), liber bancus (from 1246 in British sources). Compare also Middle Low German vrībanksgōt property held as free bench.It is unlikely that there is continuity between the isolated Middle English use and the later evidence. With later use compare free bank n.

Law. Now historical.

The entitlement, in certain circumstances, of a married woman to the retention and use during her lifetime of land or property after the death of her husband; the land or property held by such entitlement, the widow's dower.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property > widow's share of property

dowryc1330

free benchc1436

dower1439

jointure1451

terce1473

mordell1552

terce land1552

widow right1569

free bank1606

widowhooda1616

widow's bench1673

widow's chamber1680

widow's terce1684

dower-land1769

jointure-house1785

bench1795

dower-house1862

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > widow's inheritance

dowryc1330

third1396

free benchc1436

dower1439

terce1473

maritagec1503

mordell1552

terce land1552

widow right1569

frank bank1598

free bank1606

widowhooda1616

widow's bench1673

widow's terce1684

α.

c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 49 Wommen thatt holden in dower or in name of fre braunch [read baunch; Fr. fraunke baunke].

c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 139 Holde shee that mees in name of frebanch, but that the child of hir husbond be herberwyd... Also in right of wommen that after the deth of hir husbond owyn not for to have fre banch, duelle they in the cheif mees.

β. 1567 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1993) (modernized text) VIII. 209 My wife shall have yearly for her life 26s.8d., on condition that she shall not claim third or free bench..out of my house or land.1661 F. Philipps Ligeancia Lugens 32 In some places the Widdows having no Free Bench (as they call it) or Estate in the Lands after their Husbands,..do forfeit if they marry again.1714 Spectator No. 614. ⁋16 The Steward is bound by the Custom to re-admit her to her Free-Bench.1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 328 If the widow be entitled to the whole of the copyhold, as her free bench, she may enter immediately.1857 Times 29 May 9/3 Whether the property was freehold or copyhold, and whether the widow was entitled to dower or free bench out of it.1908 P. Vinogradoff Eng. Society 11th Cent. ii. i. i. 251 The estate of a widow is taken from her if she marries a second husband before a year has elapsed: does she lose her freebench in this case, or is the forfeiture a consequence of the unseemly behaviour of the woman?1963 G. A. Williams Medieval London i. 22 Widows..had a legal right to a third of a husband's property, if they had not been dowered with a specific ‘free-bench’ on marriage.2002 Oxoniensia 66 74 The court records identify..whether the property was held by customary tenure (including widow's free bench) or by lease for years or lives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	free bench
释义	free benchn. Brit. /ˌfriː ˈbɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˌfri ˈbɛn(t)ʃ/ Forms: α. late Middle English fre banch, late Middle English fre braunch (transmission error). β. 1600s– free bench. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: free adj., bench n. Etymology: < free adj. + bench n., originally after Anglo-Norman franc banc frank bank n. Compare post-classical Latin francus bancus , francbancus (see frank bank n.), liber bancus (from 1246 in British sources). Compare also Middle Low German vrībanksgōt property held as free bench.It is unlikely that there is continuity between the isolated Middle English use and the later evidence. With later use compare free bank n. Law. Now historical. The entitlement, in certain circumstances, of a married woman to the retention and use during her lifetime of land or property after the death of her husband; the land or property held by such entitlement, the widow's dower. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property > widow's share of property dowryc1330 free benchc1436 dower1439 jointure1451 terce1473 mordell1552 terce land1552 widow right1569 free bank1606 widowhooda1616 widow's bench1673 widow's chamber1680 widow's terce1684 dower-land1769 jointure-house1785 bench1795 dower-house1862 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > widow's inheritance dowryc1330 third1396 free benchc1436 dower1439 terce1473 maritagec1503 mordell1552 terce land1552 widow right1569 frank bank1598 free bank1606 widowhooda1616 widow's bench1673 widow's terce1684 α. c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 49 Wommen thatt holden in dower or in name of fre braunch [read baunch; Fr. fraunke baunke]. c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 139 Holde shee that mees in name of frebanch, but that the child of hir husbond be herberwyd... Also in right of wommen that after the deth of hir husbond owyn not for to have fre banch, duelle they in the cheif mees. β. 1567 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1993) (modernized text) VIII. 209 My wife shall have yearly for her life 26s.8d., on condition that she shall not claim third or free bench..out of my house or land.1661 F. Philipps Ligeancia Lugens 32 In some places the Widdows having no Free Bench (as they call it) or Estate in the Lands after their Husbands,..do forfeit if they marry again.1714 Spectator No. 614. ⁋16 The Steward is bound by the Custom to re-admit her to her Free-Bench.1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 328 If the widow be entitled to the whole of the copyhold, as her free bench, she may enter immediately.1857 Times 29 May 9/3 Whether the property was freehold or copyhold, and whether the widow was entitled to dower or free bench out of it.1908 P. Vinogradoff Eng. Society 11th Cent. ii. i. i. 251 The estate of a widow is taken from her if she marries a second husband before a year has elapsed: does she lose her freebench in this case, or is the forfeiture a consequence of the unseemly behaviour of the woman?1963 G. A. Williams Medieval London i. 22 Widows..had a legal right to a third of a husband's property, if they had not been dowered with a specific ‘free-bench’ on marriage.2002 Oxoniensia 66 74 The court records identify..whether the property was held by customary tenure (including widow's free bench) or by lease for years or lives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1436
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