And therefore, anciently, no man was suffered to abide in England above forty days, unless he were enrolled in some tithing or decennary. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 322, July 12, 1828] Reference
If he fled, either before or after finding sureties, the borsholder and decennary became liable to inquiry, and were exposed to the penalties of law. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John] Reference
The borsholder summoned together his whole decennary to assist him in deciding any lesser differences which occurred among the members of this small community. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John] Reference
The administration of justice, in particular, by the courts of the decennary, the hundred, and the county, was well calculated to defend general liberty, and to restrain the power of the nobles. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John] Reference
Sure, i got going on my decennary review way back when others had actual contemporary ideas to work on (though possibly not as early as Pitchfork), but they're fast catching up a mere six weeks from the cut-off point for hurried evaluation. From Wordnik.com. [Sonic Truth] Reference
When any person, in any tithing or decennary, was guilty of a crime, the borsholder was summoned to answer for him; and if he were not willing to be surety for his appearance, and his clearing himself, the criminal was committed to prison, and there detained till his trial. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John] Reference
And beside these monthly meetings of the hundred, there was an annual meeting, appointed for a more general inspection of the police of the district; for the inquiry into crimes, the correction of abuses in magistrates, and the obliging of every person to show the decennary in which he was registered. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John] Reference
(making twelve in all,) to swear that his decennary was free from all privity, both of the crime committed, and of the escape of the criminal. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John] Reference
A ten-year period is a decennary. From Wordnik.com. [The decade of the 00's (Oh's)] Reference
A tithing, decennary, or fribourg, were answerable for each other's conduct, and over whom, one person, called a tithing-man, headbourg, or borsholder, was appointed to preside. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John] Reference
'contrariantes,' or malcontents, of the reign of King Edward II., and that he was still living in the early years of King Edward III.; but that his birth must 'be carried back into the reign of King Edward I., and fixed in the decennary period, 1285 to 1295; that he was born in a family of some station and respectability, seated at Wakefield or in villages around; that he, like many others, partook of the popular enthusiasm which supported the Earl of Lancaster, the great baron of those parts, who, having attempted in vain various changes in the government, at length broke out into open rebellion, with many persons, great and small, following his standard; that when the earl fell, and there was a dreadful proscription, a few persons who had been in arms not only escaped the hazards of battle, but the arm of the executioner; that he was one of these; and that he protected himself against the authorities of the time, partly by secreting himself in the depths of the woods of Barnesdale or. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852] Reference
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