Lanfrancus

Lanfrancus [Germ. land + franc, cf. 1 Francus] 1 (personal name) Lanfranc (esp. Archbishop of Canterbury, ob. 1089). b (mensura ~i) Lanfranc’s measure (Cant., dist. from mensura regis). ~us indignus ‥ Dorobernensis aecclesiae antistes ‥ fratribus ‥ salutem Lanfr. Const. 85; DB II 381 (v. dirationare 1a); Landfranco Fl. Worc. II 7 (v. Langobardus 1a). b c1300 xx summe [frumenti] secundum mensuram ~i DCCant. Register/J 282 (v. mensura). 2 ? allowance of ale, perh. distributed on obitday of Archbishop Lanfranc (Cant.). a1290 pro Lamfrancis, familia et mandato lx li., ad vinum emendum l li. Cant. Cath. Pri. 221; 12‥ scutilator j ~um [sc. habet] DCCant. DE/120.

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