The surname "Fry", derived from the Old English "frig" ("free born"), indicates a similar social origin.
Note that the land and property owned by this English middle class might well be in a rural area.
[citation needed] Magna Carta gave rights to free men and the peasantry.
They derived from the Old French feudal term franchomme; composed of the elements 'franc' (in its original meaning 'free') and 'homme', man, from the Latin 'homo'.
The modern surname is found as (among other variations) Francombe, Frankcomb, Francom, Frankcom, Frankum and Frankham.