I Have Lost My Bincum Bancum

[palani]

England did have some interesting customs. Free-bench permits a wife the estate of her husband but she had to have started a virgin and must live alone and above reproach (continent).

http://i48.tinypic.com/23icuxe.jpg

Or maybe the custom was to improve the market price of undocked black rams.

[Horn]

Is there a separate Bincum and Bancum, or are they one & the same?