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† ˈsergeantry, serjeantry Obs.
Also 5 sergawntry, seriauntrie, -rye, seryauntre, 7 Sc. serjandrie.
[a. OF. sergenterie (cf. Anglo-L. sergenteria, c 1200 in Rot. Chart., ed. 1837, p. 56/2), f. sergent: see sergeant and -ery.]
1. = sergeanty 1.
c1400Brut i. 242, Y ȝelde vp, Sir, now vnto ȝow my homage,..for ham alle þat holden by seriauntrye [1480 Caxton seryauntre]. 1778Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2) s.v. Scrivelsby, This manor is held by grand serjeantry. Ibid. s.v. Pitchley, Northamp... The ancient lords of this manor held it of the King by petit serjeantry, i.e. to furnish dogs, at their own cost, to destroy the wolves, foxes, polecats, and other vermin, in the counties of Northampton, Rutland, Oxford, Essex, and Bucks. 1795Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. Wks. 1842 II. 550 If the tenant was in an office about the king's person, this gave rise to sergeantry. 1830Scott Ayrsh. Trag. i. i, We'll not suffer A word of sergeantry, or halberd-staff. 1837Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. Spect. Tappington, These lands were held in grand serjeantry by the presentation of three white owls. 1830James Darnley vii, To hold his land by sergeantry, as it had been held by Lord Fitzbernard.
2. The office of sergeant or serjeant.
1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 16221 [Tribulation loq.] And thus vsynge myn Sergawntry, I kan werke dyuersly; Wherffore I rede be war off me, For I anoon shal smyte the. 1669Sc. Acts Chas. II (1820) VII. 588/2 All and haill the office of Serjandrie of the lands & Lordship of Methven.
3. nonce-use. Skill as a serjeant-at-law.
1830Lamb Album Verses, In Autograph Bk. Mrs. Serjeant W―, These should moot cases in your book, and vie To show their reading and their Serjeantry. |