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socman|ˈsɒkmən|
Also 6 sok-, 7–9 sock-.
[ad. Anglo-Lat. socmannus, var. of sokemannus sokeman.]
One who holds land in socage.
α1579Termes de la Ley 171 b, Sokmans are the tenants in auncient demesne, that held their lands in Socage. 1651G. W. tr. Cowel's Inst. 94 These were stiled the Kings free Sockmans. 1738Hist. View Crt. Exchequer ii. 19 These Demesne Lands belonging to the Sockmen or Plowmen. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. i. ix, The very sockmen with their chubby infants.
β1670T. Blount Law-Dict. s.v., The Tenants in ancient Demean seem most properly to be called Socmans. 1747Carte Hist. Eng. I. 436 How many freemen, socmen, villains,..were in each town, and manor. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. I. App. i. 97 The socmen, who were tenants that could not be removed at pleasure. 1865Kingsley Herew. xx, ‘You are our lord,’ shouted the socmen or tenants.
Hence ˈsocmanry = sokemanry.
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