socagern.
/ˈsɒkɪdʒə/ Now Historical.
One holding land by socage tenure.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by service or allegiance > in socage
socman1579
sokeman1603
socager1647
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 299 Of these Socagers did arise..the body of English Footmen in their Armies.
1653 Customes of Soke of Kirton-in-Lindsey, Linc. (MS.) Upon paine of every forreyner so intruding ten pounds, and every Soccager Five pounds.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Soc Liberty of holding a Court of his Sock-men or Sockagers, that is, his Tenants, whose Tenure is hence called Socage.
1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 4 The barons, the free tenants, the free soccagers, together with the villains, and the slaves.
1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. vii. 193 He was easily tempted to become a socager, paying rent or gavel, instead of a free..man-at-arms.
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