sokemanryn.
/ˈsəʊkmənri/ Now Historical.
The tenure of land by a sokeman; also, the sokemen collectively.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > tenure by service
socagea1325
escuagea1513
free or common (also free and common) socage1596
sokemanry1603
drengage1672
suithold1774
adscription1822
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by service or allegiance > in socage > collectively
sokemanry1603
c1290 Britton (1865) II. iii. ii. §7. 11 Sokemaneries sount terres et tenementz, qe ne sount mie tenuz par fee de chevaler, ne par graunt serjaunties, ne par petites, mes par simples services.
a1399 in Vinogradoff Villainage in Eng. (1892) 116 (note) Quidam tenentes eiusdem manerii tenent terras et tenementa sua in sokemanria.]
1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 64 What sokeman he will, so he be of the sokemanrie.
1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 119 If any of the Sokemanry shall be impleaded.
1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. vi. 100 Britton also, from such their freedom, calls..their tenure sokemanries.
1865 F. M. Nichols in tr. Britton II. 5 (note) Burgages and sokemanries are changed for such villenages into free tenure.
1896 M. T. Pearman Hist. Manor of Bensington 38 There were about forty four sokemanries.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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