sokemanry Now Hist.
(ˈsəʊkmənrɪ)
[ad. AF. sokemanerie or Anglo-Lat. sokemanria: see prec. and -ry.]
The tenure of land by a sokeman; also, the sokemen collectively.
| [c 1290 Britton (1865) II. 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. a 1399 in Vinogradoff Villainage in Eng. (1892) 116 note, Quidam tenentes eiusdem manerii tenent terras et tenementa sua in sokemanria.] 1603 Stow Surv. vii. 64 What sokeman he will, so he be of the sokemanrie. 1679 Blount Anc. Tenures 119 If any of the Sokemanry shall be impleaded. 1766 Blackstone Comm. II. vi. 100 Britton also, from such their freedom, calls..their tenure sokemanries. 1865 Nichols Britton II. 5 note, Burgages and sokemanries are changed for such villenages into free tenure. 1896 M. T. Pearman Manor of Bensington 38 There were about forty four sokemanries. |