socman
(ˈsɒkmən)
Also 6 sok-, 7–9 sock-.
[ad. Anglo-Lat. socmannus, var. of sokemannus sokeman.]
One who holds land in socage.
| α 1579 Termes de la Ley 171 b, Sokmans are the tenants in auncient demesne, that held their lands in Socage. 1651 G. W. tr. Cowel's Inst. 94 These were stiled the Kings free Sockmans. 1738 Hist. View Crt. Exchequer ii. 19 These Demesne Lands belonging to the Sockmen or Plowmen. 1843 Carlyle Past & Pr. i. ix, The very sockmen with their chubby infants. |
| β 1670 T. Blount Law-Dict. s.v., The Tenants in ancient Demean seem most properly to be called Socmans. 1747 Carte Hist. Eng. I. 436 How many freemen, socmen, villains,..were in each town, and manor. 1761 Hume Hist. Eng. I. App. i. 97 The socmen, who were tenants that could not be removed at pleasure. 1865 Kingsley Herew. xx, ‘You are our lord,’ shouted the socmen or tenants. |
Hence
ˈsocmanry = sokemanry.