socman
Americannoun
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socmen
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of socman
C16: from Anglo-Latin socmannus; see soke
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The suitors of the court in their collective capacity come very characteristically to the front in the admittance of the socman, and it is on their communal testimony that the whole transaction has to rest.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
The same traditional element appears in other cases in which the special position of the socman is not concerned.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Oh that I were a minstrel, that I might put it into rhyme, with the whole romance—the luckless maid, the wicked socman, and the virtuous clerk!
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Was John de Boneya a socman bound to attend personally, or a hundredor, a hereditary representative of the village of Stocke?
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
My brother Simon Edricson is socman there, and I go to bide with him for a while.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Then come five bond socmen, holding thirty acres each, and nine bonds holding fifteen acres each: all these perform the same services as the corresponding people of the King's portion.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
In the Danelaw counties, on the other hand, the privilege would have been of no use, as those who were called socmen there were freeholders protected without any reference to ancient demesne.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
The socmen met anciently to hold courts in a place called Motstowehill, and afterwards in a house which was built for the purpose by the Abbot.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
We find there several free socmen whose holdings are quite irregular in size: they pay rent, and are exempted from agricultural work.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
There was also a strong independent body of men called socmen, who were none other than our English yeomen.
From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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