10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOCMEN»
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1
Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History
There are two socmen holding from the King thirty acres each, fourteen socmen
holding fifteen acres each, and twenty-six ' toftarii ' possessed of small plots. No
villains are mentioned, but the socmen are designated on the margin in a more ...
2
English Society in the Eleventh Century: Essays in English ...
I may call attention to the soke of Bolingbroke,1 where there were from Saxon
times 3 geld-carucates and 3 ploughs in demesne, while i 3 villains, 8 bordarii,
and 1 3 socmen had 3 ploughs. The soke of this manor extended over no less
than ...
3
The historical antiquities of Hertforshire: with the ...
Next to military Tenants were Socmen, who were so termed for that they held
their Lands of their Lords per Socagium, by the Service of the Plough, in respect
whereof they were called in French, Valets, but in English, Servants or Yeomen ;
and ...
4
The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire
Next to military Tenants were Socmen, who were so termed for that they held
their Lands of their Lords per Socagium, by the Service of the Plough, in respect
whereof they were called in French, Valets, but in English, Servants Slieim ctat. or
...
Henry Chauncy (sir.), Sir Henry Chauncy, 1826
5
An essay towards a topographical history of the county of ...
Twenly-six socmen held 2 carucates of land, and one of them had 3 bordarers,
and there belonged to them 3 carucates and a half; of one of these, Ralph (late)
Earl of Norfolk had a moiety, with 30 acres of land, and the soc was in Stigand.
Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin, 1807
6
Fools or Charlatans: The Reading of Domesday Book
Neither freemen nor socmen are evenly distributed across all the Essex
hundreds in 1086 (or before). As I have said elsewhere, society (whether in
general or local aspect) was not homogenised, in spite of all the attempts made
by 'experts' to ...
7
An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of ...
A freeman of Guert, (brother of King Harold) held in the reign of the Confessor, a
carucate of land, with 3 borderers, half a carucate and 20 acres of meadow, &c.
the moiety of a saltwork, and 17 socmen had a carucate of land, a carucate and ...
Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin, 1810
8
History and Antiquities of Foulsham: In Norfolk
actually freeholders, and a certain number of them were necessary in every
manor, to hold the pleas of the manor court. Socmen were, therefore, those who
owed suit and service to the lord's court ; and it is from the word soc, which gave
them ...
9
History of the ancient Town and Borough of Hertford. ...
They were made up of the serfs, or villains, who were hereditarily attached to the
soil upon which they labored; of the churls, (ceorls)' or working agriculturists, who
included the small farmers, or socmen, as they were termed;" and of the ...
10
Historical Essays in Honour of James Tait
In the eastern and northern counties we also have large numbers of liberi
tenentes and sochemanni ; but as a rule there was an insignificant number of
these free tenants and socmen in the other counties. The following particulars
have been ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOCMEN»
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socmen is used in the context of the following news items.
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In the whole county of Cambridge there were, at the Conquest, 900 socmen; these sank in twenty years to 213. That shows how the increase of serfdom was still ... «Slugger O'Toole, Jun 14»
