socman

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Examples

• "The Socman of Minstead hath earned an evil name over the country side," he said.

• I, the Socman, am shorn of my lands that you may snivel Latin and eat bread for which you never did hand's turn.

• In the status of the socman, developed from the law of Saxon free-men, there was usually nothing of the kind.

• Further, we see that the socman's tenure is distinguished from free tenure, socmen from freeholders.

• It is chiefly important because it discloses a traditional element in the formation of the socman's tenure.