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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… de Scalers held 3 yardlands, previously owned by seven sokemen. 168 The over- lordship descended with the Scalers … The Scalers land was still occupied, as in 1066, by seven sokemen, who in 1086 had only 2 teams between them, while the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… bond and free, was fought out in 1280. 45 There were many sokemen in Steventon and the Abbot seems to have made a …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… the other half was apparently in the hands of the king's sokemen of Norman Cross. 15 Tovi's lands had been given to … Sheriff had apparently acquired the overlordship of the sokemen's land and held it as 2 hides and 1 virgate. 17 His … man John was his subtenant and had 6 oxen ploughing; and 2 sokemen and 2 villeins had one plough. 18 It would seem, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… of Agric. (1905). V.C.H. Yorks. ii, 288. There were nine sokemen on this soke of 34 carucates. He had his …
A History of the County of Warwick
… by the middle of the 12th century there were a number of sokemen, each holding a virgate of 30 acres, at the king's …
A History of the County of Surrey
… (q.v.), 1 by the canons of Waltham, and 2 by three sokemen who could seek what lord they pleased, was owned by …
A History of the County of Hertford
… before the Conquest by a sokeman of Earl Algar and three sokemen of Archbishop Stigand. In 1086 it was held of Odo … of a hide and a virgate held before the Conquest by two sokemen of Earl Algar. Tetbald held it of Hardwin Scales ( de …
A History of the County of Bedford
… assessed at 5 hides and valued at 100 s. There were twenty sokemen there, who had held in the time of the Confessor, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… King Edward held 1 hide and 4 a., and six of the abbot's sokemen held 1 hide and 6 a. 43 Like many of Eddeva's estates … baker held a hide in Toft which five of the abbot of Ely's sokemen had held, and also hide in Comberton. 127 The …
A History of the County of Hertford
… held before the Conquest by Engelric, and there were two sokemen, men of Oswulf son of Frane, who held two hides, which they could sell. These sokemen were attached to the manor by Engelric after King … 186 Before the Conquest the manor had been held by five sokemen, two of whom, Brictric's men, had one hide and a …