Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth CenturiesRound, John Horace
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Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Round, John Horace
Domesday book; Feudalism -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154; Normans -- Great Britain
In breuessan tenet isdem W. terram Elfrici supradicte
consuetudinis. In brucge tenet ipse W. terram etfled ejusdem
modi.
The _consuetudo_ referred to was this:
Ita proprie sunt abbati ut quotienscunque preceperit
prepositus monasterii ire et omnem rei emendationem
persolvere. Et si quid de suo voluerint venundare, a preposito
prius licentiam debent accipere.
The corresponding entries in the I.E. run thus:
'In Brugge una libera femina commend' S. Ædel. de lxxx. ac.
pro manerio.
In Beuresham ten[uit] Ælfricus i. liber homo commed' S.
Ædel.[54] lx. acras pro manerio' (p. 165).
Thus we obtain direct evidence of the services due from commended
freemen owing 'consuetudines'. Turning now to those of _sochemanni_,
we have this important passage:
Willelmus de Warena tenet quadraginta quinque socamans in
predicta felteuuella qui quotiens abbas preceperit in anno
arabunt suam terram, colligent et purgabunt segetes,
adducent et mittent in horrea, portabunt victum monachorum ad
monasterium, et quotiens eorum equos voluerit, et ubicunque
sibi placuerit, totiens habebit, et ubicunque forsfecerint
abbas forsfacturam habebit, et de illis similiter qui in eorum
terram forsfecerint.
Item Willelmus de uuarenna tenet triginta tres socamans,
istius consuetudinis in Nortuuolda.
Item W. tenet quinque socamans istius modi in Muddaforda.
Supradictus Walterus et cum eo Durandus, homines hugonis de
monte forti, tenent xxvi. socamans supradicte consuetudinis in
Maraham.
Collating as before from the I.E. the relative entries, we find they
run thus:
Felteuuelle ... Huic manerio adjacebant T.R.E. xxxiiii.
homines cum omni consuetudine, et alii vii. erant liberi
homines,[55] qui poterant vendere terras, sed soca et
commendatio remansit S. Ædel. (p. 132).
In felteuuella tenet W. de uuarenna xli. sochemannos ... Super
hos omnes habebat S. Ædel. socam et commendationem et omnem
consuetudinem. Illorum vii. liberi erant cum terris suis, sed
soca et commendatio remanebat S. Ædel. (p. 139).
IIII. sochemanni adjacent [_sic_] huic manerio [felteuuella]
T.R.E. Et modo habet eos W. de Warenna (p. 138).
Nortuualde ... Huic manerio adjacebant T.R.E. xxx. sochemanni
cum omni consuetudine. Et alii iiii. liberi homines qui
poterant vendere terras, sed saca et commendatio remanebat S.
Ædel. (p. 132).
In Nortuualde S. Ædel. xxxiiii. sochem [annos] ... S.
Ædel. [habuit] socam et commendationem et omnem consuetudinem
de illis xxx. tantum; et iiii. erant liberi homines, socam et
sacam et commendationem [super hos] S. Ædel. habebat[56] (p.
139).
Mundeforde ... Huic manerio adjacebant T.R.E. septem
sochemanni cum omni consuetudine (p. 132).
In Mundeforde S. Ædel. vii. sochemannos cum omni consuetudine
(p. 139).
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