sokemen

Updated: June 25, 2025

Then the population of the manor was to be given in classes: freemen and sokemen; villeins, cotters, and serfs; the amount of forest and meadow; the number of pastures, mills, and fish-ponds; and what the value of the manor was in the time of King Edward, at the date of its grant by King William, and at the time of the inquiry.

George Burton Adams - The History of England from the Norman Conquest: to the Death of John (1066-1216)