Volume 1
History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster / By Edward Baines ... The biographical department by W.R. Whatton.
- Edward Baines
- Date:
- 1836
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster / By Edward Baines ... The biographical department by W.R. Whatton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![until he gives satisfaction.) The full heribannum was only payd by thos who 6ls. estimatus est (valued at £6.) and who were esteemed at 31s. payd only 30sh., and Qls. 20sh., of him esteemed at 20s. paid only 5s. «« ARRIBANNUM, RETROBANNUM, was a mulct for being called ad bannum, 2nd time, sc. iterato evocato (again called out.) « SocMANRIA, or SocMANNIA,—Is so cald a Soca, que privilegium immunitatem et libertatem significat, unde venit terrarum illa tenura apud nos possessionis soccagia dicta. Sumat hoc nomine qd. terra eo modo possessa sub certis scil. et nominatis servitijs aquibus cum aliis oneribus immunis fit et libera, (from soca, which signifies privilege, immunity, and liberty, whence comes that tenure of lands amongst us, called Soccage of the possession. Land possessed in this manner, and under this name, is exempt and free from certain named services, and other burdens.) « LiperA Socmanria, and all such tenants, 1. [Non] possunt dare vel vendere sed ad voluntatem Dni. (may [not] give or sell, but at the Lord’s will.) 2. Non alienare certa servitia, (may not alienate services that are ascertained.) 3. Averium masculum non vendere, (may not sella male animal.) 4. Filiam non maritare nisi dat domino merchetam, sc. 3s.4d. not to marry their daughter, unless they gift the lord for merchet, 3s. 4d. 5. Filiwm omnino non facere clericum, (not to make their son a clergyman.) “‘ Thes tenants are cald Free Socmanni. 1. They cannot give or sell without the Lord’s good liking, lest the services due to the Lord be extinguished, the tenant being reduced to poverty. 2. He cannot enfeof another by any other tenure or title than he hath, lest the services be so extinguished. 3. He or his heir cannot be made a clergyman, nor take a religious vow, for then he cannot observe his fidelity to the Lord for defect of freedom. *'TRIBUTS INCIDENT. TO Knigut Service Tenure. Heriot, or Herigate, ought to be payd or rendered back unto the Lord, the Tenements being now deprived of a person to attend the Lord in warr, so that the tenant is now required to deliver up his warlike furniture, the better to provide himself in the Interim, and not to be unfurnished; and when a new tenant is fit for service, to. be reclaimed unto him. . « Warpa.—Fees may return unto the Lord’s hand for defect of service, as not to go to batl with the Lord, or for breach of fidelity. “ Propatio rams, (Trial of Age.)* AssysaCom. Derby. Each person of the Town of Derby, of the age of 15 years, according to the custome time out of mind, may sell or give their tenement, and shal be esteemed of full age, when he knows * Previous to the abolition of wards and liveries, it was customary to try whether a king’s tenant was of full age, by a writ of Ztate Probanda. CHAP. II.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33521682_0001_0113.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
