sokemen
/ˈsoʊk.mən/
noun
- In medieval England, free tenants who were under the jurisdiction of a manor court but had certain privileges and freedoms.
- The sokemen could farm their land without owing heavy labor to the lord.
- The Domesday Book records many sokemen living in the eastern counties of England.
- Unlike serfs, sokemen had the right to leave the manor if they wished.
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