A variant of 'socage', the medieval English feudal land tenure in which a tenant held land in exchange for fixed agricultural or money rents rather than military service. Socmanry specifically referred to the condition or class of socmen (free peasants holding under socage). Free socage became the standard form of English land tenure after feudal tenures were abolished in 1660.
Add your own interpretation of "socmanry".
UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
See all British & Irish slang slang on Slangora.
Browse all slang words starting with S.
The manor rolls listed several households holding under socmanry, owing the lord a fixed bushel of grain each Michaelmas.
No comments yet — say something.
(UK, historical, or, obsolete) socage.
No comments yet — say something.