Sokemans
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
SOCMEN.
Freeholders whose holdings might be no larger than those of the villeins, but who would generally, instead of the heavy services, pay fixed and not heavy rent; 1 Soc. Eng. 360. Those who held their land in socage; 2 Bla. Com. 100.