ANCIKNT PAINTED WINDOW, HAULT HUCKNAT.I, CHURCH. 5 1 



Socage was a tenure by which men held their lands to plough 

 the lands of their respective lords with their own ploughs and 

 at their own expense. This slavish tenure was afterwards by 

 mutual agreement of Lord and tenant turned into money 

 payment, and from this it was termed Free Socage, whereas the 

 other was Villain Socage, which also included the Oath of Fealty. 

 This was a tenure of so large an extent, that Littleton tells us 

 all the lands in England which were not held by Knight's 

 Service were held in Socage. The lands held by Knight's 

 Service descended to the eldest son ; but those held in Viliano 

 Socagio, equally among all the sons. Socage is a tenure of lands 

 whereby a man is enfeoffed freely, without wardship and marriage, 

 paying to his lord some small rent which is called " Free 

 Socage." — Vide " Blou?ifs Latu Ter/iis." 



In 1580, or 1581, John Savage conveyed the Manor of 

 Steynesby to Lord Chancellor Bromley, by whom it is probable 

 it was again conveyed about the same time as Rowthorn to 

 S' William Cavendish. It is now the property of the Duke of 

 Devonshire. — Lvsons. 



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