1 64 THE DOMESDAY INQUEST 



these services included suit of court. Our contention is that 

 the sokemen of Domesday Book rendered definite services 

 for their lands, and that they did not render suit of court 

 unless their lords had sake as well as soke over them ; surely, 

 if every sokeman had been bound to suit of court at the time 

 of Domesday Book, no dispute could have arisen a century 

 and a half later. 



