Note 213 — Chapter X · ANGLO-SAXON CUSTOM FROM THE NORMAN POINT OF VIEW.

See the instances of services of sochemen given by Mr. Round in his invaluable chapter on the Domesday book in his Feudal England, pp. 30-34, from the ‘Ely placitum’ of 1072-1075: ‘Qui quotiens abbas preceperit in anno arabunt suam terram’ &c. And again quotienscunque ipse præceperit in anno arabunt’ &c. These are services of the sochemanni of Suffolk and Norfolk ‘qui non possunt recedere.’