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faldsoca

faldsoca [cf. ME faldsoken, faldsog] , ‘foldsoke’, suit of fold, the obligation of tenants to place their livestock in the lord’s fold; right to extract fine for failure to do so (E. Anglia). Cf. falda 2, faldagium a (Cf.CD 832: volo ut ‥ abbas et fratres Ramesiae habeant socam in omnibus super omnes homines qui sunt, motwrði, ferdwrði et faldwrði). c1130 ecclesiam ‥ de Snetesham [Norf] ‥ et in eadem villa unam carucatam terre de laico feodo, cum una ~a ad eandem carucatam terre pertinente MonA III 331a; c1200 concessisse ‥ faldsognam per omnes campos Middleton [Norf] Ib. IV 206b; 1235 medietatem faldsochii cum libertate falde ad ipsam medietatem pertinente ChartR 29 m. 9; 1306 una bercaria cum libertate medietatis falde cum faldsokya Deeds Wards 178/32; 1325 dimidiam faldsocham (MS BL Harl. 2110 f. 28) Med. E. Anglia 78.

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