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socerevus [cf. 1 soca, ME sokenereve], (leg.) judicial officer presiding in a court held by right of soke, soke-reeve, (in quot. in London) also responsible for claiming cases for the jurisdiction of the lord's court. 1244 tenentes implacitentur de gaveleto ‥ quod bene potest fieri per sokerevos [Fleta 119: sokereves, MGL I 468: sokerevvos] eorum in hustengo presentatos ad custodiam sokne sue et redditus suos colligendos Eyre Lond. no. 233; 1273 prior S. Trinitatis ‥ presentavit Johannem Juvenal sokerevum suum et admissus est, episcopus London presentavit Johannem de Honilane per litteras suas patentes sokerevum suum et admissus est Lond. Ed. I & II II 245; 1312 prior B. Marie de Suthewerke ‥ constituit loco suo Johannem de Waltham soknerevum suum ad calumpniandum et petendum tenentes in curia London implacitatos Fleta 246; c1320 in curia soknorum de sokerevis constitutis per archiepiscopos et alios qui soknas habent in Londoniis MGL I 64.

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