ThusinHertfordshireAEthelmaerheldamanorandinittherewerefoursokemen；theywere，wearetold，hishomines：butovertwoofthemthekinghadsakeandsoke。120*Unlesswearegreatlymistaken，thesokeofmanyoftheEastAngliansokemen，nomatterwhosementheywere，layinthehundredcounts。Thispreventsoursayingthatasokemanisoneoverwhomhislordhassoke，oronewhorenderssoketohislord。Wemaydoubtwhetherthelinebetweenthesokemenandthe\'freemen\'isdrawninaccordancewithanyoneprinciple。Notonlyisfreedomamatterofdegree，butfreedomismeasuredalongseveraldifferentscales。Atonetimeitistothepowerofalienationor\'withdrawal\'thatattentionisattracted，atanothertothenumberorthekindoftheservicesand\'customs\'thatthemanmustrendertohislord。WhenweseethatinLincolnshirethereisnoclassof\'freemen\'butthattherearesomeeleventhousandsokemen，weshallprobablybepersuadedthatthedistinctiondrawninEastAngliawasofnoverygreatimportancetothesurveyorsortheking。Itmayhavebeenamatterofpurepersonalrank。Theseliberihominesmayhaveenjoyedawergildofmorethan200shillings，forintheNormanageweseetracesofausagewhichwillnotallowthatanyoneis\'free\'ifheisnotnoble。121*ButperhapswhentheDomesdayofEastAngliahasbeenfullyexplored，hundredbyhundredandvillbyvill，weshallcometotheconclusionthatthe\'freemen\'ofonedistrictwouldhavebeencalledsokemeninanotherdistrict。122*
Someofthesesokemenand\'freemen\'hadverysmalltenements。LetuslookatalistoftenantsinNorfolk。\'InCarletonwere2freemenwith7acres。InKicklingtonwere2freemenwith2acres。InForncett1freemanwith2acres。InTanaton4freemenwith4acres。InWacton2freemenwith11/2acres。
InStratton1freemanwith4acres。InMoulton3freemenwith5
acres。InTibenham2freemenwith7acres。InAslacton1freemanwith1acre。\'123*Theseeighteenfreemenhadbutsixteenoxenamongthem。WethinkithighlyprobablethatinthesurveyofEastAngliaoneandthesamefreemanissometimesmentionedseveraltimes；heholdsalittlelandunderonelord，andalittleunderanotherlord；butinallheholdslittle。Thenagain，weseethatthesesmallfreemenoftenhaveafewbordersorevenafewfreemen\'belowthem。\'124*Andthenweobservethat，whilesomeofthemarespokenofashavingbelongedtothemanorsoftheirlords，othersarereportedtohavehadmanorsoftheirown。
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