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sergantise (1171-74)
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sergantise (1171-74)

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serjantise  
  FEW:  serviens 11,534a Gdf:  serjantise 7,393a GdfC: ∅ TL: serjantise 9,525 DEAF:  serjant (serjantise)  DMF:  sergentise  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1 law serjeanty, form of tenure of land in return for a service (of a lower status than knight-service): 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  D'acuntes, de tut el, de tute sergantise E quite e franc del tut le demande s'iglise  Becket1 523
2 law land held by serjeanty: 
( 1346-47 )  la franchise de Kery et les serjantises des countés de Cork et Waterford qe furent en la meyn le count de Dessemond  King’s Council England 485

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See also:

sergant  sergante  serganterie  sergantie  serjauntespeni 
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