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TO holde in Socage is to hold of anie Lord lands or tenementes, yeelding to him a certain rēt by ye yere for all manner of seruices.
And note well, that to holde by Socage is not to holde by knightes seruice, nor to it belongeth warde, mariage, nor reliefe, but they shal double once their rent after the death of their auncestor, according to that that they bee wont to pay to their Lord.
And they shal not be ouer measure grieued, as it ap∣peareth in the Treatile of wardes and reliefe.
And note well that So∣cage may be said in 3. man∣ners, that is to saye: So∣cage in frée tenure, Socage in ancient tenure, and So∣cage in base tenure.
rent for all manner of ser∣uices, as is before saide, and of that the next kinnes bodie shall haue the warde to whom the heritage may not discende, till the age of xiiii. yéeres, that is to say: if the heritage come by the parte of the Father, they of the parte of the Mother shall haue the warde, And contrariwise.
And note well that if the gardian in socage do make wast, he shal not be impea∣ched of wast, but hee shall yeelde accompt to the heire when hee shall come to his ful age of xxi. yeres. And looke the statute of Marleb. cap. 17. for this matter.
Socage of auncient te∣nure is that where the people in auncient demes∣ne helde, which vse no o∣ther writte to haue then the
writte of Right close, which shall bee determined according to the custome of the manor, and the Mon∣strauerunt for to discharge them when their Lord di∣straineth them for to doe o∣ther Seruices that they ought not to doe.
And this writ of Mon∣strauerunt ought to bee brought against the Lord▪ and these tenants holde al by one certaine seruice, and these be free tenants of an∣cient demesne.
Socage in ••as•• tenure is wher a man holdeth in an∣cient demesne, that maye not haue the Monstraue∣runt, and for that it is cal∣led the base Tenure.