| 31. | The farmers took advantage of the absence of their socage lord, " Ernest II of Sch�nburg ".
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| 32. | During the 14th century peasants had to pay 10 % to the Church and work 4 days of socage per year.
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| 33. | In 1525 at the time of the Great Peasants'Revolt the castle was besieged by its socage farmers.
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| 34. | In 1495, the socage records still show only " zwene Menner in der Bele " ( two men ).
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| 35. | A free socage was inherited unequally with half going to the eldest son and the rest being divided equally among his siblings.
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| 36. | As a form of donation, frankalmoin fell into disuse because on any alienation of the land the tenure was converted into socage.
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| 37. | The descent of socage lands or lands other than the capital fief for some time followed the old pre-Conquest rule of descent.
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| 38. | The socage rendered him by the peasants of the villages of the Vorsfelder Werder provided free manual labour as well as horses and carts.
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| 39. | At that time the former Vorwerke were not run with the labour of the socage farmers any more, but all leased to tenants.
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| 40. | The same was true for executors of executors; and against the guardian in socage, for waste made in the minority of the heir.
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