Definition of serjeantry. Meaning of serjeantry. Synonyms of serjeantry

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Definition of serjeantry

serjeantry
Sergeantry Ser"geant*ry, n. [CF. OF. sergenteric.] See Sergeanty. [R.] [Written also serjeantry.]

Meaning of serjeantry from wikipedia

- first appeared in historical do****ents in 1198 ‘as the most important Serjeantry in Northumberland’ held by William of Byker, named William Escolland,...
- illegal practice alienation of estates held by serjeanty: Lands held by serjeantry were held in exchange for some sort of obligation (other than knight-service)...
- 1141 when the empress Maud granted Geoffrey de Mandeville, the fief and serjeantry lands which Hasculf de Tani held in England on the day when he had died...