10 Jul Lordship Title of Sokes or Laurence Place ID1271
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Under the lands of Nigel de Albini there appear at the Survey 9 hides 1 virgate which Pirot held of the king, part of which appears later as SOKES MANOR or LAURENCE PLACE. Pirot held this fee of the king at Domesday, and the property is later described as held of the Pirot fee, no reference to the overlordship being found later than 1428.
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