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Sergeanty vs Serjeanty - What's the difference?

sergeanty | serjeanty |

As nouns the difference between sergeanty and serjeanty

is that sergeanty is alternative form of serjeanty while serjeanty is a form of land ownership under the feudal system, where a family held an estate in exchange for rendering a service to their liege lord.

sergeanty

English

Noun

(sergeanties)
    • (Webster 1913)

    serjeanty

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia serjeanty) (serjeanties)
  • (British) A form of land ownership under the feudal system, where a family held an estate in exchange for rendering a service to their liege lord.
    • The manor of Scrivelsby in England has, since the Middle Ages, been held by the Marmion family in grand serjeanty , in exchange for their service as King's or Queen's Champion.

    References

    *Pollock, Frederick, The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I