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Serjeancy vs Serjeanty - What's the difference?

serjeancy | serjeanty |

As nouns the difference between serjeancy and serjeanty

is that serjeancy is while serjeanty is (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.

serjeancy

English

Noun

(serjeancies)

    • 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