soccage

an obsolete method of holding lands in return for the performance of certain services to their superior; a shade different from ward-holding since the service to be returned could be just about anything and was not (necessarily) of a military nature.  In Scotland, holding in soccage seems to have been mostly in return for agricultural services.  In the case of services performed to the king’s person, for example by his barber or by the keeper of his falcons, it could be called ‘sergeanty’ instead of soccage.