# Edric the Socman — The White Company character guide

> Edric the Socman in The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Socman, Edric

**First appearance:** 0010-ix-how-strange-things-befell-in-minstead-wood

## Who they are

A furious outlaw encountered in the woods.

## In the story

### [How Alleyne Edricson Came Out Into the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/ii-how-alleyne-edricson-came-out-into-the-world)

Alleyne's elder brother, mentioned as having a fierce and rude nature, whom Alleyne intends to visit at Minstead.

### [IX: How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/ix-how-strange-things-befell-in-minstead-wood)

Alleyne's elder brother, bitter about lost lands, attempts to force a woman into his house.

### [How a Young Shepherd Had a Perilous Flock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xi-how-a-young-shepherd-had-a-perilous-flock)

Mentioned as Alleyne's brother who stirs up strife in the county.

### [How Sir Nigel Wrote to Twynham Castle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxv-how-sir-nigel-wrote-to-twynham-castle)

Referred to as Alleyne's brother and the current holder of Minstead, which complicates Alleyne's prospects.

### [How Sir Nigel Took the Patch from His Eye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxxvi-how-sir-nigel-took-the-patch-from-his-eye)

Reported dead, slain during the siege of Twynham Castle.

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