sentences:  The croft and land, located on the land of the rote, only belonged to the soldier as long as he was fit for service.If he died or had to retire, the croft would have to be returned to the "rote", even if it made his family homeless; the rote in turn had to find a new recruit.It sometimes happened that a widow of a dead soldier married the rote's new recruit, as the rote was regarded as responsible to take care also of the remaining family of its fallen serviceman.