sentences:  Those farms were the "rote", and they also provided a croft ("soldattorp"), farmland, and equipment for one volunteer soldier who could then make a military career, while the rest of the men in the rote escaped conscription.The soldier's duty was to attend military drills, and in time of war was to report for duty, wherever that might be.Royal manors, farms owned by the nobility, and farms used as salary to government officials were exempted and did not need to provide soldiers to the system.