1occupationstatuscastellain, governor of castle or town:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Ducs e cuntes e chastelains [...] Et trestut sun altre barnage Semunst par brief e par message
Brut WACE 8555
(
s.xiii1/3;
MS: s.xivin
)
Quant ses chastels out ben fermé E a ses chasteleins livré […]
Brut Royal 106
(
1259
)
ke les chasteleins eint resnable sustenaunce as chasteaus le rei garder
Baron Rebellion 156
(
1346
)
nostre bien amé Symon Newynton, chastelleyn et gardeyn de Saint-Sauveour-le-Viscount
Lett Rois 81
(
1361
)
le conte de Seint Paul, le sire de Praeux, le chastileyn de Berges, le sire de Waverin [...]
Engl Dip Pract 670
2
occupant of a castle:
(
1165-80?;
MS: s.xiiiin
)
Quant li chastelein
(Of Chartres) aparceurent, A grant trebuch vers els cururent
ADGAR3 29.57
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