(
1341-42
)
par les services a trover .ij. hommes qe presenterount etc., qe sount
appellé wytnesmen (var. witnesmen;
wittenesmen;
witenesmen
)16.1 Ed III 37
♦
lawservice or duty of providing a witness in court:
(
MS: s.xiv1/3
) mes la vint sire Johan de Beauchamp e ly demande puture, withernam (var. wutenesman
), cornage e autres services
212 (var.)
[witnesman] (s.xiv1/3)