castle guard

glossary /

castle-guard, n. Hist. 1. The protection of a castle. 2. A form of knight-service in which a tenant must protect the lord’s castle. 3. The tenure giving rise to this knight-service. 4. A tax once imposed in lieu of this knight-service. 5. The territory that is chargeable with the tax imposed in lieu of the […]

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