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landserviens

landserviens [ME land + CL serviens, pr. ppl. of servire] , ‘land-sergeant’, officer of the peace (prob. in rural area). Cf. landserjans. 1203 debet habere iiij ~ientes, custodes sc. pacis patrie ‥, et ‥ duos ‥ debet ipse hospitari et pascere et invenire eis sectam ad testandum malefacta pacis CurR II 273.

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