pratarius

pratarius [CL pratum+-arius], ~erius, ~orius , of or pertaining to meadow or meadowland: a  (as sb. m.) manorial officer charged with custody of meadows, ? hayward. b (as collect. sb. f. or n.) portion of manor or estate that consists of meadow, meadowland. c (as sb. n., mon.) open area enclosed by cloister, cloister-garth. a c1160 recognitum ‥ fuit ‥ domos ~arii, excepta una, ‥ esse consuetudinarias Act. Hen. II I 266; c1187 in omnibus pratis ‥ exceptis illis ‥ que ejusdem G. ~arius salva et integra custodiet, nichil pro custodia ‥ exacturus sive petiturus Ib. 406.  b c1187 ex compositione ‥ facta de pratagio pratorum suorum, in ~aria de M. M. (v. pratagium); a1240 totum pratum in ~orio de Aston qui [sic] vocatur Gillemedewe Cart. Chester 156.  c ad omnia ‥ intervalla in claustro possunt fratres qui voluerint absque reprehensione secus ~erium ‥ inter columnas residere Cust. Westm. 169; in yeme ‥ mane et sero, quando in claustro ad scannum non possunt bene videre super libros, possunt fratres qui voluerint absque reprehensione secus ~erium inter columpnas residere Cust. Cant. 214.