dapifer
Example Sentences
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It was as dapifer regis; but he is not so named in the charter.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
It is generally called Scolland's Hall, after the Lord of Bedale of that name, who was a sewer or dapifer to the first Earl Alan of Richmond.
From Yorkshire by Gordon Home
A charter of the year 1124 is signed by both Stephen dapifer and Stephen cancellarius.
From Historia Calamitatum by Peter Abelard
The founder of their greatness was Humphrey III., who in the latter years of Henry I., makes his appearance as a dapifer, or steward, in the royal household.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
Probably, however, the authority identifying Stephen dapifer as Stephen de Garland, seneschal of France, is trustworthy.
From Historia Calamitatum by Peter Abelard
