Hayward
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In old English law
An officer appointed in the lord’s court to keepa common herd of catile of a town; so called because tie was to see that they did not break or injure the hedges of inclosed grounds, His duty was also to impound trespassing cattle, and to guard against pound-breaches.
Kitch. 46; Cowell.