Castleguard

Castelgard, Castleward, [L. Lat. castelgardum, castelli guardia, wardum caxtri,'\ In feudal and old English law. The defence or guard of a cas Ue, otherwise called watch and ward, A species of feudal service or tenure; a kind of tenure by knight's service. Spelman, voc. Castelgardum, Termes de la ley. Litt sect. 111. Co. l Att. 82 b. The service was sometimes changed into an annual rent, and then the tenure became a tenure in socage. 4 Co, 88; Luttre Vs case. An imposition anciently laid upon such persons as lived within a certain distance of any castle, towards the maintenance of such as watched and warded the castle. Magna Charta, c. 20. Stat, 32 Hen.