Hirer
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
He who hires. See "Bailment." HLAFORD (Saxon). A lord. Hlafordsocna, a lord's protection. Hlafordswice, the crime of betraying one's lord. HLAFORDSWICE (Saxon, h Uford, lord, literally bread given, and wice).
In old English law
Betraying one's lord; treason.
Crabb, Hist, Eng. Law, 59, 301.
Pine for presence at an illegal assembly. Du Cange.