Gastaldus

A steward or bailiff. Spelman. Also applied to higher officers, as a governor of a city. In the book of feuds it seems to have been used in the sense of "warden." GASTINE (Law Fr.) Waste or uncultivated ground. Britt. c. 57. GATE (Saxon, geat). At the end of names of places, signifies way or path. Cunningham. In the words "beast gate" and "cattle gate," it means a right of pasture. These rights are local to Suffolk and Yorkshire, respectively. They are considered as corporeal hereditaments, for which ejectment will lie (2.Strange, 1084; 1 Term R. 137), and are entirely distinct from right of common. The right is sometimes connected with the duty of repairing the gates of the pasture, and perhaps the name comes from this.

Gastaldius, Gastaldio, Guastaldus. L. Lat. & Lomb. [from Sax. gast, a ^uest, and haldian, to keep or take care of.] In old European law. A steward, seneschal, bailiff or major-domo. Spelman. Applied also to higher officers, as the governor of a city or province. Id, ibid.