Middle English Dictionary Entry
maire serǧeaunt phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | maire serǧeaunt phr. |
| Etymology | OF major, maire adj. & ME serǧeaunt . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Chief officer, an officer charged with carrying out legal arrests, searches, etc.
Associated quotations
- (1417) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.120182,183 : He sall pay..xij d. to the maire sergeant; and every journayman..sall pay..vj d. to the maire sergeant.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.852 : Than ye sayd Mayr..sent to ye Sercheours of ye Irenmangers..yat..the Mayr Sergeant and thay suld wend in to ye house of the sayd John Lyllyng.