provender. The steward's land is to be free. He has a steer of every spoil from the household. A steward is to have the gobr of the daughters of every land-maer. He receives twenty-four pence from every officer who shall serve food and drink in the court, when they shall enter upon their office. He distributes the gwestva silver. To him it pertains to test liquors in the court. He has a third of the dirwy and camlwrw of the food and drink servants, namely, cook and butler and server of a court. From the time the steward, standing up, shall proclaim the protection of God and the protection of the king and the queen and the nobles (guyrda), whosoever shall violate that protection is not to have protection either in court or in llan. He is to participate in the twenty-four offices of a court. And he has two parts of the skins of the cattle which are killed in the kitchen. For every office of court the steward has a fee when the king shall confer it; except the principal offices. A hart's skin comes to him in October from the chief huntsman, and therefrom vessels are made to keep the king's cups and his horns, before sharing the skins between the king and the huntsmen. A steward has one man's share
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