An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large.
Messor] Manorial official in charge of the haies, or hedges. (Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 230) Lesser manorial official; assistant to reeve. (Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 244) A manorial officer having charge of the enclosures, especially in haymaking or harvest times. (Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150-1400, 338)