ferthingmannus

ferthingmannus [cf. ME ferthingman] , ‘quartermaster’, gild officer having authority over gildsmen in a quarter of town. Cf.Gild Merch. I 27n. 2. secundum arbitrium aldirmanni, feryngmannorum [etc.] Stat. Gild. Berw. 6 (v. decanus 10a); ut quotiescumque aldirmannus et feryngmanni ‥ congregare voluerint confratres Ib. 17.