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He was the king's chaplain.

The word capellanus may be likewise interpreted both secretary and chancellor, for these offices and that of the king's chaplain were in early times one and the same, being always an ecclesiastic, and one who had the care of the king's chapel.

Spelman, verba capella, et cancellarius.

The above twelve were the king's principal tenants in capite, who held immediately of him as of his crown.

Hasted's Kent, v. I. p. CLI.

All those who are enumerated at the head of every county in Domesday, and are not mentioned as earls or spiritual persons, thani, ministri, or fervientes regis, were barons, and held of the king in capite.

Seld. Tit. Hon. p. 694, 695. Notæ ad Eadmerum, p. 168. Chauncey's Hertf. p. 10. Rh