STURMAN. Stirman or Stermannus occurs in Domesday as .the designation of an oflicial. Edric Stirman was, temp. Edw. Confessor, commander of the land and sea forces of the bishop of Worcester, for the king's service. {Stermanmis navis episcopi, et ductor exercitus ejusdem episcopi, ad servicium regis). Heming Chartul. quoted in Ellis's Introd. ii. 89. There was also a king's Stirman. A-Sax. steoran, to steer, rule, govern.

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