Official responsible for the allocation of lodgings to members of the royal household, the *familia regis. A regulation of 1318 specifically forbade the presence of wives, presumably to limit the numbers of mouths to be fed. Since the court was peripatetic, its more lowly members were provided with clothing through *livery, and with food, with their job. Lodging - herbergage - was more difficult. The king's messengers, *nuncii regis, had stabling allocated for their horses; it is probable the messengers themselves slept in warm stables. Likely enough, it was a combination of mad scramble and favours given which determined who slept where. [< OldFr. herberge = an encampment] -
Cf. Herbergage
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.