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applied even where there was no resident castellan at the castle, or if he was frequently absent. A castellan could exercise the power of the "ban" - that is, to hear court cases and collect fines, taxes from residents, and muster local men for the defence of the area or the realm. There are similarities with a lord of the manor. Castellans had the power to administer all local justice, including sentencing and punishments up to and including the death penalty, as when, in 1111, the Salzburg

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