The plague epidemic of 1644–45 caused the depopulation of the settlement and its surroundings areas, as a result Ádám Batthyány provided privilege to his settled soldiers (hajdús), including Csányi.
Csányi also strengthened the local castellum (fort) crossing the Rába river, which was built by the end of the 16th century upon the command of the Hungarian Royal Chamber, seated in Pressburg (today Bratislava, Slovakia).
However, the conflicts of jurisdiction between captain Ádám Batthyány and ispán Benedek Bakos (representative of the civil authority in Vas County) hindered the efficient functioning of the border guard system in the Upper Őrség.
Paul I, Count Esterházy of Galántha wrote in his memoir on war and military strategy Mars Hungaricus that a Christian army was united at Körmend in July 1664.
The commanders, Kristóf Batthyány and Esterházy sent an auxiliary troop of 600 Hungarian and 200 Croatian soldiers led by Csányi and Ferenc Csanádi to attack the Ottoman military camp.
[7] Some historians do not accept Esterházy's report on the circumstances and year of his death, as Csányi's wife Anna Keczer appeared as widow at first in contemporary sources in June 1667.
1690), who married Krisztina Rumy, also served in the Batthyány banderium and participated in the Great Turkish War (1683–99), later was head of the garrison in Rohonc (today Rechnitz, Austria) and Kőszeg on the line of the Kanizsa border system.