home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
The Epic Interactive Encyclopedia 1998
/
Epic Interactive Encyclopedia, The - 1998 Edition (1998)(Epic Marketing).iso
/
R
/
Reeve
/
INFOTEXT
< prev
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-09-02
|
323b
|
9 lines
In Anglo-Saxon England, an official charged
with the administration of a shire or burgh,
fulfilling functions similar to those of the
later sheriff. After the Norman Conquest, the
term tended to be restricted to the person
elected by the villeins to oversee the work
of the manor and to communicate with the
manorial lord.