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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Lever and Pilkington against Ellis de Lever and Henry the reeve of Gorton; Assize R. 1294, m. 9. William de Lever was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at the court leet; the principal was called the borough reeve, in imitation of the other township, for Little Bolton …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… succeeding, was to give the lord some arms as relief. The reeve was to be elected and removed by the burgesses; it was … more supervision. Those elected in 1552 were the borough-reeve, catchpoll, two constables, market-lookers for corn, … was vested in commissioners, including the borough reeve and constables for the time being, the warden and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a mercer in Manchester and served as constable and borough-reeve. He died in 1609, and left a son and heir Walter, of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… de Garston, Alice daughter of Robert son of William the Reeve, Adam son of Robert del Brooks, and others were accused … disseised Juliana, widow of William son of William the Reeve, of her tenement in Wooltontwo messuages and an oxgang of land. 20 William the Reeve seems to have had three sonsWilliam, John, and Robert. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of land by serjeanty, and had another oxgang; Robert the Reeve holding two oxgangs in virtue of his office, and Roger … holding the same; Lancs. Inq. and Extents, i, 78. The reeve and clerk frequently appear in later times; e.g. ibid. … belonging to them, which he had had from Robert the reeve at a rent of 3 s., to the grantor; ibid. 117. Felicia …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… de Kellet; Great Coucher, i, fol. 61, no. 9. Robert the Reeve occurs again in 1297 (as above) and John was reeve in 1323, holding a messuage and 2 oxgangs of land by … iii, 274. a In 1297 the free tenants were Robert the Reeve, holding 40 acres by being reeve and paying 2 s. a year …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the wife of George Ward, and Elizabeth, wife of William Reeve; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. viii, n. 6, 7. The Reeves or … a century at least; the inquest after the death of Robert Reeve in 1640 shows that his land was held of Margaret, …