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The Environs of London
… beadle; and those who held three yard-lands, the office of reeve or provost. Upon the death of every freeholder the lord …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which may be noticed the sarcophagus of Chief Justice Reeve, with busts of himself and his lady, by Schemacker; and … Acre, four almshouses were founded in 1687, by Richard Reeve, who endowed them with funds from which the inmates …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 20 s. at most. He was liable for service as beadle or dike-reeve, if appointed. For every day that he mowed he should …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1517. 32 Officers elected in the late 14th century were a reeve and a harrower, 33 and a hayward was mentioned in 1381. … with the management of waste land were received by a reeve in 1784, but after 1788 his functions were performed by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town crier. 48 Town Bailiffs The principal office, that of reeve or bailiff, was held from the Middle Ages by leading … 355 John Hustone (MP 13045) served several terms as town reeve or bailiff, 356 and John of Wellow (MP 13301), …
A History of the County of Essex
… one horse or two cows for every 4 annual rent. The parish reeve branded cattle with the mark for Woodford parish: 60 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1800 and 1803 at the Royal Oak inn in Shermanbury. A reeve was mentioned in 1680 and later, and a crier in 1800 and 1803. The reeve in 1835 was J. L. W. Dennett, son of the lord of the … were then held at least twice a year, and there were a reeve and a beadle or beadles. Besides land transactions, the …