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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
… route to Oxford presumably by 1005 when it was called the 'port street', may also have formerly connected with the … End, leading to Crawley, Hailey, and Charlbury, was called Port way by the 15th century, suggesting an important route …
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 Topographical Dictionary of England
… on the Colne river, and much shipping belongs to the port: it has a regular custom-house establishment, with a …
A History of the County of Essex
… from 6 to 20 which might suggest incipient urban or port development, but between 1086 and 1327 Wivenhoe … in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the expanding … for Christmas, presumably unloaded from ships at Wivenhoe port, and four ploughs were brought from Norfolk in 16323. In …
A History of the County of Essex
… to form an estuary, covered 1,549 a. (627 ha.). 85 Its port in the south-west corner of the parish, which served … Rivers Authority, became operational in 1993. 7 Wivenhoe port was an important part of Colchester port from the 16th century until the late 19th when the river …