Reeve (England)

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Reeve (England)

In England

England

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, a reeve was an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a lord

Lord

Lord is a title with various meanings. It can denote a Prince#Prince_as_a_generic_word_for_ruler or a Examples of feudalism . The title today is mostly used in connection with the peerage of the United Kingdom or its predecessor countries, although some users of the title do not themselves hold peerages, and use it 'Courtesy titles in the U...
. The reeve himself was a serf. He had many duties such as making sure the serfs started work on time and ensuring that no one was cheating the lord out of money. The system was introduced by the Saxons

Saxons

The Saxons were a confederation of Germanic peoples. Their modern-day descendants in Saxony are considered ethnic Germans; those in the eastern Netherlands are considered to be ethnic Dutch people; those in north eastern Belgium are considered to be ethnic Flemish people; and those in southern England ethnic English people ....
, dating at least to the 7th century, and continued after the Norman Conquest

Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England began in 1066 AD with the invasion of the Kingdom of England by the troops of William I of England, Duke of Normandy , and his victory at the Battle of Hastings....
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The reeve of an entire shire

Shire

A shire is a traditional administrative division of United Kingdom and Australia. Shire has been effectively synonymous with county since the Norman Conquest....
was a Shire-reeve, predecessor to the Sheriff

Sheriff

A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
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In Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 588,276.09 square kilometres and a population of 1,015,895 , mostly living in the southern half of the province....
and Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 647,797 square kilometres and a population of 1,207,959 , with more than half located within the Winnipeg Capital Region ....
a reeve is the chair of Rural Municipality

Rural municipality

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canada provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or Civil township in the western United States....
similar to a Mayor.