reeves
Local English officials
Reeves is the plural of reeve, a historical administrative official in medieval England who managed a lord's estate or served as a local magistrate.
The village reeve collected rents, organized labor, and maintained order.
The term survives mainly in historical contexts and in compound forms like sheriff, which derives from "shire reeve." (Capitalized Reeves is a surname.)
bailiff
Legal proceeding overseer
steward · feudal · lord · tenant · medieval · magistrate · sheriff · shire · parish · local
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