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Headborough - Wikipedia
In English law, the term headborough, head-borough, borough-head, borrowhead, or chief pledge, referred historically to the head of the legal, ... en.wikipedia.org
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HEADBOROUGH definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
2 senses: obsolete 1. the official in charge of a tithing 2. English law a petty constable.... Click for more definitions. www.collinsdictionary.com
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headborough (n.) - ShakespearesWords.com
Headborough is a parish officer or town constable. www.shakespeareswords.com
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headborough
headborough (ˈhɛdˌbʌrə) Forms: 5 -borwe, 5–7 -borow, 6–7 -borowe, -boroughe, 7 -burrowe, -burrough, 8 -bourg, 6– -borough. Originally, the head of a friðborh, tithing, or frank-pledge (see borrow n. 3); afterwards a parish officer identical in functions with the petty constable; = borrowhead, borsho... Oxford English Dictionary
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What is headborough? Simple Definition & Meaning - LSD.Law
A headborough is a person who is in charge of a group of people in a town or village. They are responsible for making sure that everyone follows the rules and ... lsd.law
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HEADBOROUGH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun 1. a chief of a frankpledge or tithing compare tithingman 2. borsholder Word History Etymology Middle English hed borwe, from hed head + borwe pledge, ... www.merriam-webster.com
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Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Headborough
HEADBOROUGH, noun hed'burro. In England, formerly, the chief of a frank-pledge, tithing or decennary, consisting of ten families. webstersdictionary1828.com
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headborough - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · (historical, law) Synonym of tithingman, the head of a tithing. · (historical, law) Synonym of tithingman, a peace officer or underconstable. en.wiktionary.org
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Headborough Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
(obsolete) The head of a frankpledge or tithing. Wiktionary. (obsolete) A petty constable in a parish. Wiktionary. Other Word Forms of Headborough. Noun. www.yourdictionary.com
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HEADBOROUGH - The Law Dictionary
Definition and Citations: In Saxon law. The head or chief officer of a borough ; chief of thefrankpledge tithing or decennary. This office was afterwards, ... thelawdictionary.org
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Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet
Origins Robert Palk was born in December 1717 at Lower Headborough Farm in the parish of Ashburton, Devon, and was baptised on 16 December 1717 at the Baronetcy On 14 November 1760 "Robert Palk of Headborough" received a grant of arms as follows: Sable, an eagle displayed argent beaked and legged or a wikipedia.org
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thridborrow
ˈthirdborough, ˈthridborrow Obs. exc. Hist. Also 5–6 (7–8) thrid-, 6 thred-, thur-, thar-, 6–7 therd-; 5 -borro, 6 -bourogh(e, -borow(e, 6–7 -barow(e, -barrow, 7 -borrow, -bearer. [In 15th c. thridborro, 16th c. thridborowe, later third-borow; and with both elements variously corrupted. Early eviden... Oxford English Dictionary
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Walter Palk
Origins He was the eldest son of Walter Palk (d.1801) of Headborough and Yolland Hill, in the parish of Ashburton, a small farmer and clothier, by his wikipedia.org
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borrow-head
† borrow-head1 Obs. exc. Hist. (ˈbɒrəʊhɛd) [f. borrow n. 3 + head; cf. borsholder. The fuller form friðborhheved occurs in the (Latin) Laws of Edward the Confessor xx. Writers from the 16th c. onwards have often confounded borrow n. 3 with borough; hence the incorrect form borough-head, commonly ado... Oxford English Dictionary
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Jermenovci
He escaped from the siege set by the gendarmes, but killed the local headborough/village judge, his very last victim. wikipedia.org
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