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sheriffwick
sheriffwick (ˈʃɛrɪfwɪk) Forms: see sheriff and -wick; also 6 shyrrywyke, 7 shirrewicke. 1. The office of sheriff.1451 Rolls of Parlt. V. 225/1 The offices and occupations of Mairalte, Shirrefwyke, Chaumberleynship. 1520 Coventry Leet Bk. 667 Touchyng the office of Shyrrywyke of the Citie. 1542–3 Act... Oxford English Dictionary
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shierifewike
shierifewike obs. form of sheriffwick. Oxford English Dictionary
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Vieuxpont
High Sheriffs of Westmorland In 1204 King John granted the "Sheriffwick and rent of the county of Westmorland", together with the custody of the castles wikipedia.org
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shyrrywyke
shyrrywyke obs. form of sheriffwick. Oxford English Dictionary
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shirewick
† ˈshirewick Obs. [f. shire n. + -wick.] = sheriffwick.1460 Rolls of Parlt. V. 382/2 Every Shirref, with the power and myght of his Shirwyk. a 1513 Fabyan Chron. vii. 327 In this .xi. yere of this Kynge Henry, the shyre⁓wyke of London & of Myddlesex were lettyn to ferme. 1601 Holland Pliny iii. v. I... Oxford English Dictionary
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escheator
escheator (ɛsˈtʃiːtə(r)) Forms: 5–6 eschetour(e, exchetour, -er, 5–7 escheatour, -etor, exchetor, (5 echetour, eshetour, 7 excheator), 7–8 escheater, (7 eschaetor), eþcheitour, 7– escheator. [ME. eschetour, a. AF. eschetour, f. eschete: see escheat n.] An officer appointed yearly by the Lord Treasur... Oxford English Dictionary
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-wick
-wick, suffix shortened form of wike (OE. w{iacu}ce) office, function of an official, as in bailiffwick, bailiwick, sheriffwick. A secondary sense of ‘jurisdiction of the official’, passing into ‘district over which the official's jurisdiction extends’, is found with some words containing this suffi... Oxford English Dictionary
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fee-farm
fee-farm Law. (ˈfiːfɑːm) Also Sc. feu-farm. [a. AF. fee-ferme, OF. feuferme, fiofferme; Anglo-Lat. (12th c.) had feudofirma, feudifirma, and the phrase firmam in feudo tenere; in continental use occur feudum firmum, feudalis firma, firma feudata; see fee n.2 and farm n.2] 1. That kind of tenure by w... Oxford English Dictionary
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