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Reveland, the land which in Domesday is said to have been thane-land, and afterwards converted into reveland. It seems to have been land which, having reverted to the king after the death of the thane, who had if for life, was not granted out to any by the king, but rested in charge upon the account of the reve or bailiff of the manor, Spelm. Feuds, c. 24.