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Borsholder
The head or chief of a tithing or borough see 2d Borough the headborough a parish constable … The head or chief of a tithing or borough see 2d Borough the headborough a parish constable
Headborough
Headborough, the head of a borough; a constable. See CONSTABLE … Headborough, the head of a borough; a constable. See CONSTABLE
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Borsholder
Borsholder, borough's ealder, tithing-man, or head-borough, supposed to be the discreetest man in the borough, town, or tithing. He was … Borsholder, borough's ealder, tithing-man, or head-borough, supposed to be the discreetest man in the borough, town, or tithing. He was one of the principal
mayor
an official elected or appointed to act as chief executive or nominal head of a city, town, or borough … mayor : an official elected or appointed to act as chief executive or nominal head of a city, town, or borough
Magna Carta
of June, 1215, being in the seventeenth year of his reign. After the adjustment of preliminaries, Articles or heads of agreement were drawn up and sealed; these Articles were then reduced to the form of a charter … and customs which it hath been used to have. Moreover, we will and grant that all other cities, boroughs, towns, and the barons of the five ports, and all other ports, shall have all their liberties and
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