In Anglo-Saxon England, a reeve was an administrative official serving the king or a lesser lord in a variety of roles. After the Norman Conquest, it was an office held by a man of lower rank, appoint
Oswald the Reeve in "The Reeve's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer
Verderers are forestry officials in England who deal with common land in certain former royal hunting areas which are the property of the Crown. The office was developed in the Middle Ages to administ