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The Saxons in England, Volume 2 (of 2)

Note 822 — Chapter VII · THE TOWNS.

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“Cyninges geréfa binnan port,” the king’s reeve within the city. Leg. Æðelst. iii. § 7; iv. § 3. Canterbury appears to have had both a cyninges geréfa and a portgeréfa. The signatures of both these officers are appended to the same instrument. Cod. Dipl. No. 789.

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