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portreeve
A portreeve or port warden is the title of an historical official in England and Wales possessing authority (political, administrative, or fiscal) over a town. The details of the office have fluctuated and evolved considerably over time. The term derives from the word ''port'' (which historically meant a market town or walled town, and not specifically a seaport); and the word ''reeve'', meaning a high-ranking supervisory official.〔''Oxford English Dictionary''.〕
The origins of the position are in the reign of Edward the Elder, who, in order to ensure that taxes were correctly exacted, forbade the conducting of trades outside of a 'port' or duly appointed place for trading, and without the supervision of a portreeve or other trustworthy person. At this time therefore, they had a role as a fiscal supervisor, much like modern customs and revenue officers. William Fitz-Isbell (c1130-1194), portreeve and sheriff of London (1160-1194), was also called Lord Mayor, Governor, and Viscount London, and was described as financier to the Crown. 〔 https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Isbell/〕〔 Scott, Mary (1929) GENEALOGY OF THE ISBELL FAMILY. St. Louis General Printing Company, pp. 11, 216; Stow, John (1842) A Survey of London, pp. 185-86; Stowe, John (1880). Three Fifteenth-century Chronicles. J.B. Nichols and Sons, p.31; Tait, James (1936) The Medieval English Borough. Manchester University Press, pp. 168-69; Davy, sir Humphry (1827) A Chronicle of London, From 1089 to 1483. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Greene, p. 2.〕
By the late Middle Ages portreeves acted as representatives of the people to ensure that their duties to the mayor and community were fulfilled. In some cases (and usually more recently) the role has been combined with that of mayor. Portreeves may also have acted as returning officers at elections.
Contemporary British towns which still nominally have or appoint a portreeve include Laugharne, Carmarthenshire; Ashburton, Devon (the only town in the country where the office is still held by act of parliament); Beccles, Suffolk; Callington, Cornwall (where the name is given to the council chairman);〔()〕 and Yeovil, Somerset.
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