Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Portreeve> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 35 of
35
with 100 items per page.
- Portreeve abstract "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.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.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.".
- Portreeve wikiPageID "2645720".
- Portreeve wikiPageRevisionID "524878335".
- Portreeve hasPhotoCollection Portreeve.
- Portreeve subject Category:Anglo-Saxon_society.
- Portreeve subject Category:Ceremonial_officers_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Portreeve subject Category:Government_occupations.
- Portreeve subject Category:Heads_of_local_government.
- Portreeve subject Category:Obsolete_occupations.
- Portreeve subject Category:Positions_of_authority.
- Portreeve type CausalAgent100007347.
- Portreeve type CeremonialOfficersInTheUnitedKingdom.
- Portreeve type Head110162991.
- Portreeve type HeadsOfLocalGovernment.
- Portreeve type Leader109623038.
- Portreeve type LivingThing100004258.
- Portreeve type MilitaryOfficer110317007.
- Portreeve type Object100002684.
- Portreeve type Organism100004475.
- Portreeve type Person100007846.
- Portreeve type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Portreeve type Serviceman110582746.
- Portreeve type SkilledWorker110605985.
- Portreeve type Whole100003553.
- Portreeve type Worker109632518.
- Portreeve type YagoLegalActor.
- Portreeve type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- Portreeve comment "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.".
- Portreeve label "Portreeve".
- Portreeve sameAs m.07v0jc.
- Portreeve sameAs Q7232382.
- Portreeve sameAs Q7232382.
- Portreeve sameAs Portreeve.
- Portreeve wasDerivedFrom Portreeve?oldid=524878335.
- Portreeve isPrimaryTopicOf Portreeve.