ANSTHRLD - Graveships

[Charlene Charette]

I'm creating an names index from a book of period church court records.
Talan is helping me with some of the entries.  Here's one of his replies
that I found interesting.  So, how to create a branch type?  :-)

- --Perronnelle

Brian M. Scott wrote:

> > The graveship of Thorne for concealment of these fines
>
> > What is "Thorne"?
>
> According to the OED, in Yorkshire a graveship was a district, either
> a subdivision of a large parish or a collection of several small
> parishes, so called because it was at some point administered by a
> grave or collection of graves.  A grave was an administrative
> official elected by the inhabitants of a township.  It would seem
> that <Thorne> here must be the name of the graveship, i.e.,
> essentially a place-name.  (Ekwall confirms that there is a Thorne in
> the West Riding.)
>
> Talan

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