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portgerefa [AS portgerefa], portgrevius, portrevus 1 (pre-Conquest Eng.) borough-reeve. b (post-Conquest Eng.) portreeve, mayor. 968 ego Hloðeƿig portgerefa consensi CS 1212.  b W. rex salutat W. episcopum et G. portgrevium [AS: portirefan] et omnem burgware infra Londonias (Ch. Lond.) GAS 486; 1419 qui nunc major olim portigravius ‥ vocabatur MGL I 4; rex suum locum tenentem ‥ portgravium (quod nomen a lingua Saxonica ‥ sumpserat) appellavit Ib. 13; 1577 Willelmus Ditchborne portrevus ibidem comparuit DL CourtR 126/1883 m. 1. 2 (f. portreva) female portreeve or wife of portreeve. 1577 Eva Asheborneham portreva ibidem DL CourtR 126/1883 m. 1.

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