graveshipn.
/ˈɡreɪvʃɪp/ (a) The office of a grave; = grieveship n. (b) In the West Riding of Yorkshire: a district, in some instances a subdivision of a large parish, in others comprising a number of parishes; so called as having formerly been administered by a grave or a body of graves.
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society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property > position of
graveship1460
stewardship1465
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > administrative divisions in Britain > other small administrative divisions > in parts of Britain and Ireland
ward1431
graveship1460
commot1495
sheading1577
toughe1584
baronya1599
riding1675
graviate1728
borough1899
1460 Inventory in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 365 Thomæ Walworth pro le graveship, xijs. viijd.
1653 in Morehouse Kirkburton & Graveship of Holme (1861) 145 King James being heretofore seized in fee of two water corne mills in Holmefirth, being a graveship within the Manor of Wakefield, in the countie of York.
1793 Local Act 33 Geo. III An Act for Dividing and Inclosing the Open Common Fields..and Waste Grounds, within the Townships or Graveships of Wakefield, Stanley, Wrenthorpe [etc.]..in the Parish of Wakefield.
1861 Morehouse Kirkburton & Graveship of Holme 141 In 1828 an act was obtained for enclosing all the common and waste lands within the graveship of Holme.
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