What is a Head Borough

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Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 786 Send Message	Helen in Bucks	Report	1 Feb 2010 18:40
	that's OK, its easy to forget, I forgot to check freereg for a marriage last week, and by chance it was one of the very few that are on there ...
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 967 Send Message	JosieByCoast	Report	1 Feb 2010 18:19
	Many thanks. In all my excitement on finding something on my gr gr gr grandfather I forgot to google first, sorry about that. I did google and went on wikipedia, then the phone went, then it was time to put the dinner on before I had a chance to get back and thank you.
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 786 Send Message	Helen in Bucks	Report	1 Feb 2010 16:41
	if you google head borough the first web site you will be directed to wikipedia which has info as follows: In English law, the term head-borough, or borough-head, referred to a chief officer of a borough, and later to an officer subordinate to constable. In the Anglo-Saxon system of frith-borh, the headborough presided over the borhsmen in his jurisdiction, who in turn presided over the local tythingmen.[
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 967 Send Message	JosieByCoast	Report	1 Feb 2010 16:35
	I have just found a number of references in old newspapers that my gr gr gr grandfather was a head borough. Anyone know what this is?