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visconté (1295)
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visconté (1295)

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viscontee;  vesconté,  vescounté;  vicomté  

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1shire, sheriffdom: 
( 1321 )  les vescontez furrent en la main le Roy  YBB Ed II xxvi 252
( 1327 )  vescontés ne hundreds ne autres bailies  Rot Parl2 122
2office of sheriff: 
( 1406-07 )  gardes des gaoles et autres profitz et commodités appurtenantz et annexés as viscountés d'auncien temps  Rot Parl1 iii 247
3right to appoint a sheriff: 
( 1295 )  les cyteyns tienent le visconté de Loundres du Rey pour cccc. li. payaunt par an al Escheker  King’s Council ss 9
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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