Reeve

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.

(2): ( n.) See Grieve, an overseer.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Name given to magistrates of various classes in early English times, the most important of whom was the

heriff, who represented the king in his shire; others were

amp;c.