Don't Make Me Go Feudal!!!!

Don’t Make Me Go Feudal!!!

Help Me Understand the Shire……………..


“No way, Blawgerserf,” you thought. “This whole Feudal thing is a figment of your way overactive imagination. I am not a serf, and there’s no way our modern country has anything to do with the feudal system.”

“Au Contraire,” says I. Read the following and weep, my little villeins.


SHIRE-REEVE

In England, a reeve was an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a Lord. The reeve himself was a serf. He had many duties such as making sure the serfs started work on time and ensuring that no one was cheating the lord out of money. The system was introduced by the Saxons, dating at least to the 7th century, and continued after the Norman Conquest.The reeve of an entire shire was a Shire-reeve, predecessor to the Sheriff.

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SHIRE-REEVE

The modern office of sheriff in the United States descends from a one-thousand-year-old English tradition: a "shire-reeve" (shire-keeper) is the oldest appointment of the English crown. Because county governments were typically the first established units of government in newly settled American territories, sheriffs were among the first elected public officials in an area and thus developed a leading role in local law enforcement.

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Badda Bing, Badda Boom!

Unbeknownst to you, your local Shire-Reeve is a walking, living, breathing, talking, and arresting throwback to the Middle Ages. You even cast your vote for him to be the little leader of the Shire….a chief serf, so to speak. He’s simply there to make sure the rest of us serfs don’t go getting any big ideas about knocking off the King or his minions.

So…….back to work, villeins! No cheating the Lord in this Shire!

Serfly Yours,

Blawgerman