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CITY GOVERNMENT English or AngloSaxon office of reeve means primarily like a steward, and the something word is still in use in places in that sense. If, however, my readers can asto the first assumption, namely, that the left a comes civitatis behind them, they sent Romans First, he reeve of the port, that is, the market, and priWas marily, perhaps, of that which, aS we market Saw, was nearest to Buillingsgate. Portus would mean a gate, but this "port" comes from
