| 单词 | marshal of the colony |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(High) Marshal of the Colony a. In colonial America: an officer having various judicial and administrative duties, as the serving of writs, levying and collection of fines, etc. Also (High) Marshal of the Colony. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > other specific officers of justice exactora1425 marshal1611 centgrave1647 custos rotulorum1683 custos1739 awarder1826 protocol1865 1611 T. de la Warre Relations in Narr. Early Virginia (1907) 212 I made choise of Captaine George Pearcie..to remain Deputie Governour, untill the comming of the Marshall, Sir Thomas Dale. 1615 R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia p. iv It hath thriued vnder the cammaund both of Sir Thomas Gates Knight, Gouernor, and Sir Thomas Dale Knight, and Marshall of the Collonie, these three yeeres and more. 1642 in Suffolk Deeds (Suffolk County, Mass.) (1880) I. 37 To the marshall or his deputy. By vertue hereof you are required to levy of the lands of John Samms to the Valew of fifty pounds and eighteene shillings. 1662 in J. C. Frost Rec. Town of Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y. (1914) I. 14 Richard Brutnell shall bee marshall ffor ys year. 1684 J. Moodey in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1861) 4th Ser. V. 119 He ordered the Marshal to drop me at Captain Stileman's. 1888 Dict. National Biogr. XIII. 385/2 In 1609, he was sent out to Virginia as marshal of the colony, the government of which was then reorganised on a military footing under Lord De la Warr. 1995 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 16 Apr. 1 In May 1611, Sir Thomas Dale was appointed High Marshal of the colony of Virginia. < as lemmas |
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