Harding of Bristol

Harding of Bristol (born circa 1048, died circa 1125) was sheriff reeve of Bristol, with responsibility for managing a manorial estate and perhaps similar duties to those of a magistrate.[1][2] He was the son of Eadnoth the Constable, an Anglo-Saxon thane who served as steward to Edward the Confessor and Harold II.[3] He was the father of Robert Fitzharding who became lord of Berkeley, Gloucestershire.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Williams, Ann (2004). "Eadnoth the Staller". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8384. Retrieved 15 July 2011. (subscription required (help)).
  2. Harper, Douglas (2011). "Sheriff". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  3. Palmer, John. "Ednoth the Constable". Domesday Map. University of Hull. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
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