In this case , I wonder if you could tell the role of 'Constables' at the
general Sessions.
Hideaki
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From: "Peter King" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 2:47 AM
Subject: Re: armiger
> Esquire is probably the correct translation at all dates, but the
> significance of the term will have changed with time.
>
> Peter King
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: From: Local-History list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Dave Leach
> Sent: 31 December 2004 21:17
> To: Peter Wickham King
> Subject: armiger
>
> Perhaps it would be useful to narrow down the period and regions in which
> armiger was used to mean esquire. From experience in the north west of
> England the correspondence between them seems to be invariable up to about
> 1700.
>
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