Definition of Portmote. Meaning of Portmote. Synonyms of Portmote

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Definition of Portmote

Portmote
Portmote Port"mote`, n. In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town. [Obs.] --Blackstone.

Meaning of Portmote from wikipedia

- crosses", enjo**** a degree of self-government through a town court or portmote, and a form of free tenure of property. These privileges set the area of...
- held by Sir Richard's successors, the Earls of Sefton until 1972. The Portmote of the Borough of Salford merged with the Hundred Court in the 17th century...
- hall was built in the town for the mayor's court and the borough court (portmote). The town lacked industries at this date and was described as poor, remaining...
- Chester. The borough's government was in the hands of a borough-reeve and portmote court. The reeve was elected by the burgesses at large, while the head...
- for the Borough and City of Chester and County of the same City, and the Portmote and Pentice Courts for the City of Chester, to be held at the Castle of...
- century, and is believed to lie on the site of the medieval court where the Portmote or Borough Court was held. Sayer's Almshouses, were the legacy of John...
- show that Preston was already a trading port by the 12th century when a portmote (a type of court) would meet at regular intervals to give judgement on...
- Sheriffs' Court for the Giltspur Street Compter The Macclesfield Court of Portmote The Maidstone Court of Conservancy The Melcombe Regis Court of Husting...
- the Giltspur Street Compter (City of London) The Macclesfield Court of Portmote The Maidstone Court of Conservancy The Melcombe Regis Court of Husting...
- to have been a bailiff from at least 1312 and the town had a "court of portmote" from at least the 13th century. The borough appears not to have exercised...