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shrieve

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shrieve [ʃriːv]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an archaic word for sheriff


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The loud-mouthed Aussie was filming in Stratford for a new UK travel series when he and the crew stayed at Shrieves House, voted the second most spooky house in the country.
Recorder Wyn Lloyd Jones said the content of phone calls by 38-year-old Ian Shrieves made "very serious and worrying reading".
Curator Steven Devey lives in the front end of the building, while the tour takes place at the rear, but the name Shrieve comes from the first known resident, William Shreyve, selected by King Henry VIII's representatives to serve as an archer for the King's forces.
 
 
 
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