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A reeve didn't earn a wage like people do today. He was an official of the court so he was given lodging, food, and clothing. He most likely made money by bribes and investments from lands he was given by the crown.
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Before the Norman Conquest, reeves were officers of varying rank, depending on the location, and with a large variation in duties. Their compensation would have varied.
After the Norman Conquest, reeves were supervisors on manorial estates. They were not connected with kings or courts. Their jobs were to supervise the day to day activities of serfs, from whom they were chosen. For this, they may have received some pay over what other serfs got, but probably not much. The office was given out annually at many manors.
At this time, a person associated with the courts might still have had the title of high-reeve. This was a title for a member of the nobility, or at least not a serf. The precise meaning of high-reeve appears to be rather obscure, except as it applied to certain specific towns or cities.
The reeves of counties became shire-reeves or sheriffs.
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What section of Africa carried on much trade during the Middle Ages?
What section of Africa carried on much trade during the middle ages
Who did a Reeve work for in the Middle Ages?
The term Reeve had two meanings in medieval England. During the Anglo-Saxon period the term refereed to an appointed official. They might supervise a town, a port, the holding of a noble, or a particular shire. The term shire-reeve is the origin of the modern work sheriff. After the normal conquest the usage of the term changed. A reeve was still an official, but a much more minor one. A reeve was responsible for overseeing a lord's lands on a manor, organizing and directing the labor of the serfs, and also in some cases for collection of fees and rents and for duties such as selling the lord's farm produce. In some cases reeves were appointed by the lord, but there were also traditions where the reeve was elected by the villagers of the manor.
Much of the trade during the Middle Ages was based on .?
wool
Was the medieval times the 14th century?
The 14th century was in the Middle Ages or medieval times, but the Middle Ages lasted from the 5th century to the 15th, and so included much more.
What countries came out of the middle ages in the strongest position?
At the end if the Middle Ages, the strongest countries in Western Europe were probably England, France, and Spain. In Eastern Europe, the strongest was the Ottoman Empire, though much of it was in Asia.
