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. ^ a b Williams, Ann (2004). "Eadnoth the Staller" (Subscription required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8384. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8384. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  2. ^ Harper, Douglas (2011). "Sheriff". Online Etymology Dictionary. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=sheriff&searchmode=none. Retrieved 16 July 2011. 
  3. ^ Palmer, John. "Ednoth the Constable". Domesday Map. University of Hull. http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/name/163600/ednoth-the-constable/. Retrieved 15 July 2011.