Borhealder

borghealder, borghiealder, borgiealder, borhoealder, chief, head or principal man of a borg or pledge, that is, of a tithing or decennary; a chief pledge, y. Borsholder; Decanus friborgi.

Borghealder, Borghiealder, Borgiealder, Borhoealder, corrupted into Borowholder; BORHESEALDER, corrupted into Borsholder, and Bursholder. Sax. [from bork, a pledge, and alder, elder or chief; Lat. senior, prineeps, capitalist In Saxon, and old English law. The chief, head, or principal man of a horg or pledge, that is, a tithing, or decennary, (Jidefussionis princeps, decurioe prc Bfectns;) a chief pledge, {capitalis fidejussor, capitale plegium.) Spelman, voc. Borsholder, Termes de la ley. Bract, fol. 124 b. Called also borowhead, or head-borow, (qq. v.) See Borsholder, Decanus Jriborgi.