Borsholder
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Bursholder. [corrupted from the Sax. borhesalder, another form of borhealder, borghiealder, or borhoealder, Spelman, Bract. fol. 124 b. See Borhealder.] In English law. The head, chief or principal man of a borh, borg, borough, or tithing.
1 Bl. Com. 114, 355. 3 Steph. Com. 47.
Wilcock on Constables, Introd.