Busones

A word found only in Bracton (folio 115b). From the context, it means the principal persons of the county, and is thought to have been synonymous with "barons." 2 Reeve. Hist. Eng. Law, 2, note; Crabb, Hist. Eng. Law, 161.

Lat. A word occurring in the following passage of Bracton: Justiciarii, vocatis ad se quatuor, vel sex, vel pluribus de majoribus comitatus, qui dicuntur busones comitatus, &c. Bract. fol. 116 b. Mr. Reeves observes that the anomalous appellation of busones is to be met with no where but in this passage. 2 Reeves' Hist. Eng. Law, 2, note. Spelman says the words qui dicuntur busones comitatus were wanting in his MS. copy. Gloss. in voc. The word busones, if genuine, no doubt signified the principal persons of the county, and is thought by some to have been synonymous with barones, (barons.) Crabb's Hist. Eng. Law, 161. Some copies have barones.