1 gen 1647 anni - overseer

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One who oversees or supervises, as in a will. 1530 <i>And also that ... my kynsmen be helpars and ouersears with hir</i>, Heptonstall (Clay83). Also a title given to the officers of a township or parish who were responsible for the poor and the highways. More generally it was used of a person who surveyed work carried out on an important project. Before Apperley Bridge was rebuilt in 1602 the mason Thomas Wallimsley came to an agreement <i>with the overseers</i> who <i>of their own costs</i> were held responsible for the provision of <i>all the tymber stone and lyme needful</i> (BAS6/141-2). When Huddersfield Bridge was destroyed in 1647-8 Sir John Ramsden appointed <i>overseers </i>to consult with two workmen and <i>agree with them for building the said bridge</i> (QS10/2/75).

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