When kings summoned their barons to Royal Councils, the greater barons were summoned individually by the sovereign, lesser barons through sheriffs, a local judicial office from the Anglo-Saxon era meaning 'shire-reeve' formerly selected from the thane class.
When kings summoned their barons to Royal Councils the greater barons were summoned individually by the sovereign, lesser barons through sheriffs a local judicial office from the Anglo-Saxon era meaning 'shire-reeve' formerly selected from the thane class