Modern term for the chief administrators of the estates of the 13c and 14c magnates and later. A receiver would be based at the *caput honoris from which all other manors were administered; he might have a *steward as his immediate junior, below whom there would be reeves and bailiffs on the various estates, tending to daily matters. Each year there would be an accounting of all monies, overseen by auditors. On some estates there would be a *view should the need be felt. -
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.