Burgess

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These are freemen who run their own businesses and / or take part in their local government. They can become council members of a local government and even mayor of a village or town. Instead of paying a tax to a lord, they pay into their local community. When a Burgess is a member of a local government, he is known as an “Alderman”.

--DR.NUMBERS 22:22, 14 November 2008 (UTC)