Ill give brainliest to the first right one. Type the correct answer in the box. Spell all words correctly. what word fits correctly in the box? please help Who was the predecessor of today’s sheriff and in charge of a shire?

England’s rulers grouped ten households together to form a tithing. They grouped ten tithings of a hundred households into shires. A predecessor of the present day sheriff was in charge of a shire. This predecessor was called (blank)

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