the landowners in a parish who held responsibility for the parish church, parish school and payment of the schoolteacher's salary and the Minister's stipend

the landed proprietors in each parish who were responsible for the upkeep of the parish church, the parish school, payment of the minister's stipend and schoolmaster's salary etc. hership nothing to do with heirship (though it is sometimes spelt the same); this is the crime of making away with someone's cattle by force homologation the act by which someone approves of a written deed (and thereby binds himself to fulfil its terms)