Procurator Gynaecii Procurator Gynaecii Procurator Gynaecii (Latin for "Manager of the weaving factory"; plural "procuratores gynaeciorum") is an official Roman title recorded in the document "Notitia Dignitatum", a list of Imperial civil and military officials in the late 4th or early 5th century. There were fourteen "procuratores gynaeciorum" in various parts of the Western Roman Empire: The last in the list was stationed in Britain at a place called "Venta". This is usually taken to be Venta Belgarum (Winchester), but it has been argued that Venta Icenorum (Caistor by Norwich) is intended. In the listings of "Notitia Dignitatum" these "procuratores gynaeciorum" are
New England town early in the 19th century. By 1850, the only New England state that still had large unincorporated areas was Maine; by the end of the 19th century, most areas in Maine that could realistically be settled had been organized into towns. Early town organization in Vermont and much of New Hampshire proceeded in a somewhat different manner from that of the other New England states. In these areas, towns were often "chartered" long before any settlers moved into a particular area. This was very common in the mid to late 18th century—although there were towns which predated that period and