Thain of the Shire
Bucca of the Marish
Harfoots
Bucca of the Marish was the first Thain of the Shire, chosen in T.A. 1979 to hold the authority of the vanished king after the fall of Arthedain. His descendants the Oldbucks held the Thainship for twelve generations before becoming the Brandybucks of Buckland.
The Shire