High Sheriff of Rutland
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Rutland. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown: there has been a Sheriff of Rutland since 1129. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March. After some 22 years as part of Leicestershire, Rutland was split away in 1996 as a Unitary Authority with its own shrievalty, thus re-establishing the separate High Sheriff of Rutland.
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1100–1200
1200–1300
1300–1400
1400–1500
1500–1600
1600–1700
1700–1800
1800–1900
1900–1973
Rutland Unitary Authority
References
- The Rutland Magazine and County Historical Record, Vol 4, (Oakham: C Matkin, 1910), pp73-85
External links
- The High Sheriffs' Association of England and Wales (The Shrievalty Association)
- High Sheriff of Rutland website
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