Sheriffs of counties for life, coroners and justices of the peace, and gentlemen of the royal household, while they continue in their respective offices.
But when to the sheriffs house they came, To dinner they hied apace, And Robin Hood he the man must be Before them all to say grace.
Then Robin took his mantle from his back, And laid it upon the ground: And out of the sheriffs portmantle He told three hundred pound.
Sheriffs and their substitutes are addressed in their courts in Scotland as My Lord.
The supreme judges in Scotland, as well as the sheriffs of the various counties, are always selected from among them.
Juries were packed by the sheriffswith Protestants, by whom all Orangemen were acquitted, all Catholics condemned, and the credit of the law lowered for both by a system which made the juryman a tool and the prisoner a victim.
William's sheriffs were a firm check on the local magnates, while Edward's had been no more than the king's local bailiffs.
Henry, surprised at meeting opposition from such an unexpected quarter, withdrew his proposals, which seem indeed to have been intended rather to limit the profits of the sheriffs than to raise more money.
At Northallerton they barred the way of the invaders, mustering under Thurstan, Archbishop of York, and the two sheriffs of the county.
Sheriffs of Norfolk, with their coats of arms most beautifully emblazoned.
If you happen to be on the island to-morrow and should you return to this office I shall certainly have you read it if I have to call all of my sheriffs into service!
As the daughter of the chief of sheriffs more than one burning secret was hidden in her breast, more than one of those frightful daggers that had pricked at the soul of her mother until they had murdered her.
Half a dozen paces away the chief of sheriffs paused and bowed low.
With a wild curse the chief of sheriffs dashed down the stairway and as she heard him go the terror of Winnsome's heart seemed to turn her blood cold.
He was confident that Arbor Croche and his sheriffs were confining their man-hunt to the swamp, but in spite of this belief he exercised extreme caution, stopping to listen now and then, with one hand always near his pistol.
A day being fixed for this examination, the house received a petition from the sheriffs and merchants of London, complaining of great losses by sea for want of cruisers and convoys, and the complaints were proved by witnesses.
The council resolved that the sentence should be executed, and orders were given for that purpose to the lieutenant of the Tower, and the sheriffs of London and Middlesex.
He was prohibited from preaching for the term of three years: his two sermons were ordered to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman, in presence of the lord mayor and the two sheriffs of London and Middlesex.
Copies of the case, and these resolutions, were sent by the lord-keeper to all the sheriffs of England, to be circulated through all the boroughs of their respective counties.
Sheriffs were also appointed by the governor but could not be removed without the consent of the council.
The men of the West complained that they were forced to pay excessive taxes, that the sheriffs were dishonest, and fees extortionate.
Grand and petit juries were to be summoned by the sheriffs instead of being chosen in town meetings.
In the days when the bow and arrow were the chief weapons of warfare, it was customary for the sheriffs of the counties where geese were reared to gather sufficient quantities of feathers to wing the arrows of the English army.
And, moreover, we shall cause to be summoned in general, through our sheriffs and bailiffs, all those who hold of us in chief.
All the sheriffs of the kingdom on any trivial accusation falling under the King's displeasure, were deprived of their unlucky power, and scarcely permitted to see his face, even by the mediation of inestimable treasure.
And the Justices shall make this inquest by themselves, and the Sheriffs by themselves.
The Sheriffs therefore who were responsible for the conservancy of the peace in the hundreds were enabled to muster the posse comitatus, or whole available police force of the shire, in case of emergency.
Let us go back there," suggested his companion; "I am willing to risk the wild beasts and the Sheriffs wrath.
Full a dozen of them had fallen into slumber to the Sheriffs rush-bottomed buttery floor.
If you receive Henry de Valois into your towns, make up your minds to see your preachers massacred, your sheriffs hanged, your women violated, and the gibbets garnished with your members.
He also extended the benefit of Magna Charta to Ireland, and commanded all the sheriffs to read it publicly at the county courts, and enforce its observance in every particular.
Many Templars were at this period wandering about the country disguised as secular persons, successfully evading pursuit, and the sheriffs were strictly commanded to use every exertion to capture them.
The sheriffs of the different counties were also directed to summon juries, through whom the truth might be better obtained.
The respective sheriffs of Erie and Niagara have taken the responsibility of calling out the militia to guard the frontier and prevent any further depredations.
He had addressed letters to the sheriffs in various shires, causing many false heretics to be set at liberty, some of whom had been actually indicted, and others who had been for good reason apprehended and were in prison.
The sheriffs of London were in strong opposition to the court; and it was not strange, that the grand jury named by them rejected the bill against College.
The poll was opened; but as the mayor would not allow the election to proceed for two vacancies, the sheriffs and he separated, and each carried on the poll apart.
Shaftesbury's imprisonment and trial put an end for some time to these machinations; and it was not till the new sheriffs were imposed on the city that they were revived.
North and Rich were accordingly sworn in sheriffs for the ensuing year; but it was necessary to send a guard of the train bands to protect them in entering upon their office.
The majority of the common hall, headed by the two sheriffs of the former year, refused to acknowledge the mayor's right of appointing one sheriff, but insisted that both must be elected by the livery.
The two sheriffs already elected, Papillon and Dubois, were insisted on as the only legal magistrates.
The sheriffs of London by their office return the juries: it had been usual for the mayor to nominate one sheriff by drinking to him; and the common hall had ever, without dispute, confirmed the mayor's choice.
The country party, who voted with the sheriffs for Papillon and Dubois, were much more numerous than those who voted with the mayor for Box: but as the mayor insisted chat his poll was the only legal one, he declared Box to be duly elected.
Writs were issued to the sheriffs of those parts to hold elections on the 20th of November for the choice of delegates to meet at Chester on the 4th of December, and the inhabitants of Pennsylvania were notified to attend.
At the same time the sheriffs of London proceeded to Mistress Shore's house, took possession of her goods, which were valued at three thousand marks, and conveyed her through the city to the Tower.
At Blackheath appeared the mayor, aldermen, and sheriffs of London, arrayed in scarlet robes, and mounted on horseback, to escort her through Southwark into the city.
Evidence, however, exists in abundance to prove that Richard was utterly unlike the deformed ruffian introduced into history by the scribes and sheriffs of London, who plied their pens with an eye to the favor of the Tudors.
The fleet young horse thief in front easily distanced the puffing sheriffs in the rear, and at last the pursuit was given over.
Soldiers and merchants here met; slaves here were sold; strangers resorted for news; captains sold cargoes; sheriffs held "vandues.
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