Shortly after he came of age Thomas Stanley married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Pytts, of Kyre, in Worcestershire, and in 1634 he was honoured with theshrievalty of his native county.
His wealth and social status marked him as a fitting person to be entrusted with the shrievalty of Cheshire, and in 1595 that dignity was conferred upon him.
Ellis in his paper on the Gloucestershire Domesday tenants, but he was of opinion that Walter de Gloucester was the immediate successor in the shrievalty of his uncle, Durand, who died without issue.
When Midsummer-day (1773) came round Plumbe and Kirkman were for the fourth time rejected for the shrievalty in favour of Plomer and Sayre.
The concession made by the king’s grandfather had been ignored by Stephen and the empress Matilda, each of whom in turn had granted the shrievalty of London and Middlesex to the Earl of Essex.
In 1506 Henry removed Robert Johnson, a goldsmith, from the shrievalty within three days of his election, and put William Fitz-William in his place.
I) as having been paid for the shrievalty in 1130, appears to have been more of the nature of a fine than a firma.
When the shrievalty was restored by John to the citizens (1199) the concession had lost its chief importance through the triumph of the communal principle.
Nevertheless the shrievalty became so unpopular that an order had to be passed against aldermen who had not already served as sheriff resigning their gowns for the purpose of avoiding service.
The shrievalty of the County Palatine has always been esteemed the blue riband of shrievalties.
One of the pleasantest incidents of the shrievalty is the number of distinguished and interesting people one meets.
The supreme court of the territory was sitting at Santa Fe, and its decision upon the shrievaltywould be announced in a few days.
On Saturday of the first week in October Judge Harlin received a private dispatch from Santa Fe saying that the supreme court had decided the shrievalty contest in favor of Joe Davis, the Democratic candidate.
Thornborough called on Mr Montefiore, saying he was deputed by some of the most influential members of the Corporation of London to offer him the Shrievalty at the ensuing election, if he would accept the office.
On the 20th of the same month I find the first entry referring to an offer of the Shrievalty of London and Middlesex.
Sometimes," he remarks, "the duties of Shrievalty cause me much trouble.
The subject at that time greatly engrossed his mind; he had no rest, either by day or by night, on account of his anxiety to hasten to their succour, and determined to set out on his journey as soon as his year of Shrievalty expired.
Pearce with his intention of declining the Shrievalty in the event of its being conferred on him.
On the same day he was officially informed of his having been elected President for the year of the Jews' Free School, but the duties of the Shrievalty prevented his accepting the honour.
In the following year Mr. Legh had the shrievalty of Cheshire conferred upon him, a dignity that, as we have seen, had been enjoyed by his ancestors in six consecutive generations previously.
