HIGH SHERIFF
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- Active - 03383797 (CH)
- Age: 26 years
- ID: 3556347/138
Heritage House PO Box 21 Baldock Herts SG7 5SH
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The first recorded High Sheriff of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, in the 11th century, wasGodric of Fyfield, "a colourful old scoundrel". He fought for King Harold Godwinson(also known as King Harold II, the last Anglo Saxon king) and probably died at the Battle of Hastings. However there were Sheriffs in Berkshire long before that time... The Office of High Sheriff dates from Saxon Times, and is over a thousand years old. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon "Scir-gerefa", or "shire-reeve". Under the Saxons, the "King's Reeve" or the "High Reeve" had powers of arrest, raised armies, and collected taxes. He had extensive powers and presided over courts, dealt with traitors and supervised all that went on in the shire, on the King's behalf. The Sheriff's law enforcement actions included raising a "hue and Cry", and under "posse comitatus" (in Latin: the power of the community), organising or conscripting any able bodied man to servein keeping the King's peace and arresting..
Also known as: High Sheriffs, THE HIGH SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND & WALES
Previous names: THE SHRIEVALTY ASSOCIATION
Registration numbers: 03383797 (CH)
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