High Sheriff of Kilkenny City explained

The High Sheriff of Kilkenny City was the Sovereign's judicial representative in the city of the City of Kilkenny. Initially, an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258.^[1] Besides his judicial importance, he had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.^[2]

High Sheriffs of Kilkenny City

• 1334–1340: John Talbot
• 1407: Matthew Lappyng
• 1585: Thomas Cantwell
• 1736: Sir William Morres, 1st Baronet^[3]
• 1752: Edward Jollie
• 1813–1817: John Keogh; Henry Anderson ^[4] (served for 20 years)
• 1835–1838: Benjamin Barton ^[5]
• 1840–1842: Benjamin Barton ^[5]
• 1843–1844: Sir John Blunden, 3rd Baronet^[5]
• 1845: John M'Craith, of Kilkenny.^[6]
• 1848: George Reade of Kilkenny ^[7]
• 1849: John Newport Green of Lakeaview ^[8]
• 1850: Richard Smithwick, of Birchfield, Kilkenny.^[9]
• 1853: John Wade
• 1854: Thomas Hart ^[10]
• 1856: Edward Mulhallan of Seville Lodge, Kilkenny ^[11]
• 1858: George P. Helsham of John Street, Kilkenny
• 1862: Thomas Power
• 1867: D. Cullen ^[12]
• 1869: James Sullivan ^[5]
• 1870: James Smithwick of Drakeland
• Joseph Empson
  • John F. Smithwick Edmond Smithwick
• 1881: Richard Colles, of Millmount^[13]
• 1883: Simon Morris
• 1884: Patrick Murphy ^[14]
• 1886: Edward Fennessy

Notes and References

1. Book: John David Griffith Davies . Frederick Robert Worts . England in the Middle Ages: Its Problems and Legacies . A. A. Knopf . 1928 . 119 .
2. Book: Alexander, George Glover . The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters (in England and Wales) . 1915 . The University Press . 89 .
3. Book: Cokayne, George Edward . George Edward Cokayne . 1900 . Complete Baronetage (Volume V) . Exeter . W. Pollard & co., ltd. . 359 .
4. Book: Reports from Commissioners Volume 4 (Ireland). 1824.
5. Web site: The Peerage. 2011-04-26.
6. Web site: New Irish Sheriffs . The Armagh Guardian. 2011-04-28.
7. Web site: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842 - 1954). Trove. 3 August 2013.
8. Web site: County Cava Newspaper extracts. 2011-07-29.
9. Web site: Ireland Old News. Ballina Chronicle. 2011-04-26.
10. 25493656. Proceedings and Transactions . Proceedings and Transactions of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society . 3 . 1 . 203–206. 1854 .
11. Web site: The Cork Examiner, 28 January 1856 HIGH SHERIFFS FOR 1856. The Cork Examiner. 28 September 2014.
12. Web site: Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW: 1850 - 1932) Saturday 26 October 1867 . Trove. 5 August 2013.
13. County Families of the United Kingdom
14. Web site: Illustrated Guide to the City and County of Kilkenny . 5 August 2013 .