Sheriff of County Dublin explained
The Sheriff of County Dublin (or (High) Sheriff of the County of Dublin) was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Dublin. Initially, an office for a lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the Sheriff became an annual appointment following the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. The first recorded Sheriff was Ralph Eure, appointed in that year. The next recorded Sheriff was Sir David de Offington, who was Sheriff in 1282.[1] Besides his judicial importance, the sheriff had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.[2]
The first Shrievalties were established before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 and date back to Saxon times.[3] In 1908, an Order in Council made the Lord-Lieutenant the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the Sheriff's precedence.[4] Despite however that the holder of the office retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county.[2]
Sheriffs of County Dublin
- 1258: Ralph Eure[5]
- 1280: David de Callan
- 1282: Sir David de Offington[6]
- 1299: Rythery Fitzjohn
- 1343: Adam Talbot
- 1407: Walter Tyrrell
- 1409: Walter Tyrrell (second term)
- 1423: John Talbot
- 1425: Walter Tyrrell (third term)
- 1465: James Blakeney
- 1556: James Luttrell
- 1560: Sir Christopher Barnewall
- 1565: Christopher Fagan
- 1569: Robert Bice[7]
- 1575: Richard Fagan
- 1609 Sir Thomas FitzWilliam
- 1618 Thomas Orpie[8]
- 1639: Philip Hore [9]
- 1642: Robert Bysse
- 1655: William Coddington
- 1655: Sir Daniel Bellingham, 1st Baronet
- 1684: Sir Richard Bellingham, 2nd Baronet
- 1691: John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen
- 1695: Dixie Coddington
- 1710: Richard Bolton of Brazeel[10]
- 1713: Clement Barry
- 1716: Richard Bolton of Brazeel[10]
- 1721: John Falkiner
- 1723: Edward Bolton [10]
- 1726: Richard Essington of Clonee, Co. Meath, and Tubber, Co. Dublin [11]
- 1733: William Ussher
- 1743: Mark Synott
- 1746: John Gore Booth[12]
- 1755: Edward Maunsell
- 1760: Sir Simon Bradstreet, 2nd Baronet
- 1762: Sir Henry Echlin, 3rd Baronet[13]
- 1763: Sir Edward Newenham[14]
- 1773: Sir George Ribton, 2nd Baronet[15]
- 1776: (Sir) Patrick King [16]
- 1777: Sir Michael Cromie, 1st Baronet of Stacombrie[17]
- 1781: Sir John Stuart Hamilton, 1st Baronet of Dunamana[18]
- 1782: William Fortie, of Fortie's Grove
- 1783: Somerville Pope Stephens, of Clondalkney
- 1784: Henry Steevens Reily of Prussia St in the City of Dublin
- 1785: William Holt of Cramlin
- 1787: Sir John Traill [14]
- 1790: George Talbot, later Sir George Talbot, 3rd Baronet of Chart Park
- 1794: (Sir) St George O'Kelly [19]
20th century
Notes and References
- Book: John David Griffith Davies . Frederick Robert Worts . England in the Middle Ages: Its Problems and Legacies . A. A. Knopf . 1928 . 119 .
- Book: Alexander, George Glover . The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters (in England and Wales) . 1915 . The University Press . 89 .
- Book: Morris, William Alfred . The Medieval English Sheriff to 1300 . registration . Manchester University Press . Manchester . 1968 . 0719003423 . 73 .
- Book: Millward, Paul . Civic Ceremonial: A Handbook, History and Guide for Mayors, Councillors and Officers . 2007 . Shaw . 978-0721901640 . 163 .
- Calendar of Irish Chancery Letters c.1244-1509
- Ball F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 London John Murray 1926
- The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Volume 1, Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D., Heritage Books 2007
- Web site: Father Luke Wadding: Commemorative Volume. 1957.
- Book: Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 4. xxi.
- Web site: Bolton families in Ireland, with their English and American kindred: Based in part upon original records which no longer exist.
- Web site: Fisher.
- Complete Baronetage,p.365
- Complete Baronetage, p.343
- Web site: The knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors. 1906.
- Complete Baronetage,p.364
- Book: The Scots Magazine, Volume 38. 510.
- Complete Baronetage,p.386
- Complete Baronetage,p.402
- The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time Page 302
