Sheriffs in England

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_office
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:Greater_London
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:High_Sheriffs
gptkbp:appointedBy the Crown
pricking ceremony
gptkbp:appointmentDate March each year
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:currentPowers mainly ceremonial
gptkbp:historicalDuties collecting taxes
maintaining law and order
executing writs
presiding over courts
collecting fines
enforcing royal justice
managing jails
raising the posse comitatus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sheriffs in England
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Sheriffs_Act_1887
gptkbp:notableSheriff gptkb:Robin_Hood_(legendary)
gptkbp:numberOfSheriffs one per county
gptkbp:originatedIn Anglo-Saxon period
gptkbp:recordedAt 10th century
gptkbp:reducedPowersSince 19th century
gptkbp:relatedOffice gptkb:Baronet
gptkb:Constable
gptkb:Under-Sheriff
Bailiff
gptkbp:retainedIn gptkb:City_of_London
all English counties except Greater London
gptkbp:role gptkb:award
gptkb:judge
representative of the monarch
gptkbp:symbol Sheriff's badge
Sheriff's chain
gptkbp:termLength one year
gptkbp:website https://highsheriffs.com/
gptkbp:主要职责 supporting the judiciary
attending royal visits
organizing elections
executing court writs
proclaiming the accession of a new monarch
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sheriff_of_Wiltshire
gptkb:Sheriff_of_Suffolk
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7