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Catalogue description Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Sheriffs' Rolls
| Reference: | C 172 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Sheriffs' Rolls |
| Description: |
Rolls of nominees, together with the names of the men chosen to fill the shrieval office in each county of England and Wales, duly picked by the sovereign. The series also contains a few separate lists of candidates for appointment and lists of sheriffs chosen. Some miscellaneous notes and memoranda are included as well. |
| Date: | 1700-1842 |
| Related material: |
Earlier sheriffs' rolls are in C 227 Later sheriffs' rolls are in PC 3 Lists of sheriffs may be found in PC 13 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 227 roll(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
One of the duties of the six clerks was to make patents for the appointment of sheriffs, until this was declared unnecessary by the Fines Act of 1833. Thereafter the newly appointed sheriff was to receive a warrant from the clerk of the privy seal. Even so, sheriffs' rolls continued to be collected in the Six Clerks Office until its abolition in 1842. |
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