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List of Sheriffs of Meirionnydd in the 17th century information


This is a list of holders of the title of Sheriff of Meirionnydd between 1600 and 1699.

A Sheriff is the legal representative of the monarch, and is appointed annually for each county in Wales and England. Their duty is to keep the peace in the county, and to ensure the country follows the law of the monarch. Originally, the job was a position of status and strength, but today it is principally a ceremonial role.

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List of Sheriffs of Meirionnydd in the 17th century

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This is a list of holders of the title of Sheriff of Meirionnydd between 1600 and 1699. A Sheriff is the legal representative of the monarch, and is appointed...

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Sheriff of Merionethshire

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This is a list of Sheriffs of Merionethshire (or Sheriffs of Meirionnydd). The historic county of Merioneth was originally created in 1284. The administrative...

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Caernarfon Castle

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d'Avranches, Earl of Chester, reasserted Norman control of north Wales by building three castles: one at an unknown location somewhere in Meirionnydd, one at Aberlleiniog...

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Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom

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establishment of regular parliamentary government at the end of the 17th century and the creation of the United Kingdom Parliament in 1801, possibly the longest...

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Trawsfynydd

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the Meirionnydd Lay Subsidy Rolls show that following the English conquest of Wales there were 105 taxpayers in the parish in 1292–3. Throughout the next...

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List of political families in the United Kingdom

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Bron Eryri, later called Castell Deudraeth, Meirionnydd | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Mosley, Charles...

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Criccieth

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of Plaid Cymru since 2001. In the Senedd it has since 2007 formed part of the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency, represented by Dafydd Elis-Thomas, the...

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Dolgellau

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following the Local Government Act of 1972, it became the administrative centre of Meirionnydd, a district of the county of Gwynedd. This was abolished in 1996...

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Llanystumdwy

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three-arched bridge (over the Afon Dwyfor) in the centre of the village dates from the late 17th or early 18th century and is Grade II listed. Often mistaken for...

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Y Rhiw

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and a contingent of the Royal Canadian Engineers were drafted in to work the mines. Plas yn Rhiw is a Grade II* listed early 17th-century manor house, which...

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Bontddu

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track across to Pont Scethin which allegedly was the scene of many highway robberies in the 17th century'.[citation needed] Association, Laura Elston and...

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Parliament of 1327

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attend; others, such as the sheriff of Meirionnydd, Gruffudd Llwyd, refused to attend, out of loyalty to Edward II and also hatred of Roger Mortimer. Although...

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Llandecwyn

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lived in the area in the 17th century. According to legend, Dorti was killed by being thrown off the high rocks above Llyn Tecwyn Uchaf in a cask, and she...

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Maentwrog

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rebuilt during the 19th century by the rich Oakeley family on the site of a first house probably built in the early 17th century, overlooks the village. Plas...

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Aberdaron

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Meirionnydd constituency. In the Senedd it has, since 2007, formed part of the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency, represented by Dafydd Elis-Thomas of Plaid...

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Mallwyd

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the 17th century. The scholar John Davies was rector of Mallwyd for 40 years at the beginning of the 17th century. There is a memorial to him in the church...

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Local Government Act 1972

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restored in council titles". The Times. 19 December 1972. "Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any...

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