List of Sheriffs of Meirionnydd in the 17th century information
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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 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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d'Avranches, Earl of Chester, reasserted Norman control of north Wales by building three castles: one at an unknown location somewhere inMeirionnydd, one at Aberlleiniog...
establishment of regular parliamentary government at the end ofthe17thcentury and the creation ofthe United Kingdom Parliament in 1801, possibly the longest...
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following the Local Government Act of 1972, it became the administrative centre ofMeirionnydd, a district ofthe county of Gwynedd. This was abolished in 1996...
three-arched bridge (over the Afon Dwyfor) inthe centre ofthe village dates from the late 17th or early 18th century and is Grade II listed. Often mistaken for...
and a contingent ofthe Royal Canadian Engineers were drafted in to work the mines. Plas yn Rhiw is a Grade II* listed early 17th-century manor house, which...
track across to Pont Scethin which allegedly was the scene of many highway robberies inthe17thcentury'.[citation needed] Association, Laura Elston and...
attend; others, such as thesheriffofMeirionnydd, Gruffudd Llwyd, refused to attend, out of loyalty to Edward II and also hatred of Roger Mortimer. Although...
lived in the area inthe17thcentury. According to legend, Dorti was killed by being thrown off the high rocks above Llyn Tecwyn Uchaf in a cask, and she...
rebuilt during the 19th century by the rich Oakeley family on the site of a first house probably built inthe early 17thcentury, overlooks the village. Plas...
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the17thcentury. The scholar John Davies was rector of Mallwyd for 40 years at the beginning ofthe17thcentury. There is a memorial to him inthe church...
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...