Sheriff of Exeter information

The Sheriff of Exeter was an official of Exeter, Devon, and as sheriff was responsible for keeping the King's peace (pax regis) within the city. The position...

from Exeter, Devon, who was later elected as Sheriff of Exeter and then six-times Mayor of Exeter. Glave Saunders was born Fore Street, Exeter, to the...

Protestant and was Sheriff of Exeter in 1568, by his marriage to Laurence, daughter of John Wall, a City of London goldsmith. He was one of four boys: two...

in the reigns of Edward II and Edward III who represented the City of Exeter and Devonshire in Parliament and served as Sheriff of Exeter from 1330 to...

sister of the sheriff of Exeter, Sir Richard de Revelle, who does all he can to make life difficult for John, who seeks solace in the arms of his Welsh...

1936, he was captain of the Exeter Golf and Country Club. He was Sheriff of Exeter in 1937. In 1938, he was president of the Exeter Fat Stock and Poultry...

Edward Bridgeman was Sheriff of Exeter, Devon, in 1563. He is the ancestor of the Bridgeman baronets, the Earls of Bradford and the Viscounts Bridgeman...

some point, he moved back to Exeter, taking on the Maryfield estate, in Pennsylvania and in 1862, he was made Sheriff of Exeter. Maryfield remained his main...

He served as Bailiff of Exeter in 1574, was an Alderman and Receiver of Exeter 1581-2, Sheriff of Exeter 1582-3 and Mayor of Exeter 1587-8. He was elected...

1887, a fire broke out in the backstage area of the Theatre Royal in Exeter, England, during the production of The Romany Rye. The fire caused panic throughout...

by the Earl of Portsmouth the following month for his actions on the night of the fire. This popularity saw him elected Sheriff of Exeter in 1890, followed...

of Exeter. He became a member of the corporation in 1608 and was receiver of Exeter in 1610 and Sheriff of Exeter in 1611. In 1617 he became mayor of...

1086–1091) (alias Baldwin the Sheriff, Baldwin of Exeter, Baldwin de Meulles/Moels and Baldwin du Sap) was a Norman magnate and one of the 52 Devon Domesday Book...

1550) of the City of Exeter, Devon, was a merchant, Alderman of Exeter, and member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of Exeter who was Sheriff of Exeter...

Jordan de Exeter (1239–58), alternatively known as Jordan d'Exeter, was an Anglo-Norman knight, Sheriff of Connacht, and ancestor of the Mac Siúrtáin/Mac...

Party politician, Member of Parliament John Geoffrey Rowe Orchard, chartered accountant, politician, Mayor and Sheriff of Exeter Jane Owen, British politician...

Blackall (d.1899), MD, an eminent surgeon, and Sheriff of Exeter in 1862, also of Maryfield, Pennsylvania, Exeter, using a fortune inherited from his father...

Kirkham). These are similar to the arms displayed in Exeter Guildhall, Devon, of "John Waye, Sheriff (of Exeter) 1541", shown as Gules, three lucies hauriant...

The High Sheriff of Devon is the Kings's representative for the County of Devon, a territory known as his/her bailiwick. Selected from three nominated...

to the west. The city of Plymouth is the largest settlement, and the city of Exeter is the county town. The county has an area of 2,590 sq mi (6,700 km2)...

(1719-1808) of Starcross in the parish of Kenton in Devon, was Sheriff of Devon in 1779. He was the son of John Newcombe (1685-1773), an apothecary of St. Kerrian's...

Richard de Exeter, Anglo-Irish knight and baron, fl. 1261–1287. Related to Sheriff Jordan de Exeter, and thought to be the son of one John de Exeter (who died...

Exeter City Council is the local authority for Exeter, a non-metropolitan district with city status in Devon, England. The council has been under Labour...

returning to England to serve successive bishops of Exeter. After becoming a Cistercian monk he was named abbot of his monastery at Forde and subsequently elected...

Sheriffs and high sheriffs of Cornwall: a chronological list: The right to choose high sheriffs each year is vested in the Duchy of Cornwall. The Privy...