Sheriff

Sheriff
(From Shire Reeve) The official who is the chief administrative and judicial officer of a shire. Many of its jobs where taken over by the itinerant justice, coroner, and justice of the peace. Collected taxes and forwarded them on to the exchequer, after taking his share. Also many times responsible for making sure that the King's table is well stocked while king is in his county (I.e.. Royal Game Preserve). In Devonshire, the post was usually hereditary.
The name given to officers William I chose to replace the English Sheriffs, eventually growing in stature in the peerage to follow counts and earls, superseding the rank of baron.
In the SCA, the title of ‘viscount’ is awarded to princes who have served a single reign as head of principality, carrying the address, ‘Your Excellency’ and ranking as in history, above baron but below a count or earl.

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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