Sheriff of Canterbury is a shrievalty in the city of Canterbury, England. The office was first held in 1461 by Richard Carpenter, when a charter of king...
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on Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay. List of mayors of Canterbury Sheriff of Canterbury UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Canterbury Local...
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some of the historic counties corporate. Sheriff of Berwick-upon-Tweed Sheriff of Canterbury Sheriff of Chester Sheriff of Gloucester Sheriff of Kingston...
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cathedral. In 1448 Canterbury was granted a City Charter, which gave it a mayor and a high sheriff; the city still has a Lord Mayor and Sheriff. In 1519 a public...
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Robert Lewis (MP) (category Sheriffs of Canterbury)
as a common councilman in Canterbury by 1519, Sheriff of Canterbury for 1522–23, an alderman by 1524, and Mayor of Canterbury for 1529–30, 1536–37, 1540–41...
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Gabrielle Davis (category Sheriffs of Canterbury)
Gabrielle Davis (born ca.1941), Sheriff of Canterbury 2009–2010, is a former Conservative councillor for Canterbury City Council. She is notable for volunteering...
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Notable people with the surname include: Edwin George Shersby, Sheriff of Canterbury in 1960 Michael Shersby (1933–1997), British politician Shearsby...
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Bartholomew Brome (category Sheriffs of Canterbury)
1564, Sheriff of Canterbury for 1572–73 and 1575–76, an alderman in 1584 and mayor for 1589–90. Brome was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury in 1589...
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common councilman of Canterbury by 1529, Sheriff of Canterbury for 1529–30, an alderman by 1534, chamberlain from 1534 to 1537 and mayor of the city for 1538–39...
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in local politics and was Sheriff of Canterbury for 1786–87. In 1796, Baker was elected Member of Parliament for Canterbury on what was called the independent...
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James Simmons (1741–1807) (category Sheriffs of Canterbury)
1769, served as Sheriff of Canterbury for 1772-73 and was elected an Alderman in 1774. He served his first term as Mayor of Canterbury in 1776. Between...
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John Twyne (category Sheriffs of Canterbury)
in the municipal affairs of Canterbury: he was a common councilman from 1539 to 1547 and 1548 to 1550, Sheriff of Canterbury for 1544–45, an alderman...
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William Coppyn (category Sheriffs of Canterbury)
of Canterbury, Kent, was an English politician. He was involved in local politics as a common councilman of Canterbury by 1537, Sheriff of Canterbury...
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Simon Brome (category Sheriffs of Canterbury)
1600), of St. Andrew's, Canterbury, Kent, was an English politician. Active in local politics, he was made a Freeman of Canterbury in 1559, Sheriff of Canterbury...
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Thomas Becket (redirect from Thomas of Canterbury)
Thomas Becket (/ˈbɛkɪt/), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December...
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George Maye (category Sheriffs of Canterbury)
George Maye, of Canterbury, Kent, was an English politician. Active in local politics, he was Sheriff of Canterbury for 1549, an alderman by 1557 and mayor...
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Canterbury was granted a city charter in 1448 which gave it the right to have a mayor and a sheriff. The city's web site records that King Henry VI decreed...
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Herne Bay (category City of Canterbury)
of Kent in South East England. It is 6 miles (10 km) north of Canterbury and 4 miles (6 km) east of Whitstable. It neighbours the ancient villages of...
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George Webbe (MP) (category Sheriffs of Canterbury)
of Canterbury, Kent, was an English politician. Active in the local politics of Canterbury, he was a common councilman of the city by 1537, sheriff for...
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Anthony Webbe (English politician) (category Sheriffs of Canterbury)
Freeman of Canterbury in 1552, sheriff for 1563–64, an alderman in 1569 and mayor for 1571–72. He was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury in...
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The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff). Formerly the high sheriff was the...
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Berkshire (redirect from County of Berks)
privileges of the hundred court and freed from liability to interference by the sheriff. Berkshire and Oxfordshire had a common sheriff until the reign of Elizabeth...
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Oxon Hoath (section High Sheriffs)
park. Oxon Hoath has been the seat of two baronetcies, and of five High Sheriffs of Kent. It has a surviving example of parterre gardens in its grounds....
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Bertram de Criol (category Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports)
Saracen at Canterbury Castle. At Midsummer 1239 de Criol became Sheriff of Essex, answering jointly with Richard de Grey for the second half of the year...
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Eleanor of Castile gave the Canterbury synagogue to her tailor. For example, Philip II of France, John I, Duke of Brittany and Louis IX of France, had...
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Surname (section Origins of particular surnames)
foreign names, exclusively for grammar; Welby, the surname of the present Archbishop of Canterbury for example, becomes Velbis in Lithuanian, while his wife...
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and Canterbury, Geoffrey was the first archbishop of York to style himself "Primate of England", in opposition to the Canterbury title of "Primate of all...
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Kent (redirect from County of Kent, England)
withdrawal of the Romans. Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, the oldest cathedral in England, has been the seat of the Archbishops of Canterbury since the conversion...
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Plumstead (category Districts of the Royal Borough of Greenwich)
half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, whom he also titled Earl of Kent. The Archbishop of Canterbury Lanfranc of Pavia and the Norman abbot of St Austin's successfully...
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Greater London (redirect from History of Greater London)
motorway Political Mayor of London List of Lord Lieutenants of Greater London List of High Sheriffs of Greater London London Plan City of London Historical Metropolitan...
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