. The key to the family deed chest : how to decipher and study old documents : being a guide to the reading of ancient manuscripts. SliEKIVKs KOI I ~(KF\ 111 I M^v Law Technicalities. 67 personage in his county, being the deputy orrepresentative of the sovereign. He was ap-pointed directly by the Crown ; even at the presentday the names of three county gentlemen arewritten down and supposed to be presented tothe Queen, who pricks the name of the manchosen to be sheriff; but really the names followin sequence, each out-going sheriff adding a freshname to the list previous to his own being e
. The key to the family deed chest : how to decipher and study old documents : being a guide to the reading of ancient manuscripts. SliEKIVKs KOI I ~(KF\ 111 I M^v Law Technicalities. 67 personage in his county, being the deputy orrepresentative of the sovereign. He was ap-pointed directly by the Crown ; even at the presentday the names of three county gentlemen arewritten down and supposed to be presented tothe Queen, who pricks the name of the manchosen to be sheriff; but really the names followin sequence, each out-going sheriff adding a freshname to the list previous to his own being erasedas having served his turn. The formal deed of appointment as sheriff wasa narrow parchment strip, with a fine seal attachedto it; his discharge from office was a very unim-portant-looking document. The sheriffs roll was the yearly bill of expensesincurred in the kings name by his sheriff orrepresentative; as a rule they are not veryinteresting, although here and there the names ofmen appointed to local offices may appear, factswhich might interest the local historian ; but hewould have to wade through the contents ofmany rol
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