High Sheriff of Yorkshire

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ceremonial county office historic legal office

The High Sheriff of Yorkshire is a historic ceremonial officer of the English county of Yorkshire, traditionally responsible for maintaining law and order and supporting the Crown’s judicial functions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
High Sheriff of Yorkshire canonical 4
Sheriff of Yorkshire 2
High Sheriff of Yorkshire (for the area now in South Yorkshire) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial county office ⓘ
historic legal office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Yorkshire ⓘ
appointedBy the Crown ⓘ
British monarch ⓘ
surface form: the monarch of the United Kingdom
associatedWith Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire ⓘ
Royal Courts of Justice on circuit ⓘ
category High Sheriffs of England and Wales ⓘ
Lieutenancy of Yorkshire ⓘ
surface form: Yorkshire ceremonial officers
ceremonialPrecedence below the Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire ⓘ
ceremonialStatus largely ceremonial in modern times ⓘ
coexistsWith Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire ⓘ
country England ⓘ
follows High Sheriff of Yorkshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sheriff of Yorkshire
hasDuty attending judges on circuit ⓘ
maintaining law and order ⓘ
proclaiming the accession of a new monarch ⓘ
representing the monarch in matters of law and order within the county ⓘ
supporting the Crown’s judicial functions ⓘ
supporting the Royal Courts within the county ⓘ
hasRank one of the oldest secular offices under the Crown in England ⓘ
historicalFunction principal law enforcement officer of Yorkshire ⓘ
responsible for collection of certain royal revenues ⓘ
responsible for execution of writs and judgments ⓘ
responsible for organization of county courts ⓘ
jurisdictionType county ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Yorkshire ⓘ
historic county of Yorkshire ⓘ
modernRole encouraging voluntary and statutory sector work in community safety and crime reduction ⓘ
supporting the Crown and the judiciary ⓘ
officeHolderRole High Sheriff ⓘ
officeHolderSelection nominated from local notable persons ⓘ
officeHolderStyle High Sheriff of Yorkshire self-link ⓘ
officeType non‑political ⓘ
unpaid ⓘ
partOf Shrievalty of England and Wales ⓘ
precededBy High Sheriff of Yorkshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sheriff of Yorkshire
relatedConcept English shrievalty ⓘ
High Sheriff ⓘ
High Sheriffs of England and Wales ⓘ
surface form: Sheriff (England and Wales)
represents the monarch in the county on matters of law and order ⓘ
scopeOfOffice historic county of Yorkshire prior to later administrative divisions ⓘ
subordinateTo the Crown ⓘ
symbolizes the rule of law in Yorkshire ⓘ
termLength one year ⓘ
titleUsedSince after the medieval office of Sheriff of Yorkshire evolved into a high shrievalty ⓘ
wears traditional court dress on formal occasions ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir Godfrey Copley → positionHeld → High Sheriff of Yorkshire ⓘ
High Sheriff of South Yorkshire → follows → High Sheriff of Yorkshire ⓘ
High Sheriff of South Yorkshire → replaces → High Sheriff of Yorkshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Sheriff of Yorkshire (for the area now in South Yorkshire)
High Sheriffs of England and Wales → hasPart → High Sheriff of Yorkshire ⓘ
High Sheriff of the East Riding of Yorkshire → precededBy → High Sheriff of Yorkshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Sheriff of Yorkshire (historical, for the wider county)
High Sheriff of Yorkshire → follows → High Sheriff of Yorkshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheriff of Yorkshire
High Sheriff of Yorkshire → precededBy → High Sheriff of Yorkshire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheriff of Yorkshire
High Sheriff of Yorkshire → officeHolderStyle → High Sheriff of Yorkshire self-link ⓘ