Sheriff of Cork City
In the Ireland, a sheriff (Irish: sirriam) is a court officer in both Dublin City and County and Cork City and County who earn their fees from poundage (commission). Before 1842 two sheriffs (and the Mayor) were voted into office annually by the freemen of the borough. After that time the power of appointment of a single sheriff per year was vested in the crown.
The sheriffs are charged with enforcing civil judgements against debtors within their bailiwick.
The Dublin and Cork sheriffs also perform all the duties of returning officers in elections (other than local elections) and some other duties concerning pounds. Sheriffs may appoint court messengers, subject to approval of the Minister for Justice, to assist them with their work.
Sheriffs of Cork city
- 1614: Nicholas Lombard[1]
- 1626: David Lombard[1]
- 1657: John Hodder of Bridgetown[2]
- 1661: Christopher Rye[2]
- 1665: John Newenham[1]
18th century
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19th century
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20th century
- 1900 Sir Alfred Graham Dobbin[3]
- 1901 Henry O'Shea[5]
- 1903 Sir Abraham Sutton[3]
- 1906 Richard Henrik Beamish of Ashbourne[6]
- 1907 James Finbarre Macmullen
- 1911 Richard Henrik Beamish of Ashbourne[6]
References
- ^ a b c A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland
- ^ a b c d A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke, 1912
- ^ a b c "Guys City and County Almanac, 1021" (PDF). Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "Contemporary Biographies" (PDF). Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "Cork and Co Cork" (PDF). Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Beamish, Richard Henrik by Pauric J. Dempsey". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- The History of the County and City of Cork" by Rev. C.B. Gibson, M.R.I.A., published London, 1861, Volume II.
- Mayors and Sheriffs of Cork