Sheriff of Canterbury

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The 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 Edward IV granted the city the perpetual status of a county independent of Kent itself. The role was at that time involved in police and legal functions (overseeing public executions, collecting taxes and having powers of arrest), but is now honorific. The role survived the local government reorganisation of 1974, when a large number of other areas lost County Borough status and thus had their Sheriffs' posts abolished, and the Sheriff is still elected at the Annual Council Meeting in May. Canterbury City Council in 2002 merged the role of deputy Chairman of the Council into that of Sheriff, to create a Civic Team of only the Sheriff and the Lord Mayor.

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  1. ↑ "City of Canterbury" (PDF). Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "STARKEY, John (by 1503-54), of Canterbury, Kent". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. ↑ www.canterbury.gov.uk, 'The past Lord Mayors' Archived 2010-10-27 at the Wayback Machine , consulted 10 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Canterbury City Council Online". The Sheriff of Canterbury. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Lord Mayor of Canterbury candidate Heather Taylor accused of bullying, tribunal hears" . Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "The Sheriff of Canterbury". Canterbury City Council. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
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