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The Sheriff of County Dublin (or (High) Sheriff of the County of Dublin) was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Dublin. Initially, an office for a lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the Sheriff became an annual appointment following the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. The first recorded Sheriff was Ralph Eure, appointed in that year. The next recorded Sheriff was Sir David de Offington, who was Sheriff in 1282. [1] Besides his judicial importance, the sheriff had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs. [2]

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The first Shrievalties were established before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 and date back to Saxon times. [3] In 1908, an Order in Council made the Lord-Lieutenant the Sovereign's prime representative in a county and reduced the Sheriff's precedence. [4] Despite however that the holder of the office retained his responsibilities for the preservation of law and order in a county. [2]

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