shrievalty's Usage Examples:

term of office of a sheriff, or jurisdiction of a sheriff, is called a shrievalty in England and Wales, and a sheriffdom in Scotland.

current areas used in Wales for the ceremonial purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty.

of Hallamshire was a shrievalty title which was in existence from 1962 until 1974 in Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

The shrievalty was created on 30 April.

1974 under section 219 of the Local Government Act 1972, replacing the shrievalty of Monmouthshire.

William, the eldest of his six children, who inherited the Worcestershire shrievalty in turn.

Act 1972 in England and Wales, but continue in use for lieutenancy and shrievalty in Northern Ireland.

pence pertaining the shrievalty as personal property, under certain obligations.

A different man, Walter Hosate, possessed the shrievalty of Wiltshire in 1107.

The shrievalty of Denbighshire, together with that of Flintshire, continued until 1974 when it was abolished after the county and shrievalty of Clwyd.

The shrievalty of Flintshire, together with that of Denbighshire, was abolished in 1974 when the county and shrievalty of Clwyd was created.

erected by public subs[c]ription through the exertion and during the shrievalty of Henry Grant Esquire.

Sheriff of Hertfordshire for Aug–Nov 1615 to complete his father's year of shrievalty and knighted on 22 February 1617.

statue of Queen Victoria by Alfred Gilbert to celebrate 500 years of the shrievalty; it stands in the city centre and is Grade II* listed.