Oldal 122 [122]
100 THE CITY GOVERNMENT
sub-sheriff. The sisal sheriffs of London
are, strictly speak- Rees PS a RB ing, sub - sheriffs,
and have not the place or preced¬
ence of the high sheriff of a county.
This belongs to the mayor.
At first the
chamberlain and
mayor was also
coroner and es¬
cheator. Strange to say, we do not
know when or how the office of mayor
was instituted. It is sometimes dated
in 1189, sometimes much later. The
first. time atás mentioned is when
the city had to be
raising a ransom
consulted as to
for . Richara,.« f.
I cannot help
This was in II9I.
thinking that the
that or another name, really came into existence rather earlier; because
we know that Richard’s great-grandfather, Henry I, and his father,
iad szak Til Henry. "Ag, ‘were
ST. BRIDE'S VICARAGE, BRIDEWELL PLACE
office, whether by
favourably disposed
towards the city—
as all strong rulers
have been since then
—and gave many
privileges to _ the
citizens. Henry |
eranted them the
county of Middlesex,
with leave to appoint
a sheriff for it, from