The High Sheriff of Monaghan was the British monarch's representative in County Monaghan, a territory known as his bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people, he held his office for the duration of a year. He had judicial, ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.
History The office of High Sheriff was the oldest under the crown. In England it had its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties, until the reign of Edward VII, when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the Crown as the Sovereign's personal representative. In Ireland, the office of High Sheriff was formally abolished by the Court Officers Act 1926.
The High Sheriff of Monaghan was the British Crown's judicial representative in County Monaghan from its creation in 1585 until 1922, when the office was abolished.
High Sheriffs of Monaghan
17th century 1590: Ross bane McMahon 1605: Richard (Rhisiart) Blayney 1609–1612: Richard (Rhisiart) Blayney 1660: Captain Foster 1662: Oliver Ancketill 1664: Simon Richardson 1677: James Corry 1682: Matthew Ancketill of Ancketills Grove 1689: Major John McKenna of Monmurry 1692: Henry Richardson of Poplar Vale 1693: Blayney Owen of Newgrove 1698: Henry Evatt of Monaghan Co. Ireland
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19th century
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