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unusual facts about Sheriff of London



Earl Fitzwilliam

Sir William Fitzwilliam (c.1460–1534) was an Alderman and Sheriff of London and acquired the Milton Hall estate in Peterborough in 1502.

Michael Lok

Lok married firstly, about 1562, Jane Wilkinson, the daughter of William Wilkinson (d.1543), mercer and Sheriff of London in 1538, by Joan North (d.1556), only sister of Edward North, 1st Baron North, and daughter of Roger North (d.1509) and Christian Warcop.

Peter Beckford

Sir Thomas Beckford, Sheriff of London was his uncle as was Captain Richard Beckford, who was trading in Jamaica from 1659.

Philip Furneaux

It arose out of an expedient adopted in 1748 by the Corporation of London to raise money for building the Mansion House, by fining nonconformists who declined to qualify for the office of Sheriff of London in accordance with the Sacramental Test Act.


see also

Cuthbert Hacket

Sir Roger Jones, alderman and Sheriff of London for 1604 to 1605 married a sister of Cuthbert Hacket.

Harry Barton

Henry Barton, appointed Sheriff of London in 1406 and elected Lord Mayor of London in 1416

John Vallentin

His grandfather Sir James Vallentin (1814–1870) was Knight Sheriff of London, and his cousin Archibald Thomas Pechey, the lyricist and author, adapted the family name for his nom de plume 'Valentine'.

Robert Clarges

Clarges was the third son of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet but first son of his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Gold, sheriff of London, widow of Sir Robert Wymondsell.