 | John Lamplow Roberts - 1855 - عدد الصفحات: 74
...sheriffs. t This office might descend to, and be executed by, a female ; for " Ann, Countess of Pembroke, had the office of Hereditary Sheriff of Westmoreland,...at Appleby, she sat with the Judges on the bench." — Harg. Co. Lift. 326. On the death of Henry Earl Hen. VIII. cap. 20), the appointment was vested... | |
 | Thomas Tayler - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 592
...Women have held in England various offices. Ann, Countess of Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomery, held the office of Hereditary Sheriff of Westmoreland,...at Appleby, she sat with the judges on the bench. Vide Harg. n. Co. Litt. 326, a. A woman may also be a Marshal, Great Chamberlain, and Constable of... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 874
...Westmoreland. This office may descend to, and be executed by, a female; for "Ann, countess of Pembroke, had the office of hereditary sheriff of Westmoreland,...at Appleby she sat with the judges on the bench." Harg. Co. Litt. 31i6. — CHRISTIAN. 'The election of the sheriffs of London and Middlesex was granted... | |
 | Thomas Tayler - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 618
...Women have held in England various offices. Ann, Countess of Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomery, held the office of Hereditary Sheriff of Westmoreland,...at Appleby, she sat with the judges on the bench. Vide Hary. n. Co. Lilt. 326, a, A woman may also be a Marshal, Great Chamberlain. and Constable of... | |
 | Robert Furley - 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 498
...Lord Coke tells us that Anne, Countess of Pembroke, held the office, mid exercised it in person ; and at the assizes at Appleby she sat with the Judges on the Bench. Before closing my remarks on the oifice of sheriff, it CHAP. XXV. may be interesting to many of my... | |
 | James Kirby - 1878 - عدد الصفحات: 658
...that Ann, Countess of Pembroke, held the office of Sheriff of Westmoreland, and exercised its duties in person. At the assizes at Appleby she sat with the judges on the bench. See Coke on Lit., p. :i26. The Scotch sheriff is properly a judge, and by the statute 20 Geo II., c.... | |
 | Herman Diederik J. van Schevichaven - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 354
...Countess of Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomery, who had the office of hereditary sheriff of Westmoreland. At the assizes at Appleby she sat with the judges on the bench. Vide Butler, notes to Coke and Litt. : " A woman may be of homage in a customary court and even in... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 958
...is that stated in a note of Mr. Butler to Coke upon Littleton, as follows : " The celebrated Anne. Counte'ss of Pembroke, Dorset and Montgomery, had...at Appleby, she sat with the judges on the bench." Co. Litt. 326 a, note 280. No authority is given for the statement. The office of sheriff of Westmoreland... | |
 | Lydia Hoyt Farmer - 1893 - عدد الصفحات: 612
..."Ann, the celebrated countess of Pembroke, Dorset and Montgomery, had Ihe office of hereditary sherift of Westmoreland, and exercised it in person. At the...at Appleby, she sat with the judges on the bench." (Coke upon Littleton, 2 B & H's Notes, 326. "The Scotch sheriff is properly a judge." 1 Chitty's Blackstone,... | |
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The countess of Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomery held the office of hereditary sheriff of Westmoreland, and exercised it in person. At the assizes at Appleby, she sat with the judges on the bench. 
