The High Sheriff of Kilkenny City was the Sovereign's judicial representative in the city of the
City of Kilkenny. Initially, an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the
High Sheriff became annually appointed from the
Provisions of Oxford in 1258.[1] Besides his judicial importance, he had ceremonial and administrative functions and executed High Court Writs.[2]
^"Proceedings and Transactions". Proceedings and Transactions of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society. 3 (1): 203–206. 1854.
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