This is a list of Sheriffs of Merionethshire (or Sheriffs of Meirionnydd). The historic county of Merioneth was originally created in 1284. The administrative county of

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was created from the historic county under the

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. A Sheriff is the legal representative of the monarch, and is appointed annually for each county in Wales and England. Their duty is to keep the peace in the county, and to ensure the country follows the law of the monarch. Originally, the job was a position of status and strength, but today it is principally a ceremonial role. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the

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, the shrievalties of

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, together with that of

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and

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were abolished, being replaced by the new office of High Sheriff of Gwynedd."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London." ()

List of Sheriffs

*1392: Griffith ap Llewellyn *c. 1400: Einion ap Ithel *1433: John Hampton *1464: Roger Kynaston *c. 1485: Piers Stanley and Richard Pole

List of Sheriffs

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th Century

20th Century

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