Event categories: Wednesday Lecture

Justice and Mercy – History and Role of the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire

Speaker: Victor Lucas, U3AC member, and former High Sheriff Synopsis: The Office of High Sheriff is the oldest secular Office in the United Kingdom, and dates from Saxon times. The word ‘Sheriff’ derives from ‘Shire Reeve’. 27 clauses in Magna Carta relate to the Sheriff. This talk examines the history of this ancient Office, The […]