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The action at Lanark was an attack at Lanark, Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence in May 1297. The Scotsman William Wallace led an uprising against the English and killed the Sheriff of Lanark, William Heselrig. The attack was not an isolated incident, but rather saw Wallace joining in with uprisings taking place across Scotland.
The Sheriff of Lanark or Sheriff of Lanarkshire was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order and bringing criminals to justice in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis.
William Aiton (9 January 1760 – 8 July 1847) was a Scottish law agent, agriculturalist and sheriff-substitute of the county of Lanark. He was an authority on all matters bearing on Scottish husbandry.
The Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747 reduced the office of sheriff principal to a largely ceremonial one, with a sheriff depute or sheriff substitute appointed to each "county, shire or stewartry". [3] The sheriff deputes, who were paid a salary by the Crown, were qualified advocates and took charge of sheriff courts. Where a sheriff depute was ...
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Henry married Alice de Fenton, daughter of William de Fenton of Baikie and Beaufort and Cecilia Bisset, and is known to have had the following issue; . William (d. 1330), who left a son, William St Clair, 8th Baron of Roslin (d. 1358), who married Isabella de Strathearn, daughter of Malise, Earl of Strathearn [4]
Ada County sheriff’s deputies are accepting donations after a shooter killed 27-year-old deputy Tobin Bolter over the weekend, the first line-of-duty death in the agency’s history. Bolter was ...
The Honolulu Department of the Medical Examiner did not have any information to provide Tuesday about the cause and manner of Kagehiro’s death. Kagehiro and four other sheriff’s deputies were ...