An Act to provide for the Appointment of Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland.
WHEREAS the Office of High Sheriff of Westmoreland, by virtue of certain Grant or Grants of His Majesty King John to Robert de Veteripont and his Heirs, and of divers Assignments or Conveyances thereof, descended and came to Henry Earl of Thanet now deceased, who in his Lifetime and at the Time of his Death was and exercised and enjoyed the said Office of Hereditary High Sheriff, descendible to him and his Heirs: And whereas the said Henry Earl of Thanet died on or about the Twelfth Day of Ju...