Events Tagged: "royal authority"

Alfred the Great reorganizes shire system - establishes shire reeves (scir-gerefa) as royal officials to oversee justice and tax collection in each shire

Sheriffs established as crown's counter to feudal lords - collect taxes directly for king even from lands granted to nobles, preventing alienation of royal revenues

Henry I's Charter of Liberties addresses sheriff abuses - promises to end sheriffs' extortions but maintains their role in protecting royal revenues from baronial grants

Henry II restores sheriff system - removes baronial sheriffs, appoints royal clerks, reasserts crown's right to revenues from all lands