Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in William I in Power.
A royal official appointed by the King to manage a shire and collect taxes, used heavily by William to bypass the authority of the earls.
Sheriff appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, especially William I in Power and Revolt of the Earls.
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