SWEARING IN THE NEW SHERIFFS
... Saturday being the day after Michelmas Day, the new She- riffs, according to annual custom, were presented before the Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer, and the Sheriffs for the pre- ceding year attended to surrender up their office. Soon after three o'clock the procession by water arrived at Westminster-bridge, and proceeded on foot across Palace-yard to the Court of Exchequer. The COMMON ...