Sheriff of the City of London

[1] By a "custom of immemorial usage in the City",[2] the two sheriffs are elected at the Midsummer Common Hall by the Liverymen by acclamation, unless a ballot is demanded from the floor, which takes place within fourteen days.The returning officers at the Common Hall are the Recorder of London (senior Circuit Judge at the Central Criminal Court) and the outgoing Sheriffs.As elected officers from the 7th century (excepting 1067 to 1132), the sheriffs' jurisdiction covers the square mile of the City of London, and from the middle ages to the 1890s Middlesex also.By Henry's charter, the sheriffs of London also gained jurisdiction over the neighbouring county of Middlesex, paying £300 per annum to the Crown for the privilege.The Local Government Act 1888 created a new office of High Sheriff of Middlesex appointed in the same manner as other English and Welsh counties.