The Sheriff of London paid the monarch for their position, ￡300, and paid for this (as well as stashing away some for themselves) through taxes and fees or fine

The Sheriff of London paid the monarch for their position, ￡300, and paid for this (as well as stashing away some for themselves) through taxes and fees or fines assessed by the sovereign. This would have certain parallels to contemporary civil forfeiture. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_of_the_City_of_London#History_of_the_office https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_of_the_City_of_London#...>