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The Common Serjeant of London (full title The Serjeant-at-Law in the Common Hall) is an ancient British legal office, first recorded in 1291, and is the second most senior permanent judge of the Central Criminal Court after the Recorder of London, acting as deputy to that office, and sitting as a judge in the trial of criminal offences. He is also one of the High Officers of the City of London Corporation, and must undertake certain civic obligations alongside his judicial duties: each Midsummer he presides at the election of Sheriffs in the Guildhall, and each Michaelmas he plays a key role in the ceremonial election of the Lord Mayor.〔(Order of Ceremonial, 2013 )〕 He presents the Sheriffs to the Queen's Remembrancer at the annual Quit Rents ceremony, and is in attendance on most other major ceremonial occasions.〔(Job description )〕 The Common Serjeant is appointed by the Crown on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor. Formerly, the Common Serjeant of London was a legal officer of the City Corporation of London. The Common Serjeant of London attended on the Lord Mayor of London and the Court of Aldermen on court days, and acted with them in council. He also attended the Court of Aldermen and Common Council, and had charge of the Orphans' Estates〔The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire ... from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time ... Together with the Sovereigns of Europe, from the Foundation of Their Respective States; the Peerage of England and Great Britain ... by Joseph Haydn and Joseph Timothy Haydn Published by Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 〕 The 81st incumbent is His Honour Judge Richard Marks, QC, who was appointed on 3 March 2015. ==Gallery== Image:Sir Robert Broke.jpg|Sir Robert Broke, Common Serjeant of London in 1536 Image:George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem by William Wolfgang Claret.jpg|Judge George Jeffreys, Common Serjeant of London in 1671 Image:Sir John Silvester.jpg|Sir John Silvester, Common Serjeant 1790-1803 Image:1stLordDenman.jpg|Lord Denman, Common Serjeant of London 1822 - 1830 Image:W T Charley.jpg|William Thomas Charley, Common Serjeant of London in 1878 File:Forrest Fulton Vanity Fair 9 July 1903.jpg|Sir Forrest Fulton by 'Spy' in ''Vanity Fair'' (1903) Image:Frederick-Albert-Bosanquet-1901.jpg|Sir Frederick Bosanquet as Common Serjeant of London. Caricature by 'Spy' from ''Vanity Fair'' (1901) Image:judge-brian-barker.jpg|Judge Brian Barker QC, Common Serjeant of London 2005 to 2013 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Common Serjeant of London」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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