The chief bailiff of Hereford was the most senior secular magistrate in the city of Hereford, England, elected by the citizens of the city annually.[1] The role was equivalent to that of a mayor, and was superseded by that title by letters patent issued by Richard II, King of England, on 15 November, 1383.[1] One of the King's knights, Sir John Burley, had petitioned him for this change.[2] There were typically also two under-bailiffs.[2]
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