to each county of England and Wales, except Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside, who are selected by the Duke of Lancaster (i.e. the sovereign) via the Pricking ceremony. The Remembrancer presents the Lord Mayor of the City of London to the Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls and other High Court judges at the Royal Courts of Justice on Lord Mayor's Day. The King's Remembrancer presents newly appointed Sheriffs of the City with a Writ of Approbation from the monarch, sealed with the Great Silver Seal of the Exchequer. This takes place at the same time as the Quit Rents. List of Remembrancers John Troutbeck and Thomas Daniel of Frodsham (appointed 1447) John FitzHerbert (d. 1502), father-in-law of John Port, Justice of the King's Bench John Jessop, 22 April 1513 - 21 April 1514 William Forman, 22 April 1538 - 21 April 1540 Sir Christopher More, 1542–1549 Thomas Saunders, 1549–1565 Henry Fanshawe, 1565–1568 Thomas Fanshawe, 1568–1601 Sir Henry Fanshawe, 1601–1616 Christopher Hatton, 1616–1619 Sir Thomas Fanshawe 1619–1641 Richard Fanshawe 1641 – c. 1642 (deprived of office by Parliament as a Royalist) Humphrey Salwey, 28 September 1644 – 6 December 1652 John Dodington, 29 July 1658 – c. 1659 Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe, 7 August 1660 – 26 March 1665 Thomas Fanshawe, 2nd Viscount Fanshawe, 26 March 1665 – 19 May 1674 Vere Bertie, 19 May 1674 – 4 June 1675 Henry Ayloffe, 4 June 1674 – 13 September 1708 Henry Stevens, 23 October 1708 – 25 June 1709. Temporarily appointed by the Barons of Exchequer while the rights of Charles Fanshawe, 4th Viscount Fanshawe and Simon Fanshawe to the office were settled; Charles, who had the next reversion, was a Jacobite and would not subscribe to the oaths required Simon Fanshawe, 5th Viscount Fanshawe, 13 September 1708 – 23 October 1716 (appointment retroactive) Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham, 23 October 1716 – 16 October 1758 Samuel Masham, 2nd Baron Masham, 16 October 1758 – 14 June 1776 Felton Hervey and his son Felton Lionel Hervey, 14 June 1776 – 9 September 1785 Edward James Eliot, 4 October 1785 – 20 September 1797 Thomas Steele, 2 November 1797 – 8 December 1823 Henry William Vincent, 18 December 1823 – 1 February 1858 William Henry Walton, 1858–1874 Sir William Frederick Pollock, 2nd Baronet, 1874–1886 George Frederick Pollock, 1886 – December 1901 Robert St John Fitzwalter Butler, 16th Baron Dunboyne,