Complex sentence: Until the eighteenth century the office of sheriff was often hereditary, but this was ended following the unsuccessful Jacobite Rising of 1745.Tthe Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1747 revested the government of the shires in the Crown, compensating those office holders who were displaced.
Split into simpler sentences: Until the eighteenth century the office of sheriff was often hereditary, but this was ended following the unsuccessful Jacobite Rising of 1745. The Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1747 revested the government of the shires in the Crown, compensating those office holders who were displaced.