vicecomes

Sheriffe or she-reeve, was the deputy of the alderman, chosen by him, sat judge in some courts, and saw sentence executed; hence he was called vicecomes.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

England was in so many ways similar to that of the viscount, vicecomes, which still survived in Normandy as an administrative office, that it was very easy to identify the two and to bring the Norman name into common use as an equivalent of the Saxon.

The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) George Burton Adams 1888

A _viscount_ (_vicecomes_) was an officer subordinate to a _count_.

Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868