High Sheriff of Shropshire

Ceremonial officer of the English county of Shropshire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of Shropshire

The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. From 1204 to 1344 the Sheriff of Staffordshire served also as the Sheriff of Shropshire.

Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as sheriff was retitled high sheriff.[1] The high sheriff changes every March.

Sheriff

11th century

  • Warin the Bald
  • c. 1086 Rainald De Balliol, De Knightley (1040–1086)
  • 1102 Hugh (son of Warin)

12th century

  • -1114: Alan fitz Flaad (died 1114)
  • 1127–1137: Pain fitzJohn (died 1137)
  • 1137–1138: William Fitz Alan (exiled 1138)
  • 1155–1159: William Fitz Alan (died 1160)
  • 1160–1165: Guy le Strange
  • 1166–1169: Geoffrey de Vere
  • 1170:Geoffrey de Vere and William Clericus
  • 1171–1179: Guy le Strange
  • 1180–1189: Hugh Pantulf, 4th Baron of Wem
  • 1190–1201: William fitz Alan II (died 1210)

13th and 14th centuries

  • 1204–1344 See High Sheriff of Staffordshire
  • 1208 Reginald de Lega (acting)
  • 1228 (or before) Henry de Deneston [2]
  • 1228 Henry de Verdun (I)[3]
  • 1285: Sir Roger de Pulesdon (otherwise 'de Pyvelesdon') [4]
  • 1354–1359 John de Burton [5]
  • 1377: Sir John Burley
  • 1377: Sir Bryan Cornwall of Burford, Shropshire
  • 1378: John Ludlow
  • 1379: John de Drayton
  • 1380: Roger Hord
  • 1381: John Shery
  • 1382: Edward Acton of Longnor
  • 1383: John de Stepulton
  • 1384: Edward Acton of Longnor
  • 1386: Nicholas de Sandford
  • 1387: Robert de Lee
  • 1388: John de la Pole (alias Mowetho), of Mawddwy and Wattlesborough
  • 1388: Robert de Ludlow
  • 1389: Edward Acton of Longnor
  • 1390: John de Stepulton
  • 1391: Sir William Hugford of Apley, Salop and Wilden, Beds
  • 1392: Henry de Winesbury
  • 1393: John de Eyton of Eyton upon the Weald Moors[6]
  • 1394: Thomas de Lee of South Bache in Diddlebury
  • 1395: William Worthie
  • 1396: Sir William Hugford of Apley, Salop and Wilden, Beds
  • 1397–1398: Adamus de Pashal
  • 1399: John Cornwall of Kinlet

15th century

  • 1400: Sir William Hugford of Apley, Salop and Wilden, Beds
  • 1401–1402: John Darras of Sidbury and Neenton[7]
  • 1402–1403: Thomas Newport of High Ercall Hall
  • 1403: Sir John Cornwall of Kinlet
  • 1405: Thomas de Whitton of Whitton near Burford
  • 1405: Sir John Cornwall of Kinlet
  • 1406: William Brounshul
  • 1407: John Burley of Broomscraft Castle
  • 1408: Sir Roger Acton
  • 1409: Edward Sprenghose of Plaish[8]
  • 1410: Robert Tiptrot
  • 1413–1415: Sir Robert Corbet of Hadley
  • 1415: Sir Richard Lacon of Lacon and Willey[9]
  • 1416: George Hawkstone of Hawkstone
  • 1417: William Ludlow
  • 1418: Adam Peshale
  • 1419: Sir Robert Corbet of Moreton Corbet castle (died in office, 1420)
  • 1420–1422: John Bruyn of Bridgnorth
  • 1423: Hugo Harnage of Belswardyne and Sheinton
  • 1424: Thomas le Strange
  • 1425: William Burley
  • 1426: Thomas Corbet of Leigh[10]
  • 1427: William Lichfield
  • 1428: John Wynnesbury of Winsbury and Glazeley, Salop and Pillaton Hall in Penkridge, Staffs
  • 1429: Hugh Burgh of Wattlesborough and Dinas Mawddwy, Merionethshire (died 1430) and Thomas Hopton of Rockhill
  • 1430: Richard Archer
  • 1431: John Bruyn of Bridgnorth
  • 1432: John Ludlow
  • 1433: Thomas Corbet de Ley
  • 1434: Hugo Cresset of Upton Cressett
  • 1435: Robert Inglefield of Berkshire
  • 1436: William Ludlow
  • 1437: William Lichfield
  • 1438: Humphrey Low
  • 1439–1440: Nicholas Eyton of Eyton Hall, near Wellington[6]
  • 1441: John Burgh
  • 1442: William Ludlow
  • 1443: Thomas Corbet
  • 1444: Nicholas Eyton
  • 1445: Hugo Cresset
  • 1446: Sir Fulk Sprenghose of Plaish[8]
  • 1447: William Ludlow
  • 1448: John Burgh
  • 1449: Roger Eyton
  • 1450: Thomas Herbert of Chirbury
  • 1451: Sir William Lakyn of Willey[9]
  • 1452: John Burgh
  • 1453: Robert Corbet
  • 1454: Nicholas Eyton
  • 1455: William Mitton
  • 1456: Thomas Hord
  • 1457: Fulk Sprencheaux
  • 1459: Sir Thomas Cornwall of Burford, Shropshire
  • 1460: Robert Corbet
  • 1461: Sir Humphrey Blount Kt. of Kinlet Hall
  • 1462–1463: Sir Roger Kynaston Kt of Hordley
  • 1464: John Burgh
  • 1465: Richard Lee
  • 1466: Robert Eyton
  • 1467: Sir Humphrey Blount Kt. of Kinlet Hall
  • 1468: John Leighton of Watlesbury (1st term)
  • 1469: Robert Cresset of Upton Cressett
  • 1470: Roger Kinaston (arm.)
  • 1471: Roger Kinaston (mil.)
  • 1472: Robert Charlton
  • 1473: William Newport of High Ercall Hall
  • 1474: John Leighton (2nd term)
  • 1475: Sir Humphrey Blount Kt. of Kinlet Hall
  • 1476: John Heuui
  • 1477: Richard Lakin of Willey[9]
  • 1478: Richard Ludlow
  • 1479: Richard Lee (grandson of Robert, HS 1387)
  • 1480: Sir Thomas Blount of Kinlet Hall[9]
  • 1481: John Harley
  • 1482: John Leighton (3rd term)
  • 1483: Thomas Mytton
  • 1484: Thomas Hord
  • 1485: Robert Cresset and Gilbert Talbot
  • 1486: John Talbot
  • 1487: Richard Laken
  • 1488: Thomas Hord
  • 1489: Edward Blount
  • 1490: Richard Ludlow
  • 1491: John Newport of High Ercall Hall
  • 1492: William Young of Kenton
  • 1493: Edward Blount
  • 1494: Thomas Blount
  • 1495: Thomas Leighton and Richard Lee
  • 1496: Richard Lee
  • 1497: Thomas Screvin
  • 1498: Richard Laken
  • 1499: Richard Harley

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

High sheriffs

20th century

  • 1974: Captain John Michael George Lumsden of Henley Hall, Ludlow.[335]
  • 1975: Colonel Guy Mytton Thornycroft, of The Mount, Cressage, near Shrewsbury [336]
  • 1976: Lieut.-Col. Robert Charles Henry Armitstead, of Stoke Court, Greete, Ludlow[337]
  • 1977: Peter Howard Thompson, of Coton Hall, Bridgnorth[338]
  • 1978: John Anthony Fielden, of Court of Hill, Ludlow.[339]
  • 1979: William Simon Rodolph Kenyon-Slaney, of Chyknell, Bridgnorth.[340]
  • 1980: Lieut-Colonel Robert Charles Gilfrid Morris-Eyton, TD, of Calvington Manor, Newport.[341]
  • 1981: Vesey Martin Edward Holt, of Orleton Hall, Wellington, Telford.[342]
  • 1982: John Cyril Yeoward of Newcastle Court, Clun, Craven Arms[343]
  • 1983: David Langdon Upton Scott, of Harnage Grange, Cressage.[344]
  • 1984: Christopher Ronald Thompson, of Aldenham Park, near Bridgnorth.[345]
  • 1985: Christopher Stephen Motley, of Chilton Grove, Atcham, near Shrewsbury[346]
  • 1986: Timothy Claud Heywood-Lonsdale, of The Old Laundry, Shavington, Market Drayton.[347]
  • 1987: Algernon Eustace Hugh Heber-Percy of Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton[348][349]
  • 1988: Roger Everard Angell-James, of Berwick House, Shrewsbury.[350]
  • 1989: David Robin Bibby Thompson of Sansaw, Clive, Shrewsbury.[351]
  • 1990: Denis Peareth Hornell Lennox, of The Old Mill, Bayton, near Kidderminster, Worcestershire,[352] died and was replaced by Hugh Bernard Meynell, of Brockton Court, Shifnal[353]
  • 1991: Lionel Richard Jebb, of The Lyth, Ellesmere.[354]
  • 1992: Edward Martin Amphlett Thompson, of The Bolt Hole, Six Ashes, Bridgnorth.[355]
  • 1993: Roger Michael Gabb[356]
  • 1994: Jeremy Hugh Gifford Lywood of Ashford Court, Ashford Carbonell, Ludlow.[357]
  • 1995: Nicholas Edward Egerton Stephens of Grafton Lodge, Montford Bridge, Shrewsbury.[358][359]
  • 1996: Timothy William Edward Corbett, Esq., of The Dower House, Longnor, Shrewsbury.[360]
  • 1997: Elizabeth Catherine Weld-Forester, Baroness Forester, of Willey Park[361]
  • 1998: Lindsay Claude Neils Bury, of Millichope Park, Munslow, Craven Arms.[362]
  • 1999: Jonathan Rupert Blakiston Lovegrove-Fielden, of Longden Manor, Pontesford, Shrewsbury[363]

21st century

  • 2000: Richard Panton Corbett, of Grove Farm House, Longnor[364]
  • 2001: John Richard Ravenscroft, of The Old Rectory[365]
  • 2002: John Nicholas Richard Neville Bishop, of Shipton Hall[366]
  • 2003: Julian Veronica Morgan, of 1 Silk Mill Lane, Ludlow[367]
  • 2004: Humphrey Salwey of The Lodge, Overton[368]
  • 2005: Michael John Lowe[369]
  • 2006: Anthony Richard Tanner[370]
  • 2007: Meriel Rose Afia [371]
  • 2008: Anne Gee [372]
  • 2009: Anna Turner[373]
  • 2010: Hugh Trevor-Jones[374]
  • 2011: Richard Henry Burbidge [375]
  • 2012: John Abram of Oswestry [376]
  • 2013: Diana Flint [377]
  • 2014: Robert Bland [378]
  • 2015: David Stacey of Leigh Manor, Hope, Shrewsbury[379]
  • 2016: Christine Mary Holmes, of Shrewsbury[380]
  • 2017: Charles Edward Lillis, of Whittington[381]
  • 2018: Rhoderick Martin Swire, of Ludlow [382]
  • 2019: Dr Jeremy John Dixey, of Westbury, Shrewsbury [383]
  • 2020: Amanda Nadine Harris of Shrewsbury [384]
  • 2021: Robert Anthony Morris-Eyton of Calvington [385]
  • 2022: Selina Lucy Graham, of Broseley[386]
  • 2023: Amanda Jillian Thorn, of Leighton[387]
  • 2024: Brian Welti, of Shrewsbury[388]
  • 2025: Jane Marie Trowbridge, of Ellesmere[389]

Footnotes

  1. There are seven places in Shropshire called Aston, and the source does not say which this one was. However, there are records of a Lloyd family of Aston Hall, Oswestry.[171]

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