High Sheriff of Staffordshire

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

This is a list of the sheriffs and high sheriffs of Staffordshire.

The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. The 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 High Sheriff of Staffordshire also served as 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.

Sheriffs

11th century

  • 1086: Robert de Stafford [2]
  • 1094: Nicholas de Stafford [2]

12th century

  • 1123: Robert de Stanley [2]
  • 1128–1130: Miles of Gloucester[2]
  • 1132: Nicholas de Stafford [2]
  •  ?  ?  ?[2]
  • 1154: Maurice de Tiretei [2]
  • 1154–1159: Robert de Stafford [2]
  • 1160–1163: Alexander de Claverley (Clericus) [2]
  • 1166: Stephen de ? Beauchamp [2]
  • 1184–1188: Thomas fitzRobert fitzNoel [2]
  • 1189: Thomas de Cresswell [2]
  • 1190–1194: Hugh de Nunant[2]
  • 1195–1196: Hugo Bardulf
  • 1197–1198: Hugh of Chalcombe[2]
  • 1198–1204: Geoffrey fitzPiers [3]

13th century

14th century

  • 1300: Ralph de Shirle [7]
  • 1300: Richard de Harley [7]
  • 1303: Walter de Beysyn [7]
  • 1304: Sir John de Acton, of Iron Acton [7]
  • 1305: John de Dene [7]
  • 1307: Sir Roger Trumwyne [7]
  • 1308: John le Strange [7]
  • 1309: Hugh de Croft [7]
  • 1309: Hugh de Audley [7]
  • 1311: Hugh de Croft [7]
  • 1312: Hugh de Audley [7]
  • 1314: Rogert de Cheygny [7]
  • 1314: Sir William de Mere [7]
  • 1315: Rogert de Cheigny (rebelled)[7]
  • 1315: Ralph de Crophull [7]
  • 1316: Sir Roger Trumwyne [9]
  • 1318: Peter de Lymesy [9]
  • 1318: Sir Robert de Grendon [9]
  • 1322: Sir John de Swynnerton [9]
  • 1322: Sir Henry de Bisshebury [9]
  • 1326: Sir William de Ercalewe [9]
  • 1327: Henry de Bisshebury [9]
  • 1327: Sir John de Hynkele [9]
  • 1330: Henry de Bisshebury [9]
  • 1330: John de Hynkele [9]
  • 1333: Sir Richard Peshall of Peshall [10]
  • 1334: Sir Richard Peshall of Peshall [10]
  • 1338: Sir Richard Peshall of Peshall [10]
  • 1341: Sir Adam Peshall of Weston under Lizard [10]
  • 1344: Robert de Harley [9]
  • 1345 onwards – the High Sheriffs were sheriffs of Staffordshire only
  • 1345–61 Henry of Grosmont, 1st Earl of Derby[9]
  • 1361 Sir John Musard of Missarden [11]
  • 1361 Sir John de Gresley of Drakelow and Colton [11]
  • 1361 John de Swynnerton of Hilton [11]
  • 1362 Sir Robert de Grendon of Shenstone [11]
  • 1363 John de Perton of Perton [11]
  • 1364 Philip de Lutley of Lutley [11]
  • 1368 Sir Nicholas de Bek of Tean [11]
  • 1369 Henry Puys [11]
  • 1369 Philip de Grendon [11]
  • 1370 Sir John de Perton [11]
  • 1371 John de Gresley [11]
  • 1372 Sir Nicholas de Stafford of Throwley [11]
  • 1373 Sir John de Verdon of Darlaston (near Stone) [11]
  • 1374 Sir John Basset of Cheadle [11]
  • 1375 Sir Nicholas de Stafford of Throwley [11]
  • 1376 Sir Peter de Caverswall of High Ercall and Caverswall [11]
  • 1377 William Walsall of Rushall replaced by Brian de Cornewaill of Kynlet (also High Sheriff of Shropshire) [11]
  • 1378 William Coleson [11]
  • 1379 Sir John de Verdon of Darlaston (near Stone) [11]
  • 1380 Sir Thomas Thamhorn of Thamhorn [11]
  • 1380 Sir Adam Peshale of Weston-under-Lizard and Peshale replaced by Roger de Wyrley [11]
  • 1381–83 William Walsall of Rushall[11]
  • 1384 Sir Humphrey de Stafford of Amblecote [11]
  • 1385 Sir Robert de Mauvesyn [12]
  • 1386 Adomar de Lichfield[12]
  • 1387 Sir William Chetwynd of Ingestre Hall[12][13]
  • 1388 Sir Humphrey de Stafford of Southwick [12]
  • 1389 William Walsall of Rushall[12]
  • 1390 John Delves of Doddington [12]
  • 1391 John Swynnerton of Hilton [12]
  • 1392 Sir William de Shareshull of Patshull and Shareshull [12]
  • 1393 Adomar de Lichfield [12]
  • 1394 Sir Robert Fraunceys of Foremark, Derbyshire [12]
  • 1395 Sir Robert Mavesyn of Mavesyn Ridware[12]
  • 1395 John Aston of Great Haywood[14]
  • 1396 William Walsall of Rushall [12]
  • 1399 Sir William Shareshull[12]

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

High sheriffs

20th century

  • 1974: Thomas Mark Carter [242]
  • 1975: Alan Stobart Monckton of Stretton Hall
  • 1976: Major James Appleton Hawley[242]
  • 1977: Guy Cavenagh-Mainwaring of Whitmore Hall
  • 1978: Major Jacinth Rodney Haszard of Milford Hall[251]
  • 1979: Christopher J. Nanscawen Williams [242]
  • 1980: Col. William A. Franks Sargeant [242]
  • 1981: Cecil H. Stafford Northcote [242]
  • 1982: Lt-Col. David J Keeling German [242]
  • 1983: Richard B. Kennedy Dyott [242]
  • 1984: John Hugh Leigh [242]
  • 1985: Anthony Paul Bamford [242]
  • 1986: Lt-Col. Michael C. Bagshaw [242]
  • 1987: Nicholas Stephen G. Bostock [242]
  • 1988: David Gerald Stern [242]
  • 1989: Derek Harold Field [242]
  • 1990: Major Charles R.M. Boote [242]
  • 1991: John Lewis Jones [242]
  • 1992: Roger Edward Whitfield [242]
  • 1993: Charles Herbert Mitchell [242]
  • 1994: Col. Michael P.K. Beatty [242]
  • 1995: Joanna Mary Monckton [242]
  • 1995: Joanna Bird Monckton of Stretton Hall
  • 1996: Sampson Eric Mitchell [242]
  • 1997: Gerald Raymond Tams [242]
  • 1998: Arthur Edward Robin Manners [242]
  • 1999: David Edward Dunn Johnson of Chartley Hall [242]

21st century

  • 2000: David Eliot [242]
  • 2001: Deborah Chetwynd-Talbot, The Countess of Shrewsbury & Talbot, of Wanfield Hall, Uttoxeter.
  • 2002: Michael Hurdle [242]
  • 2003: Sir Stanley Clarke of Dunstall Hall near Burton upon Trent
  • 2004: Dorothy Sheila Carver née Tildesley
  • 2005: Francis Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford of Swynnerton Hall
  • 2006: Angela Tams [242]
  • 2007: Graham Stow[242]
  • 2008: Catherine A Evans of Stowe by Chartley [252]
  • 2009: Richard Byrd Levett Haszard of Milford Hall[253]
  • 2010: Ian James Dudson of Stoke-on-Trent [254]
  • 2011: Simon William Clarke of Dunstall Hall, near Burton on Trent<[255]
  • 2012: A Sarah Elsom of Rugeley [256]
  • 2013: Susan Caroline Inge-Innes-Lillingston of Tamworth [257]
  • 2014: Ann E Fisher of Market Drayton[258]
  • 2015: John William Leavesley of Alrewas [259]
  • 2016: Colonel David L Leigh of Hamstall Ridware [260]
  • 2017: Humphrey David Sneyd Scott-Moncrieff <[261]
  • 2018: Philippa Jane Gee [262]
  • 2019: Ashley Edward Brough of Uttoxeter [263]
  • 2020: Charles James Bagot Jewitt of Admaston [264]
  • 2021: James Irvine Hinchliffe Friend[265]
  • 2022: Clarence Bennie Robinson[266]
  • 2023: Victoria Louise Hawley[267]
  • 2024: Julia Mitchell[268]

References

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