High Sheriff of Worcestershire

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

This is a list of sheriffs and since 1998 high sheriffs of Worcestershire.

The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly 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. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff.

Under the same act Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to form the new county of Hereford and Worcester, therefore the office of Sheriff of Worcestershire was replaced by that of High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester. However, in 1998 the new county was dissolved, restoring Herefordshire and Worcestershire and creating the offices of High Sheriff of Herefordshire and High Sheriff of Worcestershire.

Medieval

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Early Norman

Henry II (25 October 1154 – 6 July 1189)

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England;[5] Rev George Miller, The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester[6]

Richard I 6 July 1189 – 6 April 1199

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]

John 1199–1216

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]

Henry III 1216–1272

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]

Edward I 1272–1307

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]

Edward II 7 July 1307 – 25 January 1327

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]

Edward III 25 January 1327 – 1377

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]

Richard II 1377–99

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]

Henry IV Bolingbroke 30 September 1399 – 1413

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]

Henry V 20 March 1413 – 1422

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]

Henry VI

Edward IV (first reign) 4 March 1461 – 2 October 1470

  • Gualterus Skull 12 [6]
  • James Radclyffe 20 [6]

Richard III 26 June 1483 – 1485

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]
  • Jacob Radcliffe 1
  • William Houghton 2
  • Humphrey Stafford and Richard Nanfan 3

Henry VII 22 August 1485 – 1509

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]
  • Humphrey Stafford [6]
  • 1485 Richard Nanfan 1–2
  • John Savage I 3–7
  • John Savage II, arm. 8–12 (son of above John)
  • John Savage II, mil. 13–24

John Savage II, mil.13-24

Early modern

Henry VIII 21 April 1509 – 1547

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]
  • John Savage, mil. 1–7
  • 1516–1528 William Compton, mil 8–26
  • 1528–?1535 Edward Ferrers (died 1535)
  • 1535–1536 Walter Walsh 27–28
  • 1538 (Mar–Nov) John Russell of Strensham 29
  • 1538 Robert Acton of Elmley Lovett and Ribbesford 30
  • 1539 Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton 31
  • 1540 Sir John Pakington of Hampton Lovett 32
  • 1541 John Russell of Strensham 33
  • 1542 George Throgmorton of Throgmorton 34
  • 1543 Thomas Hunkes of Radbroke 35
  • 1544 John Talbot of Grafton 36
  • 1545 Robert Acton of Elmley Lovett and Ribbesford 37
  • 1546 John Russell of Strensham 38

Edward VI 28 January 1547 – 1553

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]
  • 1547 William Sheldon of Beoley 1
  • 1548 Richard Ligon 2
  • 1549 William Gower 3
  • 1550 William Ligon 4
  • 1551 Thomas Russell of Strensham and Witley 5
  • 1552 John Talbot of Grafton 6

Mary I 19 July 1553 – 1558

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]
  • 1553 Henry Dingley of Charlton 1
  • 1554 John Folliatt 2
  • 1555 Thomas Baskerville of Birlingham and Wollas Hall, Eckington 3
  • 1556 William Sheldon of Beoley 4
  • 1557 John Littleton of Frankley 5
  • 1558 John Knottesford 6

Elizabeth I 1558 – 1603

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]
  • 1559 Thomas Russell of Strensham and Witley 1
  • 1560 William Ligon 2
  • 1561 Thomas Packington 3
  • 1562 Galfridus Markham 4
  • 1563 Thomas Baskerville of Birlingham and Wollas Hall, Eckington 5
  • 1564 William Jefferyes of Holm. Caf. and William Hunkes 6
  • 1565 Anthony Daston of Broadway 7
  • 1566 John Littleton 8
  • 1567 William Sheldon of Beoley 9
  • 1568 Henry Dingley 10
  • 1569 Thomas Russell of Strensham and Witley 11
  • 1570 Francis Walsh 12
  • 1571 John Rouse of Rous Lench 13
  • 1572 John Littleton 14
  • 1573 Richard Ligon 15
  • 1574 Edmund Colles of Leigh 16
  • 1575 Edward Harewell of Bifford 17
  • 1576 Ralph Sheldon of Beoley 18
  • 1577 John Russell of Strensham 19
  • 1578 Henry Berkley 20
  • 1579 Walter Blunt of Kidderminster 21
  • 1580 Francis Walsh 22
  • 1581 Thomas Folliat of Purton 23
  • 1582 John Walshburne 24
  • 1583 Richard Ligon 25
  • 1584 Gilbert Lyttelton of Prestwood Hall 26[citation needed]
  • 1585 Thomas Lucy of Warwick 27
  • 1586 William Child of Northwick 28
  • 1587 Egid. Read 29
  • 1588 George Winter of Huddington 30
  • 1589 William Savage 31
  • 1590 Edmund Colles of Leigh 32
  • 1591 Henry Bromley of Holt Castle 33
  • 1592 William Lygon of Madresfield 34[12]
  • 1593 Sir Thomas Biggs of Lenchwick 35
  • 1594 Sir John Pakington 36
  • 1595 Thomas Folliat 37
  • 1596 Sir Edward Harewell, KB 38
  • 1597 Francis Dingley 39
  • 1598 William Walsh of Abberley 40
  • 1599 William Child 41
  • 1600 John Washborn 42
  • 1601 William Savage 43
  • 1602 George Blunt 44
  • 1603 Thomas Russell 45

James I 24 March 1603 – 1625

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]

Charles I (1625–49)

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England[5]

17th century

18th century

  • 1700: Benjamin Jolliffe[69]
  • 1701: Higgins James of Astley[15][70]
  • 1702: Thomas Savage[71]
  • 1703: Humphrey Soley[72][73]
  • 1704: Phineas Jackson of Claines[74]
  • 1705: Samuel Pytts of Kyre Park[75]
  • 1706: Thomas Batch[76][77]
  • 1707: Edward Palmer[78]
  • 1708: Thomas Perrott
  • 1709: George Gardiner of Evesham[15][79]
  • 1710: John Ches(t)le of Wallhouse[80]
  • 1711: Rowland Greene Berkeley of Cotheridge Court[15][81]
  • 1712: John Feild[82]
  • 1713: William Norton[83]
  • 1713: ?Thomas Bache of Northfield[15]
  • 1714: Henry Townsend[84]
  • 1715: Richard Lane of Worcester[85]
  • 1716: Thomas Smith of Tenbury[78][86]
  • 1717: William Amphlett of Astley and later Hadzor[87][88]
  • 1717: George Gardiner of Evesham and Shipston-on-Stour[15]
  • 1718: William Amphlett[89]
  • 1719: John Meysey[90]
  • 1720: William Amphlett of Astley and later Hadzor[87]
  • 1721: John Wowen of St. Johns in Bedwardine[91]
  • 1722: James Compton[92]
  • 1722: Sir Thomas Cookes Winford, 2nd Baronet of Glasshampton and Norgrove[93]
  • 1723: Francis Sheldon of Abberton[78]
  • 1724: Charles Craven[94]
  • 1725: Thomas Hunt of Stourbridge[15]
  • 1726: Edmund Skinner of Wichenford[95]
  • 1727: William Dowdeswell of Pool Court, Bushley[15]
  • 1728: John Baker[15]
  • 1729: Thomas Bushell[96]
  • 1730: Richard Bourne of Acton, near Ombersley[97]
  • 1732: Isaac John Amplett[98]
  • 1733: Edmund Lechmere of Hanley Castle[15]
  • 1734: Thomas Rous of Rouslench[99]
  • 1735: George Nash of Markeley[100]
  • 1736: Edward Moore of Barnt Green[78]
  • 1737: John Mathews of Worcester[101]
  • 1738: John Perrott of Bellbroughton[102]
  • 1739: John Hart of Shipton[103]
  • 1740: Richard Roberts of Pershore[104]
  • 1741: Gilbert Wheeler[105]
  • 1742: Nicholas Bennet[106]
  • 1743: James Newnham of Winterfold[107]
  • 1744: George Nash of Martley[108]
  • 1745: John Ravenhill of Strensham[109]
  • 1746: William Amphlett of Hadzor[110]
  • 1747: Joshua Dowler[111]
  • 1748: Richard Buckle of Chaseley[15]
  • 1749: Adam Hough of Hartley and Comberton[15]
  • 1750: Humphrey Low of Bromsgrove[112]
  • 1751: George Holland of Tenbury[15]
  • 1752: Edward Cope Hopton of Canon Frome, Herefordshire[15]
  • 1753: Thomas Phillips of Stourbridge[113]
  • 1754: Francis Clare, of Clent[114]
  • 1755: Francis Highway of Drayton, Chaddesley Corbett[115]
  • 1756: Joseph Biddle of Evesham and Charlton[116]
  • 1757: Thomas Burch Savage of Elmlea Castle[117]
  • 1758: Charles Trubshaw Withers, of Samsome Fields, Worcester[118]
  • 1759: John Amphlett of Ombersley[78]
  • 1760: John Timbrill of Bretforton[78]
  • 1761: Richard Case of Powick[15]
  • 1762: Sir Samuel Hellier, Kt of Rushock[15]
  • 1763: Benjamin Johnson of Worcester[15]
  • 1764: Robert Martin of Pebworth[119]
  • 1764: Rowland Berkeley of Cotheridge, near Worcester[citation needed]
  • 1765: Edward Winwood of Lindridge[78][120]
  • 1766: Thomas Cookes of Harvington[78]
  • 1767: Sir Herbert Perrott Pakington, 7th Baronet, of Westwood[78][121]
  • 1768: Thomas Bury, jnr of Abberley[15]
  • 1769: Edward Knight of Wolverley[78]
  • 1770: John Martin of Overbury[78]
  • 1771: Edmund Pytts of Kyre Park, near Tenbury
  • 1772: Charles Watkins-Meysey of Shakenhurst[78]
  • 1773: John Tristram of Moor Hall[78]
  • 1774: John Hurtle of Sion Hill[15]
  • 1775: Samuel West of Earl's Croome[78]
  • 1776: Josiah Dineley of Peopleton[78]
  • 1777: Samuel Netherton of Hill End House, Chaseley[78]
  • 1778: Edward Whitcombe of Orleton[78]
  • 1779: John Foster of Wordsley[78]
  • 1780: Richard Amphlett of Hadsor[15]
  • 1781: John Darke of Bredon[15]
  • 1782: Joseph Berwick of Worcester[15]
  • 1783: Jonathan Pitts of Kyre Park[122]
  • 1784: Thomas Bund of Wick[15]
  • 1785: Richard Bourne Charlett of Elmley Castle[123]
  • 1786: George Perrot of Craycombe House[122]
  • 1787: Richard Harrison of Temple Langhern[124][125]
  • 1788: John Baker of Waresley[15]
  • 1789: John Spooner, of Leigh Court[126]
  • 1790: Philip Gresley of Salwarpe[15]
  • 1791: John Pershouse of Shelsley[127]
  • 1791: Henry Wakeman of Perdiswell[122]
  • 1792: Fleetwood Packhurst of Ripple[128]
  • 1793: John Steward of Stone[78]
  • 1794: Thomas Farley of Hallow[15]
  • 1795: William Waldron of Stourbridge[78]
  • 1796: Thomas Hill of Broom[15]
  • 1797: Moses Harpur of Astley[78]
  • 1798: John Addenbrook of Wollaston[15]
  • 1799: Edward Dixon of Dudley[129]

19th century

20th century

  • 1900: Sir Benjamin Hingley, 1st Baronet, of Hatherton Lodge, Cradley[232]
  • 1901: Sir Henry Foley Lambert,, of Enville Hall, near Stourbridge.[233]
  • 1902: Edward Alfred Broome of Areley Court, Stourport[234]
  • 1903: Sir John Charles Holder, of Pitmaston, Moor Green, Birmingham[235]
  • 1904: Walter Holland, of Wood Hall, Norton, near Worcester[236]
  • 1905: Edward Webb, of Studley Court, Stourbridge[237]
  • 1906: Francis Wigley Greswolde-Williams[238]
  • 1907: Edward James Morton of Heathfield, Wolverley, Kidderminster[239]
  • 1908: Hakewill Tresyllian Williams of Churchill Court, Kidderminster[240]
  • 1909: Robert Valentine Berkeley of Spetchley Park, Worcester[241]
  • 1910: George Ferguson Chance of Clent Grove[242][243]
  • 1911: Sir George Benjamin Hingley of High Park, Droitwich[244]
  • 1912: Rowland Hill of The Firs, Kidderminster[245]
  • 1913: Herbert James Whiteley, of Thorngrove, near Worcester[246]
  • 1914: James Ashwin of Bretforton Manor, Honeybourne, Worcestershire[247]
  • 1915: Charles Pelham Lane of Moundsley Hall, King's Norton[248]
  • 1916: John Bowen of Rochford, Strensham Hill, Moseley, Birmingham[249]
  • 1917: Joseph Silvers Williams-Thomas of Parkfield, Stourbridge[250]
  • 1918: Lieut.-Colonel Alfred Henry Hudson of Wick House, Pershore[251]
  • 1919: Frederick John Pearson of The Birches, Hagley, Stourbridge[252]
  • 1920: Lieut.-Colonel Charles Frederick Milward, of The Leys, Alvechurch[253]
  • 1921: Harry Edward Dixey of Woodgate, Malvern[254]
  • 1922: George Hatton, of Hagley Homse, Stourbridge[255]
  • 1923: Alfred Harold Wiggin of Bordesley Hall, Alvechurch[256]
  • 1924: Capt. Edward George Spencer-Churchill of Northwick Park, Blockley, S. O., Worcestershire[257]
  • 1925: Owen Francis Grazebrook of Himley House, Dudley[258]
  • 1926: Richard Stuart Todd of Clent[242]
  • 1927: Cecil Charles Brinton of Yew Tree House, Belbroughton, near Stourbridge[259]
  • 1928: Boultbee Brooks, of Blackwell Court, Bromsgrove[260]
  • 1929: Major James Allan Dyson Perrins, of Waresley House, near Kidderminster[261]
  • 1930: William Humble Eric, Viscount Ednam of Himley Hall, Dudley[262]
  • 1931: Sir Richard Christopher Brooke, of Abberley[263]
  • 1932: Charles Francis Dyson Perrins of High Park, Droitwich[264]
  • 1933: Robert George Wilmot Berkeley, of Spetchley Park[265]
  • 1934: William Harcourt Webb of Spring Grove, Bewdley[266]
  • 1935: Cyril Edward Lloyd of Church House, Broom, near Stourbridge[267]
  • 1936: Reginald Seymour Brinton of Croft, Kidderminster[268]
  • 1937: John Greswolde-Williams of Broadwas Court, near Worcester[269]
  • 1938: Robert Holland-Martin of Overbury Court, Tewkesbury[270]
  • 1939: John Ernest Grosvenor of Sillins, near Redditch[271]
  • 1940: Walter Maxwell Hannay of Spring Hill House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos[272]
  • 1941: William John Thompson of Harborough Hall, Blakedown, Kidderminster[273]
  • 1942: William Hugh Stobart Chance of Caspidge, near Bromsgrove[274]
  • 1943: Major Harold Petit Rushton of Phepson Manor, Droitwich[275]
  • 1944: John Richard Hugh Sumner of Rashwood Court, Droitwich[276]
  • 1945: Lieut-Colonel Edward Gordon Thin, of Aston Somerville Hall, Broadway[277]
  • 1946: Gerald Tomkinson of Heathfield, Wolverley, Kidderminster[278]
  • 1947: Ernest Charles Lister Bearcroft of Mere Hall, Hanbury, Droitwich[279]
  • 1948: Kenneth Henry Wilson of Park Hall, near Kidderminster[280]
  • 1949: Lieut-Col. William Herbert Taylor of The Moors, Birlingham, Pershore[281]
  • 1950: John Christopher Wilson of Hill House, Wolverley, Kidderminster[282]
  • 1951: Hubert Silvers Williams-Thomas of Old Rectory, Broome, Stourbridge[283]
  • 1952: Brigadier Charles Richard Britten, of Kenswick Manor, near Worcester[284]
  • 1953: Lieut.-Colonel Leslie George Gray-Cheape of Sillins, near Redditch[285]
  • 1954: Henry Ashwin of Bretforton Manor, Evesham[286]
  • 1955: Edward Harry Osmund Carpenter of Holbeache, Trimpley, near Bewdley[287]
  • 1956: Gerard Norman Percival-Humphries of Drayton House, Belbroughton, near Stourbridge[288]
  • 1957: Lieut.-Colonel Osbert Walter Dudley Smith of Levant Lodge, Earls Croome, Worcester[289]
  • 1958: Lieut.-Colonel Richard Arthur Wiggin, of Oak Hill, Uphampton, Ombersley[290]
  • 1959: Lieut.-Colonel Henry Rodolph Hugh Davies of The Steward's House, Elmley Castle, Pershore[291]
  • 1960: Eliot Charles Stewart Howard, of Duckswich House, Upton-on-Severn[292]
  • 1961: Esme Tatton Cecil Brinton of Hillhampton House, Great Witley[293]
  • 1962: Berwick Hungerford Lechmere of Whittemere, Hanley Castle[294]
  • 1963: Major Michael John Webb of The Croft, Wychbold, near Droitwich[295]
  • 1964: Lieut-Colonel Henry James Gumming Lattey, of Hallow Mount, Hallow[296]
  • 1965: James Montagu Carpenter of Eardington Manor, near Bridgnorth[297]
  • 1966: Major John Montagu Smyth of Dripshill House, Hanley Castle, Worcester[298]
  • 1967: Robert John Grantley Berkeley of Spetchley Park, near Worcester[299]
  • 1968: Captain Sir (Herbert) Maurice Huntington-Whiteley, of The Old Hill, Astley, Stourport-on-Severn[300]
  • 1969: Christopher Paget Norbury of Sherridge, near Malvern[301]
  • 1970: Major Henry Robert Mansel Porter, of Brockham, Birlingham, near Pershore[302]
  • 1971: Hugo Baldwin Huntington-Whiteley of Ripple Hall, Tewkesbury[303]
  • 1972: Robin Darell Unwin, of Longdon Hall, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire[304]
  • 1973: Thomas Patrick Berington of Little Malvern Court, Malvern[305]
  • 1974–1997 See High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester
  • 1998: Simon William Britten Dereham, of Sapness Farm, Woolhope, Herefordshire.[306]
  • 1999: Rosalie Joan Dawes, Birtsmorton Court, near Malvern[307]

21st century

  • 2000: Thomas Hone, of Bosbury House[308]
  • 2001: Andrew William Dyson Perrins, of The Hyde[309]
  • 2002: Col Sir Piers Henry George Bengough of Great House[310]
  • 2003: Georgina Sarah Henrietta Britten-Long, of Hill Farm[311]
  • 2004: James Donald Nicholas, of Welsh Court[312]
  • 2005: Andrew William Grant, of Bransford Manor[313]
  • 2006: Lt-Gen Sir John Paul Foley[314]
  • 2007: John Sarne Yorke[315]
  • 2008: Lt-Col Michael Robin Ogilvie Leigh[316]
  • 2009: Gilbert Greenall[317]
  • 2010: Elizabeth Hunter[318]
  • 2011: Lady Morrison of Madresfield Court[319]
  • 2012: Penelope Ann Lewis of Pershore[320]
  • 2013: Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley of Broadway[321]
  • 2014: Michael Hogan of Tenbury[322]
  • 2015: Sir Anthony Edward Winnington, 7th Baronet[323]
  • 2016: Sir Nicholas Lechmere Bt of Severn End, Hanley Castle, Worcester[324]
  • 2017: Stephen A. Betts of Kidderminster[325]
  • 2018: Cassian Blaise Luke Lechmere Roberts of Shelsley Beauchamp [326]
  • 2019: Edward Walter Pope Holloway of Suckley, Worcester [327]
  • 2020: Lt-Col (Retd) Mark Lucian Jackson, of Pershore [328]
  • 2021: Richard John Amphlett[329]
  • 2022: Andrew Richard Manning-Cox[330]
  • 2023: Louise Caroline Hewett[331]
  • 2024: Charles William Moyle, of Clifton-Upon-Teme[332]
  • 2025: Ian James Crockatt Smith, of Lulsley[333]

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