The office of High Sheriff of Somerset is an ancient shrievalty which has been in existence since the 11th century.[1] Originally known as the "Sheriff of Somerset", the role was retitled on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.[2]
The position of Sheriff was once a powerful one, the holders being responsible for collecting taxes and enforcing law and order in Somerset, a county in South West England. In modern times the sheriff has become a ceremonial officer of the Crown, attending or presiding over many public events. Until 1567 the Sheriff of Somerset was also Sheriff of Dorset.[3]
In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland the high sheriff is theoretically the Sovereign's judicial representative in the county, while the Lord Lieutenant is the Sovereign's personal representative.[4] Their jurisdictions, the "shrieval counties", are no longer co-terminous with administrative areas, representing a mix between the ancient counties and more recent local authority areas. The post is unpaid, except for a small court attendance allowance, and the general expenses of the office are borne personally by the holder.[5] Eligibility for nomination and appointment of High Sheriffs is controlled by the Sheriffs Act of 1887.
The current high sheriff is Rob Beckley MstJ QPM.[6]
Sheriffs of Somerset 11th century
- c1061 Godwine[7]
- 1066-1068 Tovid or Tofig[7]
- 1083-1086 William de Moyon[7]
Sheriffs of Somerset and Dorset
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11th and 12th century
- c. 1091 Aiulph the Chamberlain[7]
- 1123-1130 Warin[7]
- 1155 Richard de Monte Alto[7]
- 1155 Richard de Raddona[7]
- 1157 Walter de Lisoria[7]
- 1162 Robert de Beauchamp[7]
- 1163 Gerbert de Parcy[7]
- 1167 Robert Pucherel[7]
- 1169 Alfred of Lincoln[7]
- 1175 Robert de Beauchamp[7]
- 1182 William de Bendeng[7]
- 1184 Robert Fitzpain[7]
- 1188 Hugh Bardulf[8]
- 1189: John, Count of Mortain[7]
- 1194: William, Earl of Salisbury[7]
- 1197: Peter de Scudamore[7]
- 1199: Robert Belet[7]
13th century
- 1200: Hubert de Burgh[7]
- 1204: William de Montacute[7]
- 1204: Osbert de Stoke[7]
- 1207: William Brewer[7]
- 1209: William Malet[7]
- 1212: Richard Marsh
- 1214: William de Harcourt[7]
- 1215: Ralph de Bray[7]
- 1216: William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
- 1218: Peter de Maulay[7]
- 1221: Roger de la Forde[7]
- 1223: John Russell
- 1223: Jocelin of Wells[7]
- 1226: William FitzHenry[7]
- 1228: Thomas de Cirencester[7]
- 1232: Peter de Rivaux[7]
- 1234: Thomas de Cirencester[7]
- 1237: Richard de Langford[7]
- 1238: Herbert FitzMetthew[7]
- 1239: Jordan Oliver[7]
- 1240: Hugh de Vivonia[7]
- 1242: Joel de Valletort[7]
- 1249: Godfrey de Scudamore[7]
- 1249: Bartholomew Petch[7]
- 1250: Henry de Erleigh[7]
- 1251: Elias de Rabayn[7]
- 1254: John de Aller[7]
- 1254: Stephen de Ashton[7]
- 1257: Walter de Burges[7]
- 1258: William Everard[7]
- 1259: Philip de Cerne[7]
- 1261: Philip Basset[7]
- 1263: Henry of Almain, son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall[7]
- 1264: William de Staunton[7]
- 1265: Ralph Russell[7]
- 1266: Philip Basset[7]
- 1267: Andrew Wake[7]
- 1269: Thomas de St Vigor[7]
- 1273: John de St Valery[7]
- 1274: Richard de Coleshill[7]
- 1278: John de Cormailles[7]
- 1283: Sir John de St Loe (de Sancto Laudo)[7]
- 1285: Queen Eleanor[7]
- 1289: Richard de Burghunte[7]
- 1291: Walter de Luveny[7]
- 1293: Walter de Gloucester[7][9]
- 1298: Nicholas de Cheyney[7]
- 1299: John Gerberge[7] (or John de Gerebert)[10]
14th century
- 1301: John de la Lee[7]
- 1302: John Gerberge[7] (or John de Gerebert)[10]
- 1304: Matthew Furneaux[7]
- 1305: John de Montacute[7]
- 1306: Nicholas de Longlonde[7]
- 1307: Nicholas Cheyney[7]
- 1308: Walter Scudamore[7]
- 1309: Richard Chesilden[7]
- 1311: Walter Scudamore[7]
- 1313: John Chideock[7]
- 1314: John de Erleigh[7]
- 1315: Matthew Furneaux[7]
- 1316: John de Kyngeston[7]
- 1318: Nicholas Cheyney[7]
- 1320: Thomas de Marlberge[7]
- 1325: John de Erleigh[7]
- 1326: Thomas de Marlberge[7]
- 1327: William de Whitefield[7]
- 1330: Hugh de Langlonde[7]
- 1332: John de Wraxall[7]
- 1333: Hildebrand of London[7]
- 1335: Walter Rodney[7]
- 1336: Hildebrand of London[7]
- 1338: Walter Rodney[7]
- 1340: John Durburgh[7]
- 1340: Walter Rodney[7]
- 1340: John Durburgh[7]
- 1341: Hugh Tyrel[7]
- 1343: Edward Stradling[7]
- 1343: Thomas Cary[7]
- 1353: John Palton[7]
- 1355: John St Loe[7]
- 1356: Richard Turbevill[7]
- 1358: Robert Martyn[7]
- 1359: John de Raleigh[7]
- 1360: Nicholas St Maur[7]
- 1360: Edmund de Clevedon[7]
- 1361: Theobald Gorges[7]
- 1362: John de la Hale[7]
- 1364: John de Langolnde[7]
- 1368: Edmund Cheyney[7]
- 1370: William Winterbourne[7]
- 1371: Roger Manningford[7]
- 1372: John Hamely of Wimborne St Giles[7]
- 1373: Hugh Durburgh[7]
- 1374: William Latimer[7]
- 1375: Sir Edmund FitzHerbert of Hinton Martell[7]
- 1376: Hugh Durburgh[7]
- 1377: Sir John Delamare[11]
- 1378: William Cogan[7]
- 1379: Sir John Burghersh[7]
- 1380: Theobald Gorges[7]
- 1380: William Latimer[7]
- 1381: Sir William de Bonvile[7]
- 1382: Sir Edmund FitzHerbert of Hinton Martell[7]
- 1383: Sir John Strech of Pinhoe and Hempston Arundel (Little Hempston)[7]
- 1384: Sir John Burghersh[7]
- 1385: John Copleston[7]
- 1386: Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, Dorset[7]
- 1387: Sir John Rodney of Backwell and Rodney Stoke[7]
- 1388: Sir John Moigne of Owermoigne[7]
- 1389: Sir Thomas Brooke[7]
- 1390: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston Castle[12]
- 1391: Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, Dorset[7]
- 1392: John Bache (or Bathe)[7]
- 1393: Theobald Wykeham of Tarrant Rushton[7]
- 1394: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston Castle[12]
- 1395: Sir John Moigne of Owermoigne[7]
- 1396: Sir John Rodney of Backwell and Rodney Stoke[7]
- 1397: Sir Thomas Arthur of Clapton-in-Gordano[7]
- 1397: Sir Thomas Dackombe[7]
- 1399: Sir Thomas Arthur of Clapton-in-Gordano[7]
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15th century
- 1400: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch[7]
- 1401: John Luttrell[7]
- 1402: John Frome[7]
- 1403: William Wroth of Newton Plecy[7]
- 1404: Sir Thomas Pomeroy of Combe Raleigh[7]
- 1405: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch[7]
- 1406: Sir Walter Rodney of Stoke Rodney[7]
- 1407: John Horsey[7]
- 1408: Matthew Coker[7]
- 1408: Robert Hill (c.1361-1423) of Spaxton[13]
- 1409: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch[7]
- 1410: Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, Dorset[7]
- 1411: John Horsey[7]
- 1412: Robert Hill (c.1361-1423) of Spaxton[7]
- 1413: Walter Hungerford[7]
- 1414: John Warre[7]
- 1415: Sir Humphrey Stafford[7]
- 1416: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch[7]
- 1417: Matthew Coker[7]
- 1418: John Florey[7]
- 1419: Robert Hill (c.1361-1423) of Spaxton[7]
- 1420: John Newburgh[7]
- 1422: Robert Hill (c.1361-1423) of Spaxton[7]
- 1422: Robert Coker[7]
- 1423: Richard Stafford[7]
- 1424: Sir Edward Stradling[14]
- 1426: Giles Daubeney[15]
- 1426: William Finderne[7]
- 1427: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge[7]
- 1428: Sir John Stourton, of Stourton, Co Wilts and of Stavordale Co, Somerset, High Sheriff of Somerset "In direct descent of the King, and entitled to quarter the Plantagenet Arms"
- 1430: John Warre[7]
- 1431: John Stourton of Preston Plucknett[7]
- 1432: John St Loe[7]
- 1433: John Seymour[7]
- 1434: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge[7]
- 1435: Thomas Thame[7]
- 1436: John St Loe[7]
- 1437: William Stafford[7]
- 1438: Edward Hull[7]
- 1439: Walter Rodney[7]
- 1440: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge[7]
- 1441: William Stafford[7]
- 1442: John St Loe[7]
- 1443: Edward Hull[7]
- 1444: Robert Cappes[7]
- 1445: John Norris[7]
- 1446: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge[7]
- 1447: John Chideock[7]
- 1448: Edward Hull[7]
- 1449: John Austell[7]
- 1450: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge[7]
- 1451: Thomas Thame[7]
- 1452: Richard Warre[7]
- 1453: Nicholas Latimer[7]
- 1454: John Cheyney[7]
- 1455: John Willoughby[7]
- 1456: Nicholas St Loe[7] of Over Langford Manor
- 1457: Robert Warre[7]
- 1458: John St Barbe[7]
- 1459: John Carent[7]
- 1460: Humphrey Stafford[7]
- 1461: Thomas Herbert[7]
- 1463: William Browning[7]
- 1464: Christopher Worsley[7]
- 1465: John Sydenham[7]
- 1466: George Darrell[7]
- 1467: Robert Stawell[7]
- 1468: Reginald Stourton[7]
- 1469: Christopher Worsley[7]
- 1470: Nicholas Latimer[7]
- 1471: John Cheverell[7]
- 1472: John Biconyll[7]
- 1473: Robert Palmer[7]
- 1474: Giles Daubeney[7]
- 1475: William Collingbourne[7]
- 1476: Thomas Norton[7]
- 1477: William Berkley[7]
- 1478: William Say[7]
- 1479: Edward Hartgtill[7]
- 1480: Giles Daubeney[7]
- 1481: Richard Morton[7]
- 1482: Nicholas Crowmer[7]
- 1483: Edward Redmayne[7]
- 1484: Thomas Fulford[7]
- 1485: Amias Paulet[7][16]
- 1486: John Turbevill[7]
- 1487: James Daubeney[7]
- 1488: Hugh Luttrell[7]
- 1489: William Martin[7]
- 1490: Henry Burnell[7]
- 1491: Amias Paulet[7]
- 1492: Walter Enderby[7]
- 1493: Edmund Carew[7]
- 1494: Sampson Norton[7]
- 1495: Sir Edmund Gorges of Wraxall, Somerset[7]
- 1496: Roger Newburgh[7]
- 1497: Richard Pudsey[7]
- 1498: Sir Nicholas Wadham (died 1542) of Merryfield, Somerset and Edge, Devon.[7]
- 1499: Amias Paulet[7]
16th century
- 1500: William Martin[7]
- 1501: John Trevelyan[7]
- 1502: Sir Edward Wadham of Pole Anthony, Tiverton and Tomarton, Gloucestershire.[7]
- 1503: Sir Henry Uvedale[7]
- 1504: John Horsey[7]
- 1505: John Sydenham[7]
- 1506: John Carew[7]
- 1507: John Williams[7]
- 1508: John Bevyn[7]
- 1509: Richard Weston[7]
- 1510: John Speke[7]
- 1511: Walter Rodney[7]
- 1512: Giles Strangeways of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford.[7]
- 1513: William Compton[7]
- 1514: Edward Gorges[7]
- 1515: John Seymour[17]
- 1516: Thomas de la Lynd[7]
- 1517: Sir Giles Strangeways of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford.[7]
- 1518: William Compton[7]
- 1519: John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath[18]
- 1520: William Wadham of Catherston, Dorset.[7]
- 1521: John Rogers[7]
- 1522: William Carent[7]
- 1523: Thomas Trenchard[7]
- 1524: Sir Giles Strangeways of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford.[7]
- 1525: George Speke[7]
- 1526: John Seymour[7]
- 1527: John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford[19]
- 1528: Sir Andrew Luttrell[7]
- 1529: Edward Gorges[7]
- 1530: Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle.[20]
- 1531: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset[7]
- 1532: Sir Thomas More[7]
- 1533: Sir Giles Strangeways of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford.[7]
- 1534: Sir Nicholas Wadham of Edge, Branscombe, Devon and Merryfield, Ilton, Somerset.[7]
- 1535: Francis Dawtrey[7]
- 1536: Hugh Paulet of Hinton St George[21]
- 1537: John Horsey of Clifton Maybank, Dorset
- 1538: Henry Long[22]
- 1539: Sir Thomas Speke of White Lackington[7]
- 1540: Sir Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle.[7]
- 1541: Sir Giles Strangeways of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford.[7]
- 1542: Hugh Paulet of Hinton St George[21]
- 1543: John Paulet (later Marquess of Winchester[7]
- 1544: John Horsey of Clifton Maybank, Dorset[7]
- 1545: Nicholas FitzJames[7]
- 1546: Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton[7]
- 1547: Hugh Paulet of Hinton St George[21]
- 1548: Sir John Thynne of Longleat[7]
- 1549: Sir Thomas Speke of White Lackington[7]
- 1550: George de la Lynd[7]
- 1551: John St Loe of Sutton Court, Bishops Sutton[7] of Over Langford Manor and Church of St Saviour, Puxton.
- 1552: John Rogers of Bryanston[7]
- 1553: John Tregonwell[7]
- 1554: Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton, Sir George Sydenham, Thomas Luttrell[23]
- 1555: Henry Ashley of Wimborne St Giles[7]
- 1556: Sir John Wadham (died 1578) of Merryfield, Somerset and Edge, Devon.[7]
- 1557: Humphrey Colles of Barton Grange and Nether Stowey[7]
- 1558: John Horsey of Clifton Maybank[7]
- 1559: Thomas Dyer of Sharpham and Weston[7]
- 1560: James FitzJames[7]
- 1561: John Wyndham[7] Sir John Wadham;[24]
- 1562: George Speke of White Lackington[7]
- 1563: John Horner[7]
- 1564: Henry Ashley of Wimborne St Giles[7]
- 1565: Henry Uvedale[7]
- 1566: Thomas Morton[7]
Sheriffs of Somerset
16th and 17th century
- 1567: Sir Maurice Berkeley of Bruton[7]
- 1568: George Norton[7]
- 1569: Henry Portman[7]
- 1570: Thomas Luttrell of Dunster Castle[25] (died Jan, 1571)
- 1570: John Sydenham[7]
- 1571: George Rogers of Cannington[7]
- 1572: John Horner[7]
- 1573: John Sydenham[7]
- 1574: John Stawell[7]
- 1575: Christopher Kenn[7]
- 1576: Thomas Malett of Enmore and Currypool[7]
- 1577: George Sydenham[7]
- 1578: John Colles of Barton Grange[7]
- 1579: John Brett[7]
- 1580: Maurice Rodney[7]
- 1581: Henry Newton[7]
- 1582: John Buller of Wood in Knowle St. Giles and Lillesdon[7]
- 1583: Arthur Hopton of Witham Friary[7]
- 1584: Gabriel Hawley[7] (d.1603) of Buckland Priory, Somerset[26]
- 1585: Nicholas Wadham (1531-1609)[7] of Merryfield, Somerset and Edge, Devon.
- 1586: John Clifton[7]
- 1587: Henry Berkeley of Norwood Park, Stoke and Bruton[7]
- 1588: Edward St Barbe[7]
- 1589: Samuel Norton[7]
- 1590: Hugh Portman of Orchard Portman[7]
- 1591: Sir John Harrington[7]
- 1592: George Speke[7]
- 1593: George Luttrell of Dunster Castle[7]
- 1594: Henry Walrond[7]
- 1595: John Faunceys[7]
- 1596: John Stawell[7]
- 1597: John Colles of Barton Grange[7]
- 1598: John Jennings[7]
- 1599: George Rodney[7]
- 1600: Sir Hugh Portman of Orchard Portman[7]
- 1601: John Malet[7]
- 1602: John May[27] or Mayo[7]
- 1603: Edward Rogers of Cannington[7]
- 1604: John Wyndham[7]
- 1606: Thomas Horner[7]
- 1607: Edward Hext of Low Ham (Netherham)[7]
- 1608: Edward Gorges[7]
- 1609: George Luttrell of Dunster Castle[7]
- 1610: Francis Baber[7]
- 1611: Sir John Rodney of Pilton and Stoke Rodney[7]
- 1612: Robert Henley[7]
- 1613: Natahniel Still[7]
- 1614: Sir John Horner of Mells[7]
- 1615: Bartholomew Michell[7]
- 1616: John Colles[7]
- 1616: John Poulett of Hinton St George[28]
- 1617: Robert Hopton of Ditcheat[7]
- 1618: Theodore Newton[7]
- 1619: John Trevelyan[7]
- 1620: Henry Henley[7]
- 1621: Marmaduke Jennings[7]
- 1622: Edward Popham of Huntworth[7]
- 1623: William Faunceys[7]
- 1624: Thomas Wyndham[7]
- 1625: Robert Phelips[7][29]
- 1626: John Clark Symes of Poundisford Park, Pitminster[7][30]
- 1627: Sir John Latch of Over Langford Manor[7][31][32]
- 1628: Sir John Stawell of Cothelstone[7][33]
- 1629: Thomas Thyne[7]
- 1630: Francis Dodington[7]
- 1631: Thomas Luttrell of Dunster Castle[7]
- 1632: William Walrond[7]
- 1633: John Carew[7]
- 1634: Henry Hodges[7]
- 1635: John Malet of Enmore Castle[7]
- 1636: William Bassett[7]
- 1637: William Portman[7]
- 1638: William Every[7]
- 1639: Thomas Wroth of Petherton Park[7]
- 1640: John Hippisley[7]
- 1641: Martin Sanford of Nynehead Court[7]
- 1642: Edward Wyndham of Kentsford and Cathanger[7]
- 1642: Thomas Brydges[7]
- 1644: Sir John Horner of Mells Manor[7]
- 1646: Richard Cole[7]
- 1648: John Preston[34]
- 1648: John Buckland[7]
- 1649: Henry Bonner[7]
- 1650: Alexander Pym[7]
- 1651: Edward Ceely[7]
- 1652: George Luttrell[7]
- 1653: William Cole[7][35]
- 1654: Robert Hunt of Speckington, Yeovilton[7]
- 1656: William Hillyard[7]
- 1659: William Lacey[7]
- 1660: William Helyar[7]
- 1661: George Speke of Whitelackington[7]
- 1662: John Warre of Hestercombe House, Kingston[7]
- 1663: George Newton[7]
- 1664: George Trevelyan[7]
- 12 November 1665: Sir Hugh Smith, 1st Baronet,[36] of Ashton Court
- 7 November 1666: George Stowell[7][37]
- 6 November 1667: Sir George Horner,[38] of Cloford[7]
- 6 November 1668: Henry Rogers[7][39]
- 11 November 1669: Roger Bourne[7][40]
- 4 November 1670: Sir Thomas Gore[7][41]
- 9 November 1671: William Strode[7][42]
- 11 November 1672: Sir Francis Rolle,[43] of Shapwick[7]
- 12 November 1673: John Carew of Crowcombe[7][44]
- 5 November 1674: Sir Halswell Tynte, 1st Baronet,[45] of Halswell, Goathurst[7]
- 15 November 1675: John Prowse, of Axbridge[46][7]
- 10 November 1676: Ralph Stawell,[47] of Low Ham[7]
- 22 November 1676: Richard Landsdowne[48]
- 15 November 1677: Sir Gregory Heekmore of Buckland Baron[7][49][50]
- 14 November 1678: John Carew, of Cumerton[51][7]
- 13 November 1679: Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet,[52] of Orchard Wyndham, St. Decuman's[7]
- 4 November 1680: Maurice Berkeley[53][7]
- 1681: George Horner of Mells[7]
- 1682: John Pigott (died 1727) of Brockley[7]
- 1683: Henry Bull of Shapwick[7]
- 1684: Edward Hobbs[7]
- 1685: Edward Baber[7]
- 1686: James Prowse[7]
- 1687: Edward Strode[7]
- 1688: Sir John Smith, Bt of Long Ashton[7]
- 1689: Richard Morgan[7]
- 1689: John Smythe[7]
- 1690: William Whitchurch of Frome Selwood[7]
- 1691: William Lacy of Hartrow, Stogumber[7]
- 1692: Warwick Bampfield[7]
- 1693: Robert Siderfin[7]
- 1694: John Champneys[7]
- 1695: Thomas Langton[7]
- 1696: Thomas Dyke[7]
- 1697: Joseph Langton[7]
- 1698: Henry Mompesson of Corston, Wiltshire (1633–1715)[54]
- 1699: Smart Goodenough[7]
18th century
- 1700: Francis Holles Newman[7]
- 1701: William Helyar of East Coker[7] (son of William, HS 1660)
- 1702: John Mogg[7]
- 1703: Samuel Pitt[7]
- 1704: Sir John Trevelyan, Bt of Nettlecombe[7]
- 1705: Thomas Warre[7]
- 1706: William Fraunceis[7]
- 1707: Robert Smith[7]
- 1708: Sir Thomas Wroth of Petherton Park[7]
- 1709: Isaac Welman[7]
- 1710: William Blackford[7]
- 1711: Thomas Horner of Mells[7]
- 1712: Harry Brydges[7]
- 1713: William Strode[7]
- 1714: John Trevillian[7]
- 1715: Henry Walters[7]
- 1716: Joseph Brown[7]
- 1717: Thomas Archer[7]
- 1718: Robert Everard[7]
- 1720: Jepp Clarke[7]
- 1721: William Applin[7]
- 1721: Henry Strode[7]
- 1722: Richard Comes[7]
- 1723: Walter Robinson[7]
- 1724: Christopher Baker[7]
- 1724: John Gatchell[7]
- 1725: Andrew Moore of Newton[7][55]
- 1726: David Yea[7]
- 1727: Edward Dyke[7][56]
- 1727: Edward Dyke (the younger)[7]
- 1728: Richard Champneys[7]
- 1729: Gregory Gardiner[7][57]
- 1730: John Pigott of Brockley[7] (died in office March 1730)[58]
- 1731: William Fraunceis of Comslory[7][59]
- 1732: John Proctor[7]
- 1733: John Smyth[7]
- 1734: William Provis of Shepton Mallett[7][60]
- 1734: Thomas Welman[7]
- 1735: John Bricklade[7][61]
- 1735: Joseph Langton[7]
- 1736: Orlando Johnson[7][62]
- 1737: John Periam[7][63]
- 1738: James Chaffey Cowper[7][64]
- 1739: John Smith of Stoney Littleton[7][65]
- 1740: John Brickdale[7][66]
- 1740: John Freke Brickdale[7][67]
- 1741: John Provest of Shepton Mallett[7][68] replaced by William Madox[7][69]
- 1741: Edward Hallett[7]
- 1742: Sir William Pynsent, Bt of Burton, Curry Rivell[7][70]
- 1742: ?John Smith[7]
- 1743: James Smyth of St. Audries[71]
- 1743: William Sanford of Nynehead Court[7]
- 1744: Edward Clarke[7]
- 1745: Francis Newman[7]
- 1746: John Halliday of Yard House, Taunton[7]
- 1747: Thomas Coles[7]
- 1748: James Jeanes[7]
- 1749: Matthew Spencer[7]
- 1750: Henry William Portman[7]
- 1751: Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt of Killerton[72]
- 1752: John Harding[7][73]
- 1753: John Macie[7]
- 1754: Henry Fownes Luttrell[7]
- 1755: Roger Lyde[7]
- 1756: James Perry[7]
- 1757: John Collins[7]
- 1758: Philip Stevens[7]
- 1759: Henry Powell[7]
- 1760: Sir William Yea, 1st Baronet of Pyrling, Taunton[7]
- 1761: John Adams[7]
- 1762: Thomas Gunston[7]
- 1763: Samuel Dodington[7]
- 1764: William Helyar of East Coker[7][74]
- 1765: Robert Paris Taylor of Burcott[7]
- 1766: James Tooker[7]
- 1767: William Provis, of Shepton Mallet[7][75]
- 1768: John Helliar[7]
- 1769: William Rodbard of Evercreech[7]
- 1770: Nathaniel Webb[7]
- 1771: Thomas Coward[7]
- 1772: Henry Rodbard[7]
- 1773: John Hugh Smyth[7]
- 1774; John Old Goodford[7]
- 1775: Thomas Champneys 1st Bt.[7]
- 1776: Thomas Wilkins Morgan[7]
- 1777: Sir John Trevelyan, Bt of Nettlecombe[7]
- 1778: Thomas Horner[7]
- 1779: Samuel Baker[7]
- 1780: Edward Elton, of Winford Manor, Bristol[7]
- 1781: John Ford[7]
- 1782: James Ireland[7]
- 1783: Peter Sherston[7]
- 1784: Andrew Guy[7]
- 1785: Richard Cross (? Crosse) of Broomfield[76]
- 1786: James Stephens of Camerton[77]
- 1787: Nathaniel Dalton of Shanks House[78]
- 1788: John Lethbridge (after 1804 1st Baronet) of Sandhill Park, Bishops Lydeard[7]
- 1789: Henry Hippisley Coxe of Downside[7][79]
- 1790: John Stephenson[7]
- 1791: Abraham Elton of Whitestanton[80]
- 1792: Thomas Samuel Jolliffe of Trotton Place, Sussex[7]
- 1793: Samuel Bailward[7]
- 1794: Charles Knatchbull[7]
- 1795: Edward Lyne[7]
- 1796: John Tyndale Warre[7]
- 1797: Samuel Day[7]
- 1798: Samuel Rodbard[7]
- 1798: John Hurle of Brislington Hill House
- 1799: James Bennett[7]
19th century
- 5 February 1800: Thomas Swymmer Champneys, of Orchard Leigh[81]
- 11 February 1801: John Band, of Wookey[82]
- 3 February 1802: Benjamin Greenhill, of Ston Easton[83]
- 3 February 1803: Sir Hugh Smyth, 3rd Baronet, of Wraxhall[84]
- 1 February 1804: John Rogers, of Yarlington[85]
- 6 February 1805: John Perring, of Combe Florey[86]
- 1 February 1806: Clifton Wheate, of Corse[87]
- 4 February 1807: Sir John Caesar Hawkins, 3rd Baronet, of Kelston[88]
- 3 February 1808: Charles Kemeys-Tynte, of Halsewell[89]
- 6 February 1809: John Nurton, of Milverton[90]
- 31 January 1810: Thomas Strangways Horner, of Mells Park[91]
- 8 February 1811: John Leigh, of Combe Hay[92]
- 24 January 1812: William Vaughan, of Monkton Combe[93]
- 10 February 1813: Peregrine Palmer Acland, of Fairfield[94][95]
- 4 February 1814: George Edward Allen, of Bathampton[96]
- 13 February 1815: John Phelips, of Montacute[97]
- 1816: John Goodford of Yeovil[7]
- 1817: Philip John Miles of Wraxall[98]
- 1818: John Evered of Hill[99]
- 1819: William Speke of Ashill[7]
- 1820: Gerard Martin Berkeley Napier of East Pennard, who died in office 13 May 1820 and was replaced by Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet[100]
- 1821: William Hanning, of Dillington[101]
- 1822: Vincent Stuckey of Langport[7]
- 1823: John Frederick Pinney[7]
- 1824: Edward Jefferies Esdaile[7]
- 1825: John Quantock[7]
- 1826: William Helyar[7]
- 1827: Henry Powell Collins of Hatch Court, near Taunton[7]
- 1828: John Hugh Smyth Pygott of Brockley[7][102]
- 1829: Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Bt of Wootton[7]
- 1830: James Adam Gordon of Portbury[103]
- 1831: Thomas Shewell Bailward, of Horsington[104]
- 1832: Sir Henry Strachey, 2nd Baronet, of Sutton Court[105]
- 1833: George Henry Carew, of Crowcombe Court[106]
- 1834: Francis Popham, of West Bagborough[107]
- 1835: William Manning Dodington, of Horsington[108]
- 1836: James Bennett, of North Cadbury[109]
- 1837: Alexander Adair, of Heatherton Park[110]
- 1838: Robert Phippen, of Badgworth Court[111]
- 1839: Sir William Medlycott, 2nd Baronet, of Milborne Port[112]
- 1840: John Jarrett, of Camerton[113]
- 1841: William Francis Knatchbull, of Babington[114]
- 1842: Robert Charles Tudway, of the city of Wells[115]
- 1843: Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, of Brymore[116]
- 1844: John Fownes Luttrell, of Dunster Castle[117][118]
- 1845: John Lee Lee, of Dillington House[119]
- 1846: Richard Meade King, of Pyrland Hall[120]
- 1847: John Matthew Quantock, of Norton-sub-Hamdon[121]
- 1848: Edward Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead Court[122]
- 1849: George William Blathwayt, of Porlock[123]
- 1850: Langley St Albyn, of Alfoxton[124]
- 1851: Thomas Tutton Knyfton, of Uphill[125]
- 1852: Montague Gore, of Barrow Court[126]
- 1853: Francis Henry Dickinson, of Kingweston[127]
- 1854: James Curtis Somerville, of Dinder[128]
- 1855: George Barons Northcote, of Somerset Court[129]
- 1856: John Hippisley, of Ston Easton Park[130]
- 1857: Sir Arthur Elton, 7th Baronet, of Clevedon Court[131]
- 1858: Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, 3rd Baronet, of St Audries[132]
- 1859: Edward Berkeley Napier, of East Pennard[133]
- 1860: Robert James Elton, of Whitestaunton[134]
- 1861: Francis Wheat Newton, of Barton Grange[135]
- 1862: Ralph Neville-Grenville, of Butleigh Court[136]
- 1863: George Treweeke Scobell, of Kingwell[137]
- 1864: Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet, of Sutton Court[138]
- 1865: Sir John Henry Greville Smyth, 1st Baronet, of Ashton Court[139]
- 1866: George Bullock[140]
- 1867: Richard Thomas Combe[7]
- 1868: Inigo William Jones[7]
- 1869: William Blake[7]
- 1870: Robert Guy Evered[7]
- 1871: Henry Cornish Henley[141][142]
- 1872: Mordaunt Fenwick-Bisset, of Bagborough, Taunton[143]
- 1873: Richard King Meade-King, of Walford, Taunton[144]
- 1874: George Fownes Luttrell, of Dunster Castle, Dunster[145]
- 1875: Henry Gorges Moysey, of Batheaston Court, Wiveliscombe, Wellington[146]
- 1876: Henry Duncan Skrine, of Warleigh, Bathford, Bath[147]
- 1877: William Pinney, of Somerton Erleigh, Somerton[148]
- 1878: Philip Pleydell Bouverie, of Brymore, Bridgwater[149]
- 1879: Edward Charles Chetham-Strode, of South Hill, Shepton Mallet[150]
- 1880: Edward James Stanley, of Quantock Lodge, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater[151]
- 1881: Henry Acland Fownes Luttrell, of Badgworth Court, Axbridge[152]
- 1882: Thomas Palfrey Broadmead[153][154]
- 1883: Vincent Stuckey, of Hill House, Langport[155]
- 1884: Charles Jefferys Watson Allen, of Lyngford House, Taunton[156]
- 1885: John Francis Fortescue Horner, of Mells Park, Frome[157]
- 1886: Alexander William Adair, of Heatherton Park, Wellington[158]
- 1887: Thomas Marriott-Dodington, of Horsington House, Wincanton[159]
- 1888: Antony Gibbs, of Charlton House, Wraxall, Nailsea[160]
- 1889: Charles Edward Jeffries Esdaile, of Cothelstone, Taunton[161]
- 1890: Edward Talbot Day Foxcroft, of Hinton Charterhouse, Bath[162]
- 1891: William Wildman Kettlewell[7]
- 1892: William Barrett[7]
- 1893: Henry Ernst[7]
- 1894: William Speke[7]
- 1895: Sir Edmund Harry Elton, Bt., of Clevedon Court, Clevedon[163]
- 1896: Robert Pooll Henry Batten-Pooll, of Road Manor, Road, Bath[164]
- 1897: Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Gurney[165]
- 1898: Edward William-Berkeley Portman of Hestercombe, Taunton.[166]
- 1899: William Long of Woodlands, Congresbury, Bristol[167]
20th century
- 1900: Robert Neville-Grenville of Butleigh Court, Butleigh[168][169]
- 1901: William Robert Phelips, of Montacute House, Montacute[170]
- 1902: Edwin Brooke Cely Trevilian, of Midelney Manor, Curry Rivell, Taunton[171]
- 1903: Frederick Spencer[7]
- 1904: Henry Hales Pleydell-Bouverie[7]
- 1905: William Henry Wills[7]
- 1906: Francis James Fry[7]
- 1907: Richard John Baynton Hippisley[7]
- 1908: Colonel Edward Charles Ayshford Sanford of Chipley Park[172]
- 1909: Arthur Fownes Somerville, of Dinder, Wells[173]
- 1910: Henry Herbert Wills, of Barley Wood, Wrington, Bristol[174]
- 1911: Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey, Bt
- 1912: William Bucknell Broadmead[7]
- 1913: Henry William Paget Hoskins[7]
- 1914: Joseph Cooke Hurle[7]
- 1915: Gerard Martin Berkeley Napier[7]
- 1916: Francis Henry Cheetham[7]
- 1917: Gerard Stuart Lysaght[7]
- 1918: Henry Thomas Daniel[7]
- 1919: Arthur Vaughan Hanning Vaughan-Lee[7]
- 1920: Henry Matthew Ridley[7]
- 1921: Arthur Capel[7]
- 1922: Roger Marriott Dodington[7]
- 1923: Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles, Bt.[175]
- 1924: Arthur Campbell Duckworth[7]
- 1925: Maurice Fearing Cely-Trevilian[7]
- 1926: Sir Frank Beauchamp[7]
- 1927: Walter Hanning-Speke[7]
- 1928: Sir William Mason, Bt[176]
- 1929: Harold Hamilton Broadmead[7]
- 1930: Huntley Gordon Spencer[7]
- 1931: William Oliver Evelyn Meade-King[7]
- 1932: Reginald Arthur Hobhouse[7]
- 1933: William Hartley Maud[7]
- 1934: Sir Matthew Nathan of Manor House, West Coker[7]
- 1935: Geoffrey Fownes Luttrell[7]
- 1936: William Otter Gibbs[177]
- 1937: James Archibald Garton[7]
- 1938: Sir Archibald Lawrence Langman, Bt of North Cadbury Court [7]
- 1939: Sir Frederick Henry Berryman of Shepton Mallet[7]
- 1940: Arthur Hamilton Yatman[7]
- 1941: Edward Phillip Thursfield[7]
- 1942: Charles Edward Burnell[7]
- 1943; Arthur Westall Vivian-Neal[7]
- 1944: Frederick Willoughby Hancock[7]
- 1945: Edmund Fletcher Rees-Mogg[178]
- 1946: Walter Stuart Batten-Pooll of Rode Manor, Bath resigned April 1946[179]
- 1946: Walter Douglas Melville Wills[7]
- 1947: Edmund Page[7]
- 1948: Hubert Stanley Radcliffe[7]
- 1949: Henry Cave Daniel[7]
- 1950: Henry William Whitby Hoskins[7]
- 1951: Sir Robert John Sinclair of Cleeve Court, near Bristol.[180]
- 1952: Arthur John Capel[7]
- 1953: Wilfrid Leighton[7]
- 1954: Major Walter Frank Quantock Shuldham, of East Stoke House, Stoke-under-Ham.[181]
- 1955: Major General Roger Evans[7]
- 1956: John Kenric La Touche Mardon[7]
- 1957: John Goodenough Newton[7]
- 1958: Wilfred Anson[7]
- 1959: Nicholas Brabazon Clive-Ponsonby-Fane[7]
- 1960: Sir Walter Luttrell[7]
- 1961: Richard Cely-Trevilian[7]
- 1962: Gilbert Poole[7]
- 1963: Cecil Mitford-Slade[7]
- 1964: Richard Hill[7]
- 1965: Marshal of the RAF Sir John Slessor[7]
- 1966: Sir Edward Malet[7]
- 1967: Sir Ian Duff Lyle of Barrington Court[7]
- 1968: Sir John Wills, Bt of Langford Court, Langford[7]
- 1969: Hugh Webb Faulkner of Hatch Beauchamp, died in office 24 May 1969[7]
- June 1969: William Quincy Roberts of Stonewalls, Newton St. Loe, near Bath[7]
- 1970: John Anthony Clark[7]
- 1971: Henry William Furse Hoskyns of South Petherton[7]
- 1972: Colin John Richard Trotter[7]
- 1973: Gerald Hignett[7]
High Sheriff of Somerset
20th century
- 1974: David Tudway Quilter[7]
- 1975: Matthew Waley-Cohen[7]
- 1976: John Stephen Lloyd of Langford Budville[7]
- 1977: Patrick Henry Daniel[7]
- 1978: William Rees-Mogg[182]
- 1979: William Kenneth Bingham Crawford[7]
- 1980: John Alexander Lindley of Wellington, Somerset[7]
- 1981: Arthur John Greswell[7]
- 1982: Peter Gerald Hanning Speke of Rowlands, Ilminster[183]
- 1983: Charles John de Salis[7]
- 1984: Charles Edward Brabazon Clive-Ponsonby-Fane[184]
- 1985: John Samuel Byard White[185]
- 1986: Ewan James Hanning Cameron of Whitelackington Manor, Ilminster.[186]
- 1987: Michael James Frederick Carter of Batcombe House, Shepton Mallet[187]
- 1988: William Alexander Charles Theed of Combe Sydenham Hall, Taunton[188]
- 1989: Ralph William Vivian-Neal of Poundisford Park, Poundisford, Taunton[189]
- 1990: Malcolm Henry Alistair Fraser
- 1991: Ian Crawford MacDonald
- 1992: Edward William Ayshford Sanford of Chipley Park, Langford Budville[190]
- 1993: John Hedworth Jolliffe
- 1994: Elizabeth Gass, Lady Gass
- 1995: Roy Scrymgeour Graham Hewett
- 1996: Christopher Phillip Thomas-Everard
- 1997: Richard Stanton Roy Sheldon
- 1998: Micaela Elizabeth Benedicta Beckett
- 1999: Thomas Andrew Heath Yandle
21st century
- 2000: Angela Betty Yeoman
- 2001: Thomas Hugh Ruscombe Poole
- 2002: Robert Ian Hoddell
- 2003: Brian Michael Tanner
- 2004: Sandy Evans
- 2005: Fiona Densham
- 2006: Alastair Ian Hayward Fyfe[191]
- 2007: David John Medlock[192]
- 2008: Anne Caroline Maw of Pilton[193]
- 2009: John Alvis of Winford[194][195]
- 2010: Pat A Hunt of Taunton[196]
- 2011: John Cullum of Bath[197]
- 2012: Sylvana Margery Glazebrook Chandler of Orchard Wyndham[198]
- 2013: Maureen E Whitmore of Butcombe[199]
- 2014: Richard D A Lloyd of Langford Budville, Wellington[200]
- 2015: Lucy Nelson of Pen Selwood, Wincanton[201]
- 2016: Edward Bayntun-Coward of Midford, Bath[202]
- 2017: Richard Saladin Hickmet of Bridgwater [203]
- 2018: Denis Andrew Southerden Burn of Cleeve, Bristol[204]
- 2019: Jonathan Alexander Newton Halliday of Corfe, Taunton[205]
- 2020: Mary-Clare Helene Rodwell of Shepton Mallett[206]
- 2021: William Henry Thomas Sheppard of Bath
- 2022: Jennifer Margaret Duke[207]
- 2023: Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett[208]
- 2024: Rob Beckley[6]
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