High Sheriff of Worcestershire explained

See also: History of Worcestershire. 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

Henry II (25 October 1154 – 6 July 1189)

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England;^[1] Rev George Miller, The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester^[2]

Richard I 6 July 1189 – 6 April 1199

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

John 1199–1216

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

Henry III 1216–1272

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

Edward I 1272–1307

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

• William de Bello Campo Comes Warwick 1–26
• Guido de Bello Campo 27–35

Edward II 7 July 1307 – 25 January 1327

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

• Guido de Bello Campo, Comes Warwick and Robert de Berkenhall
• Guido de Bello Campo, Comes Warwick and Walter de Perthrope 2–5
• Guido de Bello Campo, and Robert de Warwick 6–7
• Guido de Bello Campo 8
• Johan de Hernyold 9
• Walter de Bello Campo 10–11
• William Stracy 12–14
• William de Bello Campo 15–16
• Nicholas Russell 17–18
• Walter de Kokesey 19

Edward III 25 January 1327 – 1377

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

Richard II 1377–99

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

Henry IV Bolingbroke 30 September 1399 – 1413

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

Henry V 20 March 1413 – 1422

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

Henry VI

• Richard de Bello Campo 1–15
• Norman Washburne, Subvice 16
• Henry Beauchamp 18
• Thomas Lyttelton 26
• Richard Nevyle 28

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

• Gualterus Skull 12

• James Radclyffe 20

Richard III 26 June 1483 – 1485

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

Henry VII 22 August 1485 – 1509

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

• Humphrey Stafford

John Savage II, mil.13-24

Early modern

Henry VIII 21 April 1509 – 1547

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

Edward VI 28 January 1547 – 1553

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

Mary I 19 July 1553 – 1558

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

Elizabeth I 1558 – 1603

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

James I 24 March 1603 – 1625

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

Charles I (1625–49)

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England

References

Secondary sources

• Book: The history of the worthies of England . 3 . Fuller . Thomas . 1840 .
• Book: Burke Esq., John . A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland . 3 . 1838 . 665–666 .
• Book: Annual Register . 1829. 18 September 2013.
• Sheriffs for the Year 1844 . . 1844 . 160 . 26 January 2008 . Burke . Edmund .
  • Web site: House of Commons Journal. British History Online . 10 April 2011.
• Web site: Soley's Orchard: The Bounds and Humphrey Soley. 20 September 2013.
• Web site: PYTTS, Samuel (c.1674–1729), of Kyre Park, Worcs. History of Parliament Online. 3 May 2013.
• Annual Register . 1781–1792 . Edmund . Burke . Annual Register of Members Interests of the Houses of Parliament .
• Web site: Browse collection: House of Commons, Journals . British History Online . 1648–1699 . 8 April 2016 .
• Book: Visitation of the County of Worcestershire . 1684 .

External links

• Web site: History of Worcestershire Heraldry . 1873 .
• Web site: House of Commons Journal. British History Online. 10 April 2011.

Notes and References

1. Pages 376–382
2. Book: Miller, Rev George. The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester. 1889. Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh.