High Sheriff of Kent explained

The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff).[1] 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 obsolete, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The high sheriff changes every March.

This is a list of high sheriffs of Kent.[2]

11th century to 14th century

DatesName
c. 1040–c. 1044Eadsige
c. 1051–Robert of Jumièges
?–1066Osward
1067–1070Alain de Buckland (1045–1108)
1070?–1077?Hugh de Port? (c1015–c1096)
1077–1100Haimo[3]
1145Nicholas de Moels
1154Rualon[4]
1155–1160Ralph Picot
1161–1166Hugh of Dovor of Chilham
1167Richard de Lucy
1168–1174Gervase de Cornhill
1175Gervase and Robert Fitz-Bernard
1176–1183Robert Fitz-Bernard
1184William son of Nigel of Munevile
1185–1188Allen of Valoynes of Fremomh
1189–1193Reginald de Cornhill
1194William of St Mardal
1195Walter son of Derman
1196–1209Reginald de Cornhill
1210–1215John son of Unam of Selling and Reginald de Cornhill
1216–1222Hubert de Burgh and Hugh of Windlesores of Warehorne
1223–1225Hubert de Burgh and Roger Grimston
1226–1231Hubert of Boroz and William Brito
1232–1238Bertram of Cryall
1239–1240Humphrey of Bohun Earl of Essex
1241Peter of Subaudie and Bertram of Cryall
1242Bertram of Cryall and John of Cobham
1243–1247Bertram de Criol
1248–1255Reginald of Cobham
1256Walter of Bersted and Reginald of Cobham
1257–1258Fulk Payferer of Iseling
1259–1261John of Cobham
1262Robert Walerand and Thomas Delaway.
1263–1264Roger de Leybourne
1265–1267Roger de Leybourne and Henry of Bourne
1268–1270Stephen of Penchester of Allington Castle near Maidstone and Henry of Leese.
1271–1272Henry Malmains of Pluckley,[5] (died in office)
1272–1273William of Hever of Hever Castle[6]
1273William Haute of Petham (remainder of year only)
1274–1277William of Valoynes of Swerdlin and Repton
1277Henry Perot of Knowlton (remainder of year only)
1278–1281Robert of Scothon
1282–1284Peter of Huntingfield of Iseling.
1285Hamo of Gatton of Throwley
1286–1288William of Chellesfield of Chelsfield
1289–1290William of Bramshot
1291John of Northwood in Milton near Sittingbourne
1292John of Northwood and John of Bourne
1293–1295John of Bourne
1296–1297William Trussell
1298Henry of Apuldorefield
1299John of Northwood in Milton near Sittingbourne
1300–1301Henry of Cobham of Rundal in Shorn
1302–1303Warreis of Valloynes
1304–1305John of Northwood in Milton near Sittingbourne
1306William of Cossenton in Aylesford
1307Henry of Cobham
1308–1312John of Blunde
1313–1314William of Basing & John the younger of Haudlo
1315Henry of Cobham
1316John Malemaines of Hoo
1317John Malemaines of Hoo and John Fremingham
1318John Fremingham and Henry Sarden
1319Henry Sarden and William Septvans
1320
1321–1322William Septvans of Milton and Ralph Savage
1323John Shelvige of Shelvige Barne
1324–1325John of Fremingham
1326Ralph of St. Laurence of Swaycliffe
1327William of Orlanston
1328William of Orlanston replaced by John of Shelvige
1329–1330Roger de Raynham replaced by John of Bourne
1331–1332Thomas of Brockhall and Laurence of St. Laurence
1333–1335Stephen of Cobham
1336Thomas of Brockhall of Saltwood
1337–1338William Morant of Morant's Court in Chevenning
1339Henry of Valoynes of Repton in Ashford
1340John de Mereworth of Mereworth
1341John de Mereworth of Mereworth and John Widleston
1342–1345John Widleston
1346William of Langley of Knowlton
1347John of Fremingham
1348William Langley and Arnold Savage of Bobbing
1349William Langley of Knowlton
1350William Langley of Knowlton
1351James Le Pine of East Sutton
1352William Apuldorefield of Linsted
1353James le Pine of East Sutton
1354Reginald de Dyke, of the Dykes family of Sussex.[7]
1355Gilbert of Hels of Egerton
1356William of Apuldorefield of Linsted
1357Ralph Fremingham of Fremingham
1358William Makenade of Preston
1359–1361William of Apuldorefield of Linsted
1362William Pimpe of Nettlested
1363William of Apuldorefield of Linsted
1364–1366Jeffrey Culpeper of Preston Hall, Aylesford.[8]
1367Richard at Leese of Shelwich
1368John of Brockall of Saltwood
1369John Culpeper of Bayhill, Pembury.
1370William of Apuldorefeild of Linsted
1371William Pimpe of Nettlested
1372John Barry of Sevington
1373Jeffrey Culpeper of Preston Hall, Aylesford.
1374Robert Nottingham of Milsted
1375William Pimpe of Nettlested
1376Nicholas at Crouch of Great Chart
1377Henry of Apuldorefeild of Linsted
1378Sir Thomas Cobham of Randall in Shorne and Allington Castle
1379John of Freningham of Farningham, Loose and West Barming
1380James of Peckham of Wrotham
1381William Septuans of Milton Septuans
1382Arnold Savage of Bobbing
1383–1384Thomas Brockhill of Saltwood
1385Robert Corbie of Boughton
1386Arnold Savage of Bobbing
1387Ralph St Leger of Ulcomb
1388 William of Guildford
1389James Peckham of Wrotham
1390William Burcester of Hunton
1391Richard Berham of Berham
1392Thomas Chich of the Dungeon near Canterbury alias Thomas Chicche, of Balnerley or Balverley[9]
1393William Barry of Sevington
1394John of Freningham of Farningham, Loose and West Barming
1395Sir Thomas Culpeper of Bayhill, Pembury.
1396Sir Nicholas Haute of Wadden Hall in Waltham
1397Thomas St. Leger of Ulcomb
1398Nicholas Potyn of Sheppey
1399John Boteller of Graveney

15th century to 16th century

DatesName
1400Robert Clifford of Canterbury
1401Thomas Ludlow
1402John Digges
1403Thomas Chicche of Beverley, Canterbury, possibly the son of Thomas Chicche, former Sheriff, qv[10]
1404–1405Richard Clitheroe of Ash-next-Sandwich
1406Valentine Barret of Pery Court
1407Henry Horne of Kenardington
1408Edward or Edmund Haute
1409William Snayth of Addington (died 1409)
1410Reynold Pympe of Nettlestead
1411John Darell of Calehill
1412William Notebenn of Ash near Sandwich
1413William Clifford of Bobbing
1414Robert Clifford of Canterbury
1415William Langley of Knowlton
1416William Darell of Calehill
1417John Darell of Calehill
1418Richard Clitherow of Ash
1419John Burge of Eatonbridge
1420–1421William Haute of Bourne Place, Hautsbourne, Bishopsbourne.[11]
1422John Darell of Calehill
1423William Cheyne of Shurland in Sheppey
1424John Rickhill of Frindsbury
1425William Clifford of Bobbing
1426Sir William Culpeper of Scotshall in Oxen Hoath.
1427Thomas Ellis of Kennington
1428William Scott of Brabourne[12]
1429John Peche of Littington
1430John St Leger of Ulcombe
1431Edward Guildford of Halden in Rolvenden
1432William Buriston of Hunton
1433Richard Woodvile of Mote Castle in Maidstone
1434William Clifford of Bobbin
1435William Manston of Manston in Thanet
1436James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele, of Kemsing and Seal
1437Richard Waller of Groombridge in Speldherst
1438Edward Guildford of Halden in Rolvenden
1439Sir Gervase Clifton of Bradbourne
1440John Yeard of Denton near Eleham
1441John Warner of Sheppey
1442William Maries of Preston
1443Sir Thomas Browne of Beechworth
1444William Cromer of Tunstall[13] (killed by Jack Cade)
1445John Thorneberry of Feversham
1446William Isley of Sundridge
1447William Kene of Ospring
1448Stephen St. Leger of Ulcomb
1449Henry Cromer of Tunstall.
1450Sir Gervase Clifton of Bradbourne
1451Robert Horne of Kinardington
1452Thomas Ballard of Horton
1453John Fogge of Repton in Ashford
1454John Cheney of Shurland in Sheppey, Kt,
1455Philip Belknap of the Mote
1456Alexander Iden (capturer of Jack Cade) [14]
1457John Guildford of Halden in Rolvenden
1458Sir Gervase Clifton of Canterbury, Kt.
1459Sir Thomas Browne of Beechworth
1460Sir John Scott of Scot's Hall
1460John Isaac of Patricksborne
1461–1462Sir William Peach of Lullingstone, Kt.
1463John Digges of Barham
1464Alexander Clifford of Bobbing
1465Sir William Haute of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne. (first term)
1466Sir John Culpeper, Kt.
1467Ralph I St. Leger (d.1470) of Ulcombe
1468Henry Ferrers of Peckham
1469John Bramstone of Preston
1470Sir Richard Culpeper of Oxonhoath, West Peckham.[15]
1471James Peckham of Yaldham in Wrotham
1472Sir John Fogge of Repton in Ashford., Kt
1473John Isley of Sundridge
1474Sir William Haute of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne. (second term)
1475John Green of Chesilhurst
1476William Cheney of Shurland
1477Richard Haute of Ightham Mote
1478Richard Lee of Delce
1479Sir John Fogge of Repton in Ashford, Kt.
1480George Brown of Wickham
1481–1482Richard Haute of Ightham Mote
1483Sir William Haute of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne
1484John Barrune of the Grange in Gillingham
1485Sir R. Brakenberry of the Mote (killed Bosworth, 1485)
1485William Cheney of Shurland in Sheppey
1486John Pimpe of Nettlested
1487Henry Ferrers of Great Peckham
1488Walter Roberts of Glastenbury in Cranbrook
1489Sir William Boleyn of Hever Castle
1490Sir William Scott of Brabourne
1491John Darell
1492Thomas Kempe of Olantigh in Wye
1493Sir Richard Guildford of Halden in Rolvenden, Kt.
1494John Pech of Lullingstone
1495John Digges of Barham
1496Sir James Walsingham of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst[16]
1497Lewes Clifford of Bobbing
1498Robert Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe.[17]
1499Sir Alexander Colepepper of Bedgbury.
1500Thomas Iden of Westwell.
1501Sir William Scott of Brabourne
1502Ralph St Leger of Ulcombe.
1503William Cromer of Tunstall
1504John Langley of Knolton.
1505Sir Thomas Kempe KB of Ollantigh.
1506Sir Alexander Colepepper of Bedgbury
1507Henry Vane of Tunbridge.
1508Reginald Peckham of Yaldham
1509Sir William Cromer of Tunstall
1510James Digges of Digges Court, Barham.
1511Sir Thomas Boleyn of Hever Castle (later Earl of Wiltshire in 1529).
1512Thomas Kempe of Olantigh in Wye
1513Sir John Norton of Northwood in Milton, Kt.
1514Alexander Colepeper of Bedbury in Goudherst
1515Thomas Cheney of Shurland, Isle of Sheppey
1516Sir William Scott of Brabourne
1517Sir Thomas Boleyn of Hever Castle (later Earl of Wiltshire in 1529).
1518John Crispe of Quex in Birchington
1519Sir John Wilshire of Stone castle in Stone near Dartford
1520John Roper of St. Dunstans
1521Throwley replaced by Robert Sonds of Towne
1522Sir John Fogg of Repton in Ashford
1523Sir George Guildford of Hemsted in Benenden
1524Sir William Haute of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne
1525Henry Vane
1526William Whetenhall of Peckham
1527Sir John Scott of Scot's Hall, Smeeth
1528William Kempe of Olantigh in Wye
1529Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe
1530William Waller of Groombridge in Speldherst
1531
1532Sir William Finch of the Mote near Canterbury, Kt.
1533Thomas Roberts of Glastenbury in Cranbrook
1534Sir Thomas Poynings of Ostenhanger, in Stanford
1535Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe
1536Sir Thomas Wyatt of Alington Castle, Kt
1537Sir William Haute of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne
1538Sir William Sidney of Pensherst. Kt
1539Sir Anthony St. Leger of Ulcombe.
1540Anthony Sonds of Throwley
1541Sir Reginald Scott of Scot's Hall
1542Sir Henry Isley of Sundridge, Kt.
1543Sir Humphrey Stile of Langley Parke in Beckenham, Kt.
1544Sir John Fogg of Repton in Ashford, Kt.
1545Sir Percivall Hart of Lullingstone, Kt.
1546Henry Crispe of Quex in Birchington
1547William Sedley, of Scadbury in Southfleet
1548Sir George Harper of Sutton Valence
1549Thomas Culpeper of Bedgbury
1550Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington Castle
1551Sir Henry Isley of Sundridge.
1552Sir John Guildford of Hemsted
1553Sir Robert Southwell of Mereworth
1554William Roper of Welhall
1555Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh in Wye
1556Sir Thomas Moyle[18]
1557George Vane of Badsell in Capel
1558Thomas Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe
1559Nicholas Crispe of Whitstable
1560Warham St Leger of Ulcombe
1561John Tufton
1562Richard Baker of Sissinghurst Castle.
1563Sir Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst
1564Sir Thomas Kempe, Kt. of Olantigh in Wye
1565John Mainey (died May, 1566)
1566William Isley of Sundridge
1566John Sedley of Southfleet[19]
1567Willam Cromer of Tunstall, near Sittingbourne
1568John Browne of Horton
1569Edward Isaac
1570John Leonard of Chevening
1571Walter Mainey the elder, of Stapleherst
1572
1573Thomas Willoughby of Boreplace in Chidingstone
1574Sir James Hales, Kt., of the Dungeon near Canterbury
1575John Tufton of Hothfield
1576Sir Thomas Scott of Scot's Hall
1577Edward Boys of Fredvile in Nonington
1578Thomas Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe
1579Thomas Coppinger
1580Thomas Fane of Burston and Thomas Sonds of Throwley
1581Sir George Heart of Lullingstone
1582Sir Richard Baker of Sissinghurst Castle
1583Justinian Champneyes of Bexley
1584Michael Sondes of Throwley
1585Willam Cromer of Tunstall
1586James Hales of the Dungeon near Canterbury
1587John Fineux of Herne
1588Richard Hardres of Great Hardres
1589William Sedley of Southfleet
1590Thomas Willoughby of Boreplace in Chidingstone
1591Sampson Lennard of Chepening
1592Robert Binge of Wrotham
1593Michael Sondes of Throwley
1594Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe, (Baron Wotton from 1603)
1595Thomas Palmer of Hougham
1596Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell (later Baronet Finch)
1597Thomas Kemp of Olantigh in Wye
1598Martin Barnham, of Holingborne
1599Roger Twysden of Roydon Hall, East Peckham

17th century to 18th century

DatesName
1600John Smith of Westenhanger Castle, near Hythe
1601Thomas Scott of Scot's Hall in Smeeth
1602Peter Manwood of St. Stevens
1603James Cromer of Tunstall.
1604Sir Thomas Baker of Sissinghurst Castle.
1605Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell, Kt. (later Baronet Finch)
1606Sir Norton Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch, Kt.
1607Robert Edolph of Hinxhill
1608Sir Edward Hales of Woodchurch
1608Nicholas Miller of Oxonhoath, West Peckham.
1609Sir William Withens of Eltham, Kt
1610Sir Nicholas Gilborne of Charing, Kt.
1611Sir Maxmilian Dallison of Halling, Kt
1612Sir William Stede of Harietsham, Kt.
1613Sir Anthony Aucher of Bishopsbourne, Kt.
1614Sir Edward Filmer of East Sutton Place.
1615Sir Edwin Sandys of Norburne, Kt.
1616William Beswick, of Horsmanden
1617Gabriel Livesey of Hollingborne
1618Thomas Norton of Bobbing
1619Edward Scott of Scot's Hall in Smeeth
1620Sir John Sedley Bt of The Friars, Aylesford
1621Thomas Roberts of Glastenbury in Cranbrook
1622Sir George Fane of Burston in Hunton, Kt.
1623Sir John Hayward of Hollingbourne, Kt
1624Sir Thomas Hamond of Brasted, Kt
1625Sir Isaak Sedley Bt of Great Chart.
1626Sir Basil Dixwell Bt of Broome House near Canterbury.
1627Sir Edward Engeham of Canterbury, Kt
1628Sir William Campion of Combwell in Goudherst, Kt
1629Richard Brown
1630Sir Robert Lewknor Kt of Acris.
1631Nicholas Miller of Wrotham
1632Sir Thomas Style Bt of Wateringbury
1633Sir John Baker Bt of Sissinghurst Castle
1634Edward Chute, of Hinxhill
1635Sir William Culpeper Bt of Preston Hall, Aylesford.
1636Sir George Sondes of Throwley, KB
1637Sir Thomas Hendley of Coureshorn in Cranbrook, Kt
1638Sir Edward Master of Canterbury. Kt
1639David Polhill of Otford
1640James Hugeson of Kinsted
1641–1643Sir William Brockman initially appointed but replaced by Sir John Honiwood of Elmsted, Kt.
1644Sir John Rayney Bt of Wrotham Place, Wrotham
1645Sir Edward Monins Bt of Waldershare, West Peckham
1646 John Henden of Biddenden
1647Sir Stephen Scott[20]
1648George Selby of Ightham Mote
1649Henry Crispe of Quex, Birchington, deputised to son Sir Nicholas Crispe
1650George Curteis, of Chart next Sutton Valence
1651Thomas Fludd of Otham
1652Bernard Hide
1653John Earle of Thanet, of Hothfield
1654Sir Humphrey Tufton, Bt. of the Mote in Maidstone
1655–1657Sir Michael Livesey, Bt. of East-Church in the Isle of Sheppey
1658Charles Bowles of Chetham
1659Plumer
1660 and 1661Sir Robert Austen, 1st Baronet of Hall Place, Bexley
1662David Polhill of Chipsted
1663Nicholas Toke of Goddington, in Great Char
1664Thomas Biggs
1665Sir John Beale Bt of Farningham Court, near Maidstone.
1666Sir Humphrey Miller, 1st Baronet, of Oxenhoath
1667
1668Sir John Williams, Baronet, of Elham Court, Elham
1669Robert Jaques
1670Sir John Dorrel
1671Sir William Hugessen, of Provender, in Norton
1672John Twisleton, of Horsman's Place, in Dartford
1673Edward Roper replaced by April 1673 by Sir Bernard Hyde, of Sundridge
1674
1675Francis Vanacker
1676Sir John Cutler, 1st Baronet, of Deptford
1677John Grove, of Tunstall replaced 22 November 1676 by Thomas Cadwell
1678Sir Richard Betenson, 1st Baronet of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst replaced 17 November 1677 by William Allen, of Marden
1679Sir Richard Betenson, 1st Baronet, of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst
1680Ralph Petley, of Hartley Wood Corner[21] replaced late 1680 by George Etkins of Gravesend
1681Sir Henry Palmer, of Wingham
1682–1684Archibald Clinkard of Sutton Valence
1685–1688William Rooke of Canterbury (later Sir William Rooke)
1689Sir Robert Filmer Bt of East Sutton Place
1690Thomas Adrian of Bifrons, in Patriksbourn
1691Sir Henry Palmer, Bt of Wingham
1692Sir John Marsham of the Mote, Maidstone (died 1692)
1693Sir Nicholas Toke of Goddington, in Great Chart
1694Edmund Davenport of Greensted-Green, in Darent
1695William Cage of Milgate, Bearsted
1696Solomon Hougham of Sandwich[22]
1697Richard Goodhugh of Tonbridge
1698George Children of Tunbridge
1699John Amherst, esq. of East Farleigh
1700William Woodgate
1701Isaac Loader of Deptford
1702Bowyer Hendley of Gore-court, in Otham
1703Thomas Golding of Leyborne
1704Sir Thomas Culpeper Bt of Preston Hall, Aylesford.
1705Sir Edward Betenson, Bt of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst.
1706Snelling Thomas of Deptford
1707Percival Hart of Lullingstone[23]
1708Stephen Stringer
1709Sir Comport Fytche Bt of Mount Markfall, Eltham.
1710Sir Thomas Style, 4th Baronet of Wateringbury
1711Humphrey Style of Langley, in Beckenham
1712John Hooker of Little Peckham
1713Leonard Bartholomew of Oxonhoath, West Peckham
1714John Lynch of Grove, in Staple
1715David Polhill of Chipstead
1716Richard Gee of Orpington
1717Richard Sheldon of Aldington, in Thurnham
1718John Stevens
1719John Hamilton, Jnr[24]
1720Sir Charles Farnaby of Kippington, in Sevenoke
1721Jonathan Smith of Ingres, in Swanscombe
1722Peter Burrell of Beckenham
1723 William Glanville of St. Cleres, in Ightham
1724Sir Robert Austen, 4th Baronet of Hall Place, Bexley.
1725James Master of Yotes, in Mereworth
1726John Savage (died and replaced May 1726 by Richard Lewen)
1727Samuel Pugh, of Beckenham
1728Robert Weller of Tunbridge
1729Thomas May of Godmersham Park, near Canterbury
1730Mawdistly Best of Park House, Boxley
1731James Brookes
1732William James,of Igtham
1733Sir Brook Bridges Bt of Goodneston Park near Sandwich, who died in office and was followed by Sir Wyndham Knatchbull Bt of Mersham Hatch.
1734Henry Hicks of Deptford
1735 Baldwin Duppa, junior of Hollingbourn
1736Abraham Spencer of Penhurst
1737Thomas Malyn of Chislehurst
1738Jones Raymond of Langley in Beckenham, replaced by Christopher Milles of Nackington
1739Robert Lacey of Elmes, in Hougham.
1740John Smith of Lee
1741John Lidgbird of Plumstead
1742John Mason of East Greenwich
1743Thomas Whitaker of Trottiscliffe
1744John Hodsdon of Lewisham
1745John Cooke of Cranbrook
1746Arthur Harris of Barming
1747William Quilter of Orpington
1748Samuel Collett of Greenwich
1749Richard Hornsby of Horton Kirby
1750Richard Merry of Eltham
1751James Best of Park House, Boxley
1752Sir John Honywood, Bt
1753Sir John Shaw Bt of Eltham Lodge, Eltham.
1754Sir Thomas Rider, Kt., of Boughton Moun Chelsea
1755George Sayer of Charing
1756John Cockaine Sole, of Bobbing,
1757William Glanville Evelyn, of St. Clere
1758Thomas Whittaker of Trottiscliff,
1759Pyke Burfar of Greenwich
1760Sir Thomas Wilson of West Wickham
1761William Jumper of Leeds Abbey, Leeds, Kent.
1762Sir George Kelly of Speldhurst, who was knighted during his shrievalty.
1763William Gordon of Rochester.
1764Henry Goodwin of Deptford.
1765Sir Richard Betenson, Bt. of Bradbourn, in Sevenoke.
1766William Wilson
1767James Whatman, of Boxley
1768Richard Hulse, of Baldwin's, near Dartford, second son of sir Edward Hulse.
1769William Wheatley, of Erith.
1770John Toke, of Goddington, in Great Chart.
1771William Daniel Master, of Yotes Court, in Mereworth.
1772James Flint, of Judde-house, in Ospringe.
1773Josiah Fuller Farrer, of Cleve-court, in Thanet.
1774Willshire Emmett,. of Wiarton, in Boughton Monchelsea.
1775Granville Wheeler, of Otterden-place.
1776William Perrin, esq. of Smith's-hall, in West Farleigh.
1777Benjamin Harenc, of Footscray-place.
1778John Ward, of Westerham.
1779William Slade, of Lewisham.
1780Robert Burrow, of Holwood-hill.
1781John Cator, of Beckenham-place.
1782Samuel Boys, of Hawkhurst.
1783Henry Hawley, of the Grange, in Leyborne. since created a baronet.
1784Charles Booth, of Harrietsham-place, who was knighted during his shrievalty.
1785Edward Knatchbull esq. of Provenders, in Norton, eldest son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, baronet.
1786Thomas Hallet Hodges, of Hemsted Park, in Benenden.
1787John Cottin, of Hill-park, in Westerham.
1788James Bond, of Hayes.
1789John Cartier, of Bedgbury, in Goudhurst
1790Leonard Bartholemew, of Addington-place.
1791William James Drake Brockman, of Beachborough, in Newington, near Hythe.
1792Henry Streatfield, of Highstreet-house, in Chiddingstone.
1793George Norman, of The Rookery, Bromley Common.
1794Richard Carew, of Orpington.
1795Gabriel Harpur, of Gore-court, in Tunstall; Samuel Chambers, esq. of that parish was appointed his deputy, and executed this office for him.
1796John Mumford, of Sutton at Hone.
1798John Plumtree
1799Samuel Chambers

Notes and References

  1. "Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London." (Web site: Government Act 1972: Section 219 .)
  2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53762 The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Vol 1 (1797) Edward Halsted pp 177–213 from British History on line. List of Sheriffs to 1796
  3. Book: Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. . Katharine Keats-Rohan . 1999 . Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Domesday Book . Boydell Press . Ipswich, UK . 0-85115-722-X . 242.
  4. Web site: Richard. Kilburne. Richard Kilburne. A topographie or survey of the county of Kent,London,1659 . 2011-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140318212812/http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/TopographicalTradition/1659-kilburne.pdf . 18 March 2014 . dead .
  5. Web site: Kent County History . The High Sheriffs Association of England and Wales . 2011-04-10 . 27 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927155026/http://www.highsheriffs.com/Kent/KentHistory.htm . dead .
  6. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol1/pp177-213 Sheriffs in the time of Edward I at British History Online
  7. Book: Burke, Bernard . 1855 . A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland . Hurst and Blackett .
  8. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland Burke and Burke (1838) pp 143–44
  9. Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40./541; year 1396; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/R2/CP40no541a/bCP40no541adorses/IMG_0425.htm; first entry. where his son Thomas is his administrator
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