Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk explained

This is a list of Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Sheriff (since 1974 called High Sheriff) is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually by the Crown. He was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county and presided at the Assizes and other important county meetings. After 1576 there was a separate Sheriff of Norfolk and Sheriff of Suffolk.

List of Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk

11th century

• Toli (died 1066)
• Norman
• 1070–c. 1080 William Malet (died 1071) and Robert Malet
• Before 1086 Robert Blund^[1]

12th century

1086–1107 Roger Bigot Robert Rabet 1110 1115–1129 Robert fitz Walter 1129 Richard Basset and Aubrey de Vere 1135 Robert Fitz Walter John de Chesney c. 1146–1153 William de Chesney 1154 Richard Bassett and Aubrey de Vere 1155 Will de Nova Villa and William de Jeaxmeto

1156-1162 William de Chesney 1163–1168 Oggerus Dapifer 1169–1174 Bartholemew Glanvill and Vinar Capellanus and William Bardull 1175–1185 Vinar Capellanus

1186 Vinar Capellanus and William son of Hervei 1187–1188 William son of Hervei 1189 Robert fitzRoger^[2] and Peter de Edichfeld 1190–1192 Robert fitzRoger and Samuel de Salia 1193–1195 Osbert de Longchamp 1196–1198 Robert FitzRoger and Richard de Gosfield 1198-1200 Robert FitzRoger

13th century

1201–1203 Peter de Mealton 1205–1206 Alex de Dunham and Alex Banister 1207–1210 John de Cornheard 1211–1212 William de Huntingfield and William Esturmi 1213 Robert Fitz Roger and William son of Rosicke 1214 William de Huntingfield and William Esturmi 1215 John son of Robert and Robert de Kent 1216 John son of Robert son of Roger 1221 Richard Duket 1217–1224 Hubert de Burgh 1225–1226 Hugh Rufus 1227–1231 Herbert de Alencum 1232–1233 Robert de Briwes/Thomas of Hengrave 1234–1235 Thomas de Heningham

1236–1237 Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe 1238 Robert de Broyons 1239–1240 John de Ulecott 1241–1242 Henry de Heketon and Hamo Passeleve 1243–1248 Hamo Passeleve 1249–1254 Robert de Savage 1255–1257 William de Swyneford 1258 Hamo Hanteyn 1259–1260 Hamo and Sir Hervey de Stanhoe 1261 Philip Marmion and William de Hekam 1262–1266 Nicholas Espigornel 1267–1269 Robert de Norton 1270–1272 William Giffard 1273 Robert son of John 1274–1275 Walter de Shelfhaugre 1276 Walter Granimt 1277–1280 John Brito and William de Bedham 1281–1282 William de Doinge 1283–1288 William de Rochinger 1289 Richard de Belhus 1290–1292 William de Nedham 1293–1295 William de Gerbe 1296–1297 William de Kirdeston 1298–1299 William de Sutton 1300 William de Ailton unknown Walter of Elingham unknown Roger de Cressy unknown Fulk Bagnard unknown John de Vaux

16th century

References

• The history of the worthies of England, Volume 2 By Thomas Fuller
• Book: Various authors . 1890 . The English historical review . Longman .
• Book: Burke, John . 1831 . A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England . Oxford University .
• Book: Green, Judith A. . Judith Green (historian) . 1990 . English Sheriffs to 1154 . Her Majesty's Stationery Office . London . Public Record Office Handbooks Number 24 . 0-11-440236-1 .
• Book: Morris, William Alfred . 1968 . The medieval English sheriff to 1300 . Manchester University Press ND . 978-0-7190-0342-4 .

Notes and References

1. Green English Sheriffs p. 60
2. Round . J. H. . John Horace Round . 1920 . The Early Sheriffs of Norfolk . . 35 . 140 . 481–496 . 552094 . 10.1093/ehr/xxxv.cxl.481. (see p.491–94).