High Sheriff of Wiltshire explained

This is a list of the sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) high sheriffs of Wiltshire.

Until the 14th century, the shrievalty was held ex officio by the castellans of Old Sarum Castle.

On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the title of Sheriff of Wiltshire was retitled as High Sheriff of Wiltshire.^[1]

Sheriff

To 1400

• 1066: Edric
• 1067–1070: Philippe de Buckland
• 1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff
• 1070–1105: Edward of Salisbury
• 1110: William of Pont de L'Arche^[2]
• 1119: Edward d'Évreux
• 1120: Humphrey "The Great" De BOHUN (2º B. Bohun of Taterford) – Bearer of the Royal Standard in 1120 in the battle of Benneville in Normandy
• ????: Walter FitzEdward of Salisbury^[3]
• 1130: Warin de Lisures or Lisoriis
• ????: "William the Late Sheriff", so called in 1155
• 1152–1159: Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury^[4]
• 1160–1162: Richard Clericus (Richard de Wilton)
• 1163: Milo de Dauntesey
• 1164–1181: Richard de Wilton or de Wilteshire
• 1181: Michael Belet and Robert Malde (Mauduit)
• 1182: ditto 1181 and Roger Fitz Renfr or Renf
• 1183–1187: Robert Mauduit
• 1189: Hugh Bardolf
• 1190: William of Salisbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, son of Patrick
• 1191: Robert de Tregoz
• 1192: William d'Évreux (as above)
• 1193–1197: William d'Évreux (as above) and Thomas d'Évreux (otherwise Devereux) his son
• 1197–1198: Stephen of Thornham and Alexander de Ros
• 1199: Stephen of Thornham and Wandragesil de Courselles
• 1200–1203: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and Robert de Berneres
• 1207: Geoffrey de Neville
• 1210: Robert de Veteriponte (i.e., de Vipont) jointly with Nicholas de Vipont
• 1211–1212: Robert de Veteriponte (i.e., de Vipont)
• 1215–1225: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (died in office)
• 1226: Simon de Hale, or de Hales (previously Sheriff of Yorkshire 1223-5)
• 1227: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and John Dacus
• 1228: John of Monmouth and Walter de Bumesey
• 1229–1230: John of Monmouth
• 1231–1234: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and John Dacus
• 1235: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and Robert de Hogesham
• 1236: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury
• 1237: William Gerebred / Robert de Hogesham
• 1238–1239: Robert de Hogesham
• 1240–1245: Nicholas de Haversham
• 1246–1248: Nicholas de Lusteshull
• 1249–1252: William de Tynchiden
• 1253–1254: William de Tenhide and his son John
• 1255–1257: John de Verund
• 1258–1259: John de Verund and Geoffrey Scudamor (otherwise Scudamore)
• 1260: John de Verund
• 1261–1263: Rad. [i.e. Radulphus otherwise Rafe or Ralph] Cussell
• 1264: Rad. de Aungers and John de Aungers
• 1265: Rad. de Aungers
• 1266–1270: William de Duy and Stephen de Edworth
• 1271: Stephen de Edwarth and Walter de Strichesley
• 1272–1274: Walter de Strichesley
• 1275–1280: Hildebrand of London (otherwise Sir Hildebrand de Londres)
• 1281–1288: John de Wotton
• 1289–1290: Richard de Combe
• 1291–1295: Thomas de St Omero (otherwise de St-Omer)
• 1296–1298: Walter Pavely (otherwise Paveley)
• 1299–1300: John of Newtown
• 1301–1303: John of Hertinger
• 1304: Henry of Cobham
• 1305–1306: John de Gerberge
• 1307: Andreas de Grimstead
• 1308–1309: Alex Cheverell and John de Sto Laudo (otherwise de St Lo or Saint Lowe)
• 1310: William de Harden
• 1311: Adam Walrand
• 1312–1313: Adam Walrand and John Kingston
• 1314: John de Holt and Sir Philip de la Beche
• 1315–1316: Sir Philip de la Beche
• 1317–1319: Walter de Risum
• 1320–1321: Adam de Tichbourne and Adam Walrand
• 1322: Walter le Longe
• 1323–1325: Sir Adam Walrand
• 1327: Sir Adam Walrand
• 1328: Sir Philip de la Beche
• 1329–1331: Sir John Mauduit
• 1332: Gifford le Long
• 1333: John Mauduit and William Randolph
• 1334: John Tichbourne and John Mauduit
• 1335–1336: Gilbert de Berewik and Reginald de Paveley
• 1337: Sir Peter Doynel and Gilbert de Berewik (i.e. de Berwick)
• 1338–1340: John Mauduit
• 1341: Thomas de Sto Mauro (otherwise Seymour) and Robert Lokes
• 1342–1344: John Mauduit
• 1345–1346: John Roches
• 1347: John Roches and Thomas Semor (otherwise Seymour, see also 1341)
• 1348–1350: Robert Russell
• 1350:
• 1351–1353: Thomas de la River
• 1354: John Everard of Stratford-sub-Castle
• 1355–1360: Thomas Hungerford
• 1361–1366: Henry Sturmy
• 1367–1371: Walter de Haywood
• 1372: William de Worston
• 1373: Henry Sturmy
• 1374: Sir John Dauntsey
• 1375: Sir John Delamare^[5]
• 1376–1377: Ralph Cheyne^[6]
• 1378: Peter de Cusaunce and William de Worston
• 1379–1380: Rad. (i.e. Radulphus) de Norton
• 1381: Laurence de Sco. Martino (otherwise de St Martin) and Hugo Cheyne
• 1382: Nicholas Woodhall
• 1383: Sir Bernard Brocas
• 1384–1385: John Lancaster
• 1386–1387: John Salesbury
• 1388–1389: Ralph Cheyne^[6]
• 1390: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
• 1391: John Roches
• 1392: Robert Dyneley of Fittleton
• 1393: John Gawen of Norrington
• 1394: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
• 1395: Sir John Moigne (or Moyne) of Owermoigne
• 1396: Thomas Bonham
• 1397–1399: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
• 1400: John Dauntsey

15th century

• 1401: William Worfton of Broad Hinton and John Gawayne
• 1402: William Cheyne of Brooke
• 1403–1404: Walter Beauchamp
• 1405: Walter Hungerford
• 1406: Rad. (i.e. Radulphus for Rafe or Ralph) Grene (otherwise Green)
• 1407: Walter Beauchamp
• 1408: Sir Robert Corbet
• 1409: William Cheyne
• 1410: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston Castle
• 1411: Thomas Bonham
• 1413: Sir Elias Delamere, of Fisherton Delamere
• 1414: Henry Thorpe of Newton Tony
• 1415: Thomas Calstone (otherwise Calston) of Littlecote and Upton Lovell
• 1416: Robert Andrewe (or Andrew)
• 1417: William Finderne
• 1418: Sir William Sturmy, of Wulfhall
• 1419: Thomas Ringwood, of Loveraz Coulesfield
• 1420–1421: William Darell, of Littlecote
• 1422: William Darell, of Littlecote (see 1420)
• 1423: Sir Robert Shotesbrook (or Shottesbrook)
• 1424: William Finderne
• 1425: Walter Pauncefoot
• 1426: John Stourton, of Stourton
• 1427: William Darell, of Littlecote (see 1420)
• 1428: John Pawlet, of Fisherton Delamere
• 1429: Sir John Bayntun, of Fallersdon
• 1430: David Cervington, of Longford Castle
• 1431: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall
• 1432: Walter Strickland
• 1433: Sir John Stourton, of Stourton (see 1426)
• 1434: Sir Stephen Popham of Popham
• 1435: Edmund or Edward Hungerford
• 1436: William Beauchamp
• 1437: Sir John Stourton (see 1426)
• 1438: Sir John VI Lisle
• 1439: John St Loe (or Saint Lowe)
• 1440: John Norris
• 1441: Richard Restwold of Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire and Sindlesham, Berkshire
• 1442: William Beauchamp
• 1443: Sir John Bainton (otherwise Bayntun, see 1429), of Falstone (or Fallersdon) and of Shaw near Melksham
• 1444: John Basket, of Lydiard Millicent
• 1445: Richard Restwold of Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire and Sindlesham, Berkshire
• 1446: William Stafford
• 1447: William Beauchamp
• 1448: John Norreys
• 1449: Philip Baynard, of Lackham
• 1450: Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall
• 1451: John Nanson
• 1452: Edward Stradling, of Dauntsey
• 1453: John Willoughby, of Brooke Hall near Westbury
• 1454: George Darell, of Littlecote
• 1455: Sir Reginald Stourton, of Stourton
• 1456: Henry Long, of Wraxall
• 1457: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall
• 1458: Hugh Pilkenham or Pekenham
• 1459: John Ferris, of Blunsdon St Andrew
• 1461: George Darell
• 1462–1463: Sir Reginald Stourton, of Stourton (see 1456)
• 1464: Sir Roger Tocotes
• 1465: Sir George Darell
• 1466: Sir Thomas de la Mare
• 1467: Christopher Wolsley
• 1468: Sir Richard Darell
• 1469: Sir George Darell
• 1470: Sir Laurence Raynsford
• 1471: Sir Roger Tocotes
• 1472: Sir Maurice Berkeley
• 1473: Sir John Willoughby
• 1474: William Collingbourne, of Collingbourne Ducis
• 1475: Henry Long of Wraxall
• 1476: Walter Bonham
• 1477: Edward Hartgill
• 1478: John Mompesson, of Bathampton Wyly
• 1479: Walter Hungerford, of Farley Castle
• 1480: Charles Bulkeley
• 1481: William Collingbourne, of Collingbourne Ducis
• 1482: John Mompesson
• 1483: Henry Long of Wraxall
• 1484: Edward Hartgill
• 1485: Sir Roger Tocotes
• 1486: John Wroughton, of Broad Hinton
• 1487: Sir John Turberville (? of Bere Regis, Dorset)
• 1488: Thomas Vinour
• 1489: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (1st term)
• 1490: Constantius (i.e. Constantine) Darell, of Collingbourne Ducis
• 1491: John Lye, of Flamstone in Bishopstone
• 1492: John Yorke, of Helthrop, near Ramsbury
• 1493: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (2nd term)
• 1494: Richard Puddesey
• 1495: Constantius (i.e. Constantine) Darell, of Collingbourne Ducis
• 1496: George Chaderton (otherwise Chadderton or Chatterton), of Lydiard Millicent
• 1497: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (3rd term)
• 1498: Sir George Seymour
• 1499: Sir John Huddlestone
• 1500: Sir Thomas Long, of South Wraxall and Draycot

16th century

• 1501: John Yorke
• 1502: Sir William Callaway
• 1503: Sir John Danvers, of Dauntsey
• 1504: John Ernle, of Etchilhampton
• 1505: John Gawayne, of Norrington
• 1506: Sir Thomas Long (see 1500)
• 1507: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall
• 1508: John Mompesson
• 1509: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (4th term)
• 1510: Sir Walter Hungerford
• 1511: Henry Long of Draycot Cerne (1st term)
• 1512: Sir Christopher Wroughton, of Broad Hinton
• 1513: Sir John Danvers, of Dauntsey
• 1514: William Bonham, of Bonham, at Stourton and Great Wishford
• 1515: Sir John Scrope, of Castle Combe and Oxendon
• 1516: Sir Nicholas Wadham (died 1542) of Merryfield, Somerset and Edge, Devon.
• 1517: Sir Edward Hungerford
• 1518: Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall (see 1507)
• 1519: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (5th term)
• 1520: John Skilling, of Draycott Foliat
• 1521: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley), of Bourton, Bishop's Cannings
• 1522: Sir Edward Bayntun, of Bromham
• 1523: Thomas Yorke
• 1524: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall (see 1518)
• 1525: Sir Henry Long of Draycot Cerne (2nd term)
• 1526: Sir John Bourchier
• 1527: Sir Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
• 1528: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley)
• 1529: John Horsey, of Martin
• 1530: Thomas Yorke
• 1531: Thomas Bonham, of Great Wishford
• 1532: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley)
• 1533: Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley Castle
• 1534: Robert Baynard, of Lackham
• 1535: Thomas Yorke (see 1530)
• 1536: Sir Henry Long of Draycot Cerne (3rd term)
• 1537: Sir John Brydges
• 1538: Sir Anthony Hungerford (see 1527)
• 1539: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley), of Bishop's Cannings
• 1540: Edward Mompesson
• 1541: Sir Henry Long of Draycot Cerne (4th term)
• 1542: John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford (1st term)
• 1543: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley), of Bishop's Cannings
• 1544: Robert Hungerford, of Cadenham
• 1545: Charles Bulkeley
• 1546: Richard Scrope, of Castle Combe
• 1547: Silvester Danvers, of Dauntsey
• 1548: Ambrose Dauntsey
• 1549: John Bonham of Hazelbury
• 1550: John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford (2nd term)
• 1551: William Stumpe died and replaced by Sir James Stumpe of Charlton and Malmesbury (1st term)
• 1552: Sir William Sharington (or Sherington), of Lacock Abbey (died in office)
• 1553: Edward Baynard, of Lackham^[7]
• 1553: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley) of Bishop's Cannings
• 1554: Robert Hungerford of Cadnam (otherwise Cadenham)
• 1555: John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze
• 1556: Sir Anthony Hungerford, of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
• 1557: Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley Castle
• 1558: Henry Brouncker, of Melksham
• 1558: Sir John Zouche, of Calstone near Calne
• 1559: Sir James Stumpe of Charlton and Malmesbury (2nd term)
• 1559: George Ludlow^[8]
• 1560: Sir John Marvyn of Pertwood and Fonthill Gifford (3rd term)
• 1561: George Penruddock of Ivy Church, Laverstock, and Compton Chamberlayne
• 1562: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley) of Bishop's Cannings (see 1553)
• 1563: William Button of Alton Priors
• 1564: John Eyre of Great Chalfield
• 1565: Nicholas Snell of Kington St Michael
• 1566: Henry Sherington, of Lacock Abbey
• 1567: George Ludlow, of Hill Deverill
• 1568: Sir John Thynne of Longleat
• 1569: William Button, of Alton Priors and Stowell
• 1570: Edward Bayntun, of Rowdon
• 1571: John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze (see 1555)
• 1572: Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley Castle (see 1557)
• 1573: Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey
• 1574: Sir Robert Long of Wraxall and Draycott
• 1575: Sir Thomas Wroughton of Broad Hinton
• 1576: Sir John Hungerford, of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
• 1577: Sir Henry Knyvett, of Charlton
• 1578: Nicholas St John of Lydiard Park, Lydiard Tregoze
• 1579: Michael Ernle (otherwise Erneley), of Bourton, in Bishop's Cannings, and Whetham, Calne
• 1580: William Brouncker of Melksham
• 1581: Sir Walter Hungerford (see 1572)
• 1582: Jasper Moore of Heytesbury
• 1583: John Snell of Kington St Michael
• 1584: Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey (see 1573)
• 1585: Edmund Ludlow of Hill Deverill
• 1586: Richard Moody, of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
• 1587: Sir Walter Hungerford (see 1581)
• 1588: Henry Willoughby, of Knoyle Odierne or West Knoyle
• 1589: John Warneford, of Sevenhampton near Highworth
• 1590: William Eyre of Great Chalfield
• 1591: Sir John Hungerford of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
• 1592: Sir John Thynne of Longleat and Caus Castle, Shropshire
• 1593: John Hungerford, of Stoke near Great Bedwyn
• 1594: Sir Henry Sadleir (otherwise Sadler or Sadlier) of Everley
• 1595: John Dauntsey, of West Lavington
• 1596: Sir James Mervyn, of Fonthill Gifford
• 1597: Edward Penruddock of Compton Chamberlayne
• 1598: Thomas Snell, of Kington St Michael
• 1599: Walter Vaughan of Falstone House, Bishopstone nr Salisbury
• 1600: Sir Walter Long of South Wraxall and Draycot

17th century

• 1601: Henry Bayntun of Bromham House^[9]
• 1602: Sir Jasper Moore of Heytesbury
• 1603: Sir Jasper Moore, of Heytesbury
• 1604: Sir Alexander Tutt of Idmiston
• 1605: John Hungerford of Cadnam, Bremhill
• 1606: Gabriel Pile
• 1607: Sir Thomas Thynne, of Longleat
• 1608: Richard Goddard, of Standon Hussey
• 1609: John Ayliffe, of Brinkworth and Grittenham
• 1610: Sir Giles Wroughton, of Broad Hinton
• 1611: Sir William Button, 1st Baronet, of Alton Priors and of Tockenham Court, Lyneham
• 1612: Francis Popham, of Littlecote
• 1613: Sir William Pawlett, of Edington
• 1614: Henry Mervyn of Pertwood and Fonthill Giffard
• 1615: Thomas Moore, of Heytesbury
• 1616: Sir Richard Grobham, of Great Wishford, Berwick St Leonard and Nettleton
• 1617: Sir John Horton, of Iford and Westwood
• 1618: Sir Henry Moody of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
• 1619: Sir Henry Poole of Oaksey
• 1620: Sir Charles Pleydell, of Midgehall in Lydiard Tregoze
• 1621: Sir William Pawlett, of Edington
• 1622: Sir John Lambe Kt, of Coulston
• 1623: Gifford Long of Rowde Ashton
• 1624: Edward Reade, of Corsham
• 1625: Sir Francis Seymour
• 1626: Sir Giles Estcourt, 1st Baronet of Long Newnton
• 1627: Sir Walter Long, Bt of Whaddon
• 1628: John Duckett, of Hartham near Corsham
• 1629: Sir Robert Baynard of Lackham
• 1630: John Topp of Stockton
• 1631: Sir Edward Hungerford of Corsham and Farleigh Hungerford
• 1632: Sir John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze
• 1633: Sir Henry Ludlow, of Maiden Bradley
• 1634: Francis Goddard, of Standon Hussey and Cliffe Pypard
• 1635: Sir George Ayliffe, of Foxley and Grittenham in Brinkworth
• 1636: Sir Nevil Poole, of Poole Keynes
• 1637: Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham House, Bromham
• 1638: John Grubbe, of Potterne and Cherhill
• 1639: John Duke, of Lake
• 1640: Giles Eyre, of Brickworth
• 1641: Robert Chivers, of Calne, Quemerford, and Leigh Delamere
• 1642: Sir George Vaughan, of Fallersdon
• 1643: Sir John Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
• 1644: Sir James Long, Bt, of Draycot Cerne
• 1645: Edmund Ludlow, of Hill Deverill, and Alexander Thistlethwaite, of Winterslow
• 1646: Sir Henry Chalk (?Choke)
• 1647: Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Bt
• 1648: Edward Tooker, of Maddington
• 1649: William Calley, of Burderop
• 1650: Thomas Bond of Ogbourne St George
• 1651: Lawrence Washington of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
• 1652: Sir Henry Clerk, of Enford near Amesbury
• 1653: Thomas Long, of Little Cheverell
• 1654: Hugh Audley (otherwise Awdley), of Colepark, Malmesbury
• 1655: John Dove, of Salisbury
• 1656: Robert Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren near Highworth
• 1657: (?Robert) Hippesley
• 1658: John Ernle of Bourton in Bishop's Cannings and of Whetham in Calne
• 1659: Isaac Burgess
• 1660: Edward Horton, of Great Chaldfield, near Bradford
• 1661: Sir James Thynne of Longleat
• 1662: Sir Walter Ernle, 1st Baronet of Etchilhampton
• 1663: Sir Henry Coker, of Hill Deverill
• 1664: Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham
• 1665: Thomas Mompesson, of Corton in Boyton
• 12 November 1665: Sir John Weld, of Compton Bassett
• 7 November 1666: Christopher Willoughby, of Bishopstone
• 6 November 1667: John Long, of Little Cheverell
• 6 November 1668: Sir Richard Grobham Howe, of Berwick St Leonard
• 11 November 1669: John Hall, of Bradford-on-Avon
• 4 November 1670: Sir Robert Button, 3rd Baronet, of Tockenham Court, Lyneham
• 9 November 1671: Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet, of Whaddon
• 11 November 1672: Walter Smith, of Shalbourne and Great Bedwyn
• 12 November 1673: Bernard Pawlett, of Cottles, near Bradford
• 5 November 1674: Thomas Goddard, of Swindon
• 15 November 1675: Sir Matthew Andrews, of Mere
• 10 November 1676: Giles Earl
• 18 November 1676: Richard Hart
• 23 November 1676: John Hawkins, of Ashton Keynes
• 17 November 1677: Henry Chivers, of Calne and Quemerford
• 14 November 1678: John Hawkins, of Ashton Keynes
• 13 November 1679: Giles Earle
• late 1679: Thomas Earle, of Eastcourt House, Crudwell^[10]
• 4 November 1680: John Jacob
• 1681: Thomas Gore, of Alderton
• 1682: Richard Lewis, of Edington
• 1683: Sir Edmund Warneford of Sevenhampton near Highworth
• 1684: George Willoughby of Bishopstone
• 1685: (John Davenant: altered to) William Chafyn, of Zeals Monachorum
• 1686: John Davenant, of Landford in Frustfield Hundred
• 1687: Richard Chaundler of Idmiston^[11]
• 1688: Sir Jeremy Craye
• 1689: John Wyndham of Norrington
• 1690: (James Blatch: altered to) Stephen Blatch, of Westbury
• 1691: Henry Wallis, of Trowbridge
• 1692: Henry Nourse (altered to Sir William Pynsent, Bt, and again to Henry Nourse)
• 1693: Sir Thomas Estcourt, of Sherston Pinkney
• 1694: Sir William Pynsent, Bt of Urchfont
• 1695: Gifford Yerbury
• 1696: Joseph Houlton, of Trowbridge
• 1697: John Benett, of Norton Bavant
• 1698: Thomas Baskerville, (? of Richardston near Winterbourne Basset)
• 1699: (Walter Ernle: altered to) John Kyrle (otherwise Curll), of Turley near Bradford
• 1700: (Joseph Houlton: altered to) Francis Merewether of Easterton, Market Lavington

18th century

• 1701: Richard Jones of Ramsbury
• 1702: (William Willoughby: altered to) Christopher Willoughby, of West Knoyle
• 1703: Richard Long of Collingbourne
• 1704: Walter Long of South Wraxall
• 1705: John Flower, of Grimstead, or of Worton, near Devizes
• 1706: (Thomas Blatch: altered to) Andrew Duke, of Bulford
• 1707: Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet
• 1708: Francis Kenton
• 1709: (Oliver Calley: altered to) Walter Ernle, of Conock, Chirton
• 1710: William Benson of Amesbury
• 1711: Daniel Webb of Monkton Farleigh
• 1712: John Cox of Kemble, near Malmesbury
• 1713: John Smith, of Alton Priors
• 1714: Richard Goddard of Swindon
• 1715: Matthew Pitts, of Salisbury
• 1716: John Eyles, of Devizes
• 1717: Robert Houlton replaced by Calthorpe Parker Long then Thomas Bennett of Steeple Ashton
• 1718: George Speke Petty, of Cheney Court and Haselbury House, Box
• 1719: John Askew, of Lydiard Millicent
• 1720: Caleb Bayley replaced by John Vilett, of Swindon
• 1721: Henry Read, of Crowood
• 1722: Edward Hill, of Wanborough
• 1723: Ralph Freke, of Hannington, near Highworth
• 1724: Joseph Houlton, of Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, and Grittleton, Wiltshire
• 1725: John Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
• 1726: Henry Long, of Melksham
• 1727: John Mills, of Cherhill, Calne replaced by William Coleman
• 1728: Walter Hungerford of Studley House, Calne
• 1729: Henry Hungerford, of Fyfield, Milton Lislebonne
• 1730: Ezekiel Wallace (or Wallis), of Lucknam, Colerne^[12]
• 1731: Henry Skilling, of Draycott Foliat
• 1732: John Smith, of Whitley, Calne
• 1733: Job Polden, of Imber
• 1734: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh and Chalford
• 1735: William Vilett, of Swindon
• 1736: Richard Baskerville, of Berwick Bassett
• 1736: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge
• 1737: William Hedges of Compton Bassett
• 1738: Isaac Warriner, of Conock, Chirton
• 1739: William Wyndham, of Dinton
• 1740: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge (or William Wyndham?)
• 1741: Anthony Guy, of Chippenham
• 1742: William Batt, of Salisbury
• 1743: John or William Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
• 1744: (John Walters of Titherley: altered to) Fulke Greville, of Wilbury House, Newton Toney
• 1745: Walter Long, of Salisbury, Wiltshire, and Preshaw, Hampshire
• 1746: Godfrey Huckle Kneller, of Donhead Hall, Donhead St Mary
• 1747: William Phipps, of Heywood
• 1748: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
• 1749: Thomas Cooper, of Salisbury
• 1750: James Bartlett, of Salisbury
• 1751: Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
• 1752: Thomas Cooper, of Cumberwell, near Bradford
• 1753: Edward Polhill, of Heale House, Woodford, near Salisbury
• 1754: William Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
• 1755: Arthur Evans, of the Close, Salisbury
• 1756: John Jacob, of Tockenham Wick House, Lyneham
• 1757: William Coles, of the Close, Salisbury
• 1758: Thomas Bennett (otherwise Benett), of Pyt House
• 1759: William Norris, of Nonesuch House, Bromham
• 1760: George Flower, of Devizes
• 1761: Scrope (otherwise Scroop) Egerton, of Salisbury
• 1762: Prince Sutton, of Devizes
• 1763: John Talbot of Lacock Abbey
• 1764: Walter Long (of South Wraxall)
• 1765: Benjamin Adamson, of Kemble
• 1766: Edward Medlicott, of Warminster
• 1767: Edward Goddard, of Cliffe Pypard
• 1768: Edmund Lambert, of Boyton
• 1769: William Talk, of Salisbury (New Sarum)
• 1770: Thomas Maundrell, of Blacklands, near Calne
• 1771: William Langham, of Ramsbury Manor
• 1772: Henry Penruddocke Wyndham, of the College, Salisbury
• 1773: Edward Poore, of Rushall
• 1774: Thomas Estcourt, of Newnton
• 1775: Francis Dugdale Astley, of Everley
• 1776: William Northey, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
• 1777: Joseph Colborne, of Hardenhuish, Chippenham
• 1778: William Beach, of Nether Avon House
• 1779: Robert Cooper, of Salisbury
• 1780: Paul Cobb Methuen of Corsham House
• 1781: William Hayter, of Newton Toney
• 1782: William Bowles, of Heale House
• 1783: Thomas Hussey, of Salisbury
• 1784: William Chaffin Grove of Zeals House, Mere
• 1785: James Sutton of New Park, Devizes [''or'' of Roundway]
• 1786: Seymour Wroughton, of Eastcott, Urchfont
• 1787: Isaac William Webb Horlock, of Ashwick, Marshfield, Gloucestershire
• 1788: Robert Ashe, of Langley Burrell
• 1789: Thomas Grove, of Ferne
• 1790: Gifford Warriner, of Conock, Chirton
• 1791: John Awdry, of Notton, Lacock
• 1792: Matthew Humphries, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
• 1793: John Gaisford, of Iford House, near Bradford
• 1794: Richard Godolphin Long, of Rood Ashton
• 1795: James Montagu, of Alderton and Lackham
• 1796: Gilbert Trowe Beckett Turner, of Penley House, Westbury
• 1797: Sir John Methuen Poore, 1st Bt. of Rushall
• 1798: John Benett of Pyt House
• 1799: Edward Hinxman, of Little Durnford
• 1800: George Yalden Fort, of Alderbury

19th century

• 11 February 1801: Thomas Bush, of Bradford
• 3 February 1802: Sir Andrew Bayntun-Rolt, 2nd Baronet, of Spye Park
• 3 February 1803: Thomas Henry Hele Phipps, of Leighton House, Westbury
• 1 February 1804: Wadham Locke, of Rowde Ford
• 6 February 1805: Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet, of Stourhead
• 1 February 1806: John Paul Paul, of Ashton Keynes
• 4 February 1807: Thomas Calley, of Burderop Park
• 3 February 1808: John Houlton, of Grittleton
• 6 February 1809: Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Baronet, of Wilbury House
• 31 January 1810: Abraham Ludlow, of Heywood House
• 8 February 1811: Harry Biggs, of Stockton
• 24 January 1812: Sir William Pierce Ashe A'Court, 1st Baronet, of Heytesbury House
• 10 February 1813: William Fowle, of Chute, Wiltshire
• 4 February 1814: William Wyndham, of Dinton, Wiltshire
• 13 February 1815: George Eyre, of Bramshaw
• 1816: John Hussey, of Salisbury
• 1817: John Hungerford Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
• 1818: Alexander Powell, of Hurdcott
• 1819: John Long, of Monkton Farleigh
• 1820: Ambrose Goddard, of Swindon
• 1821: Ambrose Awdry, of Seend, near Devizes
• 1822: Edward Phillips, of Melksham
• 1823: John Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham
• 1824: Sir Edward Poore Bt, of Rushall
• 1825: Ernle Warriner, of Conock, Chirton
• 1826: Thomas Clutterbuck, of Hardenhuish
• 1827: Thomas Baskerville Mynors Baskerville, of Rockley House, near Marlborough
• 1828: George Wroughton Wroughton, of Wilcot House, near Pewsey
• 1829: George Heneage Walker Heneage, of Compton Bassett
• 1830: Edward William Leyborne Popham, of Littlecote House
• 1831: Paul Methuen, of Corsham House
• 1832: Sir Edmund Antrobus, 2nd Baronet, of Amesbury
• 1833: William Temple, of Bishopstrow, Warminster
• 1834: Thomas Bolton, of Brickworth
• 1835: Henry Seymour, of Knoyle
• 1836: Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Baronet, of Everley
• 1837: Sir Frederick Hutchison Hervey Bathurst, 3rd Baronet, of Clarendon
• 1838: Thomas Assheton Smith, of Tedworth House, near Ludgershall
• 1839: Charles Lewis Phipps, of Wans House
• 1840: William Henry Fox Talbot, of Lacock Abbey
• 1841: Ambrose Hussey, of Salisbury
• 1842: Frederick William Rooke, of Lackham
• 1843: Henry Stephen Olivier, of Potterne
• 1844: George Edward Eyre, or Warrens, Bramshaw^[13]
• 1845: Wade Browne, of Monkton Farleigh
• 1846: The Right Honourable Jacob Pleydell Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone, of Longford Castle
• 1847: Wadham Locke, of Ashton Giffard
• 1848: John Henry Campbell Wyndham, of The College, Salisbury
• 1849: Robert Parry Nisbet, of South Broom House, Devizes
• 1850: Henry Gaisford Gibbs Ludlow, of Heywood House, Westbury^[14]
• 1851: Graham Moore Michell Esmeade, of Monkton, Chippenham
• 1852: John Bird Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham
• 1853: Francis Leybourne Popham, of Chilton
• 1854: Edmund Lewis Clutterbuck, of Hardenhuish
• 1855: Simon Watson Taylor of Urchfont
• 1856: Charles William Miles, of Burton Hill House, Malmesbury
• 1857: Alfred Morrison, of Fonthill
• 1858: Francis Alexander Sydenham Locke, of Rowdeford
• 1859: John Neilson Gladstone, of Bowdon Park
• 1860: Horatio Nelson Goddard, of Cliffe Manor House, Cliffe Pypard
• 1861: Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
• 1862: John Elton Mervyn Prower, of Purton House, Purton, near Swindon
• 1863: Thomas Fraser Grove, of Ferne
• 1864: John Lewis Phipps, of Leighton House, Westbury
• 1865: Thomas Henry Allen Poynder, of Hartham Park, near Chippenham
• 1866: Ambrose Denis Hussey-Freke, of Hannington Hall, Highworth
• 1867: Henry Calley, of Burderop Park
• 1868: Charles John Thomas Conolly, of Cottles House, near Melksham
• 1869: Ralph Ludlow Lopes, of Sandridge Park, Melksham
• 1870: John Ravenhill, of Ashton Gifford House
• 1871: John William Gooch Spicer, of Spye Park
• 1872: Sir John Neald, of Grittleton House
• 1873: Nathaniel Barton, of Corsley House, Warminster
• 1874: Edward Chaddock Lowndes, of Castle Combe
• 1875: Charles Paul Phipps, of Chalcot, Westbury
• 1876: William Henry Poynder of Hartham, Chippenham
• 1877: Richard Walmesley of Lucknam
• 1878: George Pargiter Fuller
• 1879: William Stancomb of Blount's Court, Devizes
• 1880: Sir Edward Antrobus, of Amesbury
• 1881: George Morrison of Hampworth Lodge, Downton, Salisbury
• 1882: The Right Hon. Edward Pleydell-Bouverie, of The Manor House, Market Lavington
• 1883: Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, Bt, of Fonthill Abbey, Salisbury
• 1884: Richard Leckonby Hothersall Phipps
• 1885: Charles Edward Hungerford Athol Colston, of Roundway Park, Devizes
• 1886: Sir Henry Bruce Meux, 3rd Baronet, of Dauntsey House, Chippenham
• 1887: Clement Walker Heneage, of Compton Bassett, Calne
• 1888: Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps, of Chalcot, Westbury
• 1889: John Edmund Philip Spicer, of Spye Park, Chippenham
• 1890: Sir John Poynder Dickson
• 1891: Herbert James Harris, of Bowden Hill House, Chippenham,
• 1892: Sir John William Kelk, 2nd Baronet
• 1893: Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet^[15]
• 1894: William Henry Laverton
• 1895: Charles Walker
• 1896: Percy Wyndham
• 1897: Sir John Gladstone, 4th Baronet
• 1898: Sir William Roger Brown, of Highfield, Trowbridge
• 1899: Lieutenant-Colonel Wyatt William Turner, of Pinkney Park, Malmesbury
• 1900: Mark Hanbury Beaufoy, of Coombe House, Shaftesbury

20th century

• 1901: Charles Awdry of Shaw Hill, Melksham
• 1902: Edmund Clerke Schomberg of Clyffe Hall, Market Lavington
• 1903: George Palmer of Lackham, Lacock
• 1904: Hugh Morrison, of Fonthill, Tisbury
• 1905: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Audley Dallas Neeld, of Grittleton
• 1906: Sir Gabriel Goldney, 2nd Baronet, of Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham
• 1907: Fitzroy Pleydell Goddard, of The Lawn, Swindon
• 1908: Frederick Hastings Goldney, of Beechfield, Corsham
• 1909: Captain George Hounsom Fort, of Alderbury House
• 1910: Sir John Tankerville Goldney, of Monks Park, Corsham
• 1911: William Stancomb, of Blount's Court, Devizes
• 1912: Sir William Heward Bell
• 1913: Charles Penruddocke
• 1914: George Simon Arthur Watson-Taylor, of Erlestoke Park
• 1915: Sir Henry Hugh Arthur-Hoare, 6th Baronet of Stourhead
• 1916: George William Wynter Blathwayt, of Melksham House, Melksham
• 1917: John Moulton
• 1918: Eustace Richardson-Cox
• 1919: Walter Richard Shaw-Stewart
• 1920: Louis George Greville of Heale House, Upper Woodford
• 1921: Sir Frederick George Panizzi Preston of Landford Manor
• 1922: Charles Garnett of Greathouse, Kington Langley
• 1923: Bertram Erasmus Philipps of Dinton House, Dinton
• 1924: Washington Merritt Grant Singer^[16]
• 1925: Major Gerard James Buxton of Tockenham Manor, Swindon
• 1926: Major Robert Fleetwood Fuller of Great Chalfield, Melksham
• 1927: Lieut-Col Edgar Hugh Brassey of Dauntsey Park, Chippenham, M.V.O.
• 1928: Robert William Awdry of Little Cheverell, Wilts, T.D.
• 1929: Lieut-Col Arthur Carlton Nicholson of Hartham Park, Corsham, Wilts
• 1930: Vice-Admiral John Luce of Little Cheverell House, Devizes
• 1931: Claude Basil Fry, of Hannington Hall, Highworth
• 1932: William Cory Heward Bell
• 1933: Lieut-Col. William Llewellen Palmer of Rushmore Park, Salisbury, M.C.
• 1934: Brigadier-General Edward Harding-Newman of Portway House, Warminster, C.B., C.M.G.,D.S.O.
• 1935: Herbert Paton Holt of Manor House, Great Somerford, Chippenham, M.C.
• 1936: George Jardine Kidston
• 1937: Frederick George Glyn Bailey
• 1938: John Granville Morrison, created Lord Margadale in 1965
• 1939: John Morley
• 1940: Rupert Stephens
• 1941: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick George Glyn Bailey, of Lake House, Salisbury
• 1942: William Herbert Lee Ewart
• 1943: Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps
• 1944: William Llewellen Palmer
• 1945: Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe
• 1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Edward Phillips, of Elm House, Winterbourne Dauntsey
• 1947: Egbert Cecil Barnes of Hungerdown, Seagry
• 1948: Claude Alexander Codrington of Wroughton House, Swindon
• 1949: Samuel Vandeleur Christie-Miller of Clarendon House, Clarendon Park, Salisbury
• 1950: Roger Money-Kyrle of Whetham House, Whetham, Calne
• 1951: Brigadier Francis Ernle Fowle of The Manor, Charlton St. Peter
• 1952: Guy Elland Carne Rasch
• 1953: Sir Noel Arkell
• 1954: Charles Edwin Awdry, of Notton Lodge, Lacock
• 1955: Sir Geoffrey Ronald Codrington of Roche Court, Winterslow
• 1956: Christopher Herbert Fleetwood Fuller
• 1957: Arthur Guy Stratton of Manor House, Alton Priors
• 1958: Sir Geoffrey Ernest Tritton, 3rd Baronet, C.B.E. of Stanton House, Highworth, Swindon.
• 1959: Hugh Trefusis Brassey, M.C., of Manor Farm, Little Somerford, Chippenham
• 1960: Major David Adwyne Carne Rasch of Heale House, Middle Woodford
• 1961: Major-General George Drew Fanshawe of Farley Farm House, Farley
• 1962: Charles Murray Floyd^[17]
• 1963: Peter Thomas Wellesley Sykes
• 1964: Arthur Frank Seton Sykes
• 1965: Geoffrey Henry Barrington Chance
• 1966: Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto
• 1967: Frank Harold Elcho Skyrme
• 1968: Anthony William Allen Llewellen Palmer, MC (born 1912)
• 1969: Edward Lancelot Luce
• 1970: Captain Roger Edward Lennox Harvey, of Parliament Piece, Ramsbury
• 1971: James Ian Morrison
• 1972: Nigel Bailey
• 1973: William Erskine Stobart Whetherly of Hallam, Ogbourne St George,

High Sheriff

20th century

• 1974: Martin Anthony Gibbs of Sheldon Manor, Chippenham
• 1975: Captain Robert Henry Heywood-Lonsdale, M.B.E., M.C., of Bapton Manor, near Warminster
• 1976: Gerald John Ward, of Park Farm, Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, Berkshire
• 1977: Major Anthony Richard Tumor, of Foxley Manor, Malmesbury
• 1978: Count Jan Badeni, of Norton Manor, Malmesbury
• 1979: John Michael Stratton, of Manor Farm, Stockton
• 1980: Major Peter Sturgis, of Church Lodge, Dauntsey Park, Chippenham
• 1981: Richard Flower Stratton, of "Seagrams", Kingston Deverill
• 1982: Samuel George Davenport, of Codford St Mary
• 1983: John Heatley Noble, of Puckshipton House, near Pewsey
• 1984: Major General John Humphrey Stephen Bowring, of Lower Swillbrook Farm, Minety
• 1985: Lieut-Colonel John Godfrey Jeans, of Chalke Pyt House, Broadchalke
• 1986: Arthur Peter Bedingfeld Scott, of Grange Farm, Maiden, Devizes
• 1987: Tristram Seton Sykes, of Norrington Manor, Alvediston
• 1988: Bonar Hugh Charles Sykes, of Conock Manor, Devizes
• 1989: Beresford Norman Gibbs, of Flintham House, Oaksey
• 1990: Nigel James Moffatt Anderson, of Hamptworth Lodge, Landford
• 1991: Christopher Eliot Eliot-Cohen, of Hilldrop Farm, Ramsbury
• 1992: George William Michael Street, of The Dairy House, Berwick St James
• 1993: Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Johnston^[18]
• 1994: Anna Ruth Grange, of Thomhill Farm, Malmesbury
• 1995: David John Randolph, of West Foscote Farm, Grittleton
• 1996: Andrew William Michael Christie-Miller, of Clarendon Park
• 1997: John Barnard Bush
• 1998: Lady Hawley, Little Cheverell House, Devizes
• 1999: Philip John Miles, of Middle Farm, Stanley
• 2000: Robert Lawton

21st century

• 2001: Richard David Stratton, Manor Farm, Kingston Deverill
• 2002: Sir Christopher Benson^[19]
• 2003: David Newbigging
• 2004: James Arkell
• 2005: David Margesson
• 2006: Geraldine Wimble
• 2007: Peter Pleydell-Bouverie
• 2008: Margaret Madeline Wilks, of Pewsey
• 2009: Robert Charles Floyd of Great Chalfield Manor
• 2010: Dame Elizabeth Louise Neville
• 2011: Robert Ralph Scrymgeour Hiscox of Marlborough
• 2012: Laura, Lady Phillips
• 2013: William Francis Wyldbore-Smith
• 2014: Peter John Gerald Addington of Hilmarton, Calne
• 2015: Lady Gooch of Chitterne, Warminster
• 2016: David Kim Hempleman-Adams of Box, Corsham
• 2017: Lady Marland of Odstock, Salisbury
• 2018: Nicola (Nicky) Alberry of Calne
• 2019: David Bedingfeld Scott of Nursteed, Devizes
• 2020: Major-General Ashley Truluck of Salisbury
• 2021: Sir Charles Hobhouse, of Monkton Farleigh, Bradford-on-Avon
• 2022: Fiona Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne of Calne
• 2023: Pradeep Bhardwaj of Wroughton, Swindon
• 2024: (Susan) Olivia Chapple, near Salisbury^[20]

See also

• Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
• List of Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire
• Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire

References

• The history of the worthies of England, Volume 3 by Thomas Fuller
• The Times
• Dictionary of National Biography
• The House of Commons, 1690–1715 by David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley 2002
• A List of Wiltshire Sheriffs, John Edward Jackson (H. Bull, Devizes, 1856)

External links

• The Occupants of the Ancient office of High Sheriff of Wiltshire from 1067 to 1612 at tudorplace.com.ar

Notes and References

1. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/219 Local Government Act 1972: Section 219
2. https://archive.org/details/regestaregumangl02davi/page/n8 Davis, "Regesta Regnum Anglo-Normannum", p93, Entry 948, Oxford, 1956
3. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pmcbride/rfc/sheriffs.htm Rootsweb
4. He was already Sheriff in October 1152, when he was addressed as "Earl Patrick, sheriff" in a writ of Stephen: George Cokayne, Complete Peerage, vol. XI, p. 37, note (e)
5. Book: S. E. Rigold. Nunney Castle, Somerset. 1967. H.M. Stationery Office. 4.
6. Web site: CHEYNE, Sir Ralph (c.1337-1400), of Brooke in Westbury, Wilts.. History of Parliament Online. 31 August 2017.
7. In July 1553, both Lady Jane Grey and Mary I signed bills for the appointment of Edwarde Baynarde (or Benarde) as Sheriff "in the room of Sir William Sharington, Knight, deceased": Parliament, House of Commons, Parliamentary papers, vol. 31, page 72 online at books.google.com
8. Foxe's Book of Martyrs
9. Web site: BAYNTUN, Sir Henry (1571–1616), of Bromham House, Bromham, Wilts.. History of Parliament Online. 15 May 2013.
10. Chancery: Petty Bag Office: Writ Files C 202/63/3/ Return of Writs: Wilts. – Oath of Thomas Earley, sheriff Date: 1679-1680 Covering dates: 31 Chas. II Mich.Source: The Catalogue of The National Archives, Kew
11. See page on whitneygen.org
12. Web site: History . Lucknam Park Hotel . 18 May 2022.
13. https://books.google.com/books?id=jc0kh800jGIC&pg=RA3-PA160 Sheriffs for the Year 1844
14. https://books.google.com/books?id=E9nAHdO-BggC&pg=PA309 Sheriffs for the Year 1850
15. Book: Howard, Joseph Jackson. Visitation of England and Wales. 1997. Frederick Arthur Crisp. 1st. pub. 1896. Heritage Books, Inc.. Bowie, MD. 0-7884-0622-1 . 59 .
16. Web site: 12 February 1934 . W.M.G. Singer Dies; Race-horse Owner . 4 April 2022 . The New York Times . en.
17. Lt.-Col. Charles Murray Floyd, OBE . 1972 . Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine . 67 . B . 195 .
18. Who's Who 2003 (A. & C. Black, London, 2003), page 1146
19. Web site: 26 March 2002 . High Sheriffs appointed by Her Majesty in Council for the year 2002 . 2024-01-23 . London Gazette.
20. Web site: Rooks-Taylor . Matt . Horatio's Garden founder is new High Sheriff for Wiltshire and Swindon . Salisbury Journal . 9 April 2024 . 12 April 2024.