The High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon

Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...

 times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'.

The title of High Sheriff is therefore much older than the other crown appointment, the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535. The only exception to this was the English Civil War and English Interregnum between 1643 and 1660 when there was no king to support the Lieutenancy...

, which came about in 1535.

Unlike the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535. The only exception to this was the English Civil War and English Interregnum between 1643 and 1660 when there was no king to support the Lieutenancy...

, which is generally held from appointment until the holder's death or incapacity, the title of High Sheriff is appointed / reappointed annually. The High Sheriff is assisted by an Under-Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

List of High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire

From 1125 through the end of 1575, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire

High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire

This is a list of High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. One sheriff was appointed for both counties from 1125 until the end of 1575, after which date separate sheriffs were appointed...

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• Before 1066: Godric
  Godric the Sheriff
  Godric was the Anglo Saxon sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire in the 11th century prior to the Norman Conquest.As a sheriff, he had the powers of arrest, he could raise armies, collect taxes and levies, and he presided over courts, dealt with traitors and generally supervised on the King’s...
  
  , (killed in 1066)
• 1066-c.1084: Ansculf de Picquigny
  Ansculf de Picquigny
  Ansculf de Picquigny was a French baron who followed William the Conqueror to England.He was born the son of Guermond de Picquigny of Picquigny, a village near Amiens in Picardy and with his brother Gilo, crossed to England with Duke William of Normandy...
  
  
• 1124: Richard of Winchester

1575-1599

1600–1699

1700–1799

1800–1899

1900–1999

2000–present

• 2000–2001: Martin Hubert Thomas Jourdan of Wapping, Long Crendon, Aylesbury
• 2001–2002: Alexander David Shephard, Stonehouse, Penn
• 2002–2003: The Hon Rupert Francis John Carington, The Manor House, Bledlow, Aylesbury.
• 2003–2004: The Hon Richard Godber, Hall Farm, Little Linford, Milton Keynes.
• 2004–2005: John Anthony Hawthorne West of Remenham Manor, Remenham.
• 2005–2006: Jennifer Hopkirk
  Paddy Hopkirk
  Patrick Barron "Paddy" Hopkirk is a former rally driver from Northern Ireland.He was born in Belfast and educated at Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare from 1945 – 1949 before attending Trinity College, Dublin until 1953. He started his winning career in professional racing and rally driving...
  
   (Mrs Paddy Hopkirk)
• 2006–2007: Alexander Boswell
• 2007–2008: Amanda Rose Nicholson
• 2008–2009: Peter John Thorogood
• 2009-2010: Allan Thomas Westray

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