Sheriffs before the fourteenth century

• 1086: Turstig
• 1139: Geoffrey de Furnell
• 1156: Richard, 3rd Earl of Devon
• 1176–1181: Eustace, son of Stephen
• 1181–1185: Alen de Furnell
• 1185–1187: Hugh Bardulf
  Hugh Bardulf
  Hugh Bardulf or Hugh Bardolf was a medieval English administrator and royal justice. Known for his legal expertise, he also served as a financial administrator. He served three kings of England before his death....
  
  
• 1187–1190: William de Bockland
• 1191–1200: Richard Revel
• 1198-1199 (jointly); William of Wrotham
  William of Wrotham
  William of Wrotham or William de Wrotham was a medieval English royal administrator and clergyman. Although a 13th-century source says that William held a royal office under King Henry II of England , the first contemporary reference to William is in 1197, when he was put in charge of the royal...
  
  
• 1200: John de Torrington
• 1201: Hugh Bardulf
  Hugh Bardulf
  Hugh Bardulf or Hugh Bardolf was a medieval English administrator and royal justice. Known for his legal expertise, he also served as a financial administrator. He served three kings of England before his death....
  
  
• 1201: William de Briewere
  William Brewer (justice)
  William Brewer was a prominent administrator and justice in England during the reigns of Richard I, King John, and Henry III...
  
  
• 1202–1203: Richard Flandrensis
• 1203–1204: William de Briewere
  William Brewer (justice)
  William Brewer was a prominent administrator and justice in England during the reigns of Richard I, King John, and Henry III...
  
  
• 1204: Ralph de Mora
• 1205–1210: William de Botterells
• 1210–1216: John, son of Richard
• 1219–1221: William Lunet
• 1222: William de Pucot
• 1223: Reginald de Valle Torta of Saltash
  Saltash
  Saltash is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of 14,964. It lies in the south east of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar. It was in the Caradon district until March 2009 and is known as "the gateway to Cornwall". Saltash means ash tree by...
  
  

• 1223–1224: Walter de Treverbin alias Trevarthen
• 1225: William Bregnam junior
• 1225: Reginald de Langford
• 1225: Reginald de Valle Torta
• 1226: Richard, Earl of Cornwall
• 1227: Henry Bodrugan
• 1251: John de Langford
• 1259: Sir Guy de Nunnant
• 1259–1260: Sir Ralph de Arundell
• 1264: John Beaupre
• 1269: John Beaupre
• 1275–1276: Ralph Wiggen
• 1277: Robert de Cheney or Chini of Bodannan in St Endellion
  St Endellion
  St Endellion is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village and parish church are situated four miles north of Wadebridge....
  
  
• 1277–1278: William de Monkeston or Muncheton
• 1279–1286: Alexander de Sabridsworth
• 1287–1288: Simon de Berkeley
• 1289–1300: Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
  Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
  Edmund of Cornwall of Almain was the 2nd Earl of Cornwall of the 7th creation.-Early life:Edmund was born at Berkhamsted Castle on 26 December 1249, the second and only surviving son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall and his wife Sanchia of Provence, daughter of Ramon Berenguer, Count of Provence,...
  
  

Fourteenth century Sheriffs

• 1301: Thomas de la Hyde or Hyda
• 1310–1312: Piers Gaveston
  Piers Gaveston
  Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall was an English nobleman of Gascon origin, and the favourite of King Edward II of England. At a young age he made a good impression on King Edward I of England, and was assigned to the household of the King's son, Edward of Carnarvon...
  
  
• 1313: Thomas de la Hyde
• 1314: Thomas L'Erchdekne or Archdeacon of Ruan Lanihorne
• 1315: Richard de Polhampton
• 1316: Richard de Hiwish
• 1317: Henry de Wyllynton or Wylyngton
• 1320–1322: Isabella of France
  Isabella of France
  Isabella of France , sometimes described as the She-wolf of France, was Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre...
  
  
• 1323: John de Trejagu of Fentongollan
• 1324: Isabella of France
  Isabella of France
  Isabella of France , sometimes described as the She-wolf of France, was Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre...
  
  
• 1325: John de Trejagu
• 1327: Isabella of France
  Isabella of France
  Isabella of France , sometimes described as the She-wolf of France, was Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre...
  
  
• 1329: Robert de Bilkemore
• 1332–1333: Sir William de Bottreaux of Bottreaux Castle
• 1334–1336: Sir John Petit of Ardevora in Philleigh
  Philleigh
  Philleigh is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, one of the four in the Roseland Peninsula.-History:The Manor of Eglosrose is mentioned in the Domesday Book and the remainder of the parish was in the episcopal Manor of Tregear. The parish church is dedicated to...
  
  
• 1336: John de Chudleigh of Ashton in Devon
  Devon
  Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
  
  
• 1337–1338: John Hamley of Halwin and Sir John le Petit
• 1340–1341: Edward, the Black Prince
  Edward, the Black Prince
  Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine, KG was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault as well as father to King Richard II of England....
  
  
• 1342: Henry Terril and Roger Prideaux
• 1343: Edward, the Black Prince
  Edward, the Black Prince
  Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine, KG was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault as well as father to King Richard II of England....
  
  
• 1344: William Pypard
• 1345–1354: Edward, the Black Prince
  Edward, the Black Prince
  Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine, KG was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault as well as father to King Richard II of England....
  
  
• 1354–1356: John Northcott
• 1356–1357: William Auncell
• 1358: Edward, the Black Prince
  Edward, the Black Prince
  Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine, KG was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault as well as father to King Richard II of England....
  
  

• 1359: John Dabernoun
• 1360–1374: Edward, the Black Prince
  Edward, the Black Prince
  Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine, KG was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault as well as father to King Richard II of England....
  
  
• 1375: Sir Richard Serjeaux or Sergeux
• 1378: Ralph Wampford
• 1379: Ralph Carminow of Carminow in Mawgan-in-Meneage
  Mawgan-in-Meneage
  Mawgan-in-Meneage is a civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Meneage district of The Lizard peninsula south of Helston in the former administrative district of Kerrier....
  
  
• 1380: Otto Bodrugan
• 1381: William Talbot
• 1382: John Bevill of Gwarnick in St Allen
  St Allen
  St Allen is a civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The church town of St Allen is an isolated hamlet and the main settlement in the parish is Zelah which is situated on the A30 trunk road four miles north of Truro....
  
  
• 1383: Walter Archdeacon
• 1384: Sir William Fitzwalter
• 1385: Richard Kendall of Treworgey in Duloe
  Duloe, Cornwall
  Duloe is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately four miles south of Liskeard at .-Parish church:...
  
  
• 1386: John Bevill
• 1387: Nicholas Wampford
• 1388: John Colyn of Boscarne
• 1389: Sir Richard Serjeaux of Colquite in St Mabyn
  St Mabyn
  St Mabyn is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated three miles east of Wadebridge....
  
  
• 1390: Thomas Peveral of Park in Egloshayle
  Egloshayle
  Egloshayle is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated beside the River Camel immediately southeast of Wadebridge. The civil parish extends southeast from the village and includes Washaway and Sladesbridge.-History:Egloshayle was a Bronze Age...
  
  
• 1391: William Talbot
• 1392: John Colyn
• 1393: John Colshull of Tremadart in Duloe
  Duloe, Cornwall
  Duloe is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately four miles south of Liskeard at .-Parish church:...
  
  
• 1394: John Hearle of Prideaux Castle in Luxulyan
  Luxulyan
  Luxulyan , also spelled Luxullian or Luxulian, is a village and civil parish in central Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village lies four miles northeast of St Austell and six miles south of Bodmin...
  
  
• 1395: James Chudleigh
• 1396: William Talbot
• 1397: John Bevill
• 1398: John Colshull
• 1399: Geoffrey St Aubyn

Fifteenth century Sheriffs

• 1400–1404: Henry of Monmouth
  Henry V of England
  Henry V was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 35 in 1422. He was the second monarch belonging to the House of Lancaster....
  
  
• 1402: Sir John Arundell of Lanherne
• 1405: John Grenville
• 1405: John Cole
• 1406–1412: Henry of Monmouth
  Henry V of England
  Henry V was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 35 in 1422. He was the second monarch belonging to the House of Lancaster....
  
  
• 1412: John Arundell of Bideford
• 1413–1414: John Rederow
• 1415: William Talbot
• 1416: Sir Otto Trevarthyn
• 1417: Henry Fullford
• 1418: Sir John Arundell of Lanherne
• 1419: Stephen Dermford of Rame
• 1420–1422: Sir John Arundell of Trerice
• 1423: Thomas Carminow
• 1424: William Talbot
• 1425: Sir John Herle
• 1426: Sir John Arundell
• 1428: John Nanfan
• 1429: Thomas Carminow
• 1430: Robert Chambelyn
• 1432: James Chudleigh or Chuddelegh
• 1433: Sir John Herle
• 1435: Thomas Bonevill of Trelawn
• 1436: Thomas Whalesborough of Whalesborough
• 1437: Ren. Arundell
• 1438: John Coleshull
• 1439: John Nanfan
• 1440: John Mundy
• 1441: Thomas Whalesborough
• 1442: John Blewett of St Colan
• 1443: John Arundell
• 1444: Nicholas Power
• 1445: John Champernowne of Inswork
• 1446: John Austell or de Austell
• 1447: Henry Fortescue
• 1448: John Trevelyan
• 1449: John Basset of Tehidy
• 1450: John Nanfan
• 1451: Thomas Butside or Budockshed, of Budeaux
• 1452: William Daubeney
• 1453: Thomas Whalesborough
• 1454: John Petit
• 1455: John Cornworth

• 1456: John Nanfan
• 1457: John Arundell
• 1458: John Whalesborough
• 1459: John Trevelyan
• 1461: Richard Champernowne
• 1462–1463: Renfry (or Humphrey) Arundell of Lanherne
• 1464: Thomas Bere
• 1465: Alver Cornburg
• 1466: William Bere
• 1467: Sir John Colshull
• 1468: John Sergeaux
• 1469: Alver Cornburg
• 1470: Sir John Arundell of Trerice (killed in office)
• 1471–1474: John Fortescue
• 1475: Richard, Duke of Gloucester
  Richard III of England
  Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...
  
  
• 1476: John Fortescue
• 1477: Egid. Daubeney
• 1478: William Carnesew of Bokelly in St Kew
• 1479: Sir Robert Willoughby
  Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke
  Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke , K.G., was at the Siege of Boulogne with King Henry VII, and was one of the chief commanders against the Cornish rebels in 1497.-Early life:...
  
  
• 1480: Richard Nanfan
• 1481: Thomas Grenville of Stowe
• 1482: Thomas Fulford
• 1483: John Treffry of Fowey
• 1484: Sir James Tyrrell
  James Tyrrell
  Sir James Tyrell was an English knight, a trusted servant of King Richard III of England. He is known for 'confessing' to the murders of the Princes in the Tower under Richard's orders. However, his statement may have been taken under torture, so the confession might not be genuine...
  
   of Trerice
• 1485: John Tremayne of Collacombe
  or Sir William Haughton
• 1486: Thomas Grenville
• 1487: John Tremayne of Tremayne
• 1488: Alexander Carew of Antony
• 1489: Richard Nanfan
• 1490: Sir John Treffry
• 1491: John Roscarrock of Roscarrock in Endellion
• 1492: Thomas Tregarthyn of Tregarthyn
• 1493: Richard Vyvyan of Treviddren in St Buryan
• 1494: Walter Enderby
• 1495: Peter Bevill
• 1496: Edward Arundell
• 1497: John Basset
  Sir John Bassett
  Sir John Basset of Umberleigh in Devon and Tehidy in Cornwall, was a courtier in the reign of Henry VIII. He was married twice; firstly to Ann Denys, daughter of John Denys and secondly to Honor Grenville...
  
  
• 1498–1499: Sir Peter Edgcumbe
  Peter Edgcumbe
  Peter Edgcumbe was an English politician.He was Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 8 August 1586 – 7 December 1587, High Sheriff of Cornwall 1498–1499 and Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall bef. 1573–1597...
  
   (or Edgecombe) of Cutayle
• 1500: Sir John Treffry

Sixteenth century Sheriffs

• 1501: William Treffry
• 1502: Peter Bevill
• 1503: William Trevanion of Caerhays
• 1504: John Godolphin of Godolphin
• 1505: Richard Vyvyan
• 1506: Sir Peter Edgecombe
• 1507: Michael Vyvyan of Treviddren
• 1508: William Trevanion
• 1509: Sir Thomas Trevanion
• 1510: Sir John Arundell of Tolverne
• 1511: Ro. Graynfield (Robert Greenfield?)
• 1512: William Carnesew of Bokelly in St Kew
• 1513: James Erisey of Erisey
• 1514: John Carminow
  John Carminow
  John Carminow or Carminowe was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Cornwall and Truro ....
  
   of Fenton-Golant
• 1515: John Carew of East Anthony
• 1516: Sir William Trevanion
• 1517: Sir Peter Edgecombe
• 1518: Sir John Bassett
  Sir John Bassett
  Sir John Basset of Umberleigh in Devon and Tehidy in Cornwall, was a courtier in the reign of Henry VIII. He was married twice; firstly to Ann Denys, daughter of John Denys and secondly to Honor Grenville...
  
  
• 1519: Robert Grenville or Greenfield
• 1520: John Arundell
  John Arundell (admiral)
  Sir John Arundell of Trerice , nicknamed "Tilbury Jack" , was a commander of the English Royal Navy at the time of King Henry VIII and Edward VI and twice High Sheriff of Cornwall. Arundell served Henry VIII as an Esquire to the Body, and was knighted at the Battle of the Spurs in 1513...
  
   of Trerice
• 1521: John Skewys (or Skuish) of Skewes in Cury
• 1522: Sir John Bassett
  Sir John Bassett
  Sir John Basset of Umberleigh in Devon and Tehidy in Cornwall, was a courtier in the reign of Henry VIII. He was married twice; firstly to Ann Denys, daughter of John Denys and secondly to Honor Grenville...
  
  
• 1523: Robert Grenville or Greenfield
• 1524: John Arundell of Trerice (son of John Arundell, HS 1470)
• 1525: William Lower
• 1526: Richard Penrose of Penrose
• 1527: Richard Grenville or Greenfield
• 1528: John Trevanion
• 1529: John Chamond
  John Chamond
  Sir John Chamond was an English politician. He was the High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1529 and 1537, Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall ?–1544 and the Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1539 to 1540.-References:...
  
   of Lancels
• 1530: William Godolphin
  William Godolphin (Warden of the Stannaries)
  Sir William Godolphin was a 16th century English Member of Parliament. He sat as Member for Cornwall during the reign of Henry VIII and possibly also of Edward VI, and also served as High Sheriff of Cornwall and Warden of the Stannaries...
  
  
• 1531: Christopher Tredinnick of Tredinnick
• 1532: John Arundell
  John Arundell (admiral)
  Sir John Arundell of Trerice , nicknamed "Tilbury Jack" , was a commander of the English Royal Navy at the time of King Henry VIII and Edward VI and twice High Sheriff of Cornwall. Arundell served Henry VIII as an Esquire to the Body, and was knighted at the Battle of the Spurs in 1513...
  
   of Trerice (son of John Arundell HS 1524)
• 1533: Sir Hugh Trevanion
• 1534: Sir William Godolphin
  William Godolphin (Warden of the Stannaries)
  Sir William Godolphin was a 16th century English Member of Parliament. He sat as Member for Cornwall during the reign of Henry VIII and possibly also of Edward VI, and also served as High Sheriff of Cornwall and Warden of the Stannaries...
  
  
• 1535: Sir Peter Edgecombe
• 1536: Sir John Reskymer of Reskymer
• 1537: Sir John Chamond
  John Chamond
  Sir John Chamond was an English politician. He was the High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1529 and 1537, Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall ?–1544 and the Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1539 to 1540.-References:...
  
  
• 1538: Sir Hugh Trevanion
• 1539: Sir William Godolphin
  William Godolphin (Warden of the Stannaries)
  Sir William Godolphin was a 16th century English Member of Parliament. He sat as Member for Cornwall during the reign of Henry VIII and possibly also of Edward VI, and also served as High Sheriff of Cornwall and Warden of the Stannaries...
  
  
• 1540: John Reskymer
• 1541: John Arundell
• 1542: Sir John Arundell of Trerice
  John Arundell (admiral)
  Sir John Arundell of Trerice , nicknamed "Tilbury Jack" , was a commander of the English Royal Navy at the time of King Henry VIII and Edward VI and twice High Sheriff of Cornwall. Arundell served Henry VIII as an Esquire to the Body, and was knighted at the Battle of the Spurs in 1513...
  
  
• 1543: Hugh Trevanion
• 1544: Richard Chamond
• 1545: Richard Grenville or Greenfield
• 1546: Thomas St Aubyn
  Thomas St Aubyn
  Thomas St Aubyn was an English politician. He was the MP for St Ives in the Parliament of 1601 alongside Thomas Barton and Grampound in the Addled Parliament , and High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1546.-References:...
  
  
• 1547: John Trelawny
  John Trelawny (died 1563)
  John Trelawny , of Pool in Menheniot, Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament, who represented Liskeard in the first Parliament of 1553. He was also High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1547...
  
   of Pool
• 1548: Job Milaton of Pengerrick
• 1549: Richard Chamond
• 1550: Sir William Godolphin
  William Godolphin (1515-1570)
  Sir William Godolphin was a 16th century English soldier and Member of Parliament , whose career has, however, been so confused with that of his father and namesake Sir William that it is sometimes difficult to be sure which of the two held which offices...
  
  

• 1551: Richard Roscarrock
• 1552: Sir Hugh Trevanion
• 1553: Reginald Mohun of Hall
• 1554: Sir John Arundell of Trerice
  John Arundell (admiral)
  Sir John Arundell of Trerice , nicknamed "Tilbury Jack" , was a commander of the English Royal Navy at the time of King Henry VIII and Edward VI and twice High Sheriff of Cornwall. Arundell served Henry VIII as an Esquire to the Body, and was knighted at the Battle of the Spurs in 1513...
  
  
• 1555: Sir John Arundell of Lanherne
• 1556: Richard Edgecombe
• 1557: John Reskymer
• 1558: John Bevill
• 1559: John Carminow
  John Carminow
  John Carminow or Carminowe was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Cornwall and Truro ....
  
  
• 1560: Reginald Mohun
• 1561: John Trelawny
  John Trelawny (died 1568)
  John Trelawny , of Pool in Menheniot, Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament. The son of another John Trelawny of Pool, who had been a co-heir of the Earl of Devon, he was the head of one of Cornwall's leading families. He served as Member for Lostwithiel in the Parliament of 1559, and for...
  
  
• 1562: Richard Roscarrock
• 1563: Richard Chamond
• 1564: Henry Chiverton of Kerrys in St Paul
• 1565: Hugh Trevanion
• 1566: William Milaton of Pergerrick
• 1567: John Trelawny
  John Trelawny (died 1568)
  John Trelawny , of Pool in Menheniot, Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament. The son of another John Trelawny of Pool, who had been a co-heir of the Earl of Devon, he was the head of one of Cornwall's leading families. He served as Member for Lostwithiel in the Parliament of 1559, and for...
  
  
• 1568: John St Aubyn
• 1569: Sir William Godolphin
  William Godolphin (1515-1570)
  Sir William Godolphin was a 16th century English soldier and Member of Parliament , whose career has, however, been so confused with that of his father and namesake Sir William that it is sometimes difficult to be sure which of the two held which offices...
  
  
• 1570: Peter Edgecombe
• 1571: Hugh Trevanion  or Sir Henry Curwen
  Henry Curwen
  Sir Henry Curwen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.Curwen was the only son of Sir Nicholas Curwen of Workington, Cumberland and his first wife Ann Musgrave. He matriculated from Pembroke College, Cambridge in about 1595. He was High Sheriff of Cumberland...
  
  
• 1572: William Mohun
  William Mohun
  Sir William Mohun was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall , High Sheriff of Cornwall 1572 and 1578 and Member of Parliament for Cornwall and St Germans ....
  
  
• 1573: Peter Courtney of Trethurse
• 1574: John Arundell
  John Arundell (of Trerice, died 1580)
  Sir John Arundell , of Trerice in Cornwall, was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.Sir John was the son of Sir John Arundell...
  
   of Trerice
• 1575: Francis Buller  or John Bevill
• 1576: George Kekewich of Catchfrench
• 1577: Richard Grenville
  Richard Grenville
  Sir Richard Grenville was an English sailor, sea captain and explorer. He took part in the early English attempts to settle the New World, and also participated in the fight against the Spanish Armada...
  
  
• 1578: William Mohun
  William Mohun
  Sir William Mohun was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall , High Sheriff of Cornwall 1572 and 1578 and Member of Parliament for Cornwall and St Germans ....
  
  
• 1579: William Lower
• 1580: Francis Godolphin
  Francis Godolphin (1540-1608)
  Sir Francis Godolphin was an English Member of Parliament. The nephew of Sir William Godolphin, who left no male issue, he succeeded to his uncle's estates early in Queen Elizabeth's reign...
  
  
• 1581: John Arundell
• 1582: Joh. Fitz.
• 1583: Richard Carew of Antony
  Antony, Cornwall
  Antony is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula about three miles west of Torpoint and has a shop, a pub and a garage....
  
  
• 1584: George Grenville
• 1585: Thomas Coswarth
• 1586: Richard Carew of Antony
  Antony, Cornwall
  Antony is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula about three miles west of Torpoint and has a shop, a pub and a garage....
  
   or John Roscarrock
• 1587: John Wrey of Trebigh
• 1588: Anthony Rous of Halton
• 1589: Thomas St Aubyn
  Thomas St Aubyn
  Thomas St Aubyn was an English politician. He was the MP for St Ives in the Parliament of 1601 alongside Thomas Barton and Grampound in the Addled Parliament , and High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1546.-References:...
  
  
• 1590: William Bevill of Killygarth
• 1591: Walter Kendall of Treworgy
• 1592: George Kekewich of Catchfrench
• 1593: Reginald Mohun  or Richard Champernowne
• 1594: Thomas Lower
• 1595: Jonathan Trelawny
  Jonathan Trelawny (1568-1604)
  Sir Jonathan Trelawny , of Pool in Menheniot, Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament. Trelawny was the posthumous younger son of John Trelawny of Pool ; his elder brother died in infancy and he inherited the estate...
  
  
• 1596: Charles Trevanion
  Charles Trevanion
  Charles Trevanion was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1625.Trevanion was the son of Charles Trevanion of Caerhays, Vice-Admiral of Cornwall and his wife Joanna Witchabse...
  
  
• 1597: Bernard Grenville
• 1598: William Bevill or Peter Courtney
• 1599: William Wrey
• 1600: Francis Buller

Seventeenth century Sheriffs

• 1601: Hannibal Vyvyan
  Hannibal Vyvyan
  Hannibal Vyvyan , of Trelowarren in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament ; his surname is sometimes spelt Vivian. The eldest son of John Vyvyan , also an MP, and head of one of Cornwall's leading families, he represented Plympton Erle in the Parliament of 1585, Helston in 1586-7 and 1601,...
  
  
• 1603: Anthony Rous
• 1604: Sir Francis Godolphin
  Francis Godolphin (1540-1608)
  Sir Francis Godolphin was an English Member of Parliament. The nephew of Sir William Godolphin, who left no male issue, he succeeded to his uncle's estates early in Queen Elizabeth's reign...
  
  
• 1605: Nicholas Prideaux
• 1607: John Arundell
  John Arundell (born 1576)
  Sir John Arundell , nicknamed "Jack for the King", was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1640. He was Royalist governor of Pendennis Castle during the English Civil War....
  
  
• 1608: John Rashleigh
  John Rashleigh
  John Rashleigh was an English merchant and Member of Parliament. The son of John Rashleigh, a merchant at Fowey in Cornwall, he built himself a mansion at nearby Menabilly. He was Member for Fowey in the parliaments of 1588 and 1597, and High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1608. He married Alice Bonython...
  
   and John Acland
• 1609: Sir Christopher Harris
• 1610: Sir Richard Edgcumbe
• 1611: Sir Richard Buller
  Richard Buller
  Sir Richard Buller was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1642. He was a Parliamentarian officer during the English Civil War....
  
  
• 1612: Sir William Wrey
• 1613: William Coryton
  William Coryton
  William Coryton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1641. He was expelled from parliament for falsyfying returns....
  
  
• 1614: Richard Robarts of Truro
• 1615: John Chamond
  John Chamond
  Sir John Chamond was an English politician. He was the High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1529 and 1537, Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall ?–1544 and the Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1539 to 1540.-References:...
  
  
• 1616: William Code
• 1617: Francis Vyvyan
  Francis Vyvyan
  Sir Francis Vyvyan , of Trelowarren in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament ; his surname is sometimes spelt Vivian...
  
  
• 1618: Richard Carnesew
• 1619: Reskymer Bonython
• 1620: Nicholas Glynn
• 1621–1622: Samuel Pendarves
• 1622: John Speccot
• 1623: Richard Geddy
• 1624: John Moyle
• 1625: Thomas Wyvell
• 1626: John Trefusis of Trefusis
• 1627: Jonathan Rashleigh
  Jonathan Rashleigh
  Jonathan Rashleigh , was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1675. He supported the Royalist cause during the Civil War....
  
  

• 1628–1629: George Heale
• 1630: Sir John Trelawny
  Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet was a Cornish baronet and soldier from Trelawne, Cornwall. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall.-Parliament:...
  
  
• 1637: Richard Buller
  Richard Buller
  Sir Richard Buller was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1642. He was a Parliamentarian officer during the English Civil War....
  
  
• 1638: Francis Godolphin
• 1644: Francis Bassett
  Francis Bassett
  Sir Francis Bassett , was a sheriff and vice-admiral of Cornwall and the recorder and M.P. of St. Ives.He married in 1620 Ann, daughter of Sir Jonathan Trelawny of Trelawne, and, during the Civil War in 1643 was busily engaged as a Royalist in the western part of Cornwall, raising money and...
  
   of Tehidy
• 1645: Edward Herle
  Edward Herle
  Edward Herle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1660. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....
  
  
• 1646: John St Aubyn
  John St Aubyn (died 1684)
  John St Aubyn . was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1640. He served as a colonel in the parliamentary army in the English Civil War....
  
  
• 1650: John Ellyott (discharged) and then John Lampen
  John Lampen
  John Lampen is a Quaker Peace educator and writer. He was born in 1938. He is married to Diana Lampen. In 1987, he gave the Swarthmore Lecture, entitled Mending Hurts....
  
  
• 1652: Stephen Lobb
• 1653: John Eliot
• 1655: Edward Nosworthy
• 1657: Anthony Nicholl
  Anthony Nicholl
  Anthony Nicholl was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1656. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.Nicholl was a member of the Nicholl family of Penvose in Cornwall...
  
  
• 1659: John Littleton
• 1661: Piers Edgecumbe
  Piers Edgecumbe
  Piers Edgecumbe was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1644 and between 1662 and 1667...
  
  
• 1663: Charles Grylls
• 1665: Sir Joseph Tredenham
• 1667: John Vivian
• 1669: Francis Gregor
• 1670: John Connocke
• 1671: Sir John St Aubyn
• 1671: Sir Walter Moyle of Bake
• 1674: Nicholas Glyn
• 1678–1679: John Cotton
• 1680–1681: John Vivian of Trewan, St Columb Major
  St Columb Major
  St Columb Major is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Often referred to locally as St Columb, it is situated approximately seven miles southwest of Wadebridge and six miles east of Newquay...
  
  .
• 1682: Sir Vyall Vyvyan
• 1685: Richard Edgcombe
  Richard Edgcumbe (politician)
  Sir Richard Edgcumbe was an English politician.He was the son of Piers Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe and Cotehele, Calstock, Cornwall, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir John Glanville of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire...
  
  
• 1690: John Morth
• 1693–1694: William Williams
• 1699: Edmund Prideaux

Eighteenth century Sheriffs

• 1706: Gregory Peter of Harlyn
• 1707: Francis Basset of Tehidy
• 1708: Samuel Enys
  Samuel Enys
  Samuel Enys was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Enys was the third son of John Enys of Enys and his wife Winifred Rise, daughter of Thomas Rise of Trewardreva, Constantine. When he was 16, he was apprenticed to an English merchant at San Sebastian...
  
  
• 1712: John Cole
• 1713: Edward Amy
• 1715: Francis Gregor
• 1722: Edward Hoblyn of Croane
• 1723: Richard Polwhele of Polwhele
• 1724–1725: Reginald Haweis
• 1726: John Collins of Treworgan in St Erme
• 1727: Died and replaced by John Phillips of Mear
• 1728: Richard Polwhele, son-in-law of John Collins of Treworgan
• 1729:
• 1734: James Tillie of Pentillie
• 1735: William Symons of Hatt
• 1738: John Honey of Trenant
• 1740: William Flamank
• 1741: William Lemon
• 1745: John Tremayne (of Heligan) of Heligan
  Heligan estate
  The Heligan estate was the ancestral home of the Tremayne family, near Mevagissey in Cornwall. The family also held property at Sydenham near Marystow in Devon....
  
  
• 1746: Henry Peter of Harlyn {grandson of Gregory, HS 1706)
• 1753: John Morshead, later Sir John Morshead, 1st Baronet
• 1751: John Enys (son of Samuel Enys HS 1708)
• 1756: John Luke

• 1757–1758: Swete Nicholas Archer
• 1762: Philip Enouf, former Commander of the Falmouth
  Falmouth, Cornwall
  Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
  
   Packet ship
  Packet ship
  A "packet ship" was originally a vessel employed to carry post office mail packets to and from British embassies, colonies and outposts. In sea transport, a packet service is a regular, scheduled service, carrying freight and passengers...
  
  , Hanover.
• 1763: John Harrison of Wearde House near Saltash
  Saltash
  Saltash is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of 14,964. It lies in the south east of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar. It was in the Caradon district until March 2009 and is known as "the gateway to Cornwall". Saltash means ash tree by...
  
  
• 1764: Hender Mountsteven, Esq. of Lancarfe, high-sheriff in 1764
• 1771: Sir John Call, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Call, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Call, 1st Baronet was an English engineer and baronet.He was born at Fenny Park, Tiverton, Devon, educated at Blundell's School and went to India at the age of 17 with Benjamin Robins, the chief engineer and captain-general of artillery in the East India Company's settlements...
  
  
• 1775: Peter Bown
• 1779: Thomas Vyvyan
• 1780: Sir John St Aubyn
  Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet
  Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet , was a British Member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Grand Master of the Freemasons....
  
  
• 1782: John Coryton
• 1783: Christopher Hawkins, later Sir Christopher Hawkins, 1st Baronet of Trewithan
• 1785: William Helyar of Newton
• 1788: Francis Gregor
  Francis Gregor (MP)
  Francis Gregor was MP for the County of Cornwall from 1790 to 1806.-Life:He was born on 1 June 1760 in Trewarthenick, Cornwall, the son of Francis Gregor and Mary Copley. His brother was Rev. William Gregor, the noted mineralogist He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and St Johns College,...
  
  
• 1789: Robert Lovell Gwatkin
• 1792–1793: Davies Gilbert
  Davies Gilbert
  Davies Gilbert FRS was a British engineer, author, and politician. He was elected to the Royal Society on 17 November 1791 and served as President of the Royal Society from 1827 to 1830....
  
  
• 1794: Edward Archer
• 1796: John Enys
• 1798: James Buller
• 1799: Edmund John Glynn
  Edmund John Glynn
  Edmund John Glynn was a soldier, landowner, politician, banker and High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1799.-Early life:Edmund John Glynn was the eldest child of John Glynn of Glynn, Cornwall and Susanna Margaret Oglander of the Isle of Wight. His father was a prominent lawyer in London and a leading...
  
  

Nineteenth century Sheriffs

• 1802: Thomas Carlyon
• 1804: John Bettesworth-Trevanion
  John Bettesworth-Trevanion
  John Trevanion Purnell Bettesworth-Trevanion, MP, OW was a Cornish politician. He rebuilt Caerhays as a Gothic-style castle.-Early years:...
  
  
• 1805: Samuel Stephens
  Samuel Stephens (junior)
  Samuel Stephens was a politician in Cornwall. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in two periods between 1806 at 1820....
  
  
• 1806: Thomas Graham of Penquite
• 1807: Sir William Call, 2nd Baronet
  Sir William Call, 2nd Baronet
  Sir William Pratt Call, 2nd Baronet is best known for holding the office of High Sheriff of Cornwall between 1807 and 1808, and for being a partner in a London banking house....
  
   of Whiteford, Cornwall
• 1810: George Clement Boase
• 1811: William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny
• 1817: William Arundell Harris
• 1822: David Howell
• 1824: John Samuel Enys
  John Samuel Enys
  John Samuel Enys was a British mining engineer and scientist who wrote several important papers on the "duty" of steam engines and other types of power delivery, from water wheels to horses, and made numerous studies on the extensive mining works in his home of Cornwall, England.Enys was born 21...
  
  
• 1830: Edward Collins, of Truthan
• 1831: John Hearle Tremayne
  John Hearle Tremayne
  John Hearle Tremayne was a member of a landed family in the English county of Cornwall, and owner of the Heligan estate near Mevagissey. He was a member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Cornwall, a Justice of the peace, and High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1831...
  
  , of Heligan
  Heligan estate
  The Heligan estate was the ancestral home of the Tremayne family, near Mevagissey in Cornwall. The family also held property at Sydenham near Marystow in Devon....
  
  
• 1832: Edward Archer, of Trelaske
• 1833: Christopher Wallace Popham, of Antron Lodge
• 1834: Charles Prideaux Brune, of Prideaux Place
  Prideaux Place
  Prideaux Place is a country house in Padstow, Cornwall, England.For over 400 years, Prideaux Place has been the home of the Prideaux-Brune family. Completed in 1592, the house has been enlarged and modified by successive generations...
  
  , Padstow was initially named, but was replaced by Joseph Sawle Graves-Sawle, of Penrice
• 1835: John Buller, of Morval
• 1836: Arthur Kelly, of Kelly
• 1837: John Basset, of Tehidy Park
• 1838: Joseph Thomas Austen
  Joseph Treffry
  Joseph Austen Treffry was an engineer, mining adventurer, and industrialist who became a significant landowner in Cornwall, United Kingdom.-Biography:...
  
   (later Treffry), of Place
• 1839: Deeble Peter Hoblyn, though Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet
  Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet
  Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, 8th Baronet was an English landowner and Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1825 and 1857.-Early life:...
  
  , of Trelowarren was initially named
• 1840: Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet
  Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet
  Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, 8th Baronet was an English landowner and Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1825 and 1857.-Early life:...
  
  , of Trelowarren
• 1841: John Hornbrook Gill, of Bickham
• 1842: Sir William Molesworth, of Pencarrow
  Pencarrow
  Pencarrow is a country house in north Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated three miles east-southeast of Wadebridge and three miles north-northwest of Bodmin...
  
  
• 1843: William Marshall, of Treworgey
• 1844: Henry Lewis Stephens or Stevens, of Tregenna Castle
  Tregenna Castle
  Tregenna Castle, in St Ives, Cornwall, was built by John Stephens in the 18th century. The estate was sold in 1871 and became an hotel, a purpose for which it is still used today.The castle is a Grade II Listed building...
  
  
• 1845: Francis Rodd, of Trebartha Hall
• 1846: Christopher Henry Thomas Hawkins, of Trewithen
• 1847: Nicholas Kendall
  Nicholas Kendall
  Nicholas Kendall was born at St Mabyn, Cornwall. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1847 and a Conservative Member of Parliament . In 1858 he was chairman of the River Thames Select Committee during The Great Stink...
  
  , of Pelyn
• 1848: Augustus Coryton, of Pentillie
  Pentillie
  Pentillie is a grade II* listed country house and estate, located on the banks of the River Tamar in Pillaton, near to St Mellion, in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom...
  
  
• 1849: Sir Samuel Thomas Spry
  Samuel Thomas Spry
  Samuel Thomas Spry was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1841.Spry was the son of Admiral Thomas Davy, who changed his name to Spry, and his wife Anna-Maria Thomas. He was a member of the Spry family of Place and Tregolls Cornwall.At the 1832 general...
  
  , of Tregols

• 1850: William Daubuz, of Killiow
• 1851: Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Tregullow
• 1852: Sir Colman Rashleigh, 2nd Baronet
• 1853: Richard Foster, of Castle, Lanlivery
  Lanlivery
  Lanlivery is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is located approximately 1½ miles west of Lostwithiel and five miles south of Bodmin....
  
  
• 1854: Francis Howell, of Ethy House
• 1855: William Henry Pole-Carew
  William Henry Pole-Carew
  William Henry Pole-Carew was a Cornish politician.The son of Reginald Pole-Carew, he was born in Marylebone in 1811...
  
  , of East Antony
• 1856: Sir William Berkeley Call
• 1857: Sir Henry Onslow, 3rd Baronet
• 1858: John Francis Buller, of Morval
• 1859: John Tremayne
• 1864: Day Perry Le Grice, of Trereife
• 1866: John Thomas Henry Peter
• 1870: Edmund Beauchamp Tucker (later Beauchamp) of Trevince
• 1876: Francis Gilbert Enys
• 1878: William Cole Pendarves
• 1880: Charles Glynn Prideaux-Brune
• 1884: Thomas Bedford Bolitho
• 1886: Charles Ebenezer Treffrey
• 1889-1890: Arthur Pendarves Vivian of Bosahan, St Anthony in Meneage
• 1890: Thomas Robins Bolitho.
• 1892: Edward Brydges Willyams
  Edward Brydges Willyams
  Edward William Brydges Willyams was a Liberal MP, successively for three Cornish constituencies. In 1892, he was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.-Parental family:...
  
   of Carnaton, St Columb.
• 1894: John Bevill Fortescue.
• 1896: Sir Robert Pearce Edgecumbe.
• 1897: F. L. Barratt
• 1898: Sir Robert Harvey
• 1899: Sir Lewis Molesworth, 11th Baronet

Twentieth century before 1974 (Sheriffs)

Twentieth century from 1974 (High Sheriffs)

Twenty-first century High Sheriffs

• 2000: Lady Frances Barbara Molyneux Banham
• 2001: John Michael Williams
• 2002: Mrs Judith Ann Coode appointed from 16 February 2002
• 2003: Christopher Leslie Perkins appointed 7 March 2003
• 2004: James Piers Southwell St Aubyn of Tredrea Manor, appointed 12 March 2004
• 2005: Peter John Dixon Hodgson CBE
  CBE
  CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
  
   appointed 11 March 2005
• 2006: Mrs Louella Hanbury-Tenison appointed 14 March 2006
• 2007: The Hon Evelyn Arthur Hugh Boscawen of Tregothnan
• 2008: Sir Ralph Ferrers Alexander Vyvyan Bt
  Vyvyan Baronets
  The Vyvyan Baronetcy, of Trelowarren in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 12 February 1645 for Richard Vyvyan, Member of Parliament for Penrhyn, Tregony and St Mawes and Master of the Mint. The second Baronet represented St Mawes and Helston in the...
  
   of Trelowarren, Helston
  Helston
  Helston is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles east of Penzance and nine miles southwest of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town in the UK and is around further south than...
  
  
• 2009: Iain Anthony Mackie
• 2010: James Piran Williams
• 2011: Col Edward Bolitho of Trengwainton