High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
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This is a list of High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire.
The High Sheriff
is the oldest secular office under the Crown. 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 defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March.
Between 1974 and 1996 the shrievalty in Lincolnshire was interrupted when the County of Humberside
took over the complete northern part of the county. In 1996 the northern bailiwick
s reverted to Lincolnshire
once more, after eight High Sheriffs of Humberside
had administered the area.
?-1115: Osbert
The High Sheriff
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...
is the oldest secular office under the Crown. 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 defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March.
Between 1974 and 1996 the shrievalty in Lincolnshire was interrupted when the County of Humberside
Humberside
Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, created from portions of the East and West ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire...
took over the complete northern part of the county. In 1996 the northern bailiwick
Bailiwick
A bailiwick is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and may also apply to a territory in which the sheriff's functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff under a royal or imperial writ. The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of...
s reverted to Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
once more, after eight High Sheriffs of Humberside
High Sheriff of Humberside
The High Sheriff of Humberside was a High Sheriff title which was in existence from 1974 until 1996, covering Humberside, England.The county of Humberside was formed from most of the East Riding of Yorkshire and parts of Lincolnshire in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 and was served by its...
had administered the area.
10th to 12th century
- Thorold
- Alwin
- Thorold
- c.1066–1068: Merleswein
- 1068–: Ivo de Taillebois
?-1115: Osbert
- 1115-: Wigod
- c1129: Rainer of Bath
- 1130s: Hacon
- 1154: Rainer of Bath
- 1155: Jordan of Blossevilla
- 1156–1162: Walter de Amundevel
- 1163–1164: Peter de Gossa
- 1165: William de Lisle
- 1166 Aluredus de Poiltona
- 1167–1168: Philip de Kyme
- 1169–1170: Walter of Grimesby
- 1171–1174: Walter and Aluredus de Poiltona
- 1175–1176: Drogo, son of Radulph
- 1177–1183: William BassetWilliam BassetWilliam Basset was an Anglo-Norman administrator and justice.He was born in Colston, Nottinghamshire, the son of Richard Basset, a royal justice and his wife Matilda Ridel. He settled in Sapcote, Leicestershire....
of Sapcote, Leics - 1184–1187: Nigel, son of Alexander
- 1189: Gerard de CamvilleGerard de CamvilleGerard de Camville was an English nobleman, judge, and supporter of King John.His father was Richard de Camville, a baron and administrator under Kings Stephen and Henry II. The name Camville occurs in the Battle Abbey Roll....
and Roger de Stikewald - 1190: Gerard de CamvilleGerard de CamvilleGerard de Camville was an English nobleman, judge, and supporter of King John.His father was Richard de Camville, a baron and administrator under Kings Stephen and Henry II. The name Camville occurs in the Battle Abbey Roll....
- 1191–1192: Gerard de CamvilleGerard de CamvilleGerard de Camville was an English nobleman, judge, and supporter of King John.His father was Richard de Camville, a baron and administrator under Kings Stephen and Henry II. The name Camville occurs in the Battle Abbey Roll....
and Roger de Stikewald - 1193: Gerard de CamvilleGerard de CamvilleGerard de Camville was an English nobleman, judge, and supporter of King John.His father was Richard de Camville, a baron and administrator under Kings Stephen and Henry II. The name Camville occurs in the Battle Abbey Roll....
and Eustatius de Hedenham - 1194: Simon de Kyme and Peter de Trehanton
- 1195–1196: Simon de Kyme and Peter of Beckering and Robert de Trehanton
- 1197: Philip son of Robert
- 1199: Robert de Tatteshall
13th century
14th century
15th Century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
Present century
- 2000: Richard William Parker
- 2001: Clifford Graham Rowles Nicholson, of Temple Garth, Willoughton, Gainsborough.
- 2002: Charles Richard Ferens, of Casthorpe Lodge, Barrowby, Grantham.
- 2003: Paul Walter Reginald Pumfrey Esq, OBE, Stanway House, 11 Greetwell Road, Lincoln.
- 2004: Charles William Hodder Welby Esq., Stroxton House,
- 2005: Nigel Brown
- 2006: Roger James Douglas
- 2007: Patricia Jane Ware
- 2008: John William Lockwood
- 2009: Lady Sarah McCorquodaleLady Sarah McCorquodaleThe Lady Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia McCorquodale is the older sister of Diana, Princess of Wales.-Early life:Sarah was born The Honourable Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer; she acquired the courtesy title The Lady Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer in 1975, when her grandfather died and her father became...
- 2010:J A C Godfrey Esq CBE Searby, Barnetby
- 2011: R M Battle Esq, Moorlands, Branston, Lincolnshire, LN4 1HZ