List of Sheriffs

• 1540-41: Charles Herbert, of Troy First High Sheriff
• 1541-42: Walter Herbert, of St. Julian's
• 1542-43: Walter ap Robert, of Pantglas, Ynwyr Gwent Vizy Esq.
• 1543-44: Henry Lewis, of St. Pierre
• 1544-45: Reginald ap Hawell, of Perth-hir
• 1545-46: John Harry Kemys, of Mathern
• 1546-47: Anthony Walsh, of Llanwern
• 1547-48: Thomas ap Morgan, of Pencoyd
• 1548-49: Sir Charles Herbert, Kt. of Troy
• 1549-50: Sir William Morgan, Kt. of Tredegar
• 1550-51: Walter Herbert, of Skenfrith (a natural son of Sir Charles Herbert of Troy, who died in office)
• 1551-52: William Herbert, of Coldbrook
• 1552-53: William Herbert, of St. Julian's

• 1553-54: Anthony Welshe, of Llanwern
• 1554-55: Walter ap Robart, of Pantglas
• 1555-56: William John Thomas, of Treowen
• 1556-57: Roland Morgan, of Machen
• 1557-58: Henry Lewes Esq. of Mathern

• 1558-59: Sir Thomas Morgan (or ap Morgan), Kt. of Pencoyd
• 1559-60: Thomas Herbert, of Wenestowe
• 1560-61: George James, of Troy
• 1561-62: Roger Williams, of Llangibby
• 1562-63: William Harberte, of Colebrook
• 1563-64: William Herbert, of St. Julian's
• 1564-65: William Morgan, of Tredegar
• 1565-66: John Henry Kemys, of Newport
• 1566-67: William ap John ap Rogers Esq. of Abergavenny
• 1567-68:William Morgan, of Llanternam
• 1568-69: Christopher Walshe, of Llanwern
• 1569-70: Roland Morgan, of Llanvedon
• 1570-71: William Herbert, of Colebrook
• 1571-72: Thomas Herbert, of Wynnstow
• 1572-73: William Morgan, of Llanternam
• 1573-74: Miles Morgan, of Tredegar
• 1574-75: Roland Kemys, of Vaendare
• 1575-76: Christopher Welshe, of Llanwern
• 1576-77: Rice Morgan, address unknown
• 1577-78: William John ap Roger, of Abergavenny
• 1578-79: William Lewis, of St. Pere
• 1579-80: Sir William Herbert, Knt. of St. Julian's
• 1580-81: Thomas Morgan, of Machen
• 1581-82: Edmund Morgan, of Pencarn
• 1582-83: Edward Morgan, of Llanternam
• 1583-84: Matthew Herbert, of Colebrook
• 1584-85: William Lewes, of Abergavenny
• 1585-86: Rhys Morgan, address unknown
• 1586-87: John Jones, of Treowen
• 1587-88: Henry Morgan, of Penllwyn
• 1588-89: Henry Harberte (or Harbarte), of Wonastow
• 1589-90: Nicholas Harberte (or Harbarte), of Wonastow
• 1590-91: Edward Kemys, the Van. of Kemys
• 1591-92: Walter Vaughn, of Cockhill
• 1592-93: Roland Morgan, of Bedwellty
• 1593-94: Walter Jones, of Magor
• 1594-95: Matthew Harbert, of Colebrook
• 1595-96: Matthew Pritchard, of Llanvair
• 1596-97: Andrew Morgan, of Llanvihangel
• 1598-99: Henry Billingsly, of Penhow
• 1599-1600: Rhys Kemys, of Kemys
• 1600-01: Edward Kemys, of Kemys
• 1601-02: Edmund Morgan
  Edmund Morgan (of Llandaff)
  Sir Edmund Morgan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601 and 1621.Morgan was the second son of Henry Morgan of Llandaff and Penllwyn-Sarth. He was a captain in the army and was knighted probably at Dublin on 5 August 1599....
  
   , of Llanternam

• 1602-03: Henry Morgan
  Henry Morgan (of Llandaff)
  Henry Morgan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601.Morgan was the eldest son of Henry Morgan of Llandaff and Penllwyn-Sarth. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire. He was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1603.Morgan married Cicely Welsh, daughter...
  
  , of Penllwyn
• 1603-04: John Gaynesford, address unknown
• 1604-05: Roland Williams, of Llangibby
• 1605-06: Valentine Prichard, address unknown
• 1606-07: William Price, of Llanffoyst
• 1607-08: Sir Walter Montagu
  Walter Montagu (MP)
  Walter Montagu was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614.Montagu was the second son of Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton. He was knighted on 11 May 1603. He became High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1608...
  
  , Knt. of Penycoed
• 1608-09: Charles Jones (afterwards Sir Charles Jones), Knt. of Dingestow
• 1609-10: Henry Lewes, of St. Pierre
• 1610-11: William Rowlins, of Tregaer
• 1611-12: Sir William Morgan
  William Morgan (of Tredegar)
  Sir William Morgan was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624 and 1625. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
  
   of Tredegar
• 1612-13: Roger Botherne, of Penhow
• 1613-14: Giles Morgan, of Pencoug
• 1614-15: William Jones
  William Jones (of Treowen)
  William Jones was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614.Jones was the son of John Jones of Treowen. In 1614, Jones was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire. He was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1615...
  
  , of Treowen
• 1615-16: Thomas Vaun, of Coldra
• 1616-17: Thomas Morgan (afterwards Sir Thomas Morgan), of Rhywperra
• 1617-18: George Milborne, of Wonastow
• 1618-19: William Hughes, of Cillwch
• 1619-20: Thomas Cocke, address unknown
• 1620-21: Walter Aldey, of Chepstow Hardwick
• 1621-22: Robert Jones, of Grandra
• 1622-23: William Walter, of Persfield
• 1623-24: David Lewis, of Llandewi

• 1624-25: Edward Morgan, address unknown
• 1635-26: Charles Somerset, of Troy
• 1626-27: Sir Charles Williams
  Charles Williams (of Llangibby)
  Sir Charles Williams was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1621.Williams was the son of Sir Rowland Williams of Llangibby. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford on 16 June 1610 aged 19, He became a student of Inner Temple in November 1611.In 1621, Williams was elected...
  
   of Llangibby
• 1627-28: William Kemys (or Kymies, or Kemeys), of Kemys
• 1628-29: William Thomas, of Carlion
• 1629-30: John Walter, of Persfield
• 1630-31: William Barker, of Abergavenny
• 1631-32: Nicholas Kemeys, of Llanvair
• 1632-33: Nicholas Arnold
  Nicholas Arnold (MP)
  Nicholas Arnold was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1626 and 1629.Arnold was the son of John Arnold of Llanthony. He matriculated at St Alban Hall, Oxford on 29 November 1616 aged 16....
  
  , of Llanvihangel Crugcornen
• 1633-34: Lewis Van (or Vaune), of Coldra
• 1634-35: George Milborne, of Wonastow
• 1635-36: Henry Proberte, of Pantglas
• 1636-37: Thomas Morgan, of Tymawr
• 1637-38: William Herbert
  William Herbert (of Coldbrook)
  William Herbert was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1626.Herbert was the eldest son of William Herbert of Coldbrook and his wife Catherine Morgan, daughter of Thomas Morgan of Tredegar. He was the grandson of Matthew Herbert.In 1626, Herbert was elected Member of...
  
  , of Coldbrook
• 1638-39: Nicholas Moore, of Crick
• 1639-40: John Milborne, address unknown
• 1640-41: Edmund Morgan, address unknown
• 1641-42: Edmund Morgan, address unknown
• 1641-42: Thomas Morgan, of Llanfon
• 1642-43: Phillip Jones, of Treowen
• 1643-44: Thomas Price, of Llanffoyet
• 1644-45: Sir Edward Morgan, of Pencoyd
• 1645-46: William Herbert, address unknown
• 1646-47: William Morgan, of Pencrigge
• 1647-48: Henry Vaughn, of Caldicot

• 1648-49: Christopher Catchway (or Katchway) Esq., address unknown
• 1650: Roger Williams, of Newport
• 1651: Thomas Williams, address unknown
• 1652: William Blethin Esq., address unknown
• 1653: Edward Kemis, of Bartholey
• 1654: Henry Barker Esq., address unknown
• 1655: John Price, Esq., address unknown
• 1656: Charles Herbert, of Hadrock
• 1657: Roger Oates, of Cefntilla
• 1658-59: Charles Vaun, of Coldra
  • Charles Vaun's appointment of Thomas Powell as under sheriff, dated 23 December 1658, recites that he had been appointed High Sheriff by the Lord Protector, of course for the year ensuing whence it seems he served two years in succession.
• 1660: Charles Vaun, of Coldra
  • Charles Vaun transferred prisoners to his successor Thomas Morgan, by deed dated 16 January 1661, indicating that he may have served a third term.

• 1666: Walter Morgan of Llandeilo Patholly
• 1670: Sir John Scudamore, Kt
• 1675: Joseph Gwyn of Llangoun
• 1678: William Kemish of Kemish
• 1679: James Herbert

Served under George I

• 1714: John Walter of Bersfield
• 1715:
• 1719: Laurence Lord
• 1720:
• 1724: Matthew Powell of Llantilio
• 1725:
• 1726: Richard Lewis of Court-y-Gallon
• 1727: Edward Gore of Langston

• 1728:
• 1729: Robert Jones of Gronory
• 1730: Henry Nash
• 1731: Thomas Jenkins of Goytree
• 1732: Edmund Bradbury
• 1733: William Rees of St Brides
• 1734: Henry Morgan, of Penlloyne
• 1735:
• 1737: Anthony Morgan of Lanethly
• 1738: William Seys of Newport
• 1739:
• 1741: Francis Jenkins
• 1742: Richard Clarke of the Hill
• 1743: Edward Perkins of Pilstone
• 1744: James Tudor Morgan of Llangattock Lingoed
• 1745: William Aldy of Hardwicke
• 1746: Thomas Jenkins of Glascoed
• 1747:
• 1748:
• 1749: Sydenham Shipway of Caldicott
• 1750:
• 1753: William Jenkins of Goytree
• 1754: John Chambie of Lanforst
• 1755: John Jones of Craigwith
• 1756: Daniel Treagose of Tregirog
• 1757: John Lewis of Landilo
• 1758: Rowland Pytt

• 1785: William Rees, of St. Bride's
• 1786: Robert Salusbury, later Sir Robert Salusbury, 1st Baronet, of Llanwern
• 1789: Thomas Lewis, of Saint Peer
• 1794: John Rolls
• 1798: Robert Morgan Kinsey, of Abergavenny
• 1810: William Pilkington
• 1813: Samuel Homfray
  Samuel Homfray
  Samuel Homfray was an English industrialist during the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, associated with the early iron industry in South Wales....
  
  
• 1818: Nathaniel Wells
  Nathaniel Wells
  Nathaniel Wells , was the son of a Welsh merchant and a black slave. After inheriting his father's plantations, he became a wealthy land owner, magistrate, the second black person to hold a commission in the Armed Forces of the Crown Nathaniel Wells (10 September 1779 – 13 May 1852), was the son...
  
  , of Piercefield, the first black person to be appointed a High Sheriff

• 1826: Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet
  Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet
  Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet was an English ironmaster and Member of Parliament .Bailey was born in 1783 in Great Wenham, Suffolk, the son of John Bailey, of Wakefield and his wife Susannah...
  
  

• 1830: William Jones, of Clytha was initially appointed but was replaced by Iltyd Nichol, of Usk
• 1831: William Hollis, of Mounton
• 1832: Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet, of Rumney
• 1833: William Vaughan, of Courtfield
• 1834: John Buckle, of Mathern
  Mathern
  Mathern is a historic village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, about 5 km south west of the town of Chepstow, close to the Severn estuary, the Bristol Channel and the M48 motorway. The village is designated as a Conservation Area...
  
  
• 1835: Charles Marriott, of Dixton
• 1836: George Rooke, of Llandogo
• 1837: Philip Jones, of Lanarth Court

• 1838: John Jenkins, of Caerleon
• 1839: Colthurst Bateman, of Pertholey
• 1840: Summers Harford, of Sirhowy
• 1841: Samuel Homfray, of Bedwellty
  Bedwellty
  Bedwellty was a parish and urban district in Monmouthshire, South Wales, until 1974.The original ancient parish was very large, including most of the upper Ebbw and Sirhowy valleys...
  
  
• 1842: John Etherington Welch Rolls, of The Hendre
  The Hendre
  The Hendre is Monmouthshire's only full-scale Victorian country house, constructed in the Victorian Gothic style...
  
  
• 1843: Sir Digby Mackworth, 4th Baronet, of Glanusk Park
  Glanusk Park
  Glanusk Park is an estate in Britain. It is situated near Crickhowell, Powys, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire. It was established in 1826 by a "retired" ironmaster, Sir Joseph Bailey. The park features in the hereditary title Baron Glanusk which was given to Sir Joseph's grandson,...
  
  
• 1844: William Jones, of Clytha House
• 1845: William Philips, of Whitson House
• 1846: Thomas Prothero, of Malpas Court
• 1847: William Mark Wood, of Rhymney
• 1848: Edward Harris Phillips, of Trosnant Cottage
• 1849: John Arthur Herbert, of Llanarth Court
• 1850: Crawshay Bailey
  Crawshay Bailey
  Crawshay Bailey was an English industrialist who became one of the great iron-masters of Wales.-Early life:Bailey was born in 1789 in Great Wenham, Suffolk, the son of John Bailey, of Wakefield and his wife Susannah...
  
  , of Lanthewy Court
• 1851: Ferdinand Hanbury Williams, of Coldbrook Park
• 1852: William Hunter Little, of Llanvair Grange
• 1853: Henry Bailey, of Nantyglo
  Nantyglo
  Nantyglo is a village in the ancient parish of Aberystruth and county of Monmouth situated deep within the South Wales Valleys between Blaina and Brynmawr in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent.- Places of interest in Nantyglo :...
  
  
• 1854: Thomas Brown, of Ebbw Vale
  Ebbw Vale
  Ebbw Vale is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River, south Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough...
  
  
• 1855: John Russell, of the Wyelands, Chepstow
• 1856: Edward Bagnall Dimmack, of Pontypool
• 1857: Thomas Gratrex, of Court St Lawrence
• 1858: Godfrey Charles Morgan
  Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar
  Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar was a British Army officer and British politician.Tredegar was born on 28 April 1831 in Ruperra Castle, Glamorganshire...
  
  , of Tredegar Park
  Tredegar Park
  Tredegar Park is a large municipal park located near the housing estates of Duffryn, Maesglas, and Gaer in the city of Newport in South Wales.- History :...
  
  
• 1859: Edward Mathew Curre, of Itton Court
• 1860: Hon. William Powell Rodney, of Llanvihangel Court
• 1861: James Proctor Carruthers, of The Grondra, near Chepstow
• 1862: John Best Snead, of Chepstow
• 1863: Henry Martin Kennard, of Crumlin Hall, near Newport
• 1864: Henry Charles Byrde, of Goytre House
• 1865: Arthur Davies Berrington, of Panty-Goitre
• 1866: Frederick Cotton Finch Esq. of Blaenavon
• 1867: George Ralph Greenhow Ralph Esq. of Beech Hill
• 1868: Frank Johnstone Mitchell Esq. of Llanfrechfa Grange
• 1869: John Lawrence, of Crick House, Monmouthshire
• 1870: Edward Lister, of Cfn Ila
• 1871: Thomas Cerdes Esq. of Bryn Glas, Newport
• 1872: James Charles Hill Esq. of The Brooks, Abergavenny
• 1873: John Jefferies Stone, of Seyberwen
• 1874: Crawshay Bailey, of Maindiff Court, Abergavenny
• 1875: John Allen Rolls
  John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock
  John Allan Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock, DL owned The Hendre, a Victorian mansion north of Monmouth.- Biography :He was the only son of John Etherington Welch Rolls and his wife Elizabeth Mary Long...
  
  , of The Hendre
  The Hendre
  The Hendre is Monmouthshire's only full-scale Victorian country house, constructed in the Victorian Gothic style...
  
  
• 1876: Edward Kennard, of Park House, Blaenavon
• 1877: Charles Henry Crompton-Roberts, of Drybridge
• 1878: John Capel Hanbury, JP, D.L. of Pontypool Park, Pontypool
• 1879: James Murray Bannerman, of Wystone Leys, Monmouthshire
• 1880: Charles Edward Lewis, of Saint Pierre, Chepstow
• 1881: James Graham, of Hillstown Park, Monmouth
• 1882: Thomas Phillips Price
  Thomas Phillips Price
  Thomas Phillips Price was a Welsh landowner, mine owner and Liberal politician.Price was the son of the Reverend Canon William Price, vicar of Llanarth. When he was 23, his unmarried uncle, Sir Thomas Phillips left him a fortune. He was an active mine owner with a mine at Darran Llanhilleth and...
  
  , of Triley Court, Abergavenny
• 1883: William George Cartwright, of Newport
• 1884: Richard Powell Rees, of Firs, Abergavenny
• 1885: George Lawrence Esq. of Trevella
• 1886: Joseph Firbank, of Saint Julian's, Newport
• 1887: Edmund Davies Williams, of Maesrudded, Crumlin
• 1888: Robert William Kennard, of Elaenavon
• 1889: Joseph Alfred Bradney, of Talycoed Court
• 1890: Thomas Beynon Esq. of Castleton, Newport
• 1891: Joseph Thomas Firbank, of St. Julians, Newport
• 1892: William Edward Carne Curre, of Ilton, Chepstow
• 1893: Arthur Evans, of Llangibby Castle, Monmouthshire
• 1894: Richard Leyborn Esq., M.I.C.E. JP and D.L., of The Firs, Malpas
• 1895: Henry Hastings Clay, of Piercefield Park, Chepstow
• 1896: Col. Robert Henry Mansel, of Maindiff Court, Abergavenny
• 1897: Lt. Col. Charles Montagew Crompton-Roberts, of Drybridge, Monmouth
• 1898: Samuel Courthorpe Bosanquet Esq. of Dingstow Court
• 1899: Charles William Earle Marsh of St Helens, Newport
• 1900: The Hon. John MacLean Rolls
  John Rolls, 2nd Baron Llangattock
  John Maclean Rolls, 2nd Baron Llangattock was a British barrister and army Major.Son of John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock and his wife Georgiana Marcia Maclean, he was born in London and educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A in 1893 and M.A in 1896.He was a Barrister of the Inner...
  
  , of The Hendre
  The Hendre
  The Hendre is Monmouthshire's only full-scale Victorian country house, constructed in the Victorian Gothic style...
  
   (Second Baron Llangattock, 1912)

• 1901: William Llewellin Esq. of Upton House, Poole, Dorset
• 1902: Edward Windsor Richards, of Pas, or Plas Llecha, USK.
• 1903: Edward Pritchard Martin Esq. of Abergavenny
• 1904: John Davies James, or Myrtle Grove, Blackwood
• 1905: Sir Clifford John Corey, First Baronet, of Llantarnam Abbey
• 1906: Charles Herbert Firbank, of Glen Usk, near Caerleon
• 1907: Col. Charles Thomas Wallace, of Chesterholme, Stow Park, Newport
• 1908: Edmund William Thome Llewelyn Brewer-Williams Esq. of Maesrydded, Newport
• 1909: Edward Steer Esq. of Woodlands, Malpas
• 1910: Isaac Butler, of Panteg House, near Newport

• 1911: Sir Thomas Edward Watson, Bart, of Mary's Lodge, Newport
• 1912: Sir Frederick Mills, Bart, of The Park Ebbw Vale
• 1913: Llewyllyn Llewylyn, J.P., of Kings Hill, Newport
• 1914: William Gwilym Cristar James, of Llan Wysg, Crickhowell
• 1915: William Royse Lysaght, of Castleford
• 1916: John Paton, of Waun Wern, Pontypool
• 1917: Sir John Wyndham Beynon Esq., of Bryn Ivor (also Order of St. John of Jerusalem)
• 1918: Charles Oswald Liddell, of Shirenewton, Chepstow
• 1919: Gerald Mainwaring Vaughn Hughes, of Chepstow
• 1920: Sir LEonard Wilkinson Llewelyn, of Maplas Court, Newport
• 1921: Lt. Col. Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet
  Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet
  Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean and Cardiff East , and as Junior Lord of the Treasury .- Biography :Educated at Lausanne and Paris, he trained as a mining engineer and became a...
  
   of Llynarthan
• 1922: Lt. Col. John Charters Kirk, of St. Alberns, Christchurch, Newport. (Died during year of office, 1922. Acting Sheriff, Edward Coulman)
• 1923: Sir Richard Mathias, of Vaendre Hall, St Mellons
• 1924: Major Aubery Isaac Rothwell Butler, of Sandelford Priory, Newbury
• 1925: Captain Charles Crofts Llewellyn Williams, of Llanrumney Hall, St. Meilons
• 1926: Charles Leigh Clay, Peircefield Park, Chepstow. (Brother of Henry Hastings Clay, Sheriff 1895)
• 1927: Lionel Digby Whitehead Esq. of Goytre Hall, Abergavenny
• 1928: Major Albert Addams Williams, of Llangibby Castle, Monmouthshire
• 1929: William Percival Miles, of Monkstone Rumney
• 1930: Frederick Phillips Esq. J.P. for County Borough of Newport
• 1931: Col. John Evans, of Grouville, Stow Park Circus, Newport
• 1932: Sir William Henry Saeger, of Knight
• 1933: Leonard Twiston Davies Esq., D.L., F.S.A. of Rockfield Park, Monmouth
• 1934: Major Claude Gilbert Martin, J.P. D.L. of Stow Park Circus, Newport
• 1935: Edgar John Lewis, Esq., J.P. of Troedy Chiw, Bedwas

• 1936: Edward Osborne Bennett, Esq., of Llanvihangel Court, near Abergavenny

• 1937: Frederick Pring Robjent, of Fields House in the County Borough of Newport in the county of Monmouth, Esq. in the Commission of the Peace.
• 1938: George Leighton Seager
  Leighton Seager, 1st Baron Leighton of St Mellons
  Leighton Seager, 1st Baron Leighton of St Mellons CBE , known as Sir George Leighton Seager, 1st Baronet, from 1952 to 1962, was a Welsh shipping magnate....
  
  , C.B.E. of " Bryn Ivor Hall", Castleton, near Cardiff
• 1939: Capt. Geoffrey Cartland Hugh Crawshay, of Llanfair Court, Abergavenny
• 1940: Alfred John Davies, of Stow Park Circle, Newport
• 1941: Arthur James, of Griffithstown, Pontypool, Monmouthshire
• 1942: Desmond Lysaght, of Castleford, Chepstow
• 1943: Andrew Norman Phillips, of Newport
• 1944: Lieut.-Col. Horace Cuthbert Rees Thompson, of Oakdene, Llantarnam
• 1945: Major Thomas Henry Vile
  Tommy Vile
  Major Thomas Henry "Tommy" Vile MBE was a Welsh international rugby union player. He played club rugby predominantly for Newport, captaining the side twice and played county rugby for Monmouthshire. He also represented the British Isles in Australia, and after retiring from playing became an...
  
  , of Kia Ora, Waterloo Road, Newport

• After 1974 - See High Sheriff of Gwent
  High Sheriff of Gwent
  The office of High Sheriff of Gwent was established in 1974 under section 219 of the Local Government Act 1972, replacing the shrievalty of Monmouthshire.-List of Sheriffs:...