High Sheriff of Worcestershire
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This is a list of Sheriff and since 1998 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...

s of Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

.

The 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 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. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....

, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled 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...

. The High Sheriff changes every March.

Medieval

  • 1066 Cyneweard of Laughern
    Cyneweard of Laughern
    Cyneweard of Laughern or simply Cyneweard was a mid-11th century Anglo-Saxon thegn and sheriff in Worcestershire, England. Probably the son of Æthelric Kiu and grand-nephew of Wulfstan Lupus, Archbishop of York , he was one of the leading nobles of the county at the Norman Conquest of England...

  • c.1086 Robert the Bursar
  • c.1069–1108 Urse d'Abetot
    Urse d'Abetot
    Urse d'Abetot was a Norman as well as a medieval Sheriff of Worcestershire and royal official under Kings William I, William II and Henry I...

  • 1108–c.1110 Roger d'Abetot
    Roger d'Abetot
    Roger d'Abetot was a medieval English Sheriff of Worcestershire.Roger was the son of Urse d'Abetot, his predecessor as sheriff. He also held the custody of Worcester Castle, another office he inherited from his father. He may also have been a constable in Henry I's household, as his father had been...

     (exiled 1110)
  • c1110–1114 Osbert d'Abetot
  • 1114–1130 Walter de Beauchamp
  • 1130– : William de Beauchamp
    William de Beauchamp (of Elmley)
    William de Beauchamp was an Anglo-Norman baron and hereditary sheriff.He was born in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, the son of Walter de Beauchamp, who had been made hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire after the honour had been confiscated from Roger d'Abetot. He served in this capacity from the...


Henry II (25 October 1154 – 6 July 1189)

Source: Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England
  • William de Bello Campo (William de Beauchamp)
    William de Beauchamp (of Elmley)
    William de Beauchamp was an Anglo-Norman baron and hereditary sheriff.He was born in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, the son of Walter de Beauchamp, who had been made hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire after the honour had been confiscated from Roger d'Abetot. He served in this capacity from the...

     2–15
  • William de Bello Campo
    William de Beauchamp (of Elmley)
    William de Beauchamp was an Anglo-Norman baron and hereditary sheriff.He was born in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, the son of Walter de Beauchamp, who had been made hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire after the honour had been confiscated from Roger d'Abetot. He served in this capacity from the...

    , and Hugo de Puckier 16
  • Randulph de Launch, 17–20
  • Robert de Lucy 21
  • Michael Belett of Wroxton, Oxon, 22–28
  • Rad de Glanvill 29
  • Michael Belett of Wroxton, Oxon, 30
  • Robert Marmion
    Robert Marmion
    Robert Marmion was an English nobleman and itinerant justice. He was reputed to have been the King's Champion. He was descended from the lords of Fontenay le Marmion in Normandy, who are said to have been hereditary champions of the Dukes of Normandy.-Ancestry:The first definite record of the...

     31–33

Richard I 6 July 1189 – 6 April 1199

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  • Robert Marmion
    Robert Marmion
    Robert Marmion was an English nobleman and itinerant justice. He was reputed to have been the King's Champion. He was descended from the lords of Fontenay le Marmion in Normandy, who are said to have been hereditary champions of the Dukes of Normandy.-Ancestry:The first definite record of the...

     1
  • William de Bello Campo 2
  • William de Bello Campo and Richard de Piplinton 3–4
  • William de Bello Campo 5–6
  • Henry de Longo Campo (Henry de Longchamp
    Henry de Longchamp
    Henry de Longchamp or Henry de Longo Campo was an Anglo-Norman administrator.He was born in Wilton Castle, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, the son of Hugh de Longchamp...

    )7–9
  • Ralph de Grafton of Grafton Flyford 10

John 1199–1216

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  • Radulph de Grafton 1–2
  • William de Cantelupo and Adam de Worcester 3–5
  • Robert de Cantelupo 6–7
  • William de Cantelupo and Adam Cl'ieus 8
  • William de Cantelupo and Walter le Puchier 9-11
  • William de Cantelupo and Adam Ruffus 12
  • William de Cantelupo and Adam Delwich 13–14
  • William de Cantelupo and Philip Kutton 15–17

Henry III 1216–1272

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  • Walter de Bello Campo (Walter Beauchamp) and Henry Lunett 2–4
  • Walter de Bello Campo and Hugh le Pohier 5–7
  • Walter de Bello Campo and Thomas Wigorne 9-11
  • Walter de Bello Campo 12–14
  • Walter de Bello Campo and Hugh le Pohier 15
  • Walter de Bello Campo and William de Malvern 16–18
  • “Idem (sive Will.)” 19
  • Walter de Bello Campo and William de Malvern 20
  • William de Bello Campo
    William de Beauchamp (d.1268)
    William de Beauchamp was an English baron and hereditary sheriff.He was born and lived in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire the eldest son of Walter de Beauchamp and his wife Joan de Mortimer....

     (William Beauchamp) and William de Blandhall 21–22
  • William de Bello Campo
    William de Beauchamp (d.1268)
    William de Beauchamp was an English baron and hereditary sheriff.He was born and lived in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire the eldest son of Walter de Beauchamp and his wife Joan de Mortimer....

     and Laurence de Wandlesworth 23–25
  • William de Bello Campo
    William de Beauchamp (d.1268)
    William de Beauchamp was an English baron and hereditary sheriff.He was born and lived in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire the eldest son of Walter de Beauchamp and his wife Joan de Mortimer....

     and Simon de London 26
  • William de Bello Campo
    William de Beauchamp (d.1268)
    William de Beauchamp was an English baron and hereditary sheriff.He was born and lived in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire the eldest son of Walter de Beauchamp and his wife Joan de Mortimer....

     27–50
  • William de Bello Campo
    William de Beauchamp (d.1268)
    William de Beauchamp was an English baron and hereditary sheriff.He was born and lived in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire the eldest son of Walter de Beauchamp and his wife Joan de Mortimer....

     and John de Hull 51–52
  • William de Bello Campo 53–55

Edward I 1272–1307

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  • William de Bello Campo Comes Warwick 1–26
  • Guido de Bello Campo
    Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick
    Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick was an English magnate, and one of the principal opponents of King Edward II and his favourite Piers Gaveston. Guy de Beauchamp was the son of William de Beauchamp, the first Beauchamp earl of Warwick, and succeeded his father in 1298...

     27–35

Edward II 7 July 1307 – 25 January 1327

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  • Guido de Bello Campo, Comes Warwick
    Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick
    Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick was an English magnate, and one of the principal opponents of King Edward II and his favourite Piers Gaveston. Guy de Beauchamp was the son of William de Beauchamp, the first Beauchamp earl of Warwick, and succeeded his father in 1298...

     and Robert de Berkenhall
  • Guido de Bello Campo, Comes Warwick
    Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick
    Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick was an English magnate, and one of the principal opponents of King Edward II and his favourite Piers Gaveston. Guy de Beauchamp was the son of William de Beauchamp, the first Beauchamp earl of Warwick, and succeeded his father in 1298...

     and Walter de Perthrope 2–5
  • Guido de Bello Campo
    Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick
    Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick was an English magnate, and one of the principal opponents of King Edward II and his favourite Piers Gaveston. Guy de Beauchamp was the son of William de Beauchamp, the first Beauchamp earl of Warwick, and succeeded his father in 1298...

    , and Robert de Warwick 6–7
  • Guido de Bello Campo
    Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick
    Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick was an English magnate, and one of the principal opponents of King Edward II and his favourite Piers Gaveston. Guy de Beauchamp was the son of William de Beauchamp, the first Beauchamp earl of Warwick, and succeeded his father in 1298...

     8
  • Johan de Hernyold 9
  • Walter de Bello Campo 10–11
  • William Stracy 12–14
  • William de Bello Campo 15–16
  • Nicholas Russell 17–18
  • Walter de Kokesey 19

Edward III 25 January 1327–1377

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  • Walter de Kokesey 1–2 (1327–1328)
  • Richard de Handeslowe 3–5 (1329–1331)
  • Thomas de Bello Campo
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, KG was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War...

     6–42 (1333–1369)
  • Thomas de Bello Campo
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, KG was an English medieval nobleman, and one of the primary opponents of Richard II.- Birth and Marriage:...

    43–51 (1370–1377)

Richard II 1377–99

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  • Thomas de Bello Campo
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, KG was an English medieval nobleman, and one of the primary opponents of Richard II.- Birth and Marriage:...

     (Thomas Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick) 1–5
  • Thomas de Bello Campo
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, KG was an English medieval nobleman, and one of the primary opponents of Richard II.- Birth and Marriage:...

     5–17
  • Thomas de Bello Campo
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, KG was an English medieval nobleman, and one of the primary opponents of Richard II.- Birth and Marriage:...

     18–19
  • John Washburne 20
  • Henry Haggerley 21
  • Robert Russell 22

Henry IV Bolingbroke 30 September 1399–1413

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  • Thomas de Bello Campo
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, KG was an English medieval nobleman, and one of the primary opponents of Richard II.- Birth and Marriage:...

     1
  • Thomas de Bello Campo
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
    Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, KG was an English medieval nobleman, and one of the primary opponents of Richard II.- Birth and Marriage:...

     and William Beauchamp 2
  • Thomas Hodington 3
  • Richard de Bello Campo, Comes Warwick
    Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
    Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Count of Aumale, KG was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.-Early Life:...

     (Richard Beauchamp) 4–12

Henry V 20 March 1413–1422

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  • Richard de Bello Campo
    Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
    Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Count of Aumale, KG was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.-Early Life:...

     1–9

Henry VI

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  • Richard de Bello Campo
    Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
    Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Count of Aumale, KG was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.-Early Life:...

     1–15
  • Norman Washburne,Subvice 16
  • No records from 17th year for 21 years. Possible Henry Beauchamp
    Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick
    Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick was an English nobleman.He was the son of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Isabel le Despenser...

    , heir to Richard, had the shrievalty in this period

Edward IV (first reign) 4 March 1461 – 2 October 1470

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Period also covers Henry VI (second reign) 30 October 1470 – 11 April 1471

Edward IV (second reign) 11 April 1471 – 9 April 1483
Edward V 9 April – 25 June 1483
  • Walter Scull. Subvice for 19 years (no records for high sheriff)
  • Sir Jacob Radcliffe 20–22

Richard III 26 June 1483–1485

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  • Jacob Radcliffe 1
  • William Houghton 2
  • Humphrey Stafford and Richard Nanfan 3

Henry VII 22 August 1485–1509

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  • Richard Nanfan 1–2
  • John Savage 3–7
  • John Savage, arm. 8–12
  • John Savage, mil. 13–24

Henry VIII 21 April 1509–1547

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  • John Savage, mil. 1–7
  • William Compton
    William Compton (courtier)
    Sir William Compton was one of the most prominent courtiers during the reign of Henry VIII of England. Born around 1482, Compton was about nine years older than his king, but the two became close friends. Compton was the eldest son of Edmund Compton of Warwickshire and became an attendant on young...

    , mil 8–26
  • Walter Walsh 27–28
  • John Russell of Strensham 29
  • Robert Acton of Sutton 30
  • Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton
    Grafton Manor
    Grafton Manor was established before the Norman Conquest...

     31
  • Sir John Pakington
    John Pakington (serjeant-at-law)
    Sir John Pakington , was a serjeant-at-law, MP and Sheriff.-Early life:Pakington was eldest son of John Pakington, by Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas Washbourne of Stanford, Worcestershire. He entered the Inner Temple, and was Lent reader in 1520.-Career:He must have had influence at...

     32
  • John Russell of Strensham 33
  • Go. Throgmorton of Throgmorton 34
  • Thomas Hunkes of Radbroke 35
  • John Talbot of Grafton 36
  • Robert Acton of Sutton 37
  • John Russell of Strensham 38

Edward VI 28 January 1547–1553

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  • William Sheldon of Beely 1
  • Richard Ligon 2
  • William Gower 3
  • William Ligon 4
  • Thomas Russell 5
  • John Talbot of Grafton 6

Mary I 19 July 1553–1558

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  • Henry Dingley of Charlton 1
  • John Folliatt 2
  • Thomas Baskerville 3
  • William Sheldon 4
  • John Littleton of Frankley 5
  • John Knottesford 6

Elizabeth I The Virgin Queen 17 November 1558–1603

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  • Thomas Russell of Strensham 1
  • William Ligon 2
  • Thomas Packington 3
  • Galfr, Markham 4
  • Thomas Baskerville 5
  • William Jefferyes of Holm. Caf. and William Hunkes 6
  • Anthony Daston of Broadway 7
  • John Littleton 8
  • William Sheldon 9
  • Henry Dingley 10
  • Thomas Russell 11
  • Francis Walsh 12
  • John Rowse of Rouslench 13
  • John Littleton 14
  • Richard Ligon 15
  • Edward Colles 16
  • Edward Harewell of Bifford 17
  • Ralph Sheldon 18
  • John Russell 19
  • Henry Berkley 20
  • Walter Blunt of Kidderminster 21
  • Francis Walsh 22
  • Thomas Folliat of Purton 23
  • John Walshburne 24
  • Richard Ligon 25
  • Gilbert Lyttelton
    Gilbert Lyttelton
    Gilbert Lyttelton was the eldest son of Sir John Lyttelton .He was Member of Parliament for Worcestershire in 1570 and in 1571. He inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley on his father's death...

     26 (1583: of Prestwood Hall)
  • Thomas Lucy of Warwick 27
  • William Child of Northwick 28
  • Egid. Read 29
  • George Winter of Huddington 30
  • William Savage 31
  • Edward Colles 32
  • Henry Bromley
    Henry Bromley (died 1615)
    Sir Henry Bromley was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1604....

     33
  • William Lygon
    William Lygon
    Sir William Lygon was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1608.Lygon was the eldest son of Richard Lygon of Madresfield, Worcestershire and his wife Mary Russelll, daughter of Sir Thomas Russell of Strensham...

     34
  • Thomas Biggs of Lenchwick 35
  • John Packington 36
  • Thomas Folliat 37
  • Sir Edward Harewell, KB 38
  • Francis Dingley 39
  • William Walsh 40
  • William Child 41
  • John Washborn 42
  • William Savage 43
  • George Blunt 44
  • Thomas Russell 45

James I 24 March 1603–1625

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  • Thomas Russell
    Thomas Russell (died 1632)
    Thomas Russell was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601 and in 1614.Russell was the son of Sir John Russell of Strensham. He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford on 5 November 1591, aged 14. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Worcestershire. He was...

     1
  • Richard Walsh
    Richard Walsh (disambiguation)
    Richard Walsh was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, TD for Mayo South.Richard Walsh or Dick Walsh may also refer to:*Dick Walsh , Irish hurler*Richard Walsh , from television's 24...

     2
  • William Barnaby of Acton 3
  • Walter Snage 4
  • John Packington 5
  • Arnold Ligon 6
  • Sir Richard Greves of Moseley 7
  • Sir John Rouse
    John Rouse (MP)
    Sir John Rouse was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626.Rouse was the son of Edward Rouse of Rouse Lench. He was knighted in July 1606. In 1611 he inherited the estates of his father. He was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1611. In 1620 he became a J.P.....

     8
  • Edward Pitts of Kyre Wyard 9
  • John Savage 10
  • Robert Berkeley
    Robert Berkeley (judge)
    Robert Berkeley was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1624. He suffered considerably for giving a judgement in favour of Ship Money....

     11
  • Sher. Talbott of Grafton 12
  • Francis Moore 13
  • William Jefferies 14
  • William Berkeley 15
  • Sir Samuel Sandys
    Samuel Sandys (died 1623)
    Sir Samuel Sandys was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1622....

     16
  • Walter Blount
    Sir Walter Blount, 1st Baronet
    Sir Walter Blount, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....

     17 (1619: Walter Blount of Sodington Hall
    Sodington Hall
    Sodington Hall is a small early 19th century country house at Mamble, Worcestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.The manor of Sodington came to the Blount family in the 14th century when Walter Blount married Johanna de Sodington. The manor house occupied a moated site and was said to have...

    )
  • William Kite (or Keyte) of Bishampton 18
  • Edr Seabright of Besford 19
  • John Woodward 20
  • John Culpepper of Kent
  • Egid. Savage 22


(Other information has in:
  • 1613: Thomas Lyttleton of Frankley Hall)
  • 1620: Sir Edmund Wylde of Kempsey (died in office 1620)

Charles I (1625–49)

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  • Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford
    Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford
    Sir Walter Devereux was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1624 and became the 5th Viscount Hereford, a peer in the peerage of England....

     1
  • Edward Cookes 2
  • Richard Skynner 3
  • Henry Bromley 4
  • William Jeffreys 5
  • Arthur Smithes 6
  • Sir James Pitts 7
  • Thomas Good 8
  • John Keyte of Bishampton 9
  • John Savage 10
  • William Russell 11
  • Sir John Rouse
    John Rouse (MP)
    Sir John Rouse was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626.Rouse was the son of Edward Rouse of Rouse Lench. He was knighted in July 1606. In 1611 he inherited the estates of his father. He was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1611. In 1620 he became a J.P.....

     12
  • Edward Dingley 13
  • Thomas Greaves 14
  • John Winford 15
  • 1643 Thomas Dobyns
  • 1645 Henry Bromley of Holt
  • 1646 Henry Ingram, of Earl's Court
  • 1647 William Lygon
  • 1648 Sir Thomas Rouse, Bt
    Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet
    Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1660....

  • 1649 John Hanbury of Feckenham

17th Century

  • 1654: John Barker
  • 1664: William Coombe of Hallow
  • 1666: Sir William Cooks of Norgrave
  • 1666: Thomas Turvey
  • 1670: Thomas Symmons
  • 1671: Robert Foley
    Robert Foley (ironmonger)
    Robert Foley of Stourbridge was a son of Richard Foley, the most important ironmaster of his time in the west Midlands, by his second marriage ....

  • 1675: Humphrey Loe
  • 1678: Richard Vernon
  • 1688: Sir Walter Kirkham Blount Bt
    Blount Baronets
    The Blount Baronetcy of Sodington, [Mamble] in the County of Worcester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 5 October 1642 for Walter Blount, High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1619 and Member of Parliament for Droitwich from 1624 to 1625. He later fought as a Royalist in the Civil War. He...

     of Sodington Hall
    Sodington Hall
    Sodington Hall is a small early 19th century country house at Mamble, Worcestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.The manor of Sodington came to the Blount family in the 14th century when Walter Blount married Johanna de Sodington. The manor house occupied a moated site and was said to have...

  • 1693: Alan Cliffe, of Witley
  • 1697: William Lea, of Halesowen Grange

18th century

  • 1702: Higgins James of Astley
  • 1704: Samuel Pitts of Kyre Park
  • 1710: Phineas Jackson of Claines
  • 1711: Rowland Barclay
  • 1712: Thomas Bache of Northfield
  • 1713: Thomas Chetle, of the Wall-house
  • 1714: Rowland Greene Berkeley of Cotheridge Court
  • 1715: George Gardiner of Evesham, and Shipston-on-Stour
  • 1725: Thomas Hunt of Stourbridge
  • 1727: William Dowdeswell
  • 1728: John Baker
  • 1730: Richard Bourne of Acton, near Ombersley
  • 1733: Edmund Lechmere
  • 1737: John Mathews
  • 1741: Gilbert Wheeler
  • 1745: John Ravenhill
  • 1747: Richard Buckle of Chaseley
  • 1748: Adam Hough of Hartley and Comberton
  • 1751: George Holland of Tenbury
  • 1752: Edward Cope Hopton of Canon Frome, Herefordshire
  • 1754: Francis Clare, of Caldwell
  • 1755: Francis Highway
  • 1756: Joseph Biddle of Evesham and Charlton
  • 1758: Charles Trubshaw Withers, of Worcester
  • 1762: Sir Samuel Hellier, Kt
  • 1763: Benjamin Johnson, of Worcester
  • 1764: Rowland Berkeley
  • 1768: Thomas Bury, junr of Abberley
  • 1769: Frederick Winn Knight
  • 1771: Edmund Pitts of Kyre Park
  • 1774: John Hurtle of Sion Hill
  • 1780: Richard Amphlett of Hadsor
  • 1781: John Darke, of Bredon
  • 1782: Joseph Berwick of Hallow
  • 1783: Jonathan Pitts of Kyre Park
  • 1784: Thomas Bund, of Wick
  • 1785: Richard Bourne Charlett, of Elmley Castle
  • 1787: Richard Harrison of Temple Laughern
  • 1788: John Baker of Waresley
  • 1789: John Spooner, of Leigh Court
  • 1790: Philip Gresley
  • 1794: Thomas Farley
  • 1796: Thomas Hill of Broom
  • 1798: John Addenbrook of Wollaston
  • 1799: Edward Dixon of Dudley

19th century

  • 1804: Edward Knight
  • 1807: Thomas Bland of Ham Court
  • 1809: Henry Bromley, of Abberley
  • 1811: Thomas Hawkes
  • 1814: John Knight, of Lea Castle
  • 1815: Edward Dixon, of Dudley,
  • 1816: Joseph Lea
  • 1822: Samuel Ryland, Esq., formerly of the Laurels, near Birmingham, and then of the Priory, near Warwick
  • 1829: Edward Rudge
    Edward Rudge
    -Life:Born on 27 June 1763, he was son of Edward Rudge, a merchant and alderman of Salisbury, who possessed a large portion of the abbey estate at Evesham....

  • 1830: John Scott, of Stourbridge and Great Barr (third cousin of Samuel Ryland, Esq., High Sheriff in 1822)
  • 1831: Osman Ricardo, of Bromsberrow Place
  • 1832: Joseph John Martin, of Ham Court
  • 1833: John Brown, of Lea Castle
  • 1834: John Howard Galton, of Hadsor House
  • 1835: Sir Edward Blount, 8th Baronet
    Blount Baronets
    The Blount Baronetcy of Sodington, [Mamble] in the County of Worcester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 5 October 1642 for Walter Blount, High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1619 and Member of Parliament for Droitwich from 1624 to 1625. He later fought as a Royalist in the Civil War. He...

    , of Mawley Hall
  • 1836: Sir Offley Wakeman, 2nd Baronet, of Perdiswell
  • 1837: Wilson Aylesbury Roberts, of Bewdley
  • 1838: Robert Berkeley, junior, of Spetchley
  • 1839: William Congreve Russell
    William Congreve Russell
    William Congreve Russell was an Whig politician in England.Russell was the son of Thomas Russell, of Moore Green, King's Norton, by his second wife, Mary Garner. He was commissioned a captain when the North Worcestershire Volunteers were formed in September 1803. On 19 July 1820, he married...

    , of Kings Heath
    Kings Heath
    Kings Heath is a suburb of Birmingham, England, five miles south of the city centre. It is the next suburb south from Moseley on the Alcester Road.-History:...

  • 1840: James Foster
    James Foster (ironmaster)
    James Foster was a prominent Worcestershire ironmaster and senior partner in the important iron company of John Bradley & Co., Stourbridge, taking its name from his elder half-brother. As well as the Stourbridge ironworks, the business owned a number of coal and ironstone mines, furnaces, forges...

    , of Stourbridge
    Stourbridge
    Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...

  • 1841: Thomas Charles Hornyold, of Blackmore Park
  • 1842: Edward Holland, of Lenchwick
  • 1843: William Robins, of Hagley
  • 1844: John Richards
    John Richards
    John Richards may refer to:*John Richards , Irish judge*John Richards , Bishop of St David's*John Richards , Bishop of Ebbsfleet...

    , of Wassell Grove
  • 1845: Thomas Simcox Lea, of Astley Hall
  • 1846: William Hemming, of Fox Lydiate House
  • 1847: Edward Gresley Stone, of Chambers Court
  • 1848: Joseph Frederick Ledsam, of Northfield
  • 1849: John Dent, of Walcot
  • 1850: John Gregory Watkins, of Woodfield
  • 1851: Sir Thomas Winnington, 4th Baronet
    Sir Thomas Winnington, 4th Baronet
    Sir Thomas Edward Winnington 4th Baronet was an English Whig politician.He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Winnington, 3rd Baronet, of Stanford Court, Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire. He served as Member of Parliament for Bewdley in 1837–1847 and again in 1852–1868 and as High Sheriff of...

    , of Stanford Court
  • 1852: Sir Edmund Hungerford Lechmere Bt.
    Lechmere Baronets
    The Lechmere Baronetcy, of The Rhydd in the County of Worcester, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 10 December 1818 for Anthony Lechmere. The second Baronet served as High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1852...

    , of The Rhydd
  • 1853: Charles Noel, of Bell Hall, Belbroughton
  • 1854: Edward Bearcroft, of Mere Hall, Bromsgrove
  • 1855: William Dowderswell, of Pull Court, near Tewksbury
  • 1856: Francis Tongue Rufford, of Prescot House, near Stourbridge
  • 1857: Edward Vincent Wheeler, of Kyre House
  • 1858: Samuel Baker, of Thorngrove, near Worcester
  • 1859: William Chamberlain Hemming, of Spring Grove, Bewdley
    Bewdley
    Bewdley is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, along the Severn Valley a few miles to the west of Kidderminster...

  • 1860: Ferdinando Dudley Lea Smith, of The Grange, Halesowen
  • 1861: James Moilliet, of Abberley Hall
    Abberley Hall
    Abberley Hall is a country house in the north-west of the county of Worcestershire, England. The present Italianate house is the work of Samuel Daukes and dates from 1846-49. Since 1916 it has been occupied by Abberley Hall School. It is a Grade II* listed building...

    , near Worcester
    Worcester
    The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...

  • 1862: Sir Edmund Lechmere, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Edmund Lechmere, 3rd Baronet
    Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere, 3rd Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1866 and 1895. He was a pioneer of the Red Cross....

    , of The Rhyd, Worcester
  • 1863: Richard Hemming, of Bentley Manor, Bromsgrove
    Bromsgrove
    Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. The town is about north east of Worcester and south west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 with a small ethnic minority and is in Bromsgrove District.- History :Bromsgrove is first documented in the early 9th century...

  • 1864: Harman Grisewood, of Daylesford House
  • 1865: Alan Hudson Royds, of Crown East, near Worcester
    Worcester
    The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...

  • 1866: Edward Charles Rudge of Abbey Manor, Evesham
    Evesham
    Evesham is a market town and a civil parish in the Local Authority District of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England with a population of 22,000. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon...

  • 1867: Richard William Johnson of Bricklehampton Hall
  • 1868: Charles Michael Berington of Little Malvern Court
  • 1869: John Vincent Hornyold, of Blackmore Park, Upton-on-Severn
  • 1870: Thomas Rowley Hill
    Thomas Rowley Hill
    Thomas Rowley Hill was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.Hill was born at Stourport, the son of William Hill FRAS. He was educated at University College, London. He held a number of public offices, being Sheriff of Worcester in 1858, Mayor of Worcester...

    , of Catherine Hill House, Worcester
  • 1871: William Hanford Flood, of Woollas Hall, near Pershore
  • 1872:
  • 1889: John Brinton
    John Brinton
    John Brinton was an English carpet manufacturer and a Liberal politician.Brinton was born at Kidderminster, the son of Henry Brinton a carpet manufacturer. He joined the family carpet manufacturing firm John Brinton & Co as a partner in 1848. Brintons had a large factory at Stourport a town noted...

     of Moor Park
  • 1891: George Rushout Godson, of The Court, Tenbury
  • 1894: Sir Francis Salwey Winnington, 5th Baronet

20th century

  • 1900: Sir Benjamin Hingley, 1st Baronet
    Sir Benjamin Hingley, 1st Baronet
    Sir Benjamin Hingley, 1st Baronet was an English ironmaster and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1895....

  • 1906: Francis Wigley Greswolde-Williams
  • 1910: George Ferguson Chance of Clent Grove
  • 1916: John Bowen J.P.
  • 1926: Richard Stuart Todd of Clent
  • 1927:
  • 1929: Major James Allan Dyson Perrins, of Waresley House, near Kidderminster
  • 1930:
  • 1933: Robert George Wilmot Berkeley
    Robert Berkeley
    Captain Robert George Wilmot Berkeley DL was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1933, and Deputy Lieutenant of the county in 1952;he also appeared four times in first-class cricket for Worcestershire County Cricket Club...

    , of Spetchley Park
  • 1973:
  • 1974–1997 See High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester
  • 1998: Simon William Britten Dereham, of Sapness Farm, Woolhope, Herefordshire.
  • 1999: Mrs Rosalie Joan Dawes, Birtsmorton Court, near Malvern

21st century

  • 2000: Mrs Thomas Hone, of Bosbury House
  • 2001: Andrew William Dyson Perrins, of The Hyde
  • 2002: Col Sir Piers Henry George Bengough
    Piers Bengough
    Colonel Sir Piers Henry George Bengough, KCVO OBE DL was Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot, in the Royal Household 1984–1997....

     KCVO OBE, of Great House
  • 2003: Georgina Sarah Henrietta Britten-Long, of Hill Farm
  • 2004: James Donald Nicholas, of Welsh Court
  • 2005: Andrew William Grant
  • 2006: Lt-Gen Sir John Paul Foley
    John Paul Foley
    Lieutenant General Sir John Paul Foley KCB, OBE, MC, DL is a retired British general with a long career in military intelligence. He is the great-grandson of Henry Hodgetts-Foley.-Military career:...

     KBE OBE MC
  • 2007: John Sarne Yorke
  • 2008: Lt-Col Michael Robin Ogilvie Leigh
  • 2009: The Hon. Gilbert Greenall CBE
    Baron Daresbury
    Baron Daresbury, of Walton in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1927 for Sir Gilbert Greenall, 2nd Baronet...

  • 2010: Elizabeth Hunter
  • 2011: Lady Morrison of Madresfield Court
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