High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
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This is a list of High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. One sheriff was appointed for both counties from 1125 until the end of 1575, after which date separate sheriffs were appointed. See High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
for dates before 1125 or after 1575.
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
-1066–1125:*1066-c.1084: Ansculf de Picquigny*Ralph Taillebois*Hugh de Belcamp*1124 Richard of WinchesterFrom 1125 through the end of 1575, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.-1575–1599:...
and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
The High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times...
for dates before 1125 or after 1575.
1125-1199
- 1125–1129: Maenfinin Brito
- 1129: Richard BassetRichard Basset (royal justice)Richard Basset was an English royal judge and sheriff during the reign of King Henry I of England. His father was also a royal justice. In about 1122 Basset married the eventual heiress of another other royal justice; the marriage settlement has survived. In 1129 and 1130 Basset was sheriff of a...
with Aubrey de VereAubrey de Vere IIAubrey de Vere II — also known as "Alberic[us] de Ver" — was the second of that name in England after the Norman Conquest, being the eldest surviving son of Alberic or Aubrey de Vere who had followed William the Conqueror to England in or after 1066.Their lineage is probably Norman, possibly... - 1139: Aubrey de Vere of Castle Heningham in Essex, Bolebec Castle in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire and Richard Basset of Drayton BassetRichard Basset (royal justice)Richard Basset was an English royal judge and sheriff during the reign of King Henry I of England. His father was also a royal justice. In about 1122 Basset married the eventual heiress of another other royal justice; the marriage settlement has survived. In 1129 and 1130 Basset was sheriff of a...
and Weldon, Justice of England. - 1155: Aubrey de Vere of Castle Heningham and Bolebec Castle and Richard BassetRichard Basset (royal justice)Richard Basset was an English royal judge and sheriff during the reign of King Henry I of England. His father was also a royal justice. In about 1122 Basset married the eventual heiress of another other royal justice; the marriage settlement has survived. In 1129 and 1130 Basset was sheriff of a...
of Drayton Basset and Weldon, Justice of England. - 1156–1159: Henry de Essex, Baron of Raleigh and John De Bidun.
- 1160: Geoffrey Fitz Ralph
- 1161–1163: Richard Fitz Osbert
- 1164–1169: Hugh De La Lege
- 1170–1173: David, Archdeacon of Buckinghamshire
- 1174–1179: William Fitz Richard
- 1180–1186: William Rufus
- 1186–1189: Oger Fitz Oger
- 1190–1193: William Rufus
- 1194–1198: Simon De Beauchamp of Bedford Castle
- 1199: William De Albini, Baron of Belvoir.
1200–1299
- 1200–1205: Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of EssexGeoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of EssexGeoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers, for he was the son of Piers de Lutegareshale, forester of Ludgershall.-Life:He was from a modest landowning family that...
- 1206–1212: Robert of BraybrookeRobert of BraybrookeRobert of Braybrooke or Robert le May was a medieval landowner, justice and sheriff.He was born at Braybrooke, Northamptonshire the son of justiciar Ingebald de Braybrooke and his wife Albreda de Neumarche....
- 1213: Hugh Le Gournay, Baron of Whorlton, Yorks
- 1214–1215: Henry of BraybrookeHenry of BraybrookeHenry of Braybrooke was an English High Sheriff and justice.He was the son of Robert of Braybrooke, who had served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, as well as Master of the Great Wardrobe, and had accumulated large amounts of land in Northamptonshire,...
(son of Robert, HS 1206) - 1216–1224: Falkes de BreautéFalkes de BreautéSir Falkes de Breauté was an Anglo-Norman soldier who earned high office by loyally serving first King John and later King Henry III in First Barons' War. He played a key role in the Battle of Lincoln Fair in 1217. He attempted to rival Hubert de Burgh, and as a result fell from power in 1224...
, Baron of Eye - 1224–1228: Walter of PattishallWalter of PattishallWalter of Pattishall was a British justice and administrator. He was the eldest son of Simon of Pattishall, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and elder brother of High of Pattishall, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield...
of Bletsoe - 1229–1234: Stephen de SegraveStephen de SegraveStephen de Segrave was a medieval Chief Justiciar of England.-Life:...
of Seagrave - 1234: Ralph Fitz Reginald
- 1235–1236: William de BeauchampWilliam de Beauchamp (1185)-Magna Carta baron:de Beauchamp took part in the 1210 expedition to Ireland and the 1214 expedition to Poitiers before joining the rebellious barons in 1215 at the beginning of the First Barons' War, entertaining them at his seat of Bedford Castle; as such Beauchamp was one of the rebels...
, Baron of Bedford - 1237; Reginald de Albo Monasterio
- 1238: Robert de Hage
- 1239: Sir John de GreySir John de GreySir John de Grey was an English soldier and High Sheriff.John was the second son of Henry de Grey of Grays Thurrock in Essex. He served as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 1238–39 and of High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1252–53, undertaking military service in Flanders in 1232...
of Bletchley - 1240–1241: Paulin De Peyvre of Todington and Chilton
- 1242: John Grimbaud
- 1243–1248: William De Holwell of Holwell
- 1249–1252: Alexander De Hamden of Great Hamden
- 1253–1254: Simon De Crendon of Long Crendon
- 1255: Robert le Savage.
- 1256–1257: Robert le Tottenhall of Tottenhall
- 1258–1261: Alexander De Hamden of Great Hamden.
- 1262–1267: Simon De Pateshull
- 1268–1272: Edward Plantagenet, Lord of ChesterEdward I of EnglandEdward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons...
later Edward I - 1273–1275: Thomas De Bray of Eaton Byng
- 1276–1278: Hugh De Stapleford of Stapleford.
- 1278–1282: John Cheyne of Cheynes
- 1283–1284: Ralph De Golding of Goldington.
- 1285: Robert Malet of Langley
- 1286–1287: William De Boyvile
- 1288–1289: William De Turvile of Weston Turvile.
- 1290: John De Pabenham of Pabenham and Fletemarston
- 1291–1292: William De Turvile of Weston Turvile.
- 1293–1296: Nicolas De Trimenell
- 1297: Simon De Bradenham of Bradenham
- 1298–1306: Walter De Molesworth