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.

List of High Sheriffs of Cheshire

• 1184: Gilbert Pipehard
• 1189: Richard de Pierpoint
• 1199: Liulphus

1200–1499

• 1200: Lidulph de Croxton
• 1204: Lidulph de Twelmlow
• 1230: Richard de Sandbach
• 1233: Richard de Sandbach
• 10 July 1237: John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln
  John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln
  John de Lacy was the 2nd Earl of Lincoln, of the fourth creation.-Background:He was the eldest son and heir of Roger de Lacy and his wife, Maud or Matilda de Clere .-Public life:...
  
  
• 1239: Richard de Wrenbury
• 6 December 1240: John Extraneus
• 1244: Richard de Wibunbury
• 1268: Jordan de Peulesdon
• 1270–1274: Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton
  Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton
  Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton was an English nobleman for whom one of the four Inns of Court is named. He was son of Sir John de Grey and grandson of Henry de Grey...
  
  
• 16 October 1274: Joscelin de Badlesmere
• 1284–1287: Robert le Grosvenor
• Michaelmas 1287: William de Praers
• 1292: David de Malpas
• 1295–1296: Philip de Malpas (de Egerton)
• Michaelmas 1296: William de Praers
• Michaelmas 1299: William de Praers
• Michaelmas 1301: Robert de Bresci
• 29 September 1306: Richard de Fouleshurst
• 1307: Robert le Grosvenor
• 1308: Richard de Fouleshurst
• 1309: Philip de Egerton
• 1310: Richard de Witeleye
• 1312: David de Egerton
• 1319: William de Modburlegh
• 17 December 1326: John de Wrennebury
• 29 November 1328: Oliver de Ingham
• 1332: William de Praers
• 1334: David de Egerton
• 30 September 1335: Adam le Parker
• 29 September 1336: Henry de Ferrers
• 30 September 1341: Randal de Oldington
• Michaelmas 1342: Robert de Buckylegh
• Michaelmas 1347: Nicholas de Riggelegh
• 25 June 1348: Sir James de Audley
• 1349: Sir William Preaus
• Michaelmas 1350: Thomas Danyers
• 19 August 1353: Thomas de Dotton
• 30 September 1359: Thomas le Yonge
• Michaelmas 1361: Richard de Whitelegh
• 30 June 1367: John de Scolehall
• Michaelmas 1370: Sir Lawrence de Dutton
• 1375–1377: Richard de la Legh
• 27 October 1377: Hugh Venables of Kinderton
• 18 February 1383: Sir Nicholas de Vernon
• 1384: Thomas del Wood
• 1385: Hugh E of Stafford
• 1386: Richard Venables
• 1388: John Massy
• 1389: Robert le Grosvenor of Eton
• 1393: Sir Robert de Legh
• 1394: Robert le Grosvenor
• 1398: Sir Robert de Legh
• 1399–1400: John Massy of Puddingtom
• 1401: Henry Ravenscroft
• 1403-6: John Mainwaring of Over-Peover
• 1409: William Bruerton of Bruerton
• 1412: Laurence Merbury
  Laurence Merbury
  Sir Laurence Merbury was an English born statesman in Ireland who held the office of Treasurer of Ireland and was also Deputy to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland.He was born at Marbury in Cheshire, son of Thomas Merbury....
  
  
• 1418–1422: John Legh, of Norbury Booths
• 1423: Hugh Dutton of Dutton
• 1426: Richard Warburton of Arley
• 1429: Ranulph Bruerton of Bruerton
• 1437: John Troutbeck
• 1438: Robert Booth of Dunham
• 1439: Robert Booth (son)
• 1462: William Stanley
• 1483: William Stanley
• 1485: William Stanley
• 1495: John Warburton

1500–1599

1600–1699

1700–1799

1800–1899

1900–1999

2000 to date

• 2000: Simon Chantler
• 2001: Anthony William Assheton Spiegelberg TD
• 2002: John Anthony Edward Relf Richards
• 2003: Mrs Diana Mary McConnell CBE
• 2004: Simon Patrick Sherrard
• 2005: Mrs Carolin Mary Paton-Smith
• 2006: Mr David Briggs
• 2007: Nicholas Walter Bromley-Davenport
• 2008: Alastair Maxwell Stoddard
• 2009: William Gordon Fergusson
• 2010: Diana Caroline Barbour of Bolesworth Castle
• 2011: John Lea of Crewe