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. From 1204 to 1344 the High Sheriff of Staffordshire

High Sheriff of Staffordshire

This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Staffordshire.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...

 served also as the High Sheriff of Shropshire.

11th century

• Warin the Bald
• c.1086 Rainald De Balliol, De Knightley (1040 - 1086)
• 1102 Hugh (son of Warin)

12th century

• -1114: Alan fitzFlaad (died 1114)
• 1127–1137: Pain fitzJohn
  Pain fitzJohn
  Pain fitzJohn was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and administrator, and one of King Henry I of England's "new men". The son of a minor nobleman, Pain, along with his brothers, rose through their ability to become important royal officials during the reign of King Henry...
  
   (died 1137)
• 1137–1138: William Fitz Alan
  William Fitz Allan, Lord of Oswestry
  William Fitz Allan was a Norman noble, the eldest son of Alan fitz Flaad and the lord of Oswestry.William married Isabella de Say, the niece of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester...
  
   (exiled 1138)
• 1155-1159: William Fitz Alan
  William Fitz Allan, Lord of Oswestry
  William Fitz Allan was a Norman noble, the eldest son of Alan fitz Flaad and the lord of Oswestry.William married Isabella de Say, the niece of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester...
  
   (died 1160)
• 1160–1165: Guy le Strange
• 1166–1169: Geoffrey de Vere
• 1170:Geoffrey de Vere and William Clericus
• 1171–1179: Guy le Strange
• 1180–1189: Hugh Pantulf, 4th Baron of Wem
• 1190-1201: William fitz Alan II (died 1210)

13th and 14th century

• 1204-1344 See High Sheriff of Staffordshire
  High Sheriff of Staffordshire
  This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Staffordshire.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...
  
  

• 1377: Sir John Burley
• 1377: Sir Bryan Cornwall of Burford, Shropshire
  Burford, Shropshire
  Burford is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.- Location :The parish is situated to the north of the River Teme, on the other side of the Teme is the Worcestershire town of Tenbury Wells. To the west, the A456 road bridges the Ledwyche Brook, leading to the Herefordshire village of...
  
  
• 1378: John Ludlow
• 1379: John de Drayton
• 1380: Roger Hord
• 1381: John Shery
• 1382: Edward Acton of Longnor
• 1383: John de Stepulton
• 1384: Edward Acton of Longnor
• 1386: Nicholas de Sandford
• 1387: Robert de Lee
• 1388: John Mowetho or Mowellio
• 1388: Robert de Ludlow
• 1389: Edward Acton of Longnor
• 1390: John de Stepulton
• 1391: William Huggeford
• 1392: Henry de Winesbury
• 1393: John de Eyton of Eyton upon the Weald Moors
• 1394: Thomas de Lee
• 1395: william Worthie
• 1396: William Huggeford
• 1397–1398: Adamus de Pashal
• 1399: John Cornwall

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

• 2000: Richard Panton Corbett, of Grove Farm House
• 2001: John Richard Ravenscroft, of The Old Rectory
• 2002: John Nicholas Richard Neville Bishop, of Shipton Hall
• 2003: Julian Veronica Morgan, of 1 Silk Mill Lane, Ludlow
• 2004: Humphrey Salwey CBE TD, of The Lodge, Overton
• 2005: Michael John Lowe
• 2006: Anthony Richard Tanner
• 2007: Meriel Rose Afia LVO
• 2008: Anne Gee MBE
• 2009: Anna Turner
• 2010: Hugh Trevor-Jones