The Sheriff of Nottingham was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order

Law and order (politics)

In politics, law and order refers to demands for a strict criminal justice system, especially in relation to violent and property crime, through harsher criminal penalties...

 in Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

 and bringing criminals to justice. For years the post has been directly appointed by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham

Lord Mayor of Nottingham

The Lord Mayor of Nottingham is a largely ceremonial role for the city of Nottingham, England. The position was historically Mayor of Nottingham; this was changed to Lord Mayor in 1928. The current Lord Mayor of Nottingham for 2010/2011 is Councillor Brian Grocock...

 and in modern times, with the existence of the police

Police

The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

 force, the position is entirely ceremonial and sustained to boost tourism due to the legendary connection with the fictional Sheriff of Nottingham

Sheriff of Nottingham

The Sheriff of Nottingham was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Nottingham and bringing criminals to justice. For years the post has been directly appointed by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham and in modern times, with the existence of the police force, the position is...

 in the tales of Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....

. However the historical position goes back to Anglo-Saxon times. The office is sometimes confused with that of the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

’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 elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions...

. Before this, during 1068 until 1449 the position existed as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests

This is a list of High Sheriffs 1068-1568.The High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests is a position established by the Normans in England.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown...

.

Historical

There is no record of an official with the specific duty of enforcing the law and keeping the peace in Anglo-Saxon England (although there undoubtedly was one). After the Norman Conquest, specific counties appointed sheriff

Sheriff

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s to enforce the law (such as Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

 for example), although sometimes the duties of these sheriffs would cross the border of their respective counties. Nottingham would have come under the "High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

" after the Norman Conquest.

In 1449, the city of Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

 itself was appointed its own sheriff for the first time (although the post was held simultaneously between two men, William Sadler and Thomas Lyng). The sheriffs at that time may have been responsible for "the delivery of prisoners to the courts, the collection of rents and taxes and generally keeping the ‘King’s Peace’".

From 1450 until 1835, the office was shared between two people, one of whom may have been chosen by the Mayor, the other by the town council. The change to a single sheriff was explained by Lincoln

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....

 city website merely as "Local Government changes". The article can be seen here (possibly the Municipal Corporations Act 1835

Municipal Corporations Act 1835

The Municipal Corporations Act 1835  – sometimes known as the Municipal Reform Act, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in the incorporated boroughs of England and Wales...

).

Past sheriffs

Past Sheriffs of Nottingham include Councillor Derek Cresswell, Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

. The office is considered largely ceremonial, promoting the city in tourism and business. There are interviews with Joan Casson, John Hartshorne and Leon Unczur all recent sheriffs, describing the role of the present-day Sheriff of Nottingham. There have been five female sheriffs, the first being in 1931. The most recent was Counillor Penny Griggs.

List of sheriffs

• 1449/50 William Sadler Thomas Lyng
• 1450/51 John Clarke Richard Bedal
• 1451/52 John Jowett John Chaloner
• 1452/53 Robert Polson John Holyock
• 1453/54 Thomas Bradmore Thomas Smith
• 1454/55 Thomas Lovatt Robert Shewood
• 1455/56 John Peringon Henry Fisher
• 1456/57 William Strelly Richard Hanson
• 1457/58 Ralph Hall Henry Higyn
• 1458/59 No known names
• 1459/60 No known names
• 1460/61 Hugh Smith Thomas Garner
• 1461/62 John Ody John Hyne
• 1462/63 John Mapperley Roger Hewson
• 1463/64 Richard Knight Walter Hilton
• 1464/65 No known names
• 1465/66 Richard Ody John Hardy
• 1466/67 Richard Burton John Taverner
• 1467/68 John Cooke John Draper
• 1468/69 Robert Hanson William Bithway
• 1469/70 William Barnes Thomas Woodhouse
• 1470/71 No known names
• 1471/72 No known names
• 1472/73 Thomas Kendal Richard Mellor
• 1473/74 John Gotham John Holyock
• 1474/75 No known names
• 1475/76 Johm Hilton William Skevyngton
• 1476/77 William Allyn John Cowper
• 1477/78 Walter Watnall William Hurst
• 1478/79 Robert Ratcliffe John Wederley
• 1479/80 John Clarke John Alred
• 1480/81 John Cost John Wood
• 1481/82 Thomas Cost Ralph Hill
• 1482/83 John Howitt William Johnson
• 1483/84 John Mellor John Burton
• 1484/85 Thomas Ball Edward Hilton
• 1485/86 John Bolton John Williamson
• 1486/87 John Turner William Wright
• 1487/88 Edmund Milnes John Sergeant
• 1488/89 Richard Pyckard Richard Fisher
• 1489/90 Richard Essett Thomas Balderby
• 1490/91 Thomas Watt William Congerton
• 1491/92 Richard Clough Thomas Clifton
• 1492/93 Thomas Williamson William Shirley
• 1493/94 Robert Coytus John Pyerson
• 1494/95 Robert Toft John Webster
• 1495/96 John Shaw Christopher Pickard
• 1496/97 John Cost Alexander Elvington
• 1497/98 John Walton Alexander Elvington
• 1498/99 Robert Norwood Henry Hobbes
• 1499/00 William Turner William Benbow
• 1500/01 Thomas Camworth John Town
• 1501/02 John Wilkinson John Fisher
• 1502/03 John Rose Thomas Willoughby
• 1503/04 Henry Plumptre Ranulph Bulkley
• 1504/05 Nicholas Rodes James Brasenby
• 1505/06 William Kirkby William Johnson
• 1506/07 Richard Caunt Richard Halton
• 1507/08 John Hames Thomas Stables
• 1507/09 Thomas the Curren
• 1508/09 William Cost Thomas Wass
• 1509/10 William Hegyn Thomas Mellers
• 1510/11 Thomas Cockayne William Parmaton
• 1511/12 Robert Mellers Thomas Morton
• 1512/13 Henry Cost Robert Shemald
• 1513/14 Richard Lister Robert Fisher
• 1514/15 John Doubleday John Dorand
• 1515/16 JohnYates Richard Stanley
• 1516/17 Richard Selyoke Thomas Hunt
• 1517/18 Robert Hesilrig Henry Green
• 1518/19 Robert Rossel Robert Stables
• 1519/20 John Alynson Thomas Meryel
• 1520/21 William Holden Hugh Oldham
• 1521/22 Thomas Dokker Ralph Palmer
• 1522/23 Robert Lovatt Robert Moody
• 1523/24 Thomas Hobbes Robert Nedham
• 1524/25 William Warner Thomas Harpham
• 1525/26 Henry Shepherd William Sherpington
• 1526/27 William Colville Robert Elton
• 1527/28 Thomas Gregory Thomas Dawson
• 1528/29 Richard Richardson Laurence Wirehorn
• 1529/30 James Mason Robert Clattercoats
• 1530/31 Richard Willoughby Anthony Garland
• 1531/32 William Clattercoats Richard Nedham
• 1532/33 William Edmondson Laurence Marriott
• 1533/34 William Mellers Randell Bland
• 1534/35 Humphrey Quernby William Coke
• 1535/36 Thomas Cockayne
• 1536/37 Richard Bunting John Collinson
• 1537/38 John Revell Thomas Wallis
• 1538/39 Richard Kyte John Newbold
• 1539/40 Robert Freeman Christopher Stocks
• 1540/41 Richard Crewe John Sladen
• 1541/42 Humphry Byrd William Foster
• 1542/43 John Haskett Nicholas Bonner
• 1543/44 Henry Wincell Henry Fosbrooke
• 1544/45 Richard Alyson Richard Burton
• 1545/46 John English William Goodwin
• 1546/47 Robert Cockayne Robert Stanley
• 1547/48 John Stanley Edward Crewe
• 1548/49 John Simpson John Presse
• 1549/50 Randolph Glossop John Gregory
• 1550/51 John Nix Nicholas Gorstan
• 1551/52 John Alcocke John Brownley
• 1552/53 John Elton Edward Newton
• 1553/54 John Collin Walter Dawson
• 1554/55 Edward Edmundson Richard Askew
• 1555/56 Francis Colman William Gelstrop
• 1556/57 Hugh Smith Mathew Hallam
• 1557/58 Peter Clarke Robert Burton
• 1558/59 Henry Dand Robert Alvey
• 1559/60 William Wilson Thomas Clarke
• 1560/61 Richard James Thomas Kettering
• 1561/62 Richard Welsh James Rawlinson
• 1562/63 William Ball Gilbert Scale
• 1563/64 Robert Jepson John Parr
• 1564/65 Thomas Atkinson George Rotherham
• 1565/66 Simon Wilson Robert Marsh
• 1566/67 William Scott Henry Sherwood
• 1567/68 James Hartley John Townrow
• 1568/69 Thomas Barwell Fabian Mellers
• 1569/70 Thomas Nix William Glossop
• 1570/71 Thomas Cadman William Stansal
• 1571/72 Robert Cowper Richard Morhag
• 1572/73 William Dodgson Roger Wood
• 1573/74 Michael Bell Henry Brightmore
• 1574/75 Robert Phipps William Parlby
• 1575/76 Nicholas Alvey William Bell
• 1576/77 Edmund Burton Thomas Donycliffe
• 1577/78 Humphrey Bonner George Hutchinson
• 1578/79 George Widdowson George Curzon
• 1579/80 Thomas Reeve Richard Tomlinson
• 1580/81 Robert York Simon Pyckard
• 1581/82 William Pyggin Roger Wood
• 1582/83 William Greaves Richard Hurt
• 1583/84 Robert Smales Robert Hallam
• 1584/85 Thomas Huthwaite Anker Jackson
• 1585/86 John Hall Thomas Wallis
• 1586/87 Hezekiah Newbold Henry Dunne
• 1587/88 John Nodin Nicholas Sherwin
• 1588/89 Edward Goodwin Robert Stables
• 1589/90 Richard Parleby Ralph Shaw
• 1590/91 William Freeman Nicholas Baguley
• 1591/92 Edmund Jowett Leonard Nix
• 1592/93 Richard Johnson Richard Welsh
• 1593/94 Thomas Drury Richard Reckless
• 1594/95 James Martin William Widdowson
• 1595/96 William Langford William Wilson
• 1596/97 William Kniveton George Stokely
• 1597/98 John Scott William Pinder
• 1598/99 Francis Rolleston Henry Alvey
• 1599/00 James Hobson Richard Parker
• 1600/01 James Woolfe John Parker
• 1601/02 Thomas Hill Marmaduke Gregory
• 1602/03 Robert Sherwin James Rotherham
• 1603/04 William Littlefare William Hynde
• 1604/05 Thomas Nix Robert Parker
• 1605/06 Robert Freeman Anthony Gamble
• 1606/07 Richard Reckless George Riley
• 1607/08 Thomas Morley Richard Heald
• 1608/09 Nicholas Sherwin John Dalton
• 1609/10 James Seeley Richard Hare
• 1610/11 Lewis Oxley Stephen Hill
• 1611/12 George Walker Henry Baguley
• 1612/13 William Clark Pervcival Millington
• 1613/14 Richard Jowett John Alvey
• 1614/15 John Perry William Ludlam
• 1615/16 William Ricket William Hunt
• 1616/17 Samuel Burrows William Hunt
• 1617/18 Michael Cook Hugh Verden
• 1618/19 William Gregory John James
• 1619/20 Nicholas Mastyn William Nix
• 1620/21 Robert Briggs Edward Morris
• 1621/22 Gabriel Bateman Cuthbert Weyn
• 1622/23 William Parker Roger Darbyshire
• 1623/24 William Hopkins William Lupton
• 1624/25 Thomas Cook William Littlefare Jnr.
• 1625/26 Richard Cowlishaw John Dodsley
• 1626/27 William Stanley Robert Egginton
• 1627/28 Alexander Staples Robert Greaves
• 1628/29 Richard Hardmett Robert Harris
• 1629/30 Edward Richards John Poynton
• 1630/31 Richard Dring William Frost
• 1631/32 Francis Toplady Richard Hare
• 1632/33 Gabriel Groves James Beardsley
• 1633/34 Edmund Bampton
• 1635/36 William Richards William Drury
• 1636/37 Thomas Wooley Richard Turpin
• 1637/38 Thomas Malin Henry Miller
• 1638/39 Joseph Winfield Thomas Jackson
• 1639/40 Henry James Thomas Gamble
• 1640/41 John Cooper William Parker

• 1641/42 John Sherwin William Sumner
• 1642/43 John Tomlin George Alsebrooke
• 1643/44 Richard Hides Paul Hooton
• 1644/45 Thomas Smith William Bailey
• 1645/46 John Fillingham Adrian Garner
• 1646/47 John Parker Thomas Huthwaite
• 1647/48 Richard Whitby William Riley
• 1648/49 Thomas Green Robert Smith
• 1649/50 John Reckless Richard Watkinson
• 1650/51 Joshuah Hill William Hall
• 1651/52 Edmund Richards Robert Malin
• 1652/53 Robert Saxon Barnaby Wartnaby
• 1653/54 Thomas Cooper Brownlow Eggington
• 1654/55 Daniel Sulley Francis Cooke
• 1655/56 Roger Riley Richard Smith
• 1656/57 Richard Crampton John Smalley
• 1657/58 William Petty William Lealand
• 1658/59 William Parker John Toplady
• 1659/60 Isaac Malin William Drury
• 1660/61 Samuel Riley Adrian Cooke
• 1661/62 Richard Hodgkin William Burton
• (superseded by Edward Greaves)
• 1662/63 William Toplady John Greaves
• 1663/64 Christopher Hall Gervase Rippon
• 1664/65 Robert Bate William Ashers
• 1665/66 William Sheppard John Parker
• 1666/67 Thomas Walker Roger Riley
• 1667/68 Robert Kirkby John Rawson
• 1668/69 Joseph Clay Edward White
• 1669/70 Gervase Wyld * Samuel Richards *
• 1670/71 Benjamin Riccards Ralph Bennet
• 1671/72 Arthur Riccards William White
• 1672/73 Richard Smith Robert Coulstone
• 1673/74 William Wilde John Parker
• 1674/75 Samuel Smith Francis Salmon
• 1675/76 Hugh Walker Adrian Gamble
• 1676/77 Thomas Muxlow Robert Wortley
• 1677/78 William Coulton Harold Smyth
• 1678/79 William Hardy Robert Hewitt
• 1679/80 William Woolhouse Francis Sumners
• 1680/81 John Sherwin Samuel Lealand
• 1681/82 Robert Green John Malin
• 1682/83 Robert Peach John Whitby
• 1683/84 John Peak John Huthwaite
• 1684/85 Thomas Le John Shipman
• 1685/86 William Jackson John Unwin
• 1686/87 Henry Hardy Thomas Partridge
• 1687/88 John Scattergood Richard Wright
• 1688/89 Thomas Boote Samuel Smith
• 1689/90 Samuel Watkinson William Cockle
• 1690/91 William Orme William Barnes
• 1691/92 James Huthwaite Benjamin Green
• 1692/93 John Hoe Edward Hickling
• 1693/94 Samuel Smith Francis Armstrong
• 1694/95 John Kitchen William Barke
• 1695/96 Roger Radford Robert Lindley
• 1696/97 Robert Harrison John Greaves
• 1697/98 Thomas James Robert Allcock
• 1698/99 Thomas Lovett John Riccards
• 1699/00 Francis Metham George Frith
• 1700/01 Joseph Cooke William Bilby
• 1701/02 Richard Bearn Alexander Burden
• 1702/03 John Reynolds John Collin
• 1703/04 William Greaves Theodore Fosbrooke
• 1704/05 William Johnson Thomas Hawkesley
• 1705/06 William Drury Robert Brentnall
• 1706/07 William Rippon Francis Smith
• 1707/08 Lionel Lamb Thomas White
• 1708/09 Jacob Tibson Thomas Fillingham
• 1709/10 Alvery Dodsley Matthew Hoyland
• 1710/11 Robert Hoyes Thomas Trigge
• 1711/12 John Sherwin John Sweetapple
• 1712/13 Gervase Pilkinton Joseph Hemus
• 1713/14 John Huthwaite Bartholomew Hallam
• 1714/15 Marmaduke Pennell William Trigge
• 1715/16 John Newton William Shepherd
• 1716/17 Robert Egginton Laurence Bourne
• 1717/18 John Radforth Joseph Walters
• 1718/19 Jonathon Truman Richard Smith
• 1719/20 William Garton Samuel Poe
• 1720/21 William Robinson Edmund Wildbore
• 1721/22 John Burton Robert Egginton
• 1722/23 James Hoe James Huthwaite
• 1723/24 Nathaniel Charnels John Hornbuckle
• 1724/25 Samuel Harris John Poe
• 1725/26 John Morley William Bilbie Jnr.
• 1726/27 Richard Wheldon Roger Radforth
• 1727/28 John Farnhill Joseph Inglesant
• 1728/29 Jonathon Truman Jnr. Henry Butler
• 1729/30 John Wood Samuel Fellows
• 1730/31 Stephen Egginton Cornelius Huthwaite
• 1731/32 John Foxcroft John Bilbie
• 1732/33 Thomas Langford Lewis Sherwin
• 1733/34 Isaac Wyld Joseph Finch
• 1734/35 Francis Parkin Joseph Smith
• 1735/36 Joseph Wright Joseph Bilbie
• 1736/37 James Dymock Robert Huish
• 1737/38 Charles Morley James Hornbuckle
• 1738/39 Thomas Shaw Joseph Wright
• 1739/40 Humphrey Hollins Samuel Wood
• 1740/41 William Cooper John Sherbrooke
• 1741/42 Alexander Burden Benjamin Bull
• 1742/43 James Huthwaite Jnr. Robie Swann
• 1743/44 William Goodwin William Foulds
• 1744/45 John Killingley Thomas Haywood
• 1745/46 John Oldknow John Sands
• 1746/47 Thomas Cotes Thomas Oldknow
• 1747/48 John Plumptre William Cotton
• 1748/49 John Egginton Humphrey Cox
• 1749/50 Benjamin Mather Richard Butler
• 1750/51 Johnathon Dodson William Seagrave
• 1751/52 Thomas Worthington John Caruthers
• 1752/53 John Blackwell Thomas Spilby
• 1753/54 John Fellows Thomas Sands
• 1754/55 William Huthwaite Robert Seagrave
• 1755/56 John Mellie John Inglesant
• 1756/57 Mark Huish Alexander Foxcroft
• 1757/58 John Wilson Robert Foulds
• 1758/59 Robert Hall JohnWells
• 1759/60 John Foxcroft Joseph Stubbins
• 1760/61 James Foxcroft George Dodson
• 1761/62 John Padley William Howitt
• 1762/63 Benjamin Foxcroft Matthew Whitlock
• 1763/64 Isaac Wylde Joseph Lowe
• 1764/65 Benjamin Hornbuckle John Sands
• 1765/66 William Bettison Benjamin Mather
• 1766/67 John Doncaster William Smith
• 1767/68 Henry Hollins George Sands
• 1768/69 Thomas Oldknow Jnr. Michael Kayes
• 1769/70 Joseph Heath Joseph Oldknow
• 1770/71 Samuel Eaton John Oldknow
• 1771/72 William Wells Henry Green
• 1772/73 John Wells Richard Cox
• 1773/74 George Burbage John Collishaw
• 1774/75 Ralph Newman William Heath
• 1775/76 Edward Chatteris Samuel Newham
• 1776/77 Smith Churchill Tertius Dale
• 1777/78 Sir George Smith. Bart. Samuel Statham
• 1778/79 Samuel Heywood Robert Summers
• 1779/80 Samuel Worthington Samuel Green
• 1780/81 John Buxton John Ball Mason
• 1781/82 John Fellows John Hancock
• 1782/83 Thomas Caunt Thomas Watson
• 1783/84 Henry Keyworth John Need
• 1784/85 Edward Swann Alexander Strahan
• 1785/86 John Heath George Dodson Jnr.
• 1786/87 Stokeham Huthwaite Thomas Hawkesley
• 1787/88 John Davison Thomas Nelson
• 1788/89 Timothy Fellows William Huthwaite Jnr.
• 1789/90 Joseph Hurst Lowe Joseph Heath
• 1790/91 John Whitlock Ehlm Samuel Fellows
• 1791/92 William Doncaster John Stone
• 1792/93 Thomas Wylde Thomas Pepper
• 1793/94 Nathaniel Whitlock Thomas Smith
• 1794/95 Thomas Richards Henry Green Jnr.
• 1795/96 John Allen John Ashwell
• 1796/97 Thomas Richards Nathaniel Need Jnr.
• 1797/98
• 1798/99
• 1799/00
• 1800/01
• 1801/02
• 1802/03 William Howitt William Hickling
• 1803/04 George Nelson Thomas Williams
• 1804/05 Charles Lomas Morley John Houseman Barber
• 1805/06 Charles Mellor Edward Stavely
• 1806/07 Octavius Tho. Oldknow Alexander Strahan
• 1807/08 John Bates Wright Coldhan
• 1808/09 John Carr Francis Wakefield Jnr.
• 1809/10 Kirk Swann William Morley
• 1810/11 Charles Wakfield John Stevens Howitt
• 1811/12 Isaac Woolley Samuel Hall
• 1812/13 Edward Allatt Swann Alfred Lowe
• 1813/14 Charles Lomas Morley John Michael Fellows
• 1814/15 John Allen Jnr. William Soars
• 1815/16 Richard Hopper Jnr. Thomas Wakefield
• 1816/17 George Gilll Roger Allen
• 1817/18 A.T.Fellows C.Huish
• 1818/19 N.Barnsdall John Theaker
• 1819/20 C. Huish Mr. Deverills
• 1820/21 Robert Seals J.Heard
• 1821/22 J.Heard W.Rowarth
• 1822/23 J.Wells T. Wilson
• 1823/24 Henry Leaver Thomas Guildford
• 1824/25 F. Hart James Fellows
• 1825/26 William Walker S. H. Swann
• 1821/22 J.Heard W.Rowarth
• 1822/23 J.Wells T. Wilson
• 1823/24 Henry Leaver Thomas Guildford
• 1824/25 F. Hart James Fellows
• 1825/26 William Walker S. H. Swann

• 1826/27 William Enfield Thomas Shipman
• 1827/28 Samuel Hollins Kirke Swann
• 1828/29 Nathaniel Barnsdall Henry Homer
• 1829/30 William Cartledge R. Davison
• 1830/31 T.Allen R.C.Barber
• 1831/32 John Harrison T.Guildford
• 1832/33 George Harvey John Rogers
• 1833/34 Thomas Roberts T. Bishop
• 1834/35 Charles Leavers John Birkhead
• 1835/36 Henry Moses Wood
• 1836/37 George Bacon
• 1837/38 Benjamin Morley
• 1838/39 Francis Butcher Gill
• 1839/40 Johnathon Neville
• 1840/41 Thomas Roberts Jnr.
• 1841/42 Thomas Gilbert Carver
• 1842/43 Johnathon Reckless
• 1843/44 William Galloway
• 1844/45 William Knight
• 1845/46 Nathan Hurst Jnr.
• 1846/47 John Barber
• 1847/48 James Roe
• 1848/49 Edward Steegman
• 1849/50 Thomas Ashwell
• 1850/51 S. Wilmot
• 1851/52 T.Ball
• 1852/53 W. Page
• 1853/54 Anthony John Mundella
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• 1854/55 W. V. Copeland
• 1855/56 F. E. Shipley
• 1856/57 C. Felkin
• 1857/58 W. Bradbury
• 1858/59 J. Manning
• 1859/60 W. G. Ward
• 1860/61 W. Lambert
• 1865/66 R. B. Bond
• 1866/67 M. I. Preston
• 1867/68 G. C. Hill
• 1868/69 G. C. Hill
• 1869/70 J. W. Bowers
• 1870/71 J. G. Woodward
• 1871/72 C. A. Boot
• 1872/73 G. Trevitt
• 1873/74 James Carver
• 1874/75 William Sulley
• 1875/76 J. Renals
• 1876/77 L. Lindley
• 1877/78 Alfred J.Jacoby
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• 1878/79 J. Turney
• 1879/80 Frederick Acton
• 1880/81 H. S. Cropper
• 1881/82 T. Bayley
• 1882/83 J. P. Ford
• 1883/84 F. F. Cleaver
• 1884/85 Edward Henry Fraser
• 1885/86 John Benjamin Walker
• 1886/87 Robert Dennett
• 1887/88 John Jelly
• 1888/89 John Robinson
• 1889/90 Frederick Pullman
• 1890/91 Anderson Brownsword
• 1891/92 John Alfred H. Green
• 1892/93 Abraham Pyatt
• 1893/94 Joseph Bright
• 1894/95 Forbes R. Mutch
• 1895/96 John Bright
• 1896/97 Frederick R. Radford
• 1897/98 Arthur William Black
• 1898/99 Frederick W. Gregory
• 1899/00 James Black Roberts
• 1900/01 James Brown Sim
• 1901/02 Edward G. Loverseed
• 1902/03 John White
• 1903/04 Robert Fleeman
• 1904/05 Thomas James Dabell
• 1905/06 Samborne Cook
• 1906/07 Frederick Ball
• 1907/08 William Henry Carey
• 1908/09 Edwin Mellor
• 1909/10 Thomas Ward
• 1910/11 Frank Newton Hobson Albert Reuben Atkey
• 1911/12 John Pycroft
• 1912/13 Harry Baker Halford
• 1913/14 John Henry Gregg
• 1914/15 John Godfrey Small
• 1915/16 James Clarkson
• 1916/17 Richard Henry Swain
• 1917/18 Henry Offiler
• 1918/19 John Morris
• 1919/20 Herbert Offiler
• 1920/21 John H. Freckingham
• 1921/22 Abraham Parkes
• 1922/23 John Farr
• 1923/24 Arthur Judd
• 1924/25 Robert A. Young
• 1925/26 Samuel Geo. Ward
• 1926/27 John Hopkin
• 1927/28 Arthur Pollard
• 1928/29 William Green
• 1929/30 William Hooley
• 1930/31 Richard E. Ashworth
• 1931/32 Mrs. C. M. Harper
• 1932/33 William W. Welden
• 1933/34 Ernest Purser
• 1934/35 Wallis Smith
• 1935/36 Frederick Mitchell
• 1936/37 Arthur E. Savage
• 1937/38 Walter Halls
• 1938/39 Louis Pilsworth
• 1939/40 Ernest A. Braddock
• 1940/41 Lazarus J. Levin
• 1941/42 A. H. Billingham
• 1942/43 John E.Mitchel
• 1943/44 Francis Carney
• 1944/45 Wilfred B.Bland
• 1945/46 Thomas R. Scott
• 1946/47 Harry O. Emmony
• 1947/48 William Sharp
• 1948/49 William Sharp
• 1949/50 Joseph Littlefair
• 1950/51 Walter Murby
• 1951/52 Sidney Hobson
• 1952/53 John Kenyon
• 1953/54 William J. Cox
• 1954/55 Leonard Mitson
• 1955/56 William E. Maltby
• 1956/57 Roland E. Green
• 1957/58 John L. Davies
• 1958/59 Frank W. Wootton
• 1959/60 Sidney P. Hill
• 1960/61 Cornelius Cameron
• 1961/62 A. E. Greenaway
• 1962/63 A. W. Norwebb
• 1963/64 Percy Holland
• 1964/65 W. G. E. Dyer
• 1965/66 C. McReed
• 1966/67 E. M. Durham
• 1967/68 Mr. J.H.Bryan
• 1956/69 B. W. Goddard
• 1969/70 L. Whitehouse
• 1970/71 C.W.Judge
• 1971/72 E. B. Bateman
• 1972/73 N. Hemmington
• 1973/74 A. G. Wright
• 1974/75 L. F. Squires
• 1975/76 G. H. Elliott
• 1976/77 Mrs. G. Roberts
• 1977/78 Rex Rolling
• 1978/79 Percy Holland
• 1979/80 George Howe
• 1980/81 Frank Dennett
• 1981/82 T. V. Harby
• 1982/83 John K.Pennington
• 1983/84 D.C.Birkinshaw
• 1984/85 Frank Dennett
• 1985/86 T. V. Harby
• 1986/87 Barrie Parker
• 1987/88 Royce Young
• 1988/89 B. A. Marshall
• 1989/90 A. F. Robinson
• 1990/91 Alfred T. Stone
• 1991/92 Shaukat Khan
• 1992/93 Brent Charlesworth
  Brent Charlesworth
  Brent Charlesworth is a member of Lincoln City Council, and was previously a member of Nottingham City Council, and a former Lord Mayor and Sheriff of Nottingham. He is a member of the Labour Party....
  
  
• 1993/94 A.F.Robinson
• 1994/95 R. Mackintosh
• 1995/96 R.Greensmith
• 1996/97 M.A. Wood
• 1996/97 Mrs. S. Briggs
• 1997/98 A.F.Robinson
• 1998/99 Chris Gibson
• 1999/00 Mike Whittall
• 2000/01 Coun. John Hartshorne
• 2001/02 Mrs. Joan Casson
• 2002/03 Coun. Ali Asghar
• 2003/04 Coun. John Hartshorne
• 2004/05 Coun. Derek Creswell
• 2005/06 Coun. Derek Creswell
• 2006/07 Coun. Jeannie Packer
• 2007/08 Coun. Jeannie Packer
• 2008/09 Coun. Brian Grocock
• 2009/10 Coun. Leon Unczur
• 2010/11 Coun. Penny Griggs
• 2011/12 Coun. Leon Unczur