This is a list of the
High Sheriffs of the English county 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 are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March.
From 1068 until 1567, the position existed as
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests. From 1568 separate appointments were made for the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and for the
High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
16th century
* For Sheriffs prior to 1568 see
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests
* 1567: Sir Anthony Strelley
* 1568: Thomas Cowper
* 1569: John Byron
* 1570: John Nevill
* 1571:
Robert Markham
Robert Markham is a pseudonym used by author Kingsley Amis to publish ''Colonel Sun'' in March 1968. The book was the first continuation James Bond novel following the death of Bond's creator, Ian Fleming.
Kingsley Amis
Following the death of Ian ...
* 1572:
Sir Gervase Clifton (4th term)
* 1573:
William Holles of Haughton
* 1574:
Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford
* 1575:
Henry Pierrepont of
Holme Pierrepont
Holme Pierrepont is a hamlet and civil parish located south-east of the city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is in the Gamston ward of the Rushcliffe local authority in the East Midlands region. The population of the civil pa ...
* 1576: George Chaworth of Wiverton
* 1577:
Thomas Markham of Ollerton
* 1578:
John Biron of
Newstead Abbey
* 1579: Sir
Francis Willoughby of
Wollaton Hall (1st term)
* 1580: George Nevill
* 1581: William Sutton of Arundel
* 1582: Francis Molyneux of
Teversal Manor[''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland'' 2nd Edition (1844) John and John Bernard Burke.p360 Google Books]
* 1583:
Robert Markham
Robert Markham is a pseudonym used by author Kingsley Amis to publish ''Colonel Sun'' in March 1968. The book was the first continuation James Bond novel following the death of Bond's creator, Ian Fleming.
Kingsley Amis
Following the death of Ian ...
* 1584: Brian Lassels
* 1585: John Sydenham
* 1586: George Chaworth
* 1587:
Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford
* 1588: Sir
Francis Willoughby of
Wollaton Hall (2nd term)
* 1589: John Byron
* 1590: Thomas Thornhough
* 1591:
John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare of Haughton
* 1592: John Basset
* 1593: Sir
Francis Willoughby of
Wollaton Hall (3rd term)
* 1594: William Sutton
* 1595:
Richard Whalley of Kirton and Screveton
* 1596:
John Biron of
Newstead Abbey
* 1597: John Thorold
* 1598: Henry Chaworth
* 1599: Brian Lassels
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century
See also
*
Sheriff of Nottingham
*
Sheriff of Nottingham (position)
References
{{High Shrievalties
Local government in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire