This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of

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The

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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. From 1204 to 1344 the

Sheriff of Staffordshire This is a list of the sheriffs and high sheriffs of Staffordshire. The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. The sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities ass ...

served also as the Sheriff of Shropshire. Under the provisions of the

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, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as sheriff was retitled high sheriff. The high sheriff changes every March.

Sheriff

11th century

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

12th century

*-1114:

Alan fitz Flaad Alan fitz Flaad (c. 1078 – after 1121) was a Breton knight, probably recruited as a mercenary by Henry I of England in his conflicts with his brothers. After Henry became King of England, Alan became an assiduous courtier and obtained large ...

(died 1114) *1127–1137:

Pain fitzJohn Pain fitzJohn (before 110010 July 1137) was an Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman nobleman and administrator, one of King Henry I of England's "list of Henry's new men, new men", who owed their positions and wealth to the king. Pain's family originate ...

(died 1137) *1137–1138: William Fitz Alan (exiled 1138) *1155–1159: William Fitz Alan (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 centuries

*1204–1344 See

High Sheriff of Staffordshire This is a list of the sheriffs and high sheriffs of Staffordshire. The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. The sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities ass ...

*1208 Reginald de Lega (acting) *1228 (or before) Henry de Deneston *1228

Henry de Verdun (I) Sir Henry de Verdun (I) was recorded as being a Knight of Staffordshire in 1227 and 1228 (with his brother Milo de Verdun), and High Sheriff of Staffordshire, Sheriff of Staffordshire and Coroner there in 1228, seemingly in succession to Henry de ...

*1285:

Sir Roger de Pulesdon Sir Roger de Pulesdon (otherwise 'Pyvelesdon' / Puleston etc) from Puleston in Shropshire, was the son of Sir Roger de Pyvelesdon, who was commemorated by his son and namesake with a Market Cross ('the Puleston Cross') in Newport, near the family ...

(otherwise 'de Pyvelesdon') *1354–1359 John de Burton A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours, Volume 4 *1377: Sir John Burley *1377: Sir Bryan Cornwall of

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*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 de la Pole (alias Mowetho), of Mawddwy and Wattlesborough *1388: Robert de Ludlow *1389: Edward Acton of Longnor *1390: John de Stepulton *1391: Sir William Hugford of Apley, Salop and Wilden, Beds *1392: Henry de Winesbury *1393: John de Eyton of Eyton upon the Weald Moors''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland'' Vol 1, John and John Bernard Burke (1847) p391 Google Books *1394: Thomas de Lee of South Bache in Diddlebury *1395: William Worthie *1396: Sir William Hugford of Apley, Salop and Wilden, Beds *1397–1398: Adamus de Pashal *1399: John Cornwall of Kinlet

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High sheriffs

20th century

21st century

Footnotes

References

The History of the Worthies of England volume 3
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