This is a list of High Sheriffs of Flintshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under

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. Formerly, the High Sheriff was the principal

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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. The shrievalty of

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, together with that of

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...

, was abolished in 1974 when the county and shrievalty of Clwyd was created.

List of Sheriffs

14th and 15th centuries

*1309–11: Pain de Tipetot (Tiptoft) *1331: Robert de Praers(?) *1341?: William de Praers *1349-58: Rhys ap Roppert ap Gruffydd and Ithel ap Cynwrig Sais *<1373: Adam de Kyngeslegh *1373–1378: Ralph de Davenport *1378: Morgan 'Yonge' ab Iorwerth ap Morgan *1390: Hywel ap Tudur ab Ithel Fychan *1396(-1399?): Nicholas Hauberk *1399:

Henry Hotspur Percy Sir Henry Percy (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), nicknamed Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years' War. The nickname "Hotsp ...

(killed 1403) *1407–1416: Roger Leche *1417–1458: Thomas Rempston

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

References

{{High Shrievalties Flintshire

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