high sheriff of wiltshire

This is a list of the Sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) High Sheriffs of Wiltshire.

Until the 14th century, the shrievalty was held ''ex officio'' by the castellans of Old Sarum Castle.

On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the title of Sheriff of Wiltshire was retitled as High Sheriff of Wiltshire.Local Government Act 1972: Section 219
at legislation.gov.uk, accessed 28 April 2020: ”Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London".

Sheriff

To 1400

*1066: Edric
*1067–1070: Philippe de Buckland
*1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff
*1070–1105: Edward of Salisbury
*1110: William of Pont de L'Arche
*1119: Edward d'Évreux
*1120: Humphrey "The Great" De BOHUN (2º B. Bohun of Taterford) – Bearer of the Royal Standard in 1120 in the battle of Benneville in Normandy
*????: Walter FitzEdward of Salisbury
*1130: Warin de Lisures or Lisoriis
*????: "William the Late Sheriff", so called in 1155
*1152–1159: Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury
*1160–1162: Richard ''Clericus'' (Richard de Wilton)
*1163: Milo de Dauntesey
*1164–1181: Richard de Wilton or de Wilteshire
*1181: Michael Belet and Robert Malde (Mauduit)
*1182: ditto 1181 and Roger Fitz Renfr or Renf
*1183–1187: Robert Mauduit
*1189: Hugh Bardolf
*1190: William of Salisbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, son of Patrick
*1191: Robert de Tregoz
*1192: William d'Évreux (as above)
*1193–1197: William d'Évreux (as above) and Thomas d'Évreux (otherwise Devereux) his son
*1197–1198: Stephen of Thornham and Alexander de Ros
*1199: Stephen of Thornham and Wandragesil de Courselles
*1200–1203: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and Robert de Berneres
*1207: Geoffrey de Neville
*1210: Robert de Veteriponte (i.e., de Vipont) jointly with Nicholas de Vipont
*1211–1212: Robert de Veteriponte (i.e., de Vipont)
*1215–1225: William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (died in office)
*1226: Simon de Hal
*1227: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and John Dacus
*1228: John of Monmouth and Walter de Bumesey
*1229–1230: John of Monmouth
*1231–1234: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and John Dacus
*1235: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury and Robert de Hogesham
*1236: Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury
*1237: William Gerebred / Robert de Hogesham
*1238–1239: Robert de Hogesham
*1240–1245: Nicholas de Haversham
*1246–1248: Nicholas de Lusteshull
*1249–1252: William de Tynchiden
*1253–1254: William de Tenhide and his son John
*1255–1257: John de Verund
*1258–1259: John de Verund and Geoffrey Scudamor (otherwise Scudamore)
*1260: John de Verund
*1261–1263: Rad. .e. Radulphus otherwise Rafe or RalphCussell
*1264: Rad. de Aungers and John de Aungers
*1265: Rad. de Aungers
*1266–1270: William de Duy and Stephen de Edworth
*1271: Stephen de Edwarth and Walter de Strichesley
*1272–1274: Walter de Strichesley
*1275–1280: Hildebrand of London (otherwise Sir Hildebrand de Londres)
*1281–1288: John de Wotton
*1289–1290: Richard de Combe
*1291–1295: Thomas de St Omero (otherwise de St-Omer)
*1296–1298: Walter Pavely (otherwise Paveley)
*1299–1300: John of Newtown
*1301–1303: John of Hertinger
*1304: Henry of Cobham
*1305–1306: John de Gerberge
*1307: Andreas de Grimstead
*1308–1309: Alex Cheverell and John de Sto Laudo (otherwise de St Lo or Saint Lowe)
*1310: William de Harden
*1311: Adam Walrand
*1312–1313: Adam Walrand and John Kingston
*1314: John de Holt and Sir Philip de la Beche
*1315–1316: Sir Philip de la Beche
*1317–1319: Walter de Risum
*1320–1321: Adam de Tichbourne and Adam Walrand
*1322: Walter le Longe
*1323–1325: Sir Adam Walrand
*1327: Sir Adam Walrand
*1328: Sir Philip de la Beche
*1329–1331: Sir John Mauduit
*1332: Gifford le Long
*1333: John Mauduit and William Randolph
*1334: John Tichbourne and John Mauduit
*1335–1336: Gilbert de Berewik and Reginald de Paveley
*1337: Sir Peter Doynel and Gilbert de Berewik (i.e. de Berwick)
*1338–1340: John Mauduit
*1341: Thomas de Sto Mauro (otherwise Seymour) and Robert Lokes
*1342–1344: John Mauduit
*1345–1346: John Roches
*1347: John Roches and Thomas Semor (otherwise Seymour, see also 1341)
*1348–1350: Robert Russell
*1350:
*1351–1353: Thomas de la River
*1354: John Everard of Stratford-sub-Castle
*1355–1360: Thomas Hungerford
*1361–1366: Henry Sturmy
*1367–1371: Walter de Haywood
*1372: William de Worston
*1373: Henry Sturmy
*1374: Sir John Dauntsey
*1375: Sir John Delamare
*1376–1377: Ralph Cheyne
*1378: Peter de Cusaunce and William de Worston
*1379–1380: Rad. (i.e. Radulphus) de Norton
*1381: Laurence de Sco. Martino (otherwise de St Martin) and Hugo Cheyne
*1382: Nicholas Woodhall
*1383: Sir Bernard Brocas
*1384–1385: John Lancaster
*1386–1387: John Salesbury
*1388–1389: Ralph Cheyne
*1390: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
*1391: John Roches
*1392: Robert Dyneley of Fittleton
*1393: John Gawen of Norrington
*1394: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
*1395: Sir John Moigne (or Moyne) of Owermoigne
*1396: Thomas Bonham
*1397–1399: Richard Mawarden of Stratford sub Castle
*1400: John Dauntsey

15th century

*1401: William Worfton of Broad Hinton and John Gawayne
*1402: William Cheyne of Brooke
*1403–1404: Walter Beauchamp
*1405: Walter Hungerford
*1406: Rad. (i.e. Radulphus for Rafe or Ralph) Grene (otherwise Green)
*1407: Walter Beauchamp
*1408: Sir Robert Corbet
*1409: William Cheyne
*1410: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston Castle
*1411: Thomas Bonham
*1413: Sir Elias Delamere, Kt, of Fisherton Delamere
*1414: Henry Thorpe of Newton Tony
*1415: Thomas Calstone (otherwise Calston) of Littlecote and Upton Lovell
*1416: Robert Andrewe (or Andrew)
*1417: William Finderne
*1418: Sir William Sturmy, of Wulfhall
*1419: Thomas Ringwood, of Loveraz Coulesfield
*1420–1421: William Darell, of Littlecote
*1422: William Darell, of Littlecote (see 1420)
*1423: Sir Robert Shotesbrook (or Shottesbrook), Kt
*1424: William Finderne
*1425: Walter Pauncefoot
*1426: John Stourton, of Stourton
*1427: William Darell, of Littlecote (see 1420)
*1428: John Pawlet, of Fisherton Delamere
*1429: Sir John Bayntun, Kt, of Fallersdon
*1430: David Cervington, of Longford Castle
*1431: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall
*1432: Walter Strickland
*1433: Sir John Stourton, of Stourton (see 1426)
*1434: Sir Stephen Popham of Popham
*1435: Edmund or Edward Hungerford
*1436: William Beauchamp
*1437: Sir John Stourton (see 1426)
*1438: Sir John VI Lisle
*1439: John St Loe (or Saint Lowe)
*1440: John Norris
*1441: Richard Restwold of Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire and Sindlesham, Berkshire
*1442: William Beauchamp
*1443: Sir John Bainton (otherwise Bayntun, see 1429), of Falstone (or Fallersdon) and of Shaw near Melksham
*1444: John Basket, of Lydiard Millicent
*1445: Richard Restwold of Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire and Sindlesham, Berkshire
*1446: William Stafford
*1447: William Beauchamp
*1448: John Norreys
*1449: Philip Baynard, of Lackham
*1450: Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall
*1451: John Nanson
*1452: Edward Stradling, of Dauntsey
*1453: John Willoughby, of Brooke Hall near Westbury
*1454: George Darell, of Littlecote
*1455: Sir Reginald Stourton, Kt, of Stourton
*1456: Henry Long, of Wraxall
*1457: Sir John Seymour, of Wulfhall
*1458: Hugh Pilkenham or Pekenham
*1459: John Ferris, of Blunsdon St Andrew
*1461: George Darell
*1462–1463: Sir Reginald Stourton, Kt, of Stourton (see 1456)
*1464: Sir Roger Tocotes, Kt
*1465: Sir George Darell, Kt
*1466: Sir Thomas de la Mare, Kt
*1467: Christopher Wolsley
*1468: Sir Richard Darell, Kt
*1469: Sir George Darell, Kt
*1470: Sir Laurence Raynsford, Kt
*1471: Sir Roger Tocotes, Kt
*1472: Sir Maurice Berkeley, Kt
*1473: Sir John Willoughby, Kt
*1474: William Collingbourne, of Collingbourne Ducis
*1475: Henry Long of Wraxall
*1476: Walter Bonham
*1477: Edward Hartgill
*1478: John Mompesson, of Bathampton Wyly
*1479: Walter Hungerford, of Farley Castle
*1480: Charles Bulkeley
*1481: William Collingbourne, of Collingbourne Ducis
*1482: John Mompesson
*1483: Henry Long of Wraxall
*1484: Edward Hartgill
*1485: Sir Roger Tocotes, Kt
*1486: John Wroughton, of Broad Hinton
*1487: Sir John Turberville, Kt (? of Bere Regis, Dorset)
*1488: Thomas Vinour
*1489: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (1st term)
*1490: Constantius (i.e. Constantine) Darell, of Collingbourne Ducis
*1491: John Lye, of Flamstone in Bishopstone
*1492: John Yorke, of Helthrop, near Ramsbury
*1493: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (2nd term)
*1494: Richard Puddesey
*1495: Constantius (i.e. Constantine) Darell, of Collingbourne Ducis
*1496: George Chaderton (otherwise Chadderton or Chatterton), of Lydiard Millicent
*1497: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (3rd term)
*1498: Sir George Seymour, Kt
*1499: Sir John Huddlestone, Kt
*1500: Sir Thomas Long, Kt, of South Wraxall and Draycot

16th century

*1501: John Yorke
*1502: Sir William Callaway
*1503: Sir John Danvers, Kt, of Dauntsey
*1504: John Ernle, of Etchilhampton
*1505: John Gawayne, of Norrington
*1506: Sir Thomas Long, Kt (see 1500)
*1507: Sir John Seymour, Kt, of Wulfhall
*1508: John Mompesson
*1509: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (4th term)
*1510: Sir Walter Hungerford, Kt
*1511: Henry Long, Kt of Draycot Cerne (1st term)
*1512: Sir Christopher Wroughton, Kt, of Broad Hinton
*1513: Sir John Danvers, Kt, of Dauntsey
*1514: William Bonham, of Bonham, at Stourton and Great Wishford
*1515: Sir John Scrope, Kt, of Castle Combe and Oxendon
*1516: Sir Nicholas Wadham (died 1542) of Merryfield, Somerset and Edge, Devon.
*1517: Sir Edward Hungerford, Kt
*1518: Sir John Seymour, Kt of Wulfhall (see 1507)
*1519: Sir Edward Darell of Littlecote (5th term)
*1520: John Skilling, of Draycott Foliat
*1521: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley), of Bourton, Bishop's Cannings
*1522: Sir Edward Bayntun, Kt, of Bromham
*1523: Thomas Yorke
*1524: Sir John Seymour, Kt, of Wulfhall (see 1518)
*1525: Sir Henry Long, Kt of Draycot Cerne (2nd term)
*1526: Sir John Bourchier, Kt
*1527: Sir Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
*1528: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley)
*1529: John Horsey, of Martin
*1530: Thomas Yorke
*1531: Thomas Bonham, of Great Wishford
*1532: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley)
*1533: Sir Walter Hungerford, Kt of Farley Castle
*1534: Robert Baynard, of Lackham
*1535: Thomas Yorke (see 1530)
*1536: Sir Henry Long, Kt of Draycot Cerne (3rd term)
*1537: Sir John Brydges, Kt
*1538: Sir Anthony Hungerford, Kt (see 1527)
*1539: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley), of Bishop's Cannings
*1540: Edward Mompesson
*1541: Sir Henry Long, Kt of Draycot Cerne (4th term)
*1542: John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford (1st term)
*1543: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley), of Bishop's Cannings
*1544: Robert Hungerford, of Cadenham
*1545: Charles Bulkeley
*1546: Richard Scrope, of Castle Combe
*1547: Silvester Danvers, of Dauntsey
*1548: Ambrose Dauntsey
*1549: John Bonham of Hazelbury
*1550: John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford (2nd term)
*1551: William Stumpe died and replaced by Sir James Stumpe of Charlton and Malmesbury (1st term)
*1552: Sir William Sharington (or Sherington), Kt, of Lacock Abbey (died in office)
*1553: Edward Baynard, of Lackham
*1553: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley) of Bishop's Cannings
*1554: Robert Hungerford of Cadnam (otherwise Cadenham)
*1555: John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze
*1556: Sir Anthony Hungerford, Kt, of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
*1557: Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley Castle
*1558: Henry Brouncker, of Melksham
*1558: Sir John Zouche, Kt, of Calstone near Calne
*1559: Sir James Stumpe of Charlton and Malmesbury (2nd term)
*1559: George Ludlow
*1560: Sir John Marvyn of Pertwood and Fonthill Gifford (3rd term)
*1561: George Penruddock of Ivy Church, Laverstock, and Compton Chamberlayne
*1562: John Ernle (otherwise Erneley) of Bishop's Cannings (see 1553)
*1563: William Button of Alton Priors
*1564: John Eyre of Great Chalfield
*1565: Nicholas Snell of Kington St Michael
*1566: Henry Sherington, of Lacock Abbey
*1567: George Ludlow, of Hill Deverill
*1568: Sir John Thynne of Longleat
*1569: William Button, of Alton Priors and Stowell
*1570: Edward Bayntun, of Rowdon
*1571: John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze (see 1555)
*1572: Sir Walter Hungerford of Farley Castle (see 1557)
*1573: Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey
*1574: Sir Robert Long of Wraxall and Draycott
*1575: Sir Thomas Wroughton of Broad Hinton
*1576: Sir John Hungerford, Kt, of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
*1577: Sir Henry Knyvett, Kt, of Charlton
*1578: Nicholas St John of Lydiard Park, Lydiard Tregoze
*1579: Michael Ernle (otherwise Erneley), of Bourton, in Bishop's Cannings, and Whetham, Calne
*1580: William Brouncker of Melksham
*1581: Sir Walter Hungerford (see 1572)
*1582: Jasper Moore of Heytesbury
*1583: John Snell of Kington St Michael
*1584: Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey (see 1573)
*1585: Edmund Ludlow of Hill Deverill
*1586: Richard Moody, of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
*1587: Sir Walter Hungerford (see 1581)
*1588: Henry Willoughby, of Knoyle Odierne or West Knoyle
*1589: John Warneford, of Sevenhampton near Highworth
*1590: William Eyre of Great Chalfield
*1591: Sir John Hungerford of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
*1592: Sir John Thynne of Longleat and Caus Castle, Shropshire
*1593: John Hungerford, of Stoke near Great Bedwyn
*1594: Sir Henry Sadleir (otherwise Sadler or Sadlier) of Everley
*1595: John Dauntsey, of West Lavington
*1596: Sir James Mervyn, Kt, of Fonthill Gifford
*1597: Edward Penruddock of Compton Chamberlayne
*1598: Thomas Snell, of Kington St Michael
*1599: Walter Vaughan of Falstone House, Bishopstone nr Salisbury
*1600: Sir Walter Long, Kt of South Wraxall and Draycot

17th century

*1601: Henry Bayntun of Bromham House
*1602: Sir Jasper Moore of Heytesbury
*1603: Sir Jasper Moore, Kt, of Heytesbury
*1604: Sir Alexander Tutt of Idmiston
*1605: John Hungerford of Cadnam, Bremhill
*1606: Gabriel Pile
*1607: Sir Thomas Thynne, Kt, of Longleat
*1608: Richard Goddard, of Standon Hussey
*1609: John Ayliffe, of Brinkworth and Grittenham
*1610: Sir Giles Wroughton, Kt, of Broad Hinton
*1611: Sir William Button, 1st Baronet, of Alton Priors and of Tockenham Court, Lyneham
*1612: Francis Popham, of Littlecote
*1613: Sir William Pawlett, Kt, of Edington
*1614: Henry Mervyn of Pertwood and Fonthill Giffard
*1615: Thomas Moore, of Heytesbury
*1616: Sir Richard Grobham, Kt, of Great Wishford, Berwick St Leonard and Nettleton
*1617: Sir John Horton, Kt, of Iford and Westwood
*1618: Sir Henry Moody of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
*1619: Sir Henry Poole of Oaksey
*1620: Sir Charles Pleydell, Kt, of Midgehall in Lydiard Tregoze
*1621: Sir William Pawlett, Kt, of Edington
*1622: Sir John Lambe Kt, of Coulston
*1623: Gifford Long of Rowde Ashton
*1624: Edward Reade, of Corsham
*1625: Sir Francis Seymour
*1626: Sir Giles Estcourt, 1st Baronet of Long Newnton
*1627: Sir Walter Long, Bt of Whaddon
*1628: John Duckett, of Hartham near Corsham
*1629: Sir Robert Baynard of Lackham
*1630: John Topp of Stockton
*1631: Sir Edward Hungerford of Corsham and Farleigh Hungerford
*1632: Sir John St John, of Lydiard Tregoze
*1633: Sir Henry Ludlow, of Maiden Bradley
*1634: Francis Goddard, of Standon Hussey and Cliffe Pypard
*1635: Sir George Ayliffe, Kt, of Foxley and Grittenham in Brinkworth
*1636: Sir Nevil Poole, Kt, of Poole Keynes
*1637: Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham House, Bromham
*1638: John Grubbe, of Potterne and Cherhill
*1639: John Duke, of Lake
*1640: Giles Eyre, of Brickworth
*1641: Robert Chivers, of Calne, Quemerford, and Leigh Delamere
*1642: Sir George Vaughan, Kt, of Fallersdon
*1643: Sir John Penruddocke, Kt, of Compton Chamberlayne
*1644: Sir James Long, Bt, of Draycot Cerne
*1645: Edmund Ludlow, of Hill Deverill, and Alexander Thistlethwaite, of Winterslow
*1646: Sir Henry Chalk (?Choke), Kt
*1647: Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Bt
*1648: Edward Tooker, of Maddington
*1649: William Calley, of Burderop
*1650: Thomas Bond of Ogbourne St George
*1651: Lawrence Washington of Garsdon, near Malmesbury
*1652: Sir Henry Clerk, Kt, of Enford near Amesbury
*1653: Thomas Long, of Little Cheverell
*1654: Hugh Audley (otherwise Awdley), of Colepark, Malmesbury
*1655: John Dove, of Salisbury
*1656: Robert Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren near Highworth
*1657: (?Robert) Hippesley
*1658: John Ernle of Bourton in Bishop's Cannings and of Whetham in Calne
*1659: Isaac Burgess
*1660: Edward Horton, of Great Chaldfield, near Bradford
*1661: Sir James Thynne of Longleat
*1662: Sir Walter Ernle, 1st Baronet of Etchilhampton
*1663: Sir Henry Coker, Kt, of Hill Deverill
*1664: Sir Edward Bayntun of Bromham
*1665: Thomas Mompesson, of Corton in Boyton
*12 November 1665: Sir John Weld, of Compton Bassett
*7 November 1666: Christopher Willoughby, of Bishopstone
*6 November 1667: John Long, of Little Cheverell
*6 November 1668: Sir Richard Grobham Howe, of Berwick St Leonard
*11 November 1669: John Hall, of Bradford-on-Avon
*4 November 1670: Sir Robert Button, 3rd Baronet, of Tockenham Court, Lyneham
*9 November 1671: Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet, of Whaddon
*11 November 1672: Walter Smith, of Shalbourne and Great Bedwyn
*12 November 1673: Bernard Pawlett, of Cottles, near Bradford
*5 November 1674: Thomas Goddard, of Swindon
*15 November 1675: Sir Matthew Andrews, of Mere
*10 November 1676: Giles Earl
*18 November 1676: Richard Hart
*23 November 1676: John Hawkins, of Ashton Keynes
*17 November 1677: Henry Chivers, of Calne and Quemerford
*14 November 1678: John Hawkins, of Ashton Keynes
*13 November 1679: Giles Earle
*late 1679: Thomas Earle, of Eastcourt House, Crudwell
*4 November 1680: John Jacob
*1681: Thomas Gore, of Alderton
*1682: Richard Lewis, of Edington
*1683: Sir Edmund Warneford of Sevenhampton near Highworth
*1684: George Willoughby of Bishopstone
*1685: (John Davenant: altered to) William Chafyn, of Zeals Monachorum
*1686: John Davenant, of Landford in Frustfield Hundred
*1687: Richard Chaundler of Idmiston
*1688: Sir Jeremy Craye, Kt
*1689: John Wyndham of Norrington
*1690: (James Blatch: altered to) Stephen Blatch, of Westbury
*1691: Henry Wallis, of Trowbridge
*1692: Henry Nourse (altered to Sir William Pynsent, Bt, and again to Henry Nourse)
*1693: Sir Thomas Estcourt, Kt, of Sherston Pinkney
*1694: Sir William Pynsent, Bt of Urchfont
*1695: Gifford Yerbury
*1696: Joseph Houlton, of Trowbridge
*1697: John Benett, of Norton Bavant
*1698: Thomas Baskerville, (? of Richardston near Winterbourne Basset)
*1699: (Walter Ernle: altered to) John Kyrle (otherwise Curll), of Turley near Bradford
*1700: (Joseph Houlton: altered to) Francis Merewether of Easterton, Market Lavington

18th century

*1701: Richard Jones of Ramsbury
*1702: (William Willoughby: altered to) Christopher Willoughby, of West Knoyle
*1703: Richard Long of Collingbourne
*1704: Walter Long of South Wraxall
*1705: John Flower, of Grimstead, or of Worton, near Devizes
*1706: (Thomas Blatch: altered to) Andrew Duke, of Bulford
*1707: Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet
*1708: Francis Kenton
*1709: (Oliver Calley: altered to) Walter Ernle, of Conock, Chirton
*1710: William Benson of Amesbury
*1711: Daniel Webb of Monkton Farleigh
*1712: John Cox of Kemble, near Malmesbury
*1713: John Smith, of Alton Priors
*1714: Richard Goddard of Swindon
*1715: Matthew Pitts, of Salisbury
*1716: John Eyles, of Devizes
*1717: Robert Houlton replaced by Calthorpe Parker Long then Thomas Bennett of Steeple Ashton
*1718: George Speke Petty, of Cheney Court and Haselbury House, Box
*1719: John Askew, of Lydiard Millicent
*1720: Caleb Bayley replaced by John Vilett, of Swindon
*1721: Henry Read, of Crowood
*1722: Edward Hill, of Wanborough
*1723: Ralph Freke, of Hannington, near Highworth
*1724: Joseph Houlton, of Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, and Grittleton, Wiltshire
*1725: John Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
*1726: Henry Long, of Melksham
*1727: John Mills, of Cherhill, Calne replaced by William Coleman
*1728: Walter Hungerford of Studley House, Calne
*1729: Henry Hungerford, of Fyfield, Milton Lislebonne
*1730: Ezekiel Wallace (or Wallis), of Lucknam, Colerne
*1731: Henry Skilling, of Draycott Foliat
*1732: John Smith, of Whitley, Calne
*1733: Job Polden, of Imber
*1734: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh and Chalford
*1735: William Vilett, of Swindon
*1736: Richard Baskerville, of Berwick Bassett
*1736: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge
*1737: William Hedges of Compton Bassett
*1738: Isaac Warriner, of Conock, Chirton
*1739: William Wyndham, of Dinton
*1740: Edward Mortimer, of Trowbridge (or William Wyndham?)
*1741: Anthony Guy, of Chippenham
*1742: William Batt, of Salisbury
*1743: John or William Hippesley, of Stanton Fitzwarren
*1744: (John Walters of Titherley: altered to) Fulke Greville, of Wilbury House, Newton Toney
*1745: Walter Long, of Salisbury, Wiltshire, and Preshaw, Hampshire
*1746: Godfrey Huckle Kneller, of Donhead Hall, Donhead St Mary
*1747: William Phipps, of Heywood
*1748: Thomas Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
*1749: Thomas Cooper, of Salisbury
*1750: James Bartlett, of Salisbury
*1751: Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
*1752: Thomas Cooper, of Cumberwell, near Bradford
*1753: Edward Polhill, of Heale House, Woodford, near Salisbury
*1754: William Phipps, of Westbury Leigh
*1755: Arthur Evans, of the Close, Salisbury
*1756: John Jacob, of Tockenham Wick House, Lyneham
*1757: William Coles, of the Close, Salisbury
*1758: Thomas Bennett (otherwise Benett), of Pyt House
*1759: William Norris, of Nonesuch House, Bromham
*1760: George Flower, of Devizes
*1761: Scrope (otherwise Scroop) Egerton, of Salisbury
*1762: Prince Sutton, of Devizes
*1763: John Talbot of Lacock Abbey
*1764: Walter Long (of South Wraxall)
*1765: Benjamin Adamson, of Kemble
*1766: Edward Medlicott, of Warminster
*1767: Edward Goddard, of Cliffe Pypard
*1768: Edmund Lambert, of Boyton
*1769: William Talk, of Salisbury (New Sarum)
*1770: Thomas Maundrell, of Blacklands, near Calne
*1771: William Langham, of Ramsbury Manor
*1772: Henry Penruddocke Wyndham, of the College, Salisbury
*1773: Edward Poore, of Rushall
*1774: Thomas Estcourt, of Newnton
*1775: Francis Dugdale Astley, of Everley
*1776: William Northey, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
*1777: Joseph Colborne, of Hardenhuish, Chippenham
*1778: William Beach, of Nether Avon House
*1779: Robert Cooper, of Salisbury
*1780: Paul Cobb Methuen of Corsham House
*1781: William Hayter, of Newton Toney
*1782: William Bowles, of Heale House
*1783: Thomas Hussey, of Salisbury
*1784: William Chaffin Grove of Zeals House, Mere
*1785: James Sutton of New Park, Devizes 'or'' of Roundway*1786: Seymour Wroughton, of Eastcott, Urchfont
*1787: Isaac William Webb Horlock, of Ashwick, Marshfield, Gloucestershire
*1788: Robert Ashe, of Langley Burrell
*1789: Thomas Grove, of Ferne
*1790: Gifford Warriner, of Conock, Chirton
*1791: John Awdry, of Notton, Lacock
*1792: Matthew Humphries, of the Ivy House, Chippenham
*1793: John Gaisford, of Iford House, near Bradford
*1794: Richard Godolphin Long, of Rood Ashton
*1795: James Montagu, of Alderton and Lackham
*1796: Gilbert Trowe Beckett Turner, of Penley House, Westbury
*1797: Sir John Methuen Poore, 1st Bt. of Rushall
*1798: John Benett of Pyt House
*1799: Edward Hinxman, of Little Durnford
*1800: George Yalden Fort, of Alderbury

19th century

*11 February 1801: Thomas Bush, of Bradford
*3 February 1802: Sir Andrew Bayntun-Rolt, 2nd Baronet, of Spye Park
*3 February 1803: Thomas Henry Hele Phipps, of Leighton House, Westbury
*1 February 1804: Wadham Locke, of Rowde Ford
*6 February 1805: Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet, of Stourhead
*1 February 1806: John Paul Paul, of Ashton Keynes
*4 February 1807: Thomas Calley, of Burderop Park
*3 February 1808: John Houlton, of Grittleton
*6 February 1809: Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Baronet, of Wilbury House
*31 January 1810: Abraham Ludlow, of Heywood House
*8 February 1811: Harry Biggs, of Stockton
*24 January 1812: Sir William Pierce Ashe A'Court, 1st Baronet, of Heytesbury House
*10 February 1813: William Fowle, of Chute, Wiltshire
*4 February 1814: William Wyndham, of Dinton, Wiltshire
*13 February 1815: George Eyre, of Bramshaw
*1816: John Hussey, of Salisbury
*1817: John Hungerford Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
*1818: Alexander Powell, of Hurdcott
*1819: John Long, of Monkton Farleigh
*1820: Ambrose Goddard, of Swindon
*1821: Ambrose Awdry, of Seend, near Devizes
*1822: Edward Phillips, of Melksham
*1823: John Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham
*1824: Sir Edward Poore Bt, of Rushall
*1825: Ernle Warriner, of Conock, Chirton
*1826: Thomas Clutterbuck, of Hardenhuish
*1827: Thomas Baskerville Mynors Baskerville, of Rockley House, near Marlborough
*1828: George Wroughton Wroughton, of Wilcot House, near Pewsey
*1829: George Heneage Walker Heneage, of Compton Bassett
*1830: Edward William Leyborne Popham, of Littlecote House
*1831: Paul Methuen, of Corsham House
*1832: Sir Edmund Antrobus, 2nd Baronet, of Amesbury
*1833: William Temple, of Bishopstrow, Warminster
*1834: Thomas Bolton, of Brickworth
*1835: Henry Seymour, of Knoyle
*1836: Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Baronet, of Everley
*1837: Sir Frederick Hutchison Hervey Bathurst, 3rd Baronet, of Clarendon
*1838: Thomas Assheton Smith, of Tedworth House, near Ludgershall
*1839: Charles Lewis Phipps, of Wans House
*1840: William Henry Fox Talbot, of Lacock Abbey
*1841: Ambrose Hussey, of Salisbury
*1842: Frederick William Rooke, of Lackham
*1843: Henry Stephen Olivier, of Potterne
*1844: George Edward Eyre, or Warrens, Bramshaw
*1845: Wade Browne, of Monkton Farleigh
*1846: The Right Honourable Jacob Pleydell Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone, of Longford Castle
*1847: Wadham Locke, of Ashton Giffard
*1848: John Henry Campbell Wyndham, of The College, Salisbury
*1849: Robert Parry Nisbet, of South Broom House, Devizes
*1850: Henry Gaisford Gibbs Ludlow, of Heywood House, Westbury
*1851: Graham Moore Michell Esmeade, of Monkton, Chippenham
*1852: John Bird Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham
*1853: Francis Leybourne Popham, of Chilton
*1854: Edmund Lewis Clutterbuck, of Hardenhuish
*1855: Simon Watson Taylor, of Urchfont
*1856: Charles William Miles, of Burton Hill House, Malmesbury
*1857: Alfred Morrison, of Fonthill
*1858: Francis Alexander Sydenham Locke, of Rowdeford
*1859: John Neilson Gladstone, of Bowdon Park
*1860: Horatio Nelson Goddard, of Cliffe Manor House, Cliffe Pypard
*1861: Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamberlayne
*1862: John Elton Mervyn Prower, of Purton House, Purton, near Swindon
*1863: Thomas Fraser Grove, of Ferne
*1864: John Lewis Phipps, of Leighton House, Westbury
*1865: Thomas Henry Allen Poynder, of Hartham Park, near Chippenham
*1866: Ambrose Denis Hussey-Freke, of Hannington Hall, Highworth
*1867: Henry Calley, of Burderop Park
*1868: Charles John Thomas Conolly, of Cottles House, near Melksham
*1869: Ralph Ludlow Lopes, of Sandridge Park, Melksham
*1870: John Ravenhill, of Ashton Gifford House
*1871: John William Gooch Spicer, of Spye Park
*1872: Sir John Neald, of Grittleton House
*1873: Nathaniel Barton, of Corsley House, Warminster
*1874: Edward Chaddock Lowndes, of Castle Combe
*1875: Charles Paul Phipps, of Chalcot, Westbury
*1876: William Henry Poynder of Hartham, Chippenham
*1877: Richard Walmesley of Lucknam
*1878: George Pargiter Fuller
*1879: William Stancomb of Blount's Court, Devizes
*1880: Sir Edward Antrobus, of Amesbury
*1881: George Morrison of Hampworth Lodge, Downton, Salisbury
*1882: The Right Hon. Edward Pleydell-Bouverie, of The Manor House, Market Lavington
*1883: Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, Bt, of Fonthill Abbey, Salisbury
*1884: Richard Leckonby Hothersall Phipps
*1885: Charles Edward Hungerford Athol Colston, of Roundway Park, Devizes
*1886: Sir Henry Bruce Meux, Bt, of Dauntsey House, Chippenham
*1887: Clement Walker Heneage, of Compton Bassett, Calne, V.C.
*1888: Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps, of Chalcot, Westbury
*1889: John Edmund Philip Spicer, of Spye Park, Chippenham
*1890: Sir John Poynder Dickson, Bt
*1891: Herbert James Harris, of Bowden Hill House, Chippenham,
*1892: Sir John William Kelk, 2nd Baronet
*1893: Sir Gabriel Goldney, 1st Baronet
*1894: William Henry Laverton
*1895: Charles Walker
*1896: Percy Wyndham
*1897: Sir John Gladstone, 4th Baronet
*1898: Sir William Roger Brown, Kt, of Highfield, Trowbridge
*1899: Lieutenant-Colonel Wyatt William Turner, of Pinkney Park, Malmesbury
*1900: Mark Hanbury Beaufoy, of Coombe House, Shaftesbury

20th century

*1901: Charles Awdry of Shaw Hill, Melksham
*1902: Edmund Clerke Schomberg of Clyffe Hall, Market Lavington
*1903: George Palmer of Lackham, Lacock
*1904: Hugh Morrison, of Fonthill, Tisbury
*1905: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Audley Dallas Neeld, Bt, C.B., M.V.O., of Grittleton
*1906: Sir Gabriel Prior Goldney, Bt.,C.V.O.,C.B. of Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham
*1907: Fitzroy Pleydell Goddard, of The Lawn, Swindon
*1908: Frederick Hastings Goldney, of Beechfield, Corsham
*1909: Captain George Hounsom Fort, of Alderbury House
*1910: Sir John Tankerville Goldney, Kt, of Monks Park, Corsham
*1911: William Stancomb, of Blount's Court, Devizes
*1912: Sir William Heward Bell, Kt
*1913: Charles Penruddocke
*1914: George Simon Arthur Watson-Taylor, of Erlestoke Park
*1915: Sir Henry Hugh Arthur-Hoare, 6th Baronet of Stourhead
*1916: George William Wynter Blathwayt, of Melksham House, Melksham
*1917: John Moulton
*1918: Eustace Richardson-Cox
*1919: Walter Richard Shaw-Stewart
*1920: The Hon. Louis George Greville of Heale House, Upper Woodford
*1921: Sir Frederick George Panizzi Preston of Landford Manor
*1922: Charles Garnett of Greathouse, Kington Langley
*1923: Bertram Erasmus Philipps of Dinton House, Dinton
*1924: Washington Merritt Grant Singer
*1925: Gerard James Buxton
*1926: Robert Fleetwood Fuller
*1927: Edgar Hugh Brassey
*1928: Robert William Awdry
*1930: Admiral John Luce
*1931: Claude Basil Fry, of Hannington Hall, Highworth
*1932: William Cory Heward Bell
*1933: W. Llewellen Palmer
*1934: Edward Harding-Newman
*1935: Herbert Paton Holt
*1936: George Jardine Kidston
*1937: Frederick George Glyn Bailey
*1938: John Granville Morrison, created Lord Margadale in 1965
*1939: John Morley
*1940: Rupert Stephens
*1941: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick George Glyn Bailey, of Lake House, Salisbury
*1942: William Herbert Lee Ewart
*1943: Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps
*1944: William Llewellen Palmer
*1945: Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe
*1946: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Edward Phillips, D.S.O., of Elm House, Winterbourne Dauntsey
*1947: Egbert Cecil Barnes of Hungerdown, Seagry
*1948: Claude Alexander Codrington
*1949: Samuel Vandeleur Christie-Miller
*1950: Roger Money-Kyrle
*1951: Brigadier Francis Ernle Fowle of The Manor, Charlton St. Peter
*1952: Guy Elland Carne Rasch
*1953: Sir Noel Arkell
*1954: Charles Edwin Awdry, T.D., D.S.O., of Notton Lodge, Lacock
*1955: Sir Geoffrey Ronald Codrington of Roche Court, Winterslow
*1956: Christopher Herbert Fleetwood Fuller
*1957: Arthur Guy Stratton of Manor House, Alton Priors
*1958: Sir Geoffrey Tritton, 3rd Baronet
*1959: Hugh Trefusis Brassey
*1960: Major David Adwyne Carne Rasch of Heale House, Middle Woodford
*1961: Major-General George Drew Fanshawe of Farley Farm House, Farley
*1962: Charles Murray Floyd
*1963: Peter Thomas Wellesley Sykes
*1964: Arthur Frank Seton Sykes
*1965: Geoffrey Henry Barrington Chance
*1966: Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto
*1967: Frank Harold Elcho Skyrme
*1968: Anthony William Allen Llewellen Palmer, MC (born 1912)
*1969: Edward Lancelot Luce
*1970: Captain Roger Edward Lennox Harvey, of Parliament Piece, Ramsbury
*1971: James Ian Morrison
*1972: Nigel Bailey
*1973: William Erskine Stobart

High Sheriff

20th century

*1974: Martin Anthony Gibbs
*1975: R. H. Heywood-Lonsdale
*1976: Gerald John Ward, of Park Farm, Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, Berkshire
*1977: Major Anthony Richard Tumor, C.B.E., of Foxley Manor, Malmesbury
*1978: Count Jan Badeni, of Norton Manor, Malmesbury
*1979: John Michael Stratton, O.B.E., of Manor Farm, Stockton, Warminster
*1980: Major Peter Sturgis, T.D., of Church Lodge, Dauntsey Park, Chippenham
*1981: Richard Flower Stratton, of "Seagrams", Kingston Deverill, Warminster
*1982: Samuel George Davenport, of Codford St Mary
*1983: John Heatley Noble, Esq., D.S.C., of Puckshipton House, near Pewsey
*1984: Major General John Humphrey Stephen Bowring, C.B., O.B.E., M.C., of Lower Swillbrook Farm, Minety, Malmesbury
*1985: Lieut-Colonel John Godfrey Jeans, of Chalke Pyt House, Broadchalke, Salisbury
*1986: Arthur Peter Bedingfeld Scott, of Grange Farm, Maiden, Devizes
*1987: Tristram Seton Sykes, of Norrington Manor, Alvediston, near Salisbury
*1988: Bonar Hugh Charles Sykes, of Conock Manor, Devizes
*1989: Beresford Norman Gibbs, of Flintham House, Oaksey, Malmesbury
*1990: Nigel James Moffatt Anderson M.C. D.L. FRGS, of Hamptworth Lodge, Landford, Salisbury.
*1991: Christopher Eliot Eliot-Cohen, Esq., of Hilldrop Farm, Ramsbury, Marlborough.
*1992: George William Michael Street, of The Dairy House, Berwick St James, Salisbury.
*1993: Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Johnston, K.C.B., O.B.E.
*1994: Mrs Anna Ruth Grange, of Thomhill Farm, Malmesbury
*1995: David John Randolph, of West Foscote Farm, Grittleton, Chippenham
*1996: Andrew William Michael Christie-Miller, of Clarendon Park, Alderbury, Salisbury
*1997: John Barnard Bush
*1998: Lady Hawley, Little Cheverell House, Devizes
*1999: Philip John Miles, of Middle Farm, Stanley, Chippenham
*2000: Robert Lawton

21st century

*2001: Richard David Stratton, Manor Farm, Kingston Deverill
*2002: Sir Christopher Benson
*2003: David Newbigging
*2004: James Arkell
*2005: David Margesson
*2006: Geraldine Wimble
*2007: The Honourable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie
*2008: Margaret Madeline, Mrs W. W. Wilks of Pewsey
*2009: Robert Charles Floyd of Great Chalfield Manor
*2010: Dame Elizabeth Louise Neville
*2011: Robert Ralph Scrymgeour Hiscox of Marlborough
*2012: The Hon. Laura, Lady Phillips
*2013: William Francis Wyldbore-Smith
*2014: Peter John Gerald Addington
*2015: Sarah, Lady Gooch
*2016: David Hempleman-Adams
*2017: Penny, Lady Marland
*2018: Mrs Nicola (Nicky) Alberry
*2019: David Bedingfeld Scott, of Nursteed, Devizes
*2020: Major-General Ashley Truluck
*2021: Sir Charles Hobhouse Bt.
*2022: The Marchioness of Lansdowne

See also

*Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
* List of Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire
* Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire

Notes

References

''The history of the worthies of England'', Volume 3 by Thomas Fuller
*''The Times''
*''Dictionary of National Biography''
*''The House of Commons, 1690–1715 by David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley 2002''
*''A List of Wiltshire Sheriffs'', John Edward Jackson (H. Bull, Devizes, 1856)

External links

The Occupants of the Ancient office of High Sheriff of Wiltshire from 1067 to 1612
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