This is a list of Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Sheriff (since 1974 called High Sheriff) is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually by the Crown. He was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county and presided at the Assizes and other important county meetings. After 1576 there was a separate

Sheriff of Norfolk The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. The High Sheriff of Norfolk was originally the principal law enforcement officer in Norfolk and presided at the assizes and other imp ...

and

Sheriff of Suffolk This is a list of Sheriffs and High Sheriffs of Suffolk. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. The Sheriff was originally the principal law enforcement officer in the county a ...

List of Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk

11th century

*Toli (died 1066) *Norman *1070–c. 1080 William Malet (died 1071) and

Robert Malet Robert Malet (c. 1050 – by 1130) was a Norman- English baron and a close advisor of Henry I. Early life Malet was the son of William Malet, and inherited his father's great honour of Eye in 1071. This made him one of the dozen or so grea ...

*Before 1086

Robert Blund Robert Blund was a Norman nobleman and Sheriff of Norfolk after the Norman Conquest of England. Blund was named in ''Domesday Book'' as the Sheriff of Norfolk, so he held that office sometime before 1086, when ''Domesday'' was compiled.Green ' ...

Green ''English Sheriffs'' p. 60

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

Notes

References

The history of the worthies of England, Volume 2 By Thomas Fuller
* * * * {{High Shrievalties History of Norfolk History of Suffolk

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nort ...