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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 im ...
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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 ...
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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 great ...
*Before 1086 Robert BlundGreen ''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
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