Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk

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 and Sheriff of Suffolk.

List of Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk

11th century

Toli (died 1066)
Norman
1070–c. 1080 William Malet (died 1071) and Robert Malet^[1]
Before 1086 Robert Blund^[2]

12th century

1086–1107 Roger Bigot
Robert Rabet 1110
1115–1129 Robert fitz Walter^[3]
1129 Richard Basset and Aubrey de Vere
1135 Robert Fitz Walter
John de Chesney
c. 1146–1153 William de Chesney^[4]
1154 Richard Bassett and Aubrey de Vere
1155 Will de Nova Villa and William de Jeaxmeto

1156-1162 William de Chesney
1163–1168 Oggerus Dapifer
1169–1174 Bartholemew Glanvill and
Vinar Capellanus and William Bardull
1175–1185 Vinar Capellanus

1186 Vinar Capellanus and William son of Hervei
1187–1188 William son of Hervei
1189 Robert fitzRoger^[5] and Peter de Edichfeld
1190–1192 Robert fitzRoger and Samuel de Salia
1193–1195 Osbert de Longchamp
1196–1198 Robert FitzRoger and Richard de Gosfield
1198-1200 Robert FitzRoger

13th century

1201–1203 Peter de Mealton
1205–1206 Alex de Dunham and Alex Banister
1207–1210 John de Cornheard
1211–1212 William de Huntingfield and William Esturmi
1213 Robert Fitz Roger and William son of Rosicke
1214 William de Huntingfield and William Esturmi^[3]
1215 John son of Robert and Robert de Kent
1216 John son of Robert son of Roger
1221 Richard Duket
1217–1224 Hubert de Burgh^[6]
1225–1226 Hugh Rufus
1227–1231 Herbert de Alencum
1232–1233 Robert de Briwes/Thomas of Hengrave
1234–1235 Thomas de Heningham

1236–1237 Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe
1238 Robert de Broyons
1239–1240 John de Ulecott
1241–1242 Henry de Heketon and Hamo Passeleve
1243–1248 Hamo Passeleve
1249–1254 Robert de Savage
1255–1257 William de Swyneford
1258 Hamo Hanteyn
1259–1260 Hamo and Sir Hervey de Stanhoe
1261 Philip Marmion and William de Hekam
1262–1266 Nicholas Espigornel
1267–1269 Robert de Norton
1270–1272 William Giffard
1273 Robert son of John
1274–1275 Walter de Shelfhaugre
1276 Walter Granimt
1277–1280 John Brito and William de Bedham
1281–1282 William de Doinge
1283–1288 William de Rochinger
1289 Richard de Belhus
1290–1292 William de Nedham
1293–1295 William de Gerbe
1296–1297 William de Kirdeston
1298–1299 William de Sutton
1300 William de Ailton
unknown Walter of Elingham^[3]
unknown Roger de Cressy^[3]
unknown Fulk Bagnard^[3]
unknown John de Vaux

14th century

1301–1305 Robert Hereward
1306 Egid. de Mumpinzon
1307 Thomas de Sancto Omero
1308 Henry de Seagrave
1309–1311 Robert Baygnard
1312 Robert and Alex de Claveringe
1313 Richard de Claveringe
1314 Richard de Refham
1315 Richard and Alex de Claveringe
1316 John de Fitten and William de Rungeton
1317 John Howard
1318 John Seafoule
1319–1321 John Howard and Edward Hemingre
1322
1323–1325 Egid. de Wachesham
1327 Thomas de Lindringham and Robert de Walkefare
1328–1330 John de Londham
1331 Roger de Kirdeston (son of William, HS 1296)
1332 Roger de Bourne and Roger de Kirdeston
1333 Roger de Bourne and Edward de Baconsthorpe
1334–1335 John de Cailly
1336–1337 Robert de Causton
1338 John de Harsike
1339 Robert de Causton and John Harsike
1340 Robert
1341 Thomas Belisforde
1342–1344 Edward de Creting
1345 John Haward
1346–1348 William de Middleton
1349–1350 John de Colby
1351–1352 William de Middleton
1353–1354 Edward de Creting
1355 Thomas de Mareux
1356–1358 Guy Sinclere
1359–1360 John de Battlesden
1361–1362 Thomas St Omer
1363 Roger Gyney
1364 William de Clere
1365–1366 Thomas Morieux
1367–1368 Roger Holditch
1369 Edward de Thorpe
1370 Robert Bacon
1371 John Holbroke
1372 John Mantby
1373 William de Kirdeston
1374 Oliver Calthorp
1375 John de Browes
1377 John Harsikes
1378 Sir Stephen de Hales of Testerton
1379 John de Mantby
1380 William Wynter^[7]
1381 William de Kirdeston
1382 John de Volveston
1383 John Tudenham
1384 Andrew Cavendish of Cavendish
1385 Radulph Bigot
1386 Galf. Mitchell
1387–1388 Thomas Corsonn
1389 Hugh Falstolf of Great Yarmouth and Caister
1390 Robert Carbonell
1391 John Knyvet of Mendlesham
1392 William Wynter^[7]
1393 Sir William Argentine of Halesworth
1394 Gilbert Debenham of Alburgh, Norfolk and Great and Little Wenham, Suffolk
1395–1396 Thomas Corsonn
1397–1398 William Rees of Tharston
1399 John Gournay of Harpley and West Barsham

15th century

1400 John Hevenyngham (1st term)
1401 Sir Edmund Oldhall of East Dereham and Little Fransham, Norfolk
1402 Sir John Ingoldisthorpe of Ingoldisthorpe and Raynham, Norfolk
1403 Ralph (or Robert?) Ramsey of Great Yarmouth and West Somerton, Norfolk and Kenton, Suffolk
1404 Nicolas Winchingham^[8]
1406 Sir Robert Berney of Great Witchingham and Gunton
1407 William Rees of Tharston
1408 Ralph Ramsey of Great Yarmouth and West Somerton, Norfolk and Kenton, Suffolk
1409 Oliver Groos of Sloley
1410 Sir Robert Berney of Great Witchingham and Gunton
1411 Thomas Lovell
1413 Sir Edmund Oldhall of East Dereham and Little Fransham, Norfolk
1414 John Heaveningham (2nd term)
1415 John Spencer of Banham
1416 John Lancaster of Bressingham
1417 Andrew Botiller of Great Waldingfield
1418 Edmund Wynter^[9] of Barningham Winter
1419 Oliver Groos of Sloley
1420 John Fitz Rauf
1421
1422 Robert Clifton
1423 John Shardlow
1424 Brian Stapilton
1425 Oliver Groos of Sloley
1426 John Tirrey
1427 Gilbert Debenham
1428 Henry Drury
1429 Henry Dray
1430 John Shardlow
1431 John Ropley
1432 Sir Thomas Tuddenham
1433 Henry Grey
1434 John Fitz Rauf
1435 Thomas Chambre
1436 John Hopton (1st term)
1437 John Heaveningham
1438 Thomas Brewes
1439 Miles Stapleton
1440 Roger Chamberlain
1441 William Calthorpe (1st term)
1442 Thomas Brewes
1443 John Fitz Rauf
1444 John Hopton (2nd term)
1445 William Tirrell
1446 Thomas Daniel
1447 Philip Wentworth
1439 Egid. St Lo
1458 John Gray
3 Dec 1450: John Jermyn
8 Nov 1451: John Clopton
8 Nov 1452: Thomas Sharnebourne
5 Nov 1453: John Denston
4 Nov 1454: John Wingfield (1st term)
4 Nov 1455: John Clopton
17 Nov 1456: Richard Bothe
1456 Egid St Lo
1459 William Calthorpe (2nd term)
1460 Philip Wentworth
1461 John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
1462–1463 Thomas Montgomery
1464 William Calthorpe (3rd term)
1465 Alexander Cressener
1466 William Hopton
1467 Thomas Montgomery
1468 John Twyer
1469 Roger Ree
1470 John Heveningham
1471 William Knevet
1472 John Wingfield (2nd term)
1473 Roger Ree
1474 Robert Ratclyff
1475 John Hastings
1476 William Calthorpe (4th term)
1477 Thomas Howard
1478 Robert Radclyff
1479 William Hopton
1480 William Knyvet
1481 Alexander Cressener
1482 Henry Wentworth
1483 John Wyngfield (1st term)
1484 Ralph Willoughby
1485 Richard Pole
1486 John Paston
1487 Edward Bedingfeld
1488 Sir Ralph Shelton of Shelton Hall
1489 Robert Lovell
1490 Simon Wyseman
1491 Philip Lewes
1492 Robert Brandon
1493 John Wyngfield (2nd term)
1494 William Carew
1495 Richard Southwell
1496 Roger le Strange
1497 Robert Curson
1498 Edward Arundell
1499 Philip Calthorp
1500 William Boleyn

16th century

1501 Humphrey Catesby
1502 Robert Clare
1503 Edmund Jenny
1505 Sir John Shelton of Shelton Hall
1507 Philip Bothe of Shrubland Old Hall, Suffolk
1508 Robert Brandon
1510 Sir Richard Wentworth
1512 Sir Roger Townshend of Raynham
1513 Lionel Tollemache of Helmingham
1514 Thomas Gibbon of West Lynn
1515 Sir John Heydon
1516 Sir Anthony Wyngfield
1517 Sir Richard Wentworth
1518 William Paston
1519 Sir Roger Townshend of Raynham
1520 Sir John Heydon
1521 Humphrey Wingfield of Brantham, Suffolk and Ipswich
1522 Sir Thomas Bedingfeld of Oxburgh Hall
1523 Sir John Shelton of Shelton Hall
1524 Sir John Heveningham
1525 Roger Townshend of Raynham
1526 Francis Lovell
1527 Sir Philip Tylney
1528 Sir William Paston
1529 Sir Edward Bedingfeld of Oxburgh Hall
1530–1531 Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrooke Hall
1532 Sir Thomas le Strange of Hunstanton
1533 Sir Thomas Russhe
1534 Sir Richard Southwell
1535 Sir Walter Hobart
1536 Sir William Drury of Hawstead
1537 Edmund Wyndham of Felbrigg (1st term)
1538 Sir Francis Lovell
1539 Sir Edmund Knyvet of Buckenham Castle
1540 Sir William Fermour of Barsham, Norfolk
1541 Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrook Hall
1542 Sir John Jermy
1543 Sir Francis Lovell
1544 Sir William Drury of Hawstead
1545 Sir Edmund Wyndham of Felbrigg (2nd term)
1547 Sir John Robsart of Syderstone, Norfolk^[10]
1548 Sir Nicholas Le Strange of Hunstanton^[10]
1549 Sir Edmund Wyndham of Felbrigg (3rd term)^[10]
1550 William Waldegrave of Stanninghall, Norfolk^[10]
1551 Sir John Robsart of Syderstone^[10]
1552 Sir Thomas Cornwallis of Broome, Norfolk^[10]
1553 Thomas Wodehouse of Kimberley^[10]
1554 Sir John Shelton of Shelton Hall^[10]
1555 John Sulyard of Wetherden, Suffolk^[10]
1556 Sir Christopher Heydon of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk^[10]
1557 Henry D'Oyly of Pond Hall, Hadleigh, Suffolk^[10]
1558 Sir Ambrose Jermyn of Rushbrooke, Suffolk^[10]
1559 John Appleyard of Bracon Ash^[10]
1560 Sir Robert Wingfield of Easton, Suffolk^[10]
1561 Sir Thomas Tindall of Banham, Norfolk^[10]
1562 Sir William Butts of Thornage, Norfolk^[10]
1563 Thomas Wodehouse of Kimberley^[10]
1564 Sir Owen Hopton of Yoxford, Suffolk^[11]
1565 Sir William Paston of Paston^[10]
1566 Lionel Tollemache of Helmingham, Suffolk^[12]
1567 Edward Clere of Blickling^[10]^[13]
1568 William Waldegrave of Stanninghall^[10]
1569 Sir Christopher Heydon of Baconsthorpe^[10]
1570 Edmund Withipole of Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, Suffolk^[10]
1571 Sir Ralph Shelton of Shelton Hall^[10]
1572 Sir Ambrose Jermyn of Rushbrook, Suffolk^[10]
1573 Henry D'Oyly of Shotesham, Norfolk^[10]
1573 Hamon l'Estrange^[14]
1574 Thomas Felton of Playford, Suffolk^[10]
after 1574 – See High Sheriff of Norfolk or High Sheriff of Suffolk

Notes

^ Various authors 1890
^ Green English Sheriffs p. 60
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Morris 1968
^ Green 1990, p. 77
^ Round, J. H. (1920). "The Early Sheriffs of Norfolk". The English Historical Review. 35 (140): 481–496. doi:10.1093/ehr/xxxv.cxl.481. JSTOR 552094. (see p.491–94).
^ Burke 1831
^ ^a ^b "WYNTER, John (c.1364–1414), of Barningham Winter, Norfolk". Biography of John Wynter and reference to William Wynter, 1380 as High sheriff. The History of Parliament Trust 1964–2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
^ http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/H5/CP40no609/bCP40no609dorses/IMG_0470.htm, year: 1413 as a former sheriff
^ "WYNTER, Edmund (d.1448), of Barningham Winter, Norfolk". Biography of Edmund Wynter. The History of Parliament Trust 1964–2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Norfolk lists from the reformation to the present time.
^ "History of Parliament". Retrieved 13 November 2011.
^ "Helmingham Hall".
^ Burke, John. History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland. p. 118. Google Books
^ Burke, Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain. p. 1327. Google Books

References

The history of the worthies of England, Volume 2 By Thomas Fuller
Various authors (1890). The English historical review. Longman. ^{[full citation needed]}
Burke, John (1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. Oxford University.
Green, Judith A. (1990). English Sheriffs to 1154. Public Record Office Handbooks Number 24. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 0-11-440236-1.
Morris, William Alfred (1968). The medieval English sheriff to 1300. Manchester University Press ND. ISBN 978-0-7190-0342-4.

[Review-1] Various authors 1890

[Sheriffs60-2] Green English Sheriffs p. 60

[Morris-3] Morris 1968

[Green-4] Green 1990, p. 77

[5] Round, J. H. (1920). "The Early Sheriffs of Norfolk". The English Historical Review. 35 (140): 481–496. doi:10.1093/ehr/xxxv.cxl.481. JSTOR 552094. (see p.491–94).

[Burke-6] Burke 1831

[WYNTERA-7] "WYNTER, John (c.1364–1414), of Barningham Winter, Norfolk". Biography of John Wynter and reference to William Wynter, 1380 as High sheriff. The History of Parliament Trust 1964–2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[8] ttps://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/H5/CP40no609/bCP40no609dorses/IMG_0470.htm, year: 1413 as a former sheriff

[WYNTERB-9] "WYNTER, Edmund (d.1448), of Barningham Winter, Norfolk". Biography of Edmund Wynter. The History of Parliament Trust 1964–2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[NL-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Norfolk lists from the reformation to the present time.

[11] "History of Parliament". Retrieved 13 November 2011.

[british-towns.net-12] "Helmingham Hall".

[13] Burke, John. History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland. p. 118. Google Books

[14] Burke, Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain. p. 1327. Google Books

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