This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Rutland.
The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown: there has been a Sheriff of Rutland since 1129. Formerly the sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer 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. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as sheriff was retitled high sheriff. The high sheriff changes every March.
After some 22 years as part of Leicestershire, Rutland was split away in 1996 as a unitary authority with its own shrievalty, thus establishing the separate High Sheriff of Rutland.
Sheriffs 1100–1200 1129: William de Albeni, the Breton 1155: Richard de Humez 1156: Thomas Ondeby 1157: Robert filius Goboldi 1159: Richard de Humez 1161: Robert filius Goboldi 1163: Richard de Humez 1165: Robert Goebold 1166: Richard de Humez 1179: William Malduit 1188: Amalric Dispensator (Despenser) 1189: William Malduit 1195: William de Albeni 1198: Benedict de Haveresham 1199: Hugh le Scot
1200–1300 1200–1205: Robert Malduit 1205–1211: Ralph Normanville 1211–1217: Robert of Braybrooke and Henry of Braybrooke 1215–1224: Falkes de Breauté 1218–1228: Alan Basset 1228–1254: Jeffery de Rokingham 1254–1259: Ralph de Greneham 1259–1272: Anketyn de Markinal 1272–1281: Peter Wakerville and William Bovile 1281–1289: Alberic de Whitleber 1289–1300: Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
1300–1400 1300–1301: John Burley 1302–1312: Margaret, widow of Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall 1313–1316: Margaret, widow of Piers Gaveston 1316–1318: Hugh de Audley, 1st Baron Audley 1321: Ivo de Aldeburgh 1322–1327: Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent 1327–1347: Hugh de Audley, 1st Baron Audley (died in office 1347) 1349–1360: William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (died in office 1360) 1360–1365: William Wade 1365–1373: Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (died in office 1363) 1374–1376: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants 1376–1377: Simon Ward 1378: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants 1379: Sir Thomas de Burton, Kt. 1380: John Basings 1381: William Moorwood 1382: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants 1383: William Flore (or Flower) 1384: Walter Skarles of Uppingham 1385: Sir John de Calveley of Stapleford, Leics. and Teigh 1386–1387: Robert de Vere 1388: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants 1388: Walter Skarles of Uppingham 1389: Sir John de Calveley of Stapleford, Leics. and Teigh 1390–1397: Edward, Earl of Rutland 1397–1399: Thomas Onderley 1399: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants
1400–1500
1500–1600
1600–1700
1700–1800
1800–1899
1900–1973
High sheriffs
References
The Rutland Magazine and County Historical Record, Vol 4, (Oakham: C Matkin, 1910), pp73–85 The History of the Worthies of England volume 3
External links The High Sheriffs' Association of England and Wales (The Shrievalty Association) High Sheriff of Rutland website