This is a list of Sheriffs and, since 1998, High Sheriffs of Herefordshire
The position of Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in each county, but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that the Sheriff's remaining 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.
Under the same act of 1972, Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to form the new county of Hereford and Worcester, and as a result the office of Sheriff of Herefordshire was replaced by that of High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester. However, in 1998 the new county was dissolved, restoring Herefordshire and Worcestershire and creating the offices of High Sheriff of Herefordshire and High Sheriff of Worcestershire.
The Website of the High Sheriffs' Association of England and Wales stated in 2021 that the role was a "non-political Royal appointment", for one year, and unpaid.About
Sheriffs
A nearly complete list of the High Sheriffs of Herefordshire from 1155 to 1647 can be found in The history of the worthies of England, Volume 1, pp. 83–94.
11th century Ralph de Bernai BryningAnglo-Saxon Charters, ed. Agnes Jane Robertson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939), pp. 152–53 Ilbert fitz Turold c.1060 Osborne Fitzrichard Le Scrope
12th century c. 1127 – Pain fitzJohn 1130 (maybe) Adam de Port 1129 – 1135: Miles of Gloucester 1136 – Pain fitzJohn 1155–1160 (2 Henry II) – Walter de Hereford, for five years (son of Miles of Gloucester)The History of the Worthies of England, Volume II, Thomas Fuller; Thomas Tegg, London, 1840 1160–1169 (7 Henry II) – William de Bello Campo, for nine years 1169 (16 Henry II) – William de Bello Campo and Walter Clicums 1170 (17 Henry II) – Willielmus de la LegaThe history of the worthies of England, Volume II, Thomas Fuller, Thomas Tegg, London, 1840 1171 (18 Henry II) – Gilbertus Pypard 1172 (19 Henry II) – Gilbertus Pypard 1173 (20 Henry II) – Willielmus de Braiose 1174 (21 Henry II) – Willielmus de Braiose 1175 (22 Henry II) – Radulphus Pulcherus, for seven years 1182 (29 Henry II) – Milo de Mucegros and Willielmus Torelle 1183 (30 Henry II) – Willielmus Torelle 1184 (31 Henry II) – Radulphus Arden 1185 (32 Henry II) – Radulphus Arden 1186 (33 Henry II) – Radulphus Arden 1189 (1 Richard I): Radul. de Arden 1190 (2 Richard I): Henry de Longo Campo 1191 (3 Richard I): Willielmus de Braiosa 1192 (4 Richard I): Willielmus de Braiosa 1193 (5 Richard I): Henry de Longo Campo) and Willielmus de Braiosa 1194 (6 Richard I): Roger. Fitz-Mauricis 1195 (7 Richard I): Willielmus de Braiosa 1196 (8 Richard I): Willielmus de Braiosa 1197 (9 Richard I): Willielmus de Braiosa and Willielmus de Burchhull 1198 (10 Richard I): Willielmus de Braiosa and Willielmus de Burchhull 1199 (1 John): Walter II de Clifford
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
1800–1899
1900–1973
High Sheriff 1974–1997 – See High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester
1998–present
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