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High Sheriff of Dorset is in High Sheriff.
In 1445 Robert Capps was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
After 1494 Edward Redman Lord Harewood (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1519 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 20) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
In 1528 John Russell 1st Earl Bedford (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1548 John Thynne (age 33) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
In 1567 Maurice Berkeley (age 61) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
In 1597 Thomas Freke (age 33) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1611 Thomas Freke (age 47) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1612 John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 26) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In January 1636 John Freke (age 45) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset which office he held until Oct 1636.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1772 John Smith 1st Baronet (age 27) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1800 Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor (age 37) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
In 1817 William Oglander 6th Baronet (age 48) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.