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High Sheriff

High Sheriff is in Crown.

High Sheriff of Bedfordshire

In 1410 Thomas Strickland (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1414 Thomas Strickland (age 47) was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1444 John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1570 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 31) was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1640 John Burgoyne 1st Baronet (age 47) was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire.

In 1661 John Burgoyne 2nd Baronet (age 42) was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire.

of Berkshire

of Buckinghamshire

High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire

In 1451 Thomas Tresham (age 31) was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.

In 1557 Robert Tyrwhitt Master (age 54) was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.

In 1632 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet (age 29) was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire.

William Cheney was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Lawrence Cheney was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.

High Sheriff of Cheshire

In 1620 Robert Cholmondeley 1st Earl Leinster (age 35) was appointed High Sheriff of Cheshire.

In 1695 Richard Legh (age 63) was appointed High Sheriff of Cheshire.

In 1699 Henry Bunbury 3rd Baronet (age 22) was appointed High Sheriff of Cheshire.

In 1792 Thomas Cholmondeley 1st Baron Delamere (age 24) was appointed High Sheriff of Cheshire.

In 1811 Booth Grey (age 27) was appointed High Sheriff of Cheshire.

High Sheriff of Chester

In 1689 Randle Batho was appointed High Sheriff of Chester.

In 1689 Edward Partington was appointed High Sheriff of Chester.

In 1781 William Davenport (age 35) was appointed High Sheriff of Chester.

of Cornwall

of Cumberland

of Derbyshire

of Devon

of Dorset

High Sheriff of Durham

After 1542 William Eure 1st Baron Eure (age 59) was appointed High Sheriff of Durham.

In 1873 Colonel Charles Freville Surtees (age 49) was appointed High Sheriff of Durham.

of Essex

High Sheriff of Gloucester

In 1097 Walter Gloucester was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucester.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Around 1129 Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucester.

Around November 1155 Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford (age 30) died. He was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map]. Earl Hereford extinct. His brother Walter succeeded Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation and High Sheriff of Gloucester.

In 1499 Giles Brugge 6th Baron Chandos (age 37) was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucester.

Before 14th November 1559 Thomas Brydges (age 63) was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucester, High Sheriff of Berkshire and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.

In 1564 Richard Berkeley (age 33) was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucester.

of Gloucestershire

of Hampshire

of Herefordshire

of Hertfordshire

High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire

In 1451 Thomas Tresham (age 31) was appointed High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire.

In 1557 Robert Tyrwhitt Master (age 54) was appointed High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire.

In 1632 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet (age 29) was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire.

William Cheney was appointed High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire.

William Cheney was appointed High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire.

of Kent

of Lancashire

High Sheriff of Lancaster

In 1323 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Lancaster.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1485 Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 23) was appointed High Sheriff of Lancaster.

Edward Stanley 11th Earl of Derby was appointed High Sheriff of Lancaster.

of Leicestershire

of Lincolnshire

High Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne

In 1563 Thomas Liddell of Newcastle upon Tyne was appointed High Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne.

In 1584 Lionel Maddison (age 47) was elected High Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was re-elected in 1585.

In 1592 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle (age 37) was appointed High Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne.

In 1609 Thomas Liddell 1st Baronet (age 31) was appointed High Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne.

In 1840 James Archbold (age 59) was elected High Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne.

of Norfolk

of Northamptonshire

of Northumberland

of Nottinghamshire

of Oxfordshire

of Rutlandshire

of Shropshire

of Somerset

of Staffordshire

of Suffolk

High Sheriff of Surrey

In 1464 Thomas Vaughan (age 54) was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of Sussex.

In 1547 Thomas Cawarden of Bletchingly and Nonsuch was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of Sussex.

In 1551 Robert Oxenbridge (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.

In 1570 Thomas Browne (age 35) was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.

In 1626 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex and High Sheriff of Surrey.

John Evelyn's Diary. 6th November 1663. To Court, to get Sir John Evelyn (age 30), of Godstone, off from being High Sheriff of Surrey.

In 1729 Samuel Kent (age 46) was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.

In 1786 Theodore Henry Brinckman aka Broadhead "The Elder" (age 72) was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1859 Walter Rockliffe Farquhar 3rd Baronet (age 48) was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.

High Sheriff of Sussex

In 1464 Thomas Vaughan (age 54) was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of Sussex.

Around 1480 William Lunsford of Battle in Sussex was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex.

In 1547 Thomas Cawarden of Bletchingly and Nonsuch was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and High Sheriff of Sussex.

In 1551 Robert Oxenbridge (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex.

In 1619 Nicholas Eversfield of The Grove, Hollington (age 35) was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex.

In 1626 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex and High Sheriff of Surrey.

Before 18th November 1642 Edward Ford (age 37) was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex.

In 1755 John Major 1st Baronet (age 56) was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex.

In 1822 James Eversfield (age 26) was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex.

of Warwickshire

High Sheriff of West Yorkshire

In 1877 John Horace Savile 5th Earl Mexborough (age 34) was appointed High Sheriff of West Yorkshire.

High Sheriff of Westmoreland

In 1483 Richard Ratclyffe (age 53) was appointed High Sheriff of Westmoreland.

On 23rd April 1523 Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford (age 69) died. His son Henry (age 30) succeeded 11th Baron de Clifford, 11th Lord Skipton and High Sheriff of Westmoreland.

Walter Strickland was appointed High Sheriff of Westmoreland.

of Wiltshire

of Worcestershire

of Yorkshire