List of sheriffs
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Edmund I
- 939 AD: Hugh De Lytton, Sheriff of Litton Parish [2]
William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen
- 1067–1070: Jacque de Buckland
- Robert FitzWimarc
- Swein [3]
- ?-1072 Ilbert
- 1072–c1086 Peter de Valognes [3] [4]
- Edward de Saresburg
- Stephen
- 1129 William of Eynesford
- 1130 Richard Basset
- 1139 Alberie de Vere II, and Richard Basset, Justices of England
- 1140-1142 Geoffrey de Mandeville
- 1147 Maurice [5]
Henry II
- 1155 Richard Basset, Alberie de Vere
- 1156-57 Richard de Luci
- 1158-63 Maurice de Tiretie
- 1164 Fuelle de Bovilla
- 1165-68 Nicolas the Dean
- 1169 Nicolas the Clerk
- 1170-81 Robert de Mancell
- 1182-88 Otho, the son of William
Richard I
- 1189-90 Otho, the son of William
- 1191 Geoffrey, the son of Peter
- 1192-93 Geoffrey, the son of Peter & Richard Heriet
- 1193 Simon of Pattishall
- 1194 Geoffrey, the son of Peter & Simon of Pattishall
- 1195 William Longchamp
- 1196 William Pointell
- 1197-98 Hugh de Neville
John
- 1199-1200 Hugh de Nevill
- 1201-1203 Richard de Montfichet
- 1204 Hugh de Nevill
- 1205-1208 Matthew Mancel
- 1209-1213 Earl Alberie
- 1214 Matthew Mancel
- 1215 Robert Mancel
Henry III
- 1216 Robert Mancel
- 1217-18 William Mancel
- 1219-20 Walter de Verdon
- 1221-22 Stephen de Segne
- 1223 Richard d’Argenton
- 1224-27 William de Cultwarden
- 1228-31 William de Coleworth
- 1232 Robert de Waltham
- 1233 William de Holewell
- 1234-35 William de Coleworth
- 1236-37 Peter de Thany
- 1238 Peter de Thany
- Richard de Gray
- 1239 Bertram de Criol
- 1240 John de Watton
- 1241 John de Watton
- 1242-44 Richard de Montfichet
- 1245 Richard de Montfichet
- 1246-49 William son of Reynald
- 1250 Richard de Whitland
- 1251-53 Hery de Helegeton
- 1254-55 Ralph de Arderne
- 1256 Thomas Rameden
- Robert Delval
- 1257-58 Hubert de Montecampo
- 1259-60 Richard de Thany
- 1261-62 Mathias Delamar
- William Delamar
- 1263 Mathias Delamar
- William Delamar
- John Bocking
- 1264 Nicholas de Espigornel
- 1265-66 Richard de Suchirch
- 1267 Richard de Suchirch
- Richard de Herlawe
- 1268 John de Canimill
- 1269 Walter de Blummil
- 1270-71 Walter de Essex
Edward I
- 1272-1273 Walter de Essex
- 1274 Thomas de Sandwie
- 1275-1277 Lawrence de Scaccario
- 1278 William de Sancto-Claro
- 1279-1283 Reginald de Ginge
- 1284 Reginald de Ginge
- 1285 William de Lambourn
- 1286 Hugh le Blunt
- 1287 Hugh le Blunt
- 1288-1289 Ralph Boxted
- 1290 Henry Grapinel
- 1291 Henry Grapinel
- 1292 (May–Dec) John Grapinel (Carbonel)
- 1292 (Dec)-1293 William de Grosse
- 1294-1296 William de Sutton
- 1297-1298 Simon de Bradenham
- 1299-1300 John de Lee
- 1301 William de Harpenden
- 1302 John de Wenegrave
- 1303 John de Bassingbourne
- 1304 John de la Lee
- 1305 John de la Lee
- John de Bassingbourne
- 1306 John de Harpesfeld
Edward II
- 1307 Edward de Baud
- 1308-09 Alan de Goldingham
- 1310 Geoffrey de la Lee
- 1311 John de la Lee
- 1312 John Aygnel
- 1313 John Ward
- 1314-17 Richard de Perrers
- 1318 John de Doure
- 1319 Ralph de Gifford
- 1320 John de Doure
- 1321 Nicholas Engain
- 1322-23 Thomas Gobyn [6]
- 1324-26 Richard de Perrers
Edward III
- 1327 William Baud
- 1328-29 Richard de Perrers
- 1330–31 John de Wanton
- 1332 John de Hay
- 1333–1334 Adam Bloy
- William Boyd
- 1334-39 Sir John de Coggeshall
- 1340 William Atemore
- 1341 Richard de Monte Caviso
- 1342 Henry Garnet
- 1343-46 Sir John de Coggeshall
- 1347 Sir John de Coggeshall
- Peter de Boxted
- 1348 William Bret
- Humphrey de Walden
- 1349 Peter de Boxted
- 1350 Thomas Lacy
- 1351-53 Sir John de Coggeshall
- 1354 Hugh Fitz-Simon
- 1355 William de Enefeld
- 1356-57 Thomas de Chabham
- 1358-59 Roger de Louth
- 1360 Hugh Blount
- 1361 William de Lyre
- 1362 Guy de Boys
- 1363 Thomas Fitling
- 1364 John Jernoun
- 1365 Thomas de Helpeston
- 1366 John Oliver
- 1367 John Oliver
- John Shardelon
- 1368 John Henxtworth
- 1369 John Henxtworth
- Roger Keterich
- 1370 Thomas de Bassingbourn
- 1371 William Baud
- 1372 John de Bampton
- 1373 John Filiol
- 1374 Edward Fitz-Simons
- 1375 John Battaile
- 1376 Robert Fitz-William
Richard II
- 1377 Robert Goldington
- 1378 Sir John Fitz-Symond of North Shoebury, Essex
- 1379 Edward Benstede of Bennington, Hertfordshire [7]
- 1380 John Sewale
- 1381 Walter Godmaston
- 1382 Geoffrey de Dersham
- 1383 Thomas Bataill of Otes in High Laver, Essex
- 1384 John Walton
- 1385 Geoffrey Brockhole
- 1386-87 John Ruggewyn of Standon, Hertfordshire
- 1388 Henry English of Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire
- 1388 (Dec to Jan) Sir Robert Swinburne of Little Horkesley and Matching, Essex
- 1389 Sir Walter Attelee of Albury, Hertfordshire
- 1390 Geoffrey Michale
- 1391 Sir William Coggleshall of Codham Hall and Coggeshall, Essex (1st term)
- 1392 Adam Frances
- 1393 Thomas Coggeshall
- 1394 Thomas Sampkin
- 1395-97 William Bateman
- 1398 Sir Robert Turk of Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Henry IV
- 1399 (Aug–Sep) John Doreward of Bocking, Essex
- 1399 (Sep-Nov) Robert Tey of Marks Tey, Essex
- 1399 Edward Benstede of Bennington, Hertfordshire [7]
- 1400 Sir John Howard of Stansted Mountfichet (1st term)
- 1401 Sir William Marney of Layer Marney, Essex
- 1402 Helming Leget of Black Notley, Essex
- 1403 Sir Thomas Swinbourn of Little Horkesley and East Mersea, Essex
- 1404 Sir William Coggleshall of Codham Hall and Coggeshall, Essex (2nd term)
- 1405 Edward Benstede of Bennington, Hertfordshire [7]
- 1406 Sir Gerard Braybrooke of Danbury, Essex
- 1407 Helming Leget of Black Notley, Essex
- 1408 William Loveney
- 1409 John Walden
- 1410 Thomas Aston
- 1411 Sir William Coggleshall of Codham Hall and Coggeshall, Essex (3rd term)
Henry V
- 1412 Philip Englefield
- 1413 Sir John Tyrell of Heron (1st term)
- 1414 Sir John Howard of Stansted Mountfichet (2nd term)
- 1415 Sir Thomas de la Barre of Ayot St. Lawrence
- 1416 Lewis John of West Horndon
- 1417 Reginald Malyns
- 1418 Sir John Howard of Stansted Mountfichet (3rd term)
- 1419 Robert Darcy of Maldon, Essex
Henry VI
- 1420-21 Lewis John of West Horndon
- 1422 Sir John Tyrrell of Heron (2nd term)
- 1423 Sir Maurice Brewyn of South Okington (1st term)
- 1424 John Barley of Albury, Hertfordshire
- 1425 John Doreward of Bocking
- 1426 Conand Aske
- 1427 Thomas Tyrell of Heron
- 1428 John Hotoft of Knebworth
- 1429 Nicholas Richbull
- 1430 Henry Langley of Rickling
- 1431 Sir Nicholas Thorley
- 1432 John Durward
- 1433 Robert Whytingham of Pendley
- 1434 Geoffrey Rockyll
- 1435 Sir Maurice Brewyn of South Okington (2nd term)
- 1436 Edward Tyrell
- 1437 Richard Alrede
- 1438 Robert Whytingham
- 1439 Richard Witherton
- 1440 Thomas Tyrell
- 1441 Ralph Asteley
- 1442 Nicholas Morley of Hallingbury
- 1443 John Hende, the elder (d.1461) [8]
- 1444 Thomas Tyrell of Heron
- 1445 Thomas Pigott
- 1446 Thomas Baud of Hadham Hall
- 1447 John Hende, the elder (d.1461) [8]
- 1448 George Langham
- 1449 Geoffrey Rockhill
- 1450 Philip Boteler of Watton
- 1451 Thomas Barrington
- 1452 John Godmanston
- 1453 Sir Thomas Cobham
- 1454 Humphrey Bohun
- 1455 Ralph Bothe
- 1456 John Hende, the younger (d.1464) [9]
- 1457 Lewis John
- 1458 Robert Darcy of Danbury
- 1459 Thomas Tyrell of Heron
Edward IV
- 1460 Thomas Ince
- 1461-62 Thomas Langley
- 1463 Sir John Clay
- 1464 Roger Ree
- 1465 Sir Lawrence Raynsford
- 1466 Henry Barley
- 1467 Sir William Pirton
- 1468 Walter Writell
- 1469 Ralph Baud – Hadham Hall
- 1470 Walter Writell
- 1471 Sir Roger Ree
- 1472 Alured Cornburgh
- 1473 John Sturgeon – Hitchin
- 1474 Richard Flance
- 1475 Henry Langley
- 1476 William Green
- 1477 Alured Cornburgh
- 1478 John Wode
- 1479 John Sturgeon – Hitchin
- 1480 Thomas Tyrell – Heron
- 1481 John Fortescue
- 1482 William Say – Broxbourne
Edward V
- 1483 William Say – Broxbourne
Richard III
- 1483-84 Sir William Say – Broxbourne
- 1485 John Sturgeon Esq of Hitchin
Henry VII
- 1486 (half the year) Sir Robert Percy
- 1486 Sir John Fortescue, Kt of Hatfield
- 1487 Henry Marney
- 1488 Sir William Pyrton
- 1489 Henry Tey
- 1490 John Boteler of Watton
- 1491 Robert Turbeville
- 1492 John Berfeild
- 1493 Henry Marney (2nd term)
- 1494 Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis of West Horndon
- 1495 Richard Plomer
- 1496 William Pulter of Hitchin
- 1497 Robert Newport of Pelham
- 1498 Thomas Peryent of Digswell
- 1499 Sir John Verney of Pendley
- 1500 Sir Roger Wentworth of Codham Hall
- 1501 Sir Henry Tye
- 1502 William Pyrton
- 1503 Humphrey Tyrell of Heron
- 1504-05 William Skipworth of St Albans
- 1506 Roger Darcy
- 1507-08 John Brocket of Hatfield
- 1509 Humphrey Tyrell of Heron
Henry VIII
- 1510 John Leventhorpe – Shingey Hall
- 1511 William Lytton – Knebworth
- 1512 Anthony Darcy – Danbury
- 1513 Edward Tyrell – Heron
- 1514 John Seyntclere
- 1515 William Fitz-William
- 1516 Sir John Vere
- 1517 Thomas Bonham
- 1518 Sir Thomas Tyrell – Heron
- 1519 Sir John Cutts
- 1520 Sir John Vere
- 1521 Thomas Bonham of Stanway, Essex
- 1522 Sir Thomas Tey
- 1523 John Christmas
- 1524 Henry Barley of Albury, Hertfordshire
- 1525 Sir John Vere
- 1526 Thomas Leventhorpe – Shingey Hall
- 1527 Thomas Bonham of Stanway, Essex
- 1528 Edward Tyrell – Heron
- 1529 Sir Giles Capel – Hadham Hall
- 1530 John Bowles – Wellington
- 1531 John Brocket – Hatfield
- 1532 John Smith
- 1533 Sir Philip Boteler – Watton
- 1534 Sir Brian Tuke – Hatfield
- 1535 Sir William West
- 1536 Thomas Peryent – Digswell
- 1537 Sir Henry Parker of Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire
- 1538 Sir John Raynsford of Bradfield, Essex
- 1539 John Smith
- 1540 Sir Philip Boteler – Watton
- 1541 Sir John Mordaunt of West Horndon, Essex
- 1542 Ralph Rowlet – St Albans
- 1543 John Bowles – Wellington
- John Sewster
- 1544 John Wentworth
- 1545 Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall, Essex
- 1546 Robert Lytton – Knebworth
- 1547 John Conyngsby – North Mimms
Edward VI
- 1547 Edward Brocket of Hatfield
- 1548 John Cock of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
- 1549 Sir John Gates – Cheshunt
- 1550 Sir George Norton
- 1551 Sir Henry Tyrell – Heron
- 1552 Sir Thomas Pope – Tittenhanger
Mary
- 1553 Sir John Wentworth
Philip & Mary
- 1554 Edward Brocket of Hatfield
- 1555 William Harris of Cricksea
- 1556 Sir John Boteler of Watton-at-Stone
- 1557 Sir Thomas Pope of Tittenhanger
- 1558 Thomas Mildmay of Moulsham
Elizabeth
- 1559 Ralph Rowlett of Holywell House, St Albans, Hertfordshire
- 1560 Edward Capel – Hadham Hall
- 1561 Sir Thomas Golding [10]
- 1562 Sir Thomas Barrington [11]
- 1563 Henry Fortescue of Faulkbourne
- 1564 William Ayloffe
- 1565 Robert Chester – Royston
- 1566 John Brocket of Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
1567–1600
- From 1567 Sheriffs were Sheriffs of Essex only
- 1568: Thomas Lucas of Colchester [12]
- 1569: Sir Thomas Golding [10]
- 1570: James Altham of Mark Hall, Latton [13]
- 1571: Edmund Barrett of Belhus, Aveley [13]
- 1572: Sir Thomas Mildmay of Moulsham, Essex [13]
- 1573: Arthur Harrys of Creeksea [13]
- 1573: Henry Hunt(e) at time he married Jane Vere in Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1912 page 342
- 1574: Edmund Pyrton [13]
- 1575: John Petre, 1st Baron Petre of Ingatestone Hall
- 1576: Wistan (Winstan) Browne of South Weald and West Roding [13]
- 1577: Gabriel (later Sir Gabriel) Poyntz [14] of North Ockendon
- 1578: Edmund Huddleston (Hodleston) of Newport Pond (i.e. Newport) [13]
- 1579: Henry Capell of Little Hadham [13]
- 1580: Sir Thomas Barrington [11]
- 1581 (Feb): Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt Darcy [15]
- 1581 (Nov): John Wentworth of Gosfield [13]
- 1582: Thomas Taye or Teye [13]
- 1583: Thomas Lucas of Colchester [12]
- 1584: Henry Appleton [13]
- 1585: Brian Darcy of Tiptree Priory [16]
- 1586: Arthur Harris [13]
- 1587: Robert Wroth of Loughton Hall [13]
- 1588: Edmund Huddleston (Hodleston) [13]
- 1589: Gabriel (later Sir Gabriel) Poyntz [14] of North Ockendon
- 1590: Sir Ralph Wiseman [17]
- 1591: Richard Warren of Claybury [18]
- 1592: John Wentworth of Gosfield Hall [19]
- 1593: Humphrey Mildmay of Danbury [20]
- 1594: William Ayloffe of Brittains, Hornchurch (son of William, HS 1564) [21]
- 1595: Edward Sulyard of Flemings [22]
- 1596: George Harvey of Marks Hall, Dagenham [23]
- 1597: Thomas Mildmay of Barnes in Springfield [13]
- 1598: William Harris of Creeksea [24]
- 1599: Jerome Weston of Roxwell [25]
- 1600: Sir Thomas Meade of Wendon Lofts
1601–1700
- 1601: Henry Smith (alias Nevill) [26]
- 1602: Richard Francke (Franke) of Beeleigh Abbey, Maldon [13]
- 1603: Henry Maynard of St. Albans, Hertfordshire and later of Little Easton, Essex [27]
- 1604: Thomas Rawlins [28]
- 1605:
- 1606 (Jan-Nov): Sir John Sammes of Langford Hall, Wickham Bishops [29]
- 1606: Sir Gamaliel Capell of Rookwood Hall, Abbess Roding [30]
- 1607: Sir Henry Maxey of Great Saling
- 1608: Sir Roger Appleton, 1st Baronet, of South Benfleet [31]
- 1609: Sir Thomas Mildmay [13]
- 1610: Sir John Deane of Dynes Hall, Great Maplestead [32]
- 1611: Sir Thomas Wiseman [13]
- 1612: Sir Henry Lee (Leigh) [13]
- 1613: Sir Robert Wroth of Loughton Hall [33] died in office and replaced by Edward Elrington of Theydon Bois [13]
- 1614: Sir Harbottle Grimston, 1st Baronet [34]
- 1615: Sir William Smith, of Hill Hall [13]
- 1616: Sir Thomas Lucas of St John's, nr Colchester [35]
- 1617: Sir Paul Bayning [36]
- 1618: Sir Thomas Bendish, 1st Baronet of Steeple Bumstead [13]
- 1619: William Smith of Mounthall, Theydon, Essex. [37]
- 1620: William Pearte (Pert) of Mountnessing [13]
- 1621: Sir Stephen Soame of Heydon [38]
- 1622: Sir Thomas Gourney (Gournay) [13]
- 1623: Charles Pratt [13]
- 1624: Sir Edward Boteler [13]
- 1625: Sir Arthur Harris of Creeksea Place and Woodham Mortimer [39]
- 1626: Hugh Everard [40]
- 1627: Sir Thomas Nightingale, 1st Baronet
- 1628: Sir Henry Mildmay of Graces [13]
- 1629: Edward Alleyn [41]
- 1630: Sir Thomas Bendish, 1st Baronet [13]
- 1631: Sir John Meade [13]
- 1632: Henry Smith [13]
- 1633: Sir Richard Saltonstall (Staltonstall) of South Ockendon [13]
- 1634: Cranmer Harris of Cricksea
- 1635: Sir Humphrey Mildmay of Danbury [13]
- 1636: Sir John Lucas [42]
- 1637: Sir William Luckyn [43]
- 1638: Sir William Wiseman, 1st Baronet of Great Canfield [13]
- 1639: Martin Lumley [44]
- 1640: Richard Luckaine (Luckyn) of Chignall Smealey [13]
- 1641: Robert Smith of Upton, Stratford [45]
- 1642: Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 2nd Baronet of Great Braxsted [46]
- 1643: Timothy Myddleton of Stansted [13]
- 1644: Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet of Much Waltham [47]
- 1645: Richard Harlackonden (Harlackenden) of Earls Colne [13]
- 1646: John Pyett of Low Layton [48]
- 1647: Hennamell Chabburn of Messing [49] Died in office and replaced by Robert Bourne of Bovinger (Bobbingworth) [13]
- 1648: George Pike of Baythorn [50]
- 1649: Sir Samuel Tryon, 2nd Baronet of Halstead [51]
- 1650: John Trafford [52]
- 1651: Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet of Felix Hall [53]
- 1652: Thomas Cambell of Clay Hall, Ilford [54]
- 1653: Cuthbert Martin of Netteswell [13] (or possibly Sir William Marten) [55]
- 1654: Sir John Barrington, 3rd Baronet of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak [13]
- 1655: John Sparrowe (Sparrow) of Great Maplestead [13]
- 1657: Thomas Middleton of Stansted Mountfitchet [13]
- 1658: Sir Thomas Wiseman of Rivenhall [56] (died in office and replaced by son Sir William Wiseman, 1st Baronet)
- 1659: Sir William Wiseman, 1st Baronet of Rivenhall [13]
- 1660: Sir Robert Abdy or Abdye Bt of Stapleford [13]
- 1661: Sir Benjamin Wright, Bt [13]
- 1662: Sir Martin Lumley, Bt of Great Bardfield [13]
- 1663: Sir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet of Hill Hall [13]
- 1664: Sir William Lucky (Luckyn) Bt of Messing [13]
- 12 November 1665: Sir Heneage Fetherston, 1st Baronet [57]
- 7 November 1666: Stephen Somes [58]
- 6 November 1667: John Birch, of Giddy Hall [59]
- 6 November 1668: Sir Thomas Garrard, 2nd Baronet [60]
- 25 November 1668: Sir John James [61]
- 11 November 1669: Sir Thomas Garrard, 2nd Baronet [62]
- 4 November 1670: Edward Lewin [63]
- 9 November 1671: Thomas Turner [64]
- 11 November 1672: Henry Osbaldeston [65] (John Howland rendered accounts for the whole year)
- 12 November 1673: Sir Thomas Chambers [66]
- 5 November 1674: Sir Stephen White [67]
- 15 November 1675: Sir Mark Guyon, [68] of Dynes Hall, Great Maplestead [69]
- 10 November 1676: John Morecroft [70]
- 15 November 1677: Francis Osbaldeston [71] [72]
- 14 November 1678: Sir William Adams, 2nd Baronet [73]
- 1 December 1678: William Palmer, of Stifford [74]
- 13 November 1679: Sir Edward Smyth, 2nd Baronet, [75] of Hill Hall, Theydon Mount
- 1682: Thomas Dawtry [76]
- 1683: Sir William Glascock of Farnham (died in office) [77]
- 1684: Sir William Hicks [78]
- 1685: Joseph Smart [79]
- 1686: Sir Cane James, 1st Baronet [80]
- 1687: William Peeke [81]
- 1688: Sir Thomas Manby [82] [83] [84]
- 1689: Sir Thomas Middleton [85] replaced by Sir John Marshall [86]
- 1688: Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet [87]
- 1690: John Lamotte Honywood of Marks Hall, Essex [88]
- 1691: John Cooke [89]
- 1692: George Ford [90]
- 1693: John Austin [91]
- 1693: Edward Ball
- 1693: Timothy Felton of Ovington [92]
- 1694: John Locky [93]
- 1694: John Little [94]
- 1695: Edward Bullock [95]
- 1696: Edward Bullock [96]
- 1697: Edmund Godwin [97] [98]
- 1698: John Brand [99]
- 1698: Sir Samuel Moyer, 1st Baronet [100]
- 1699: Samuel Wake alias Jones [101]
- 1700: George Pochin [102]
1701–1800
- 1701: John Luther [103]
- 1702: Robert Breedon [104]
- 1703: Peter Whitcomb [105]
- 1703: Edward Bullock [106]
- 1703: Sir Thomas Webster, 1st Baronet of Copped Hall [107]
- 1704: Erasmus Smith [108]
- 1705: William Peck [109] [110]
- 1706: Dacre Barrets [111]
- 1707: Herman (or John) Olmius [112] [113]
- 1708: Sir Daniel Wray of Little Britain [114] [115]
- 1709: Thomas Millington of Gosfield Hall, Essex [116] [117]
- 1710: Sir Henry Bendish, 4th Baronet [ citation needed ]
- 1711: Fisher Tench of The Great House, Low Leyton [118]
- 1712: Carew Hervey Mildmay of Marks, Essex (died 1743) [119]
- 1714: Sir Henry Fetherston, 2nd Baronet of Blakesware, Herts [120]
- 1715: William Blackbourne [121]
- 1716: William Cole [122]
- 1717: David Gansell [123]
- 1718: Robert Dennett [124]
- 1719: William Lockey [125]
- 1720: Hugh Raymond [126]
- 1721: Timothy Brand of the Hide [127]
- 1722: Richard Chamberlayne
- 1723: Josias Kinsman [128]
- 1724: James Braine [129]
- 1725: John Turner [130]
- 1726: Edward Pearson [131]
- 1727: Philip Hall, of Upton [132]
- 1728: William Ashurst [133]
- 1729: Catlin Thorogood [134]
- 1730: John How of Stonedon [135]
- 1731: William Peck [109]
- 1732: Edward Holloway, of Walthamstow [136]
- 1733: William Harvey of Chigwell [137]
- 1734: Champion Branfill [138]
- 1735: Samuel Symons Pepys of Great Yeldham [139]
- 1736: William Dawtrey of Dodenhurst [140]
- 1737: Herbert Trist of Cranham [141] [142]
- 1738: Hugh Smith of Weald [143]
- 1739: Thomas Bowes of Upton [144]
- 1740: Mark Wynne, of Warley [145]
- 1740: Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet of Wickham Hall, near Maldon [146]
- 1741: Joshua Baker of Woodford [147] [148] replaced by James Hennat of Woodfordbridge [149]
- 1742: Osmond Beauvoir of Downham [150]
- 1743: Edward Stephenson, of Great Bardfield [151]
- 1744: Thomas Ashurst of Henningham Castle [152]
- 1745: Peter Du Cane, Sr. [153]
- 1746: John Olmius of New Hall [154]
- 1747: Nicholas Corsellis of Wivenhoe [155]
- 1748: Bailey Heath of Stansted [156]
- 1749: John Fishpool of Billericay [157]
- 1750: Sir John Terril, Bt of Hernegate [158]
- 1751: Peter Lessebure of Walthamstow [159]
- 1752: Sir Edmund Allen of Little Leighs, Bt. [160]
- 1753: William Hunt, of Woodford [161]
- 1754: Richard Benion, of Giddy Hall [162]
- 1755: Richard Chiswell, of Pebden [163]
- 1756: Edward Emmet, of Alborough Hatch [164]
- 1757: Humphry Bellamy, of Walthamstow [165]
- 1758: Smart Lethieullier, of Little Illford [166]
- 1758: Sir John Henniker, 2nd Baronet of Newton Hall [167]
- 1759: James Kingsman of Stifford [168]
- 1760: Thomas Tower of Weald House [169]
- 1761: Sir Charles Smyth, 5th Baronet of Theydon Mount [170]
- 1762: Richard Newman of West Ham [171]
- 1763: William Sheldon of Walthamstow [172]
- 1764: John Wilks of Wendon Lofts [173]
- 1765: William Mildmay of Moulsham Hall [174]
- 1766: Joseph Keeling of Fingringhoe [175]
- 1767: Thomas Fitch, of Danbury [176]
- 1768: Richard Lomas of Loughton
- 1769: Daniel Mathew of Felix Hall [177]
- 1770: John Tyrell of Boreham
- 1771: Sir Charles Raymond, 1st Baronet of Valentine House, Barking [178]
- 1772: Samuel Bosanquet of Walthamstow [179]
- 1773: John Archer of Coopersale [180]
- 1774: Henry Lovibond Collins of Boreham
- 1775: John Pardoe of Low Layton
- 1776: Richard Muilman Trench of Debden Hall
- 1777: Henry Sperling of Dines Hall [181]
- 1778: William Lushington of Latton
- 1779: William Godfrey of Woodford
- 1780: Henry Hinde Pelley of Upton
- 1781: Richard Wyatt of Hornchurch
- 1782: William Dalby of Walthamstow
- 1783: John Godslave of Crosse, Baddow
- 1784: Robert Preston of Woodford
- 1785: George Bowles, of Wanstead [182]
- 1786: John Jolliffe Tufnall of Great Waltham [183]
- 1787: John Judd of Chelmsford [184]
- 1788: Thomas Theophilus Cock of Messing [185]
- 1789: Henry Merttins Bird, of Dagenham [186] replaced by Thomas Fowell Buxton of Earls Colne [187]
- 1790: Thomas Nottage of Bocking [188]
- 1791: Donald Cameron of Ilford [189]
- 1792: Zachariah Button of Stifford [190]
- 1793: Staines Chamberlayne of Hatfield Broad Oak
- 1794: Richard Neave, later Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet of Dagnams Park [191] replaced by James Hatch of Claybury [192]
- 1795: John Hanson of Great Bromley [193]
- 1796: Jackson Barwise of Marshalls [194]
- 1797: William Manbey of Stratford
- 1798: John Perry of Moor Hall, Harlow
- 1799: Capel Cure of Blake Hall
- 1800: George Lee, of Great Ilford [195]
1801–1900
- 12 February 1801: John Archer-Houblon, of Hallingbury Place [196]
- 3 February 1802: Robert Raikes, of Great Ilford [197]
- 3 February 1803: Stephen Fryer Gillum, of Shenfield [198]
- 1 February 1804: William Palmer, of Nazeing [199]
- 6 February 1805: James Reed, of Warleys [200]
- 1 February 1806: James Urmston, of Chigwell [201]
- 4 February 1807: William Mathew Raikes, of Walthamstow [202]
- 3 February 1808: John Coggan, of Wanstead [203]
- 6 February 1809: John Rutherford Abdy, of Albyns [204]
- 31 January 1810: John Rigg, of Walthamstow [205]
- 8 February 1811: Charles Smith, of Suttons [206]
- 24 January 1812: Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet, of Walthamstow House [207]
- 10 February 1813: Richard John Brassey, of Great Ilford [208]
- 4 February 1814: Robert Wilson, of Woodhouse [209]
- 13 February 1815: Luke William Walford, of Little Bardfield [210]
- 1816: Nicholas Pearce of Loughton [211]
- 1817: John Hall of Woodford [212]
- 1818: John Theophilus Danbur of Layton [213]
- 1819: John Wilkes of Wendon Lofts [214]
- 1820: Sir Thomas Neave, 2nd Baronet of Dagnam [167]
- 1821: Robert Westley Hall the younger of Great Ilford [215]
- 1822: Sir George Henry Smyth, 6th Baronet of Berechurch Hall [216]
- 1823: John Jolliffe Tuffnell of Langleys [217]
- 1824: Nathaniel Garland of Michaelstow Hall
- 1825: Peter Du Cane of Braxted Lodge
- 1826: Frederick Nassau of St Osyth
- 1827: Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison of Copford Hall in Copford
- 1827: Sir John Tyrell, 1st Baronet [218]
- 1828: Sir Charles Joshua Smith of Suttons
- 1829: Brice Pearse of Monkham in Woodford
- 1830: Capel Cure, of Blake Hall in Bobbingworth [219]
- 1831: William Davis of Leyton [220]
- 1832: John Thomas Selwin, of Down Hall [221]
- 1833: Richard Birch Wolfe of Woodhall in Arksden [222]
- 1834: John Round of Danbury Place [223]
- 1835: George William Gent of Moyns Park, Steeple Bumstead [224]
- 1836: William Whitaker Maitland of Loughton Hall [225]
- 1837: Jonathan Bullock of Faulkborne Hall [226]
- 1838: William Cotton, of Wallwood in Leyton [227]
- 1839: John Fletcher Mills, of Lexden Park [228]
- 1840: Christopher Thomas Tower, of Weald Hall [229]
- 1841: John Archer Houblon, of Great Hallingbury Place [230]
- 1842: John Faithful Fortescue, of Writtle Lodge [231]
- 1843: Henry John Conyers, of Copped Hall [232]
- 1844: Stanes Brocket Brocket, of Spains Hall [233] [234]
- 1845: George Round, of Colchester [235]
- 1846: John Clarmont Whiteman, of the Grove, Theydon Garnon [236]
- 1847: William Coxhead Marsh, of Park Hall, Theydon Garnon [237]
- 1848: Beale Blackwell Colvin, of Monkham's Hall [238]
- 1849: Onley Savill Onley, of Stisted Hall [239]
- 1850: Thomas Burch Western, of Felix Hall [240]
- 1851: William Philip Honywood, of Marks Hall [241]
- 1852: Sir Charles Smith, 3rd Baronet, of Suttons [242]
- 1853: John Gurdon Rebow, of Wivenhoe Park [243]
- 1854: Thomas White, of Weathersfield [244]
- 1855: John Watlington Perry Watlington, of Moor Hall [245]
- 1856: Robert Hills, of Colne Engaine [246]
- 1857: John Francis Wright, of Kelvedon Hall [247]
- 1858: Osgood Hanbury, of Holfield Grange, Coggeshall [248]
- 1859: Champion Russell, of Upminster [249]
- 1860: George Henry Errington, of Lexden Park, near Colchester [250]
- 1861: George Alan Lowndes, of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak [251]
- 1862: Joseph Samuel Lescher, of Boyles Court, Brentwood [252]
- 1863: George Palmer, of Nazeing [253]
- 1864: Edgar Disney, of The Hyde, Ingatestone [254]
- 1865: Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 2nd Baronet, of Belhus [255]
- 1866: Arthur Pryor of Hylands House [256] [257]
- 1867: Richard Wingfield-Baker, of Orsett Hall [258] [259]
- 1868: William Charles Smith, of Shortgrove, Saffron Walden [260]
- 1869: John Wright, of Hatfield Priory, Hatfield [261]
- 1870: John Jolliffe Tufnell, of Langleys, Great Waltham [262]
- 1871: Robert Gosling, junior, of Hassobury, Farnham [263]
- 1872: Thomas Kemble, of The Hall, Runwell [264]
- 1873: Robert John Bagshaw, of Dovercourt [265]
- 1874: Thomas George Graham White, of Wethersfield [266]
- 1875: Sir Thomas Neville Abdy, 1st Baronet, of Albyns, Romford [267]
- 1876: Christopher John Hume Tower, of Weald Hall, South Weald [268]
- 1877: John-Robert Vaizey, of Attwoods, Halstead [269]
- 1878: Philip John Budworth, of Greensted Hall, Ongar [270]
- 1879: Edward Ind, of Coombe Lodge, Great Warley
- 1880: Andrew Johnston, of Woodford
- 1881: Thomas Jenner Spitty, of Billericayf
- 1882: Hector John Gurdon Rebow, of Wivenboe Park, Wivenhoe
- 1883: John Oxley Parker, of Woodham Mortimer Place, Woodham Mortimer
- 1884: Sir William Neville Abdy, 2nd Baronet [271]
- 1885: Joseph Francis Lescher, of Hutton Park, near Brentwood
- 1886: Henry Ford Barclay, of Monkhams, Woodford
- 1887: John Lionel Tufnell-Tyrell, of Boreham House, Boreham
- 1888: Edward North Buxton, of Knighton, Woodford
- 1889: Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 12th Baronet, of Hill Hall, Theydon Mount [272]
- 1890: Richard Beale Colvin, of Felix Hall, Kelvedon [273]
- 1891: Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner, of Highams, Woodford Green [274]
- 1892: William Swaine Chisenhale Marsh, of Gaynes Park, Epping [275]
- 1893: Arthur Janison Evans, of Beech Hill Park, Waltham Abbey [276]
- 1894: Horace George Egerton-Green, of King's Ford, Colchester [277]
- 1895: Henry Joslin, of Gaynes Park, Upminster [278]
- 1896: George Courtauld, of Cut Hedge, Halstead [279]
- 1897: Edward Murray Ind, of Coombe Lodge, Great Warley [280]
- 1898: Col. George Bramston Archer Houblon, of Hallingbury Place, Great Hallingbury [281]
- 1899: Edward Kensit Norman, of Mistley Lodge, Manningtree [282]
- 1900: Henry Collings Wells, of Broomfield Lodge, Broomfield [283]
1901–1973
- 1901: Ernest James Wythes, of Copped Hall, Epping [284]
- 1902: R. Cunliffe Gosling, of Hassobury, Farnham [285]
- 1903: Col. Richard Percival Davis, of New House Farm, Walton-on-the-Naze
- 1904: James Noah Paxman, of Stisted Hall, Braintree
- 1905: Sir Thomas Buxton, Bt [ citation needed ]
- 1906: Christopher William Parker of Faulkbourne Hall, Faulkbourne, Witham [286]
- 1907: Charles Ernest Ridley, of The Elms, Chelmsford
- 1908: William Nocton of Langham Hall, near Colchester [287]
- 1909: John Henry Horton, of Mascalls, South Weald, Brentwood [288]
- 1910: Ralph Frederic Bury, of St Leonards, Nazeing [289]
- 1911: Reginald Duke Hill, of Holfield Grange, Coggeshall [290]
- 1912: James Tabor, of The Lawn, Rochford
- 1913: Charles James Round, of Birch Hall, Colchester [291]
- 1914: Henry Basham Dickinson, of "Le Mote," Pebmarsh [292]
- 1915: Sir Drummond Cunliffe Smith, 4th Baronet
- 1916: Samuel Augustine Courtauld, of The Howe, Halstead [293]
- 1917: Charles Edmund Gooch, of Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, [294]
- 1918: Sir Frederick Green, of Hainault Lodge, Chigwell Row [295]
- 1919: John James Dumville Botterell, of Colne Park, Earls Colne, [296]
- 1920: Montagu Edward Hughes-Hughes, of Leez Priory, Hartford End, Chelmsford, [297]
- 1921: William Julien Courtauld, of Penny Pot, Halstead, [298]
- 1922: Lt.-Col. F. H. D. C. Whitmore, of Orsett Hall, Orsett [299]
- 1923: Major Guy Gilbey Gold, of Abbots Hall, Shalford, Braintree. [300]
- 1924: Lt.-Col. Sir Frederic Carne–Rasch, of Ingatestone Hall, Ingatestone [301]
- 1925: Major Richard King Magor of Springfield Lyons, Springfield [302]
- 1926: Lt.-Col. Eustace Hill, of Berwicks, Hatfield Peverel [303]
- 1927: Major William Sullivan Gosling, of Hassobury, Bishop's Stortford. [304]
- 1928: Sir Thomas Buxton, 5th Baronet, of Woodredon, Waltham Abbey [305]
- 1929: Brigadier-General Kenneth John Kincaid-Smith, of St.Osyth's Priory, Clacton-on-Sea [306]
- 1930: Brigadier-General John Tyson Wigan, of Danbury Park, Danbury, Chelmsford [307]
- 1931: Major Nevill Arthur Charles de Hirzel Tufnell, of Langleys, Great Waltham, Essex. [308]
- 1932: Harold McCorquodale, of Forest Hall, Ongar, Essex [309]
- 1933: Major Herbert Leslie Melville Tritton, of Lyons Hall, GreatLeighs. [310]
- 1934: Lt.-Col. Edward North Buxton, of Wallsgrave House, Loughton [311]
- 1935: Lt.-Col. Frank Hilder, of Huskards, Ingatestone. [312]
- 1936: Capt. Gerald Murray Strutt, of New House, Terling, Chelmsford. [313]
- 1937: Major Forrester Colvin Watson, of Colne Ford House, White Colne [314]
- 1938: Sir James Adam, of Colne Park, Earls Colne [315]
- 1939: Col. Stuart Sidney Mallinson, of The White House, Woodford Green [316]
- 1940: Major Wyndham Birch, of Beaumont Hall, Beaumont-cum-Moze, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex [317]
- 1941: Capt. John Kidston Swire, of Hubbards Hall, Harlow. [318]
- 1942: Col. Richard Cecil Oxley Parker, of Houghton Lodge, Stockbridge, Hampshire [319]
- 1943: Major Hubert Ashton, of Wealdside, South Weald, Brentwood [320]
- 1944: Wing-Commander Denis Alfred Jex Buxton, of Wilderness House, Ongar [321]
- 1945: Sir Adam Beattie Ritchie, of Boreham Manor, Boreham. [322]
- 1946: William Whitmore Otter-Barry of Horkesley Hall, Little Horkesley, near Colchester. [323]
- 1947: Brig.-General Claud Edward Charles Graham Charlton, of Great Canfield Park, Takeley. [324]
- 1948: Lt.-Col. John Oxley Parker, of Queen's Road, Colchester [325]
- 1949: Lt.-Col. Victor Alexander Gascoyne-Cecil of Downham House, Billericay. [326]
- 1950: Lt.-Col. Vernon Stewart Laurie, of Old Vicarage, South Weald, Brentwood. [327]
- 1951: Major George Nigel Capel-Cure, of Blake Hall, Ongar. [328]
- 1952: Col. F. Collingwood Drake [329]
- 1953: Augustine Courtauld of Spencers, Great Yeldham [330]
- 1954: Lt.-Col. Philip Valentine Upton, of Park Lodge, Margaretting. [331]
- 1955: Samuel Ranulph Allsopp, of Alsa Lodge, Stansted Mountfitchet [332]
- 1956: Lt.-Col. James Gray Round, of Birch Hall, Colchester. [333]
- 1957: Norman Selwyn Pryor of Manuden House, Bishop's Stortford. [334]
- 1958: Lt.-Col. William Douglas Gosling, of Thrimley House, Farnham. [335]
- 1959: Major Geoffrey Benyon Hoare, of Colville Hall, White Roding, Dunmow. [336]
- 1960: Charles Hubert Archibald Butler of Shortgrove, Newport, Saffron Walden. [337]
- 1961: Christopher William Oxley Parker
- 1962: Douglas Gurney Pelly
- 1963: Col. Hugh Edward Hunter Jones
- 1964: Brig. Edward Joseph Todhunter [a]
- 1965: Andrew Hunter Carnwath
- 1966: Sir Nigel Edward Strutt
- 1967: Guy Ruggles-Brise [a]
- 1968: Major N. N. Norman-Butler
- 1969: Richard Clive Butler
- 1970: Lt.-Col. Mark Frederic Strutt
- 1971: Allan James Vincent Arthur
- 1972: Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton [ citation needed ]
- 1973: Gerald Colville Seymour Curtis [339]
