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Sir John Hotham, Sheriff of Yorkshire 1634–35

The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. 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.

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Sheriff is a title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years. [1] A list of the sheriffs from the Norman conquest onwards can be found below. [1] [2] The Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown in England and Wales, their purpose being to represent the monarch at a local level, historically in the shires.

The office was a powerful position in earlier times, especially in the case of Yorkshire, which covers a very large area. The sheriffs were responsible for the maintenance of law and order and various other roles. Some of their powers in Yorkshire were relinquished in 1547 as the Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire was instated to deal with military duties. It was only in 1908 under Edward VII of the United Kingdom that the Lord Lieutenant became more senior than the Sheriff. Since then the position of Sheriff has become more ceremonial, with many of its previous responsibilities transferred to High Court judges, magistrates, coroners, local authorities and the police.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the single Yorkshire shrievalty was abolished, with high sheriffs appointed to each of the new metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties. [3] Today the position is represented at a more local level in the form of four titles; the High Sheriff of the East Riding of Yorkshire, High Sheriff of North Yorkshire, High Sheriff of South Yorkshire and High Sheriff of West Yorkshire.

Sheriffs

House of Normandy

House of Plantagenet

  • 1154–1163 Bertram de Bulmer
  • 1163–1170 Ranulf de Glanvill
  • 1170–1175 Robert III de Stuteville
  • 1175–1189 Ranulf de Glanvill
  • 1189–1190 John Marshal
  • 1190–1191 Osbert de Longchamp
  • 1191–1194 Hugh Bardolf
  • 1194–1198 Geoffrey Plantagenet, Archbishop of York
  • 1198–1201 Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex
  • 1201–1203 William de Stuteville
  • 1203–1204 Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex
  • 1204–1209 Roger de Lacy
  • 1209–1213 Gilbert FitzReinfrid
  • 1213–1214 Robert de Percy
  • 1214–1215 Peter FitzHerbert
  • 1215–1215 William de Duston
  • 1215–1216 William de Harcourt
  • 1216–1223 Geoffrey de Neville
  • 1223–1225 Simon de Hale, later Sheriff of Wiltshire
  • 1225–1226 Eustace de Ludham
  • 1226–1229 Robert de Cokefeld
  • 1229–1232 William de Stuteville
  • 1232–1233 Peter de Rivaux
  • 1233–1234 Brian de Lisle
  • 1235–1236 John Fitzgeoffrey
  • 1236–1239 Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan
  • 1239–1242 Nicholas de Molis
  • 1242–1246 Henry of Bath
  • 1246–1248 Adam de Neirford
  • 1248–1250 William de Dacre
  • 1250–1253 Robert de Crepping
  • 1253–1254 William de Horsenden
  • 1254–1260 William de Latimer
  • 1260–1261 John de Oketon
  • 1261–1263 Peter de Percy
  • 1263–1264 Robert de Neville
  • 1264–1265 William de Baszeall
  • 1265–1266 John de Oketon
  • 1266–1267 William de Latimer
  • 1267–1268 Robert de Lathum
  • 1268–1269 Giles de Goxhill
  • 1269–1270 John de Halton
  • 1270–1274 Roger LeStrange
  • 1274–1278 Alexander de Kirketon
  • 1278–1280 Sir Ranulph de Dacre of Dacre, Cumberland
  • 1280–1285 John Lythgrins
  • 1285–1291 Sir Gervase de Clifton
  • 1291–1293 Sir John de Meaux
  • 1293–1299 John de Byron
  • 1299–1300 Sir Robert Ughtred
  • 1300–1304 Simon de Kyme
  • 1304–1307 William de Houk
  • 1307–1308 John de Crepping
  • 1308–1310 John de Gras
  • 1310–1311 John de Eure
  • 1311–1314 Gerard Salveyn
  • 1314–1315 John Malbys
  • 1315–1315 Nicholas, 2nd Lord Meinill
  • 1315–1317 Sir Simon Warde
  • 1317–1318 Nicholas de Grey
  • 1318–1318 Sir Simon Warde
  • 1318–1318 Robert de Ryther
  • 1318–1323 Sir Simon Warde
  • 1323–1325 Sir Roger Somerville
  • 1325–1327 Henry de Fauconberg
  • 1327–1328 Sir John Darcy
  • 1328–1330 Henry de Fauconberg
  • 1330–1332 Ralph de Bulmer
  • 1332–1335 Sir Peter Saltmarsh
  • 1335–1335 Peter Middleton
  • 1335–1337 Sir Thomas de Rokeby (died 1356)
  • 1337–1340 Sir Ralph Hastings
  • 1340–1340 John Moryn
  • 1340–1340 Sir Ralph Hastings
  • 1340–1341 Sir John Elland
  • 1341–1342 John de Fauconberg, 3rd Baron Fauconberg
  • 1342–1349 Sir Thomas de Rokeby (died 1356)
  • 1349–1349 Sir William Plays
  • 1349–1349 Sir Brian Thornhill
  • 1349–1350 Gerard Salveyn of North Duffield and Herswell [4] (grandson of Gerard HS 1311)
  • 1350–1351 Sir William Plumpton
  • 1351–1352 Sir Peter de Nuttle
  • 1352–1353 Miles, 3rd Lord Stapleton
  • 1353–1354 Sir Peter de Nuttle
  • 1354–1356 Miles, 3rd Lord Stapleton
  • 1356–1359 Sir Peter de Nuttle
  • 1359–1360 Sir Thomas Musgrave
  • 1360–1362 Sir Marmaduke Constable I (1st term)
  • 1362–1366 Sir Thomas Musgrave
  • 1366–1367 Sir Marmaduke Constable I (2nd term)
  • 1367–1368 Sir John Chaumont
  • 1368–1370 Sir William de Acton
  • 1370–1371 Sir John Bygod
  • 1371–1372 Sir Robert Roos
  • 1372–1373 Sir William de Acton
  • 1373–1374 Sir John Bygod
  • 1374–1375 Sir William Perciehay (Percehay)
  • 1375–1376 Sir William Melton (1st term)
  • 1376–1377 Sir Ralph Hastings
  • 1377–1378 Sir John Constable
  • 1378–1379 Sir Robert Neville
  • 1379–1380 Sir William Melton (2nd term)
  • 1380–1380 Sir John Savile (1st term)
  • 1380–1381 Sir Ralph Hastings
  • 1381–1382 Sir William Ergum
  • 1382–1383 Sir John Savile (2nd term)
  • 1383–1384 Sir Robert Hilton
  • 1384–1385 Sir Gerard Usflete
  • 1385–1386 Sir Robert Constable of Flamborough (1st term)
  • 1386–1387 Sir Robert Hilton
  • 1387–1388 Sir John Savile (3rd term)
  • 1388–1389 Sir John Godard
  • 1389–1390 Sir James Pickering
  • 1390–1391 Sir William Melton (3rd term)
  • 1391–1392 Sir Ralph Euer
  • 1392–1393 Sir John Depeden
  • 1393–1394 Sir James Pickering
  • 1394–1395 Sir Robert Constable of Flamborough (2nd term)
  • 1395–1396 Sir Ralph Euer
  • 1396–1397 Sir Robert Neville
  • 1397–1399 Sir James Pickering (died in office)

House of Lancaster

  • 1399–1399 Sir John Depeden
  • 1399–1400 Sir John Constable
  • 1400–1401 Sir Thomas Bromflete
  • 1401–1402 Sir William Dronsfield (1st term)
  • 1402–1403 Sir John Savile (son of Sir John Savile, HS 1380)
  • 1403–1404 Sir Richard Redman
  • 1404–1405 Sir Peter Buckton
  • 1405–1406 Sir William Dronsfield (2nd term)
  • 1406–1406 Robert Mauleverer
  • 1406–1407 Sir John Etton (1st term)
  • 1407–1408 Sir Thomas Rokeby
  • 1408–1409 Sir William Haryngton
  • 1409–1410 Sir Edmund Hastings
  • 1410–1411 Sir Edmund Sandford
  • 1411–1412 Sir Thomas Rokeby
  • 1412–1413 Sir John Etton (2nd term)
  • 1413–1414 Sir William Haryngton
  • 1414–1415 Sir Thomas Bromflete
  • 1415–1416 Sir Richard Redman
  • 1416–1417 Sir Edmund Hastings
  • 1417–1418 Sir Robert Hilton (1st term)
  • 1418–1419 Sir John Bygod
  • 1419–1420 Sir Thomas Bromflete
  • 1420–1422 Sir Halnath Mauleverer of North Deighton
  • 1422–1423 Sir William Haryngton
  • 1423–1424 Sir Robert Hilton (2nd term)
  • 1424–1426 Sir John Langton
  • 1426–1426 Sir Richard Hastings
  • 1426–1427 Sir William Ryther
  • 1427–1428 Sir Robert Hilton (3rd term)
  • 1428–1430 Sir William Haryngton
  • 1430–1430 Sir John Clervaulx
  • 1430–1431 Sir William Ryther
  • 1431–1432 Sir Richard Pickering
  • 1432–1433 Sir Henry Brounflete
  • 1433–1434 Sir Richard Hastings
  • 1434–1435 Sir William Ryther
  • 1435–1436 Sir William Tirwhit
  • 1436–1437 Sir John Constable
  • 1437–1438 Sir Robert Constable
  • 1438–1439 Sir William Ryther
  • 1439–1440 Sir John Tempest
  • 1440–1441 Sir Robert Waterton
  • 1441–1442 Sir William Gascoigne
  • 1442–1443 Sir Thomas Metham
  • 1443–1444 Sir Edmund Talbot
  • 1444–1445 Sir William Euer
  • 1445–1446 Sir James Strangways
  • 1446–1447 Sir Robert Ughtred
  • 1447–1448 Sir William Plumpton
  • 1448–1449 Sir John Conyers
  • 1449–1450 Sir James Pickering
  • 1450–1451 Sir Robert Ughtred
  • 1451–1452 Sir Ralph Bygod
  • 1452–1453 Sir James Strangways
  • 1453–1454 Sir John Melton
  • 1454–1455 Sir John Savile
  • 1455–1456 Sir Thomas Haryngton
  • 1456–1457 Sir John Hotham
  • 1457–1458 Sir Ralph Bygod
  • 1458–1459 Sir John Tempest
  • 1459–1460 Sir Thomas Metham
  • 1460–1461 Sir John Melton

House of York

  • 1461–1461 Sir John Savile
  • 1461–1463 Sir Robert Constable
  • 1463–1464 Sir John Constable
  • 1464–1465 Sir Edward Hastings
  • 1465–1466 Sir Richard FitzWilliam
  • 1466–1467 Sir James Haryngton
  • 1467–1468 Sir John Conyers
  • 1468–1469 Sir James Strangways
  • 1469–1470 Sir Henry Vavasour
  • 1470–1471 Sir Edmund Hastings
  • 1471–1473 Sir Ralph de Ashton
  • 1473–1474 Sir Walter Griffith
  • 1474–1475 Sir John Conyers
  • 1475–1476 Sir James Haryngton
  • 1476–1477 Sir Edmund Hastings
  • 1477–1478 Sir William Ryther
  • 1478–1479 Sir Robert Constable
  • 1479–1480 Sir Hugh Hastings
  • 1480–1481 Sir Marmaduke Constable
  • 1481–1482 Sir Ralph Bygod
  • 1482–1483 Sir William Eure
  • 1483–1484 Sir Edmund Hastings
  • 1484–1485 Sir Thomas Markenfield of Markenfield Hall

House of Tudor

  • 1485–1486 Sir John Savile
  • 1486–1487 Sir Robert Ryther
  • 1487–1488 Sir John Neville
  • 1488–1489 Sir Marmaduke Constable of Everingham
  • 1489–1490 Sir Henry Wentworth
  • 1490–1491 Sir Thomas Wortley
  • 1491–1492 Sir Richard Tunstall
  • 1492–1492 Sir Henry Wentworth
  • 1492–1493 Sir James Strangways
  • 1493–1494 Sir Marmaduke Constable of Everingham
  • 1494–1495 Sir John Neville
  • 1495–1496 Sir William Gascoigne
  • 1496–1497 Sir John Melton
  • 1497–1498 Sir John Conyers
  • 1498–1500 Sir John Hotham
  • 1500–1501 Sir Walter Griffith
  • 1501–1502 Sir Thomas Wortley
  • 1502–1503 Sir William Conyers
  • 1503–1504 Sir Ralph Ryther
  • 1504–1505 Sir John Cutte
  • 1505–1506 Sir Ralph Eure
  • 1506–1508 Sir John Norton
  • 1508–1509 Sir James Strangeways
  • 1509–1510 Sir Marmaduke Constable of Nuneaton
  • 1510–1511 Sir Ralph Eure
  • 1511–1512 Sir John Constable
  • 1512–1513 Sir John Everingham
  • 1513–1514 Sir William Percy
  • 1514–1515 Sir John Norton
  • 1515–1516 Sir John Carr
  • 1516–1517 Sir Richard Tempest
  • 1517–1518 Sir William Bulmer
  • 1518–1519 Sir John Neville
  • 1519–1520 Sir Peter Vavasour
  • 1520–1522 Sir Thomas Strangways
  • 1522–1522 Sir William Mauleverer
  • 1522–1523 Sir Henry Clifford
  • 1523–1524 Sir John Neville
  • 1524–1525 Sir John Constable
  • 1525–1526 James Metcalfe
  • 1526–1527 Sir William Middleton
  • 1527–1528 Sir John Neville
  • 1528–1529 Sir John Constable
  • 1529–1530 Sir Ralph Ellerker
  • 1530–1530 Thomas Strangways
  • 1531–1532 Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle
  • 1532–1533 Sir Marmaduke Constable
  • 1533–1534 Sir John Constable of Nuneaton
  • 1534–1535 William Fairfax
  • 1535–1536 Sir George Darcy
  • 1536–1537 Sir Brian Hastings
  • 1537–1537 Francis Frobisher
  • 1537–1538 Sir Henry Savile of Thornhill, Tankersley and Elland, Yorks.
  • 1538–1539 Sir James Strangways
  • 1539–1540 Sir William Fairfax
  • 1540–1541 Sir Robert Neville
  • 1541–1542 Sir Henry Savile of Thornhill, Tankersley and Elland, Yorks.
  • 1542–1543 Sir Thomas Tempest
  • 1543–1544 Sir John Dawnay
  • 1544–1545 Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle
  • 1545–1546 Sir Christopher Danby
  • 1546–1547 Sir John Tempest
  • 1547–1548 Sir Richard Cholmeley
  • 1548–1549 Sir William Vavasour of Hazlewood Castle
  • 1549–1550 Sir Walter Calverley
  • 1550–1551 Sir Leonard Beckwith
  • 1551–1552 Sir John Gresham
  • 1552–1553 Sir Thomas Mauleverer
  • 1553–1554 Sir Thomas Waterton
  • 1554–1555 Sir Ingram Clifford of Cowthorpe [5]
  • 1555–1556 Sir Christopher Metcalfe
  • 1556–1557 Sir Richard Cholmeley
  • 1557–1558 Sir Robert (or Richard?) Constable
  • 1558–1559 Sir Ralph Ellerker
  • 1559–1560 John Vaughan
  • 1560–1561 Sir John Neville
  • 1561–1562 Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle
  • 1562–1563 Sir George Bowes
  • 1563–1564 Sir William Vavasour of Hazlewood Castle
  • 1564–1565 Sir William Ingleby of Ripley Castle
  • 1565–1566 Sir Thomas Gargrave
  • 1566–1567 Sir John Constable
  • 1567–1568 Sir Henry Savile
  • 1568–1569 Richard Norton
  • 1569–1570 Sir Thomas Gargrave
  • 1570–1571 Christopher Hildyard
  • 1571–1572 Thomas Fairfax
  • 1572–1573 John Dawnay
  • 1573–1574 Marmaduke Constable
  • 1574–1575 Sir William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory
  • 1575–1576 Sir Thomas Danby (c.1530–1590) [6]
  • 1576–1577 Thomas Boynton
  • 1577–1578 William Fairfax of Gilling Castle
  • 1578–1579 Christopher Wandesforde
  • 1579–1580 Richard Goodricke of Ribston Hall
  • 1580–1581 Ralph Bourchier
  • 1581–1582 Sir Robert Stapleton of Easdyke, Wighill
  • 1582–1583 Thomas Wentworth
  • 1583–1584 Sir Cotton Gargrave
  • 1584–1585 John Hotham
  • 1585–1586 Brian Stapleton
  • 1586–1587 Henry Constable of Burton Constable
  • 1587–1588 Robert Aske
  • 1588–1589 Sir Richard Mauleverer
  • 1589–1590 Sir John Dawnay
  • 1590–1591 Philip Constable
  • 1591–1592 Richard Goodricke of Ribston Hall (son of Richard, HS 1579)
  • 1592–1593 Sir William Mallory
  • 1593–1594 Ralph Eure
  • 1594–1595 Francis Vaughan
  • 1595–1596 Sir Christopher Hildyard
  • 1596–1597 Francis Boynton
  • 1597–1598 Thomas Lassells
  • 1598–1599 Marmaduke Grimston
  • 1599–1600 Sir Robert Swift [7]
  • 1600–1601 Francis Clifford
  • 1601–1602 William Wentworth
  • 1602–1603 Thomas Strickland

House of Stuart

Commonwealth

House of Stuart, restoration

Queen Anne

  • 1706–1707 Sir Roger Beckwith, 2nd Baronet
  • 1707–1708 Henry Iveson
  • 1708–1709 William Ellis
  • 1709–1710 William Turbut
  • 1710–1711 William Nevile
  • 1711–1712 William Vavasour
  • 1712–1713 Richard Beaumont

House of Hanover

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

House of Windsor

  • 1917–1918 Sir Francis Samuelson,3rd Baronet of Breckenbrough Hall, Thirsk
  • 1918–1919 Arthur Charles Dorman of Rye Hill, Nunthorpe
  • 1919–1920 William Fry Whitwell of Clockwood House, Yarm
  • 1920–1921 Sir Henry Dennis Readett-Bayley
  • 1921–1922 James Lionel Dugdale of Crathorne, Yarm
  • 1922–1923 Sir Algernon Freeman, 2nd Baronet of Scriven Park, Knaresborough
  • 1923–1924 Frederic Richard Thomas Trench Gascoigne of Lotherton Hall, Aberford
  • 1924–1925 Henry Whitworth of Kilnwick Percy
  • 1925–1926 William Henry Anthony Wharton of Skelton Castle, Skelton in Cleveland
  • 1926–1927 Sir William Henry Aykroyd, 1st Baronet of Cliffe Hall, Lightcliffe, near Halifax
  • 1927–1928 Sir John Donald Horsfall, 2nd Baronet of Hayfield Hall, Glusburn, near Keighley
  • 1928–1929 Sir John Henry Harrowing of Low Stakesby, Whitby
  • 1929–1930 John William Morkill of Newfield Hall, Bell Busk, Leeds
  • 1930–1931 Clive Behrens of Swinton Grange, Malton
  • 1931–1932 John William Coulthurst of Gargrave House, Gargrave
  • 1932–1933 Frederick Hawksworth Fawkes of Farnley Hall [106]
  • 1933–1934 Herbert Anderson Taylor of Sutton Hall, Thirsk
  • 1934–1935 Sir Prince Prince-Smith, 2nd Baronet of Whinburn, Keighley and Southburn House near Driffield
  • 1935–1936 William Lechmere Wade-Dalton of Hauxwell Hall, Constable Burton
  • 1936–1937 John Ralph Patientius Warde-Aldam of Frickley Hall, Doncaster
  • 1937–1938 Trevor Thornton-Berry of Swinithwaite Hall, Leyburn
  • 1938–1939 William Riley-Smith of Toulston, Tadcaster
  • 1939–1940 John Edward Durrant Shaw of Welburn Hall, Kirby Moorside
  • 1940–1941 William St. Andrew Warde-Aldam of Hooton Pagnell Hall, Doncaster
  • 1941–1942 Sir Frederic Alfred Aykroyd, 1st Baronet of Birstwith Hall, near Harrogate
  • 1942–1943 Charles Grant-Dalton of Brodsworth Hall, Doncaster [107]
  • 1943–1944 Lionel Brook Holliday of Copgrove Hall, Burton Leonard [108]
  • 1944–1945 Sir Edwin Airey of Oakwood Grange, Roundhay, Leeds [109]
  • 1945–1946 Sir Francis William Terry of Middlethorpe Manor, York [110]
  • 1946–1947 Geoffrey Roy Holland Smith of Oxton Hall, Tadcaster
  • 1947–1948 Christopher Hildyard Ringrose-Wharton of Skelton Castle, Skelton in Cleveland, Saltburn
  • 1948–1949 Sir Mark Tatton Richard Sykes, 7th Baronet of Sledmere House, Malton
  • 1949–1950 Cuthbert Henry Dawnay of West Heslerton Hall, Malton
  • 1950–1951 William Riley-Smith of Toulston, Tadcaster
  • 1951–1953 Sir Benjamin Dawson, 1st Baronet of Nun Appleton Hall, York [111]
  • 1952–1953 Sir Alfred Hammond Aykroyd, 2nd Baronet of Linton Spring, Wetherby [112]
  • 1953–1954 Marcus William Wickham-Boynton of Burton Agnes Hall, Driffield [113]
  • 1954–1955 Sir George William Martin of Adel Lodge, Adel [114]
  • 1955–1956 Sir Frederick Austin Neill of Whinfell, Whirlow, Sheffield [115]
  • 1956–1957 Francis Roger Ingham of Bellwood Hall, Ripon [116]
  • 1957–1958 Harold Hammond Aykroyd of Whixley Hall, Whixley, near York [117]
  • 1958–1959 Frank Dixon Marshall of Briery Wood, Ilkley [118]
  • 1959–1960 Neil Malcolm Peech of Park House, Firbeck, near Worksop [119]
  • 1960–1961 James Bryan Upton of Hotham House, Hotham, York [120]
  • 1961–1962 Sir Richard Bellingham Graham, 10th Baronet of Norton Conyers House [121]
  • 1962–1963 Kenneth Hargreaves of Castlegarth, Wetherby [122]
  • 1963–1964 Sir Kenneth Wade Parkinson of Follifoot [123]
  • 1964–1965 Charles Rochfort Maxsted of Brantinghamthorpe, Brough [124]
  • 1965–1966 John Clifford Roscoe of the Dower House, Newton Kyme, near Tadcaster [125]
  • 1966–1967 Christopher York of Long Marston Manor, York [126]
  • 1967–1968 Sir Edward William Brooksbank, 2nd Baronet of Menethorpe Hall, Melton [127]
  • 1968–1969 Richard Gustavus Hamilton-Russell of Smeaton Manor, Great Smeaton, Northallerton [128]
  • 1969–1970 Frank Anthony Riley-Smith of Inholmes, Tadcaster [129]
  • 1970–1971 Major-General John Cecil D'Arcy Dalton, of Hauxwell Hall, Leyburn [130]
  • 1971–1972 Brigadier Roderick Heathcote-Amory,of Oswaldkirk Hall, York [131]
  • 1972–1973 Major-General Sir Charles James George Dalton, of the Hutts, Grewelthorpe, near Ripon [132]
  • 1973–1974 Henry James Homfray Gillam of Healaugh Old Hall, Healaugh, Tadcaster [133]

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