High Sheriff of Rutland

This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Rutland.

The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown: there has been a Sheriff of Rutland since 1129. 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. 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.

After some 22 years as part of Leicestershire, Rutland was split away in 1996 as a unitary authority with its own shrievalty, thus establishing the separate High Sheriff of Rutland.

Sheriffs

1100–1200

• 1129: William de Albeni, the Breton
• 1155: Richard de Humez
• 1156: Thomas Ondeby
• 1157: Robert filius Goboldi
• 1159: Richard de Humez
• 1161: Robert filius Goboldi
• 1163: Richard de Humez
• 1165: Robert Goebold
• 1166: Richard de Humez
• 1179: William Malduit
• 1188: Amalric Dispensator (Despenser)
• 1189: William Malduit
• 1195: William de Albeni
• 1198: Benedict de Haveresham
• 1199: Hugh le Scot

1200–1300

• 1200–1205: Robert Malduit
• 1205–1211: Ralph Normanville
• 1211–1217: Robert of Braybrooke and Henry of Braybrooke
• 1215–1224: Falkes de Breauté
• 1218–1228: Alan Basset
• 1228–1254: Jeffery de Rokingham
• 1254–1259: Ralph de Greneham
• 1259–1272: Anketyn de Markinal
• 1272–1281: Peter Wakerville and William Bovile
• 1281–1289: Alberic de Whitleber
• 1289–1300: Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall

1300–1400

• 1300–1301: John Burley
• 1302–1312: Margaret, widow of Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
• 1313–1316: Margaret, widow of Piers Gaveston
• 1316–1318: Hugh de Audley, 1st Baron Audley
• 1321: Ivo de Aldeburgh
• 1322–1327: Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
• 1327–1347: Hugh de Audley, 1st Baron Audley (died in office 1347)
• 1349–1360: William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (died in office 1360)
• 1360–1365: William Wade
• 1365–1373: Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (died in office 1363)
• 1374–1376: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants
• 1376–1377: Simon Ward
• 1378: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants
• 1379: Sir Thomas de Burton, Kt.
• 1380: John Basings
• 1381: William Moorwood
• 1382: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants
• 1383: William Flore (or Flower)
• 1384: Walter Skarles of Uppingham
• 1385: Sir John de Calveley of Stapleford, Leics. and Teigh
• 1386–1387: Robert de Vere
• 1388: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants
• 1388: Walter Skarles of Uppingham
• 1389: Sir John de Calveley of Stapleford, Leics. and Teigh
• 1390–1397: Edward, Earl of Rutland
• 1397–1399: Thomas Onderley
• 1399: John Wittleborough of Whissendine and Milton and Marholm, Northants

1400–1500

1500–1600

1600–1700

1700–1800

1800–1899

1900–1973

High sheriffs

References

• The Rutland Magazine and County Historical Record, Vol 4, (Oakham: C Matkin, 1910), pp73–85
• The History of the Worthies of England volume 3

External links

• The High Sheriffs' Association of England and Wales (The Shrievalty Association)
• High Sheriff of Rutland website

1. High Sheriff of Leicestershire
2. Rutland
3. Richard Cecil (courtier)
4. John Harington (died 1553)
5. William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton
6. John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton
7. John Flower (sheriff)
8. John Wittlebury
9. List of shrievalties
10. Falkes de Bréauté
11. Sir James Harington, 1st Baronet
12. Margaret de Clare
13. Robert of Braybrooke
14. Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall
15. Baron Sherard
16. Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
17. William Noel (MP for Rutland)
18. Tolethorpe Hall
19. Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell
20. William d'Aubigny (Brito)