High Sheriff of Herefordshire
Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in each county, but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that the Sheriff's remaining functions are now largely ceremonial.Under the same act of 1972, Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to form the new county of Hereford and Worcester, and as a result the office of Sheriff of Herefordshire was replaced by that of High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester.However, in 1998 the new county was dissolved, restoring Herefordshire and Worcestershire and creating the offices of High Sheriff of Herefordshire and High Sheriff of Worcestershire.The Website of the High Sheriffs' Association of England and Wales stated in 2021 that the role was a "non-political Royal appointment", for one year, and unpaid.[2] A nearly complete list of the High Sheriffs of Herefordshire from 1155 to 1647 can be found in The history of the worthies of England, Volume 1, pp.
Local Government Act 1972High SheriffHerefordshireWorcestershireHereford and WorcesterHigh Sheriff of Hereford and WorcesterHigh Sheriff of WorcestershirePain fitzJohnAdam de PortMiles of GloucesterWalter de HerefordWilliam de Bello CampoWillielmus de BraioseHenry de Longo CampoWillielmus de BraiosaWalter II de CliffordWilliam de Braose, 4th Lord of BramberHubert de BurghWilliam de CantelupeGérard d'AthéeEngelard de CigognéWalter de LaciJohn of MonmouthSir John de GreyJohn de BretonBishop of HerefordRoger Chaundos, 1st Lord ChaundosThomas Chaundos, 2nd Lord ChaundosWilliam Devereux of BodenhamSir Walter Devereux of BodenhamPeter de la MareJohn Devereux, 1st Baron DevereuxJohn Chaundos, 3rd Lord ChandosThomas ClanvoweSir Walter DevereuxJohn BodenhamJohn OldcastleJohn RussellGuy WhittingtonWilliam CroftSir John PauncefootCrickhowell CastleHenry CharletonWalter Devereux of WeobleyAshby St LedgersJohn DevereuxThomas CornwallEdward CroftRichard CornwallJohn ScudamoreSir Richard CornwallMichael ListerWilliam ClintonJohn PakingtonJohn (?George) CornwallJohn BaskervilleGeorge CornwallGregory PriceWilliam ShelleyThomas ClintonJames WarnecombeWilliam CecilThomas ConingsbyRichard TomkinsSir James ScudamoreJames TomkinsMonnington on WyeFrancis SmallmanKinnersley CastleLedburySir Giles Brydges, 1st BaronetWilton CastleFitzwilliam ConingsbyHenry LingenJohn JamesWilliam PowellHerbert PerrottSir James Brydges, 3rd BaronetSir Herbert Croft, 1st BaronetCroft CastleRobert HarleySir Francis Charlton, 2nd BaronetLudford HouseEardisley ParkTibertonRichard GorgesUvedale PriceTybertonEdward Bolton CliveTrevilleBurghillDinmore HillKinnersleySomerset DaviesWigmoreSir Hungerford Hoskyns, 7th BaronetEdward Thomas FoleyStoke Edith HouseWilliam Bateman-Hanbury, BtMynde ParkThomas Andrew KnightDownton CastleRichard BlakemoreHampton CourtSir Samuel Rush MeyrickSarnesfieldAbbey DoreThomas HeywoodSir Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 2nd BaronetHolme LacyJames King KingDaniel Peploe PeploeMoccasHuntingtonHomme HouseLeominsterBelmontHerefordKingtonPembridgeCradley, HerefordshireJohn Hungerford ArkwrightWeston under PenyardSir Henry Geers CotterellJohn Coke