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The High Sheriff of Devon is the Kings's representative for the County of Devon, a territory known as his/her bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people, they hold the office for one year. They have judicial, ceremonial and administrative functions and execute High Court Writs. The title was historically "Sheriff of Devon", but changed in 1974 to "High Sheriff of Devon".

History

The office of Sheriff is the oldest under the Crown. It is over 1000 years old; it was established before the Norman Conquest. It remained first in precedence in the counties, until the reign of Edward VII, when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the Crown as the Sovereign's personal representative. 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 remains the Sovereign's representative in the county for all matters relating to the Judiciary and the maintenance of law and order.[citation needed]

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Sheriffs of Devon

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Before 1300

Names indented are those of undersheriffs.[1]

  •  ?–1066: Heche[2][3]
  • 1068–1096: Baldwin de Moeles (or de Brionne)[4][5]
  • T. R. W.: William fitz Baldwin[2]
  • 1100: Geoffrey de Mandeville[6]
  • 1116: Richard fitz Baldwin[2]
  • 29 September 1129: Geoffrey de Furnell.[2]
  • 1135–1136: Richard fitz Baldwin.[2]
  • 1137–1142: Adelise (Alice).[2] – wife of Richard fitz Baldwin.
  • 1142–?: Adelise (Alice).[2]
  • 29 September 1154: Richard de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon[2]
  • 29 September 1157: William de Boterellis[2]
  • 29 September 1161: Hugh de Ralegh[2]
  • 29 September 1167: Robert filius Bernardi[2]
  • Easter 1173: Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall[2]
    • 29 September 1174: Payne the Chaplain and Alan de Furnellis[2]
  • 1175: William Rufus[2]
  • Easter 1177: Hugh de Gundevilla[2]
  • 29 September 1179: William Brewer[2]
  • 29 September 1189: John, Count of Mortain[2]
  • Christmas 1193: Sir Richard Reynell[2]
    • Christmas 1193: Henry de Furnell[2]
  • Michaelmas 1194: Sir Richard Reynell[2]
    • Michaelmas 1195: Henry de Furnell[2]
  • Michaelmas 1198: John de Torrington[2][5] and William of Wrotham[2][5]
  • Easter 1199: Hugh Bardulf[2]
    • Easter 1199: Osbert FitzWilliam[2]
  • Easter 1200: William Brewer[2]
  • Michaelmas 1200: Ralph Morin[2]
  • Easter 1202: William Brewer[2]
    • Easter 1201: Ralph de Mora[2]
  • Michaelmas 1209: Robert de Veteri Ponte[2]
    • Michaelmas 1209: Eudo de Bello Campo[2]
  • 13 May 1215: Henry de la Pomeray[2]
  • 14 May 1215: Robert de Erlegh[2]
  • unknown: Robert de Courtenay[2]
  • 14 August 1217: William, Earl of Salisbury[2]
  • 30 March 1218: Robert de Alba Mara[2]
  • 8 May 1218: Robert de Courtenay[2]
    • Michaelmas 1218: William de Lunet[2]
  • 12 June 1222: Walter le Poer[2]
  • 4 February 1224: William Brewer the younger[2]
    • Christmas 1223: Roger de Langeford[2]
  • 20 October 1225: William de Ralega[2]
  • 10 November 1228: Roger la Zouch[2]
    • Michaelmas 1229: Adam de Cerne[2]
    • Michaelmas 1230: Ranulph de Cerne[2]
  • 17 April 1231: Thomas de Cyrencestria[2]
    • Easter 1231: Thomas de la Wyle[2]
  • 11 July 1232: Peter de Rivall[2]
  • Michaelmas 1232: Thomas de la Wyle[2]
  • Michaelmas 1233: Robert de Vallibus[2]
    • Michaelmas 1233: Richard de Langeford[2]
  • 15 January 1234: Peter de Russell[2]
  • 26 May 1234: Nicholas de Moels[2]
    • Easter 1234: Walter of Bath[2]
  • 25 April 1236: Walter of Bath[2]
  • Easter 1251: William of Englefeld[2]
  • 25 May 1254: Ralph de Willington[2]
  • 29 April 1255: Gervase de Horton,[2] apparently died in office and accounts rendered by his son Henry de Horton[2]
  • 28 March 1257: Robert le Peytevin, of Cridy[2]
  • 3 November 1258: William de Courtenay[2]
  • Michaelmas 1259: Ralph de Doddiscomb[2]
  • 9 July 1261: John de Muscegros[2]
  • Midsummer 1264: Hugh Peverel[2]
  • 22 October 1264: Ralph de Esse[2]
  • Michaelmas 1265: Ralph de Gorges[2]
  • 23 November 1267: William de Bykeley[2]
  • Easter 1270: Simon de Grindham[2]
  • 10 August 1270: Richard of Cornwall[2]
  • Christmas 1270: Roger de Pridias[2]
    • Christmas 1270: Ralph de Teygnemue and John de Wilton, clerks[2]
  • Michaelmas 1271: Richard of Cornwall[2]
    • Michaelmas 1271: Roger de Pridias[2]
  • 13 September 1273: Thomas del Pyn[2]
  • 13 October 1274: John Wiger,[2] apparently died in office and accounts rendered by his son Henry Wiger[2]
  • 15 January 1277: Matthew de Eggleshill or de Eglesheyl[2]
  • 18 January 1278: Thomas del Pyn[2]
  • 25 October 1278: Warren de Sechevile[2]
  • 1 October 1280: Thomas del Pyn[2]
  • 13 May 1286: Robert de Wodton[2]
  • 17 May 1287: Matthew FitzJohn[2]
  • 16 October 1294: Gilbert de Knovill[2]
    • Michaelmas 1296: Robert de Uppehaye and Richard de Brankescumb, clerks[2]
  • Michaelmas 1297: Gilbert de Knovill[2]
    • Michaelmas 1298: Robert de Uppehaye and Richard de Brankescumb[2]
  • Michaelmas 1299: Gilbert de Knovill[2]

1300–1399

  • 1 October 1300: Thomas de Ralegh[2]
  • 16 April 1306: Ralph de Gorges[2]
  • 14 December 1307: Thomas de Ralegh[2]
  • 5 December 1308: Nicholas de Kirkham[2]
  • 19 June 1309: Nicholas de Tewkesbury[2]
  • 22 May 1311: Matthew de Furneux[2]
  • 16 January 1315: Robert de Horton[2]
  • 8 October 1316: Matthew de Clivedon[2]
  • 15 May 1318: Robert Bendyn[2]
  • 29 November 1318: John de Bikkebury[2] or Bigbiry[7]
  • 12 October 1319: Robert Bendyn[2]
  • 16 June 1321: Nicholas de Cheigne[2] or Cheyney[7]
  • 30 November 1321: John Inge[2]
  • 30 May 1322: Matthew de Crauthorne[2]
  • 1324: Walter Bathon[7]
  • 4 October 1325: James de Cokynton[2] or Cockington[7]
  • 1326: Henry Tirell[7]
  • 15 February 1327: Roger Rodd[2]
  • 2 March 1327: James de Cokynton[2]
  • 19 February 1328: William de Chivereston[2]
  • 5 November 1328: William de Faucomberge[2]
  • 5 December 1330: Matthew de Crauthorne[2]
  • 20 September 1332: Reginald de Monte Forti[2]
  • 7 November 1333: William de Aumarle[2]
  • 7 Oct 1335: John de Chudelegh[2]
  • 3 November 1335: Hildebrand de London, ordered to surrender office on 5 December, as ineligible[2]
  • 9 April 1336: Peter de Veel[2]
  • 25 September 1337: John de Ralegh, of Beaudeport[2]
  • 28 January 1340–1341: John de Ralegh, of Charneys[2]
  • 16 March 1341: Roger Prideaux[2]
  • 2 May 1341: Henry Tirrell[2]
  • 27 March 1342: William Pipard[2]
  • 29 July 1343: William Chambernon[2]
  • 1 September 1343: John de la Ryvere[2]
  • 16 October 1343: Walter de Horton[2]
  • 4 November 1344: James de Cokynton[8]
  • 9 November 1344: John de Chiverston[8]
  • 26 November 1345: Walter de Horton[8]
  • 30 December 1345: Hervey Tirrell[8]
  • 16 January 1347: Thomas de Ralegh, on a pretended commission[8][clarification needed]
  • 22 February 1347: Richard Cogan[8]
  • 20 March 1347: Ralph Beaupel[8]
  • 28 April 1347: Ralph Bryt[8]
  • 7 February 1348: Almaric Fitz-Waryn[8]
  • 4 December 1350: Robert de Hach[8]
  • 8 November 1351: William Auncel[8]
  • 14 November 1353: John de Northcote[8]
  • 10 November 1354: Peter de Ralegh[8]
  • 7 February 1355: Richard Chaumbernoun[8]
  • 30 May 1356: John Daubernoun[8]
  • 20 November 1357: John Daumarle, of Flete[8]
  • 13 January 1358: William Atte Yeo[8]
  • 3 November 1358: Richard de Brankescombe[8]
  • 10 December 1361: Almaric Fitz Waryn[8]
  • 8 January 1362: Martin Fishacre[8]
  • 27 April 1364: William de Brightelee[8]
  • 10 November 1364: John Fitzpayne[8]
  • 5 December 1364: John Boys, of Halberton[8]
  • 17 November 1365: William Servyngton[8]
  • 16 November 1366: Richard de Brankescombe[8]
  • 26 November 1367: Thomas Chaumbernoun[8]
  • 27 November 1368: Richard Champernowne (died 1419)[8]
  • 5 November 1369: Richard Chiselden[8]
  • 29 November 1369: Thomas de Afton[8]
  • 28 November 1370: Richard Beaumont[8]
  • 5 November 1371: Nicholas Whyting[8]
  • 12 December 1372: Richard de Chiselden[8]
  • 17 November 1373: Sir John Daumarle[8]
  • 12 December 1374: Richard Brankescombe[8]
  • 4 October 1375: Nicholas de la Pomeroy[8]
  • 26 October 1376: Sir John Ralegh[8]
  • 7 November 1376: James Chudleigh[8]
  • 22 June 1377: Sir John Ralegh[8]
  • 26 November 1377: Richard de Chiselden (pleaded a charter of exemption from office)[8]
  • 12 December 1377: Sir John Daumarle[8]
  • 25 November 1378: John Fitz Payne[8]
  • 5 November 1379: Sir John Stretch[8]
  • 18 October 1380: Richard Stapledon[8]
  • 16 November 1380: John Keynes[8]
  • 14 December 1380: Walter Corneu or Cornu[8]
  • 1 November 1381: Richard Champernowne (died 1419)[8]
  • 24 November 1382: Richard Kendale[8]
  • 1 November 1383: Sir William de Ashthorp[8]
  • 11 December 1384: Sir James Chudleigh[8]
  • 20 October 1385: Richard Whitelegh[8]
  • 18 January 1387: Richard Champernowne (died 1419)[8]
  • 18 November 1387: Sir John Poulet[8]
  • 1 December 1388: Nicholas Kirkham[8]
  • 15 November 1389: Sir William Bonville[8]
  • 7 November 1390: William Carmynowe[8]
  • 21 October 1391: Sir John Grenville[8]
  • 18 October 1392: Thomas Ralegh[8]
  • 7 November 1393: Walter Cornu[8]
  • 13 November 1393: Sir Thomas Brooke[8]
  • 11 November 1394: Sir James Chudleigh[8]
  • 9 November 1395: William Ferrers, of Chircheton[8]
  • 1 December 1396: William Malerbe[8]
  • 3 November 1397: Thomas Peverel[8]
  • 18 December 1398: William Beaumont[8]
  • 30 September 1399: Sir John Pomeroy[8]
  • 3 November 1399: John Keynes[8]

1400–1499

1500–1599

1600–1699

1700–1799

  • 20 November 1699: John Davie or Davis[10]
  • 28 November 1700: Arthur Tremayne, of Sydenham[10]
  • 1 January 1702: Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet, of Wiscombe and Blachford[10]
  • 3 December 1702: George Parker[10]
  • 2 December 1703: William Harris, of Hayne[10]
  • 21 December 1704: David Long, of Kell or Kenne[10]
  • 3 December 1705: Richard Ackland[10]
  • 14 November 1706: Roger Woolacombe[10]
  • 20 November 1707: Peter West[10]
  • 13 December 1708: Sir John Lear, 3rd Baronet[10]
  • 27 January 1709: Richard Triste or Nicholas Trist, of Bowden House, Totnes (Mayor of Totnes in 1718 & 1737).[65][10][66]
  • 1 December 1709: Phillip Andrews.[10]
  • 5 January 1710: Sir John Lear, Bt.[67][10]
  • 24 November 1710: Arthur Bassett[10]
  • 13 December 1711: John Woolcombe, of Pitton, Yealmpton[68][10]
  • 11 December 1712: John Shapleigh[10]
  • 30 November 1713: James Smith[69][10]
  • 16 November 1714: Arthur Arscott, of Tedcott[70][10]
  • 22 November 1715: Richard Nutcomb, of Nutcomb[10]
  • 12 November 1716: Sir Henry Langford, 3rd Baronet[10]
  • 21 December 1717: Francis Sheppard[10]
  • 21 December 1718: Thomas Cholwicke[71][10]
  • 6 January 1719: William Cholwicke the Younger[10]
  • 3 December 1719: William Bickford, of Dunsland[10]
  • 3 January 1721: William Hull, of Exmouth[10]
  • 14 December 1721: Samuel Addis[10]
  • 11 December 1722: Hugh Stafford, of Pynes[10]
  • 7 January 1724: Robert Fry, of Yarty[72][73]
  • 10 December 1724: Adrian Sweet, of Modbury[10]
  • 13 January 1726: Thomas Balle, of Mamhead, near Chudleigh[74][10]
  • 29 November 1726: William Tucker, of Coryton, Kilmington, Devon[75][10]
  • 16 December 1727: Coulson Fellowes, of Eggesford and Ramsey Abbey, Hunts.[76][10]
  • 18 December 1728: John Russell, of Silverton[77][10]
  • 18 December 1729: Robert Marwood[78]
  • 23 December 1730: Roger Melhuish[78]
  • 23 December 1731: Sir Thomas Carew, 4th Baronet[78]
  • 14 December 1732: Waldo Calmady, of Langdon[78]
  • 20 December 1733: Richard Duke, of Otterton.[79][78]
  • 19 December 1734: Nicholas Hooper, of Rawleigh[78]
  • 18 December 1735: Samuel Rolle, of Hescott[78]
  • 19 January 1737: Richard Stevens, of Moretown[78]
  • 12 January 1738: George Buck, of Biddeford[80][78]
  • 15 February 1738: Francis Drew, of Grange[78]
  • 21 December 1738: Arthur Tremayne, of Sydenham[78]
  • 27 December 1739: John Luscomb, of Combe Royal[81][78]
  • 24 December 1740: Richard Beavis, of Clyst[82][10]
  • 31 December 1741: Robert Lucas, of Bampton[83][10]
  • 2 February 1742: Charles Hayne, of Fuge[84][10]
  • 16 December 1742: John Pollexfen, of Mothecombe[85][10]
  • 2 February 1744: Francis Fulford, of Great Fulford[86][10]
  • 7 February 1745: John Davie, of Orleigh[10]
  • 21 February 1746: Thomas Benson, of Northam[10]
  • 15 January 1747: John Bassett, of Heanton Court, Heanton Punchardon[87][10]
  • 14 January 1748: Dennis Stuckley, of Bideford[10]
  • 11 January 1749: John Rogers, of Plymstock[10]
  • 1 February 1749: John Seale, of Mountboon[78]
  • 17 January 1750: Dennis Rolle, of Beam[88][78]
  • 6 December 1750: John Woollcombe, of Ashbury[78]
  • 14 January 1752: George Fursdon, of Fursdon[78]
  • 7 February 1753: Sir John Chichester, 5th Baronet, of Rawleigh[78]
  • 31 January 1754: Peter Maddick Docton, of Whitley[89][78]
  • 29 January 1755: Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet, of Blachford, near Cornwood[78]
  • 27 January 1756: John Oliver Williams, of Exweeke[90][78]
  • 4 February 1757: John Quick ("the 6th"), of Newton St Cyres[91][78]
  • 27 January 1758: Peter Comyns, of Morchard-Bishop[92][78]
  • 2 February 1759: James Modiford Heywood, of Marestow[78]
  • 1 February 1760: Arscott Bickford, of Bradford[78]
  • 28 January 1761: Sir John Davie, 7th Baronet, of Creedy[93][78]
  • 15 February 1762: Benjamin Incledon, of Pilton[94][78]
  • 4 February 1763: Benedict Marwood Tucker, of Coryton, Kilmington, Devon[78]
  • 10 February 1764: William Spicer, of Weare Park, near Exeter[78]
  • 1 February 1765: Paul Orchard, of Hartland Abbey[95][78]
  • 26 February 1766: John Jones, of Halden[78]
  • 13 February 1767: James Hamlyn, or Hamblyn, of Court[96][78]
  • 15 February 1768: William Ilbert, of West Alvington[97][78]
  • 27 January 1769: Thomas Northmore, of Cleve[98][78]
  • 9 February 1770: Henry Stephens, of Little Torrington[99][78]
  • 6 February 1771: Richard Doidge, of Elford Leigh[78]
  • 17 February 1772: Charles Hayne, of Lupton[78]
  • 8 February 1773: Thomas Hull, of Marpool Hall[100][78]
  • 7 February 1774: John Lyne, of Lyndridge[78]
  • 6 February 1776: John Baring, of Mount Radford, Exeter[78]
  • 10 February 1777: George Cross, of Duryard[78]
  • 28 January 1778: Humphry Hall, of Manadon[101][78]
  • 1 February 1779: Robert Lydston Newcombe, of Kenton[102][78]
  • 2 February 1780: Thomas Winsloe, of Collepriest[78]
  • 5 February 1781: John Burridge Cholwick, of Farrington[78]
  • 1 February 1782: Sir John de la Pole, 6th Baronet, of Shute[103][78]
  • 10 February 1783: Francis Rose Drewe, of Grange[78]
  • 9 February 1784: Thomas Lane, of Cosfleet[78]
  • 7 February 1785: John Henry Southcote, of Buckland[104][78]
  • 13 February 1786: Alexander Hamilton, of Topsham[105][78]
  • 12 February 1787: John Quick, of Newton St Cyres[106][78]
  • 8 February 1788: Sir John Chichester, 6th Baronet, of Youlston[78]
  • 29 April 1789: Montagu Edmund Parker, of Whiteway[107][78]
  • 29 January 1790: Peter Perring, of Halberton[78]
  • 4 February 1791: Walter Palk, of Marley House[108][78]
  • 1792: Edward Cotsford, of Winslade House, Clyst St. Mary[109][78]
  • 6 February 1793: William Barber, of Fremington[110][78]
  • 5 February 1794: John Spurrell Pode, of Stoke Damerel[111][78]
  • 11 February 1795: William Clark, of Buckland Tout Saints[78] (died in office)[112]
  • 27 February 1795: Phillip Morshead, of Buckland All Saints[78]
  • 5 February 1796: Sir Bourchier Wrey, 7th Baronet, of Tawstock[113][78]
  • 1 February 1797: John Seal, of Mount Boon[114][78]
  • 7 February 1798: Arthur Tremaine, of Sydenham[78]
  • 1 February 1799: John Burton, of Jacobstowe[78]

1800–1899

1900–1973

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High Sheriffs of Devon

1974–1999

  • 1974: George Ernest Hillyer Creber, of 2 Standerton House, Seymour Road, Mannamead, Plymouth.[279]
  • 1975: Field Marshal Sir Richard (Amyatt) Hull, of Pinhoe, Exeter.[280]
  • 1976: Lieut.-Commander John Arundell Holdsworth, of Ogwell, Newton Abbot.[281]
  • 1977: Michael Holland-Hibbert, of Broadclyst House, Exeter.[282]
  • 1978: Percy Basil Browne, of Torr House, Westleigh, Bideford.[283]
  • 1979: Stanley Edgcumbe, of Turret Willows, Ridgeway, Plympton.[284]
  • 1980: Captain William Grenville Peek, of Hazelwood, Loddiswell, Kingsbridge.[285]
  • 1981: Arthur David George Llewellyn, of Stuckeridge House, Oakford, Tiverton.[286]
  • 1982: Richard Michael Huxtable, of Deer Park, Barnstaple.[287]
  • 1983: Charles James Woodrow, of Breton House, Vauxhall Quay, The Barbican, Plymouth.[288]
  • 1984: Alfred Michael Sutton-Scott-Tucker, of Riversbridge, Dartmouth.[289]
  • 1985: Michael Fitzgerald Heathcoat-Amory, of Chevithorne Barton, Tiverton.[290]
  • 1986: Captain Timothy Carleton Keigwin, of the Old Vicarage, West Anstey, South Molton.[291]
  • 1987: John Rosewarne Trahair, of West Park, Ivybridge.[292]
  • 1988: Captain Sir Paul Henry William Studholme, 2nd Baronet, of Perridge House, Longdown, Exeter.[293]
  • 1989: Oliver Newton Wallop William-Powlett, of Cadhay, Ottery St Mary.[294]
  • 1990: Geoffrey Edward Ford North, of Holmingham Farm, Bampton, Tiverton.[295]
  • 1991: Arnold Lewis Sayers, of Carswell, Holbeton, near Plymouth.[296]
  • 1992: Mrs Elizabeth Anne Eden, of Culver, Longdown, near Exeter.[297]
  • 1993: Sir John Dennis Boles, of Rydon House, Talaton, near Exeter.[298]
  • 1994: The Countess of Arran, of Castle Hill, Filleigh, Barnstaple.[299]
  • 1995: James Humphrey George Woollcombe, of Hemerdon House, Plympton, near Plymouth.[300]
  • 1996: Julia Mary Victoria Tremlett, of Bickham House, Kenn, near Exeter.[301]
  • 1997: Noel Frederic Augustus Page-Turner, of Woodhayes, Honiton.[302]
  • 1998: The Lady Clinton, of Heanton Satchville, Huish, near Torrington.[303]
  • 1999: Sir Simon James Day, of Keaton House, Ermington, Ivybridge.[304]

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