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Trans. Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 128 (2010), 207–227 List of Sheriffs of Gloucestershire By CHRISTOPHER ELRINGTON† It is thought that an accessible list in print of all the county’s sheriffs to 2006–7 may be useful. Lists of sheriffs up to 1832 of all the English and Welsh counties and of those cities and boroughs which had sheriffs were published in the List of Sheriffs for England and Wales (1898), volume ix in the Public Record Office’s Lists and Indexes series. A photographic reprint of that volume, published in 1963, included a number of manuscript addenda and corrigenda which, like the original publication, drew on documents in the Public Record Office. Two centuries earlier Abel Wantner included in his manuscript History of Gloucestershire, now in the Bodleian Library as MS Top. Glouc. c. 3, a list of sheriffs from 1154 to 1712; they are on ff. 264–270, with the sheriffs of 1707–12 on a slip attached to f. 270. An earlier version of his list, in his own hand, is in the associated volume of his notes, MS Top. Glouc. c. 2, ff. 74–83. In the Transactions, vol. 86 (1968), Brian Smith published a list of sheriffs from 1832 to 1967 with an introductory essay on the shrievalty in Gloucestershire, and David J.H. Smith provided a leaflet carrying the list forward to 1991. The list of under-sheriffs given in the Transactions is reprinted below and brought up to date. The information from 1832 on is taken principally from Gloucestershire Archives, Q/RAs. The earlier version of Wantner’s list is exactly matched by the list published some thirty years later by Sir Robert Atkyns in his The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire (1712). The relationship between the two lists is not entirely clear, but it could well be that Wantner made the list in his working papers available to Atkyns. Atkyns’s list is evidently what Samuel Rudder copied for the list included in his New History of Gloucestershire (1779). Wantner’s list, in its second version, cannot be used with much confidence (it omits, presumably by mistake, several names that are in the earlier version), but it does offer some detail, notably in the spelling of surnames, that supplements the List of Sheriffs, and continuing discussion of the value of Wantner’s historical compilation in general is an added reason for including it here. The unreliability of Wantner’s dates, apparent elsewhere in his manuscripts and perhaps arising from a difficulty in translating regnal years into years of grace, seems to be represented in his list of sheriffs. His dating of the sheriffs is limited to the year, presumably that in which he found the sheriff to have been in office. His consuming interest in heraldry caused him to include the coat or arms of each sheriff, apparently using his imagination or invention particularly for the earlier sheriffs. That heraldic information is not included here, but it is available in an edited version of Wantner’s ‘History’ that has been deposited in the Society’s library and in Gloucestershire Archives. The list below as far as 1377 gives on the left the information from the PRO List of Sheriffs, with manuscript additions from the reprint of 1963 distinguished by being enclosed in square brackets. The date is either of appointment or of beginning account. The names in italic are those of under- sheriffs. On the right are the date and name from Wantner’s list, taken from the transcription made by John Fendley in 2007, with the forenames translated from the Latin used by Wantner down to 1685. The names of places of residence have been modernised throughout, though surnames taken from place-names retain the spelling of the sources used. The indications of rank have been placed before the places of residence.

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Trans. Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 128 (2010), 207–227

List of Sheriffs of Gloucestershire

By CHRISTOPHER ELRINGTON†

It is thought that an accessible list in print of all the county’s sheriffs to 2006–7 may be useful. Lists of sheriffs up to 1832 of all the English and Welsh counties and of those cities and boroughs which had sheriffs were published in the List of Sheriffs for England and Wales (1898), volume ix in the Public Record Office’s Lists and Indexes series. A photographic reprint of that volume, published in 1963, included a number of manuscript addenda and corrigenda which, like the original publication, drew on documents in the Public Record Office. Two centuries earlier Abel Wantner included in his manuscript History of Gloucestershire, now in the Bodleian Library as MS Top. Glouc. c. 3, a list of sheriffs from 1154 to 1712; they are on ff. 264–270, with the sheriffs of 1707–12 on a slip attached to f. 270. An earlier version of his list, in his own hand, is in the associated volume of his notes, MS Top. Glouc. c. 2, ff. 74–83. In the Transactions, vol. 86 (1968), Brian Smith published a list of sheriffs from 1832 to 1967 with an introductory essay on the shrievalty in Gloucestershire, and David J.H. Smith provided a leaflet carrying the list forward to 1991. The list of under-sheriffs given in the Transactions is reprinted below and brought up to date. The information from 1832 on is taken principally from Gloucestershire Archives, Q/RAs.

The earlier version of Wantner’s list is exactly matched by the list published some thirty years later by Sir Robert Atkyns in his The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire (1712). The relationship between the two lists is not entirely clear, but it could well be that Wantner made the list in his working papers available to Atkyns. Atkyns’s list is evidently what Samuel Rudder copied for the list included in his New History of Gloucestershire (1779). Wantner’s list, in its second version, cannot be used with much confidence (it omits, presumably by mistake, several names that are in the earlier version), but it does offer some detail, notably in the spelling of surnames, that supplements the List of Sheriffs, and continuing discussion of the value of Wantner’s historical compilation in general is an added reason for including it here. The unreliability of Wantner’s dates, apparent elsewhere in his manuscripts and perhaps arising from a difficulty in translating regnal years into years of grace, seems to be represented in his list of sheriffs. His dating of the sheriffs is limited to the year, presumably that in which he found the sheriff to have been in office. His consuming interest in heraldry caused him to include the coat or arms of each sheriff, apparently using his imagination or invention particularly for the earlier sheriffs. That heraldic information is not included here, but it is available in an edited version of Wantner’s ‘History’ that has been deposited in the Society’s library and in Gloucestershire Archives.

The list below as far as 1377 gives on the left the information from the PRO List of Sheriffs, with manuscript additions from the reprint of 1963 distinguished by being enclosed in square brackets. The date is either of appointment or of beginning account. The names in italic are those of under-sheriffs. On the right are the date and name from Wantner’s list, taken from the transcription made by John Fendley in 2007, with the forenames translated from the Latin used by Wantner down to 1685. The names of places of residence have been modernised throughout, though surnames taken from place-names retain the spelling of the sources used. The indications of rank have been placed before the places of residence.

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From 1377 to 1712 the significant differences between List of Sheriffs and Wantner’s list are relatively few and it seems wasteful to give the two lists in parallel. Instead, the list here offered gives only the names from List of Sheriffs, noting significant differences in Wantner’s list: minor differences of spelling, differences in date that are less than three years and the omission by Wantner of titles of rank, of places of residence and of alternative spellings are ignored.

before 10861 AlwinRoger de Pistes2

1086[–c. 1096] Durand de Gloucester[c. 1096–1123 Walter of Gloucester (Walter fitz

Roger)][c. 1123] Miles de Gloucestria

Mich. 1129 Miles de Gloucestrea 1154 Miles de Glou. son of Walter of Gloucester3[Alan]

Xmas 1154 Osbert de WestburyMich. 1155 Walter de Hereford 1155 Walter de HerefordMich. 1157 William de Bello Campo 1156 William de Bello Campo alias

BeauchampMich. 1163 William Pipard 1163 William PyperdMich. 1167 Gilbert Pipard 1167 Gilbert PyperdMich. 1171 Ralph filius Stephani 1171 Ralph filius Stephani and

William his brotherWilliam, his brotherMich. 1175 William filius Stephani 1175 William filius StephaniMich. 1189 William Marescallus 1186 John Avenel

Richard de Muscegros 1190 William Marescalus or Marshal

Mich. 1191 Nicholas de AvenelMich. 1193 William Marescallus, in person 1193 Richard HerbertusEaster 1194 Herbert filius Hereberti 1195 William RomereMich. 1196 William de Pomeraie 1196 William MarescalusMich. 1197 Herbert filius Hereberti, in personMich. 1198 Earl William, the Marshal

Nicholas AvenelMich. 1200 Thomas de Rochesford 1199 Thomas RochfordMich. 1204 Richard de Husseborne 1203 Richard Haselrine

21 July 1207 Richard de Muscegros 1204 Reginald PetenoltReginald de Pauncevolt, Mich. 1206 1205 Richard Musgrow

5 Jan. 1208 Gerard de AthyesRichard Burgeis, Mich. 1207 1206 Richard Brudges

Mich. 1209 Engelard de CiconiacoMich. 1209 Richard Burgeis8 July 1215 Ralph Musard (accounts from Mich.

1217)1213 Ralph Musarde

1 The List of Sheriffs gives the dates of the first three sheriffs as ‘Domesday, before Survey’ and ‘Domesday, at time of Survey’.

2 A better spelling of his surname is Pîtres, the name of a place in Eure, Normandy.3 He is said by Wantner to have been ‘the first high sheriff of the county’.

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Mich. 1220 William Briwer (did not account)3 Dec. 1220 Ralph MusardMich. 1221 Decius de Eggeward 1218 Peter EdgwardMich. 1222 Ralph Musard, in person 1219 Ralph Musard

27 Dec. 1225 William Putot 1222 William de PutoteMich. 1229 Peter de EggesworthMich. 1231 Ralph Musard, in person

11 July 1232 Peter de Rivall’ (did not account)Mich. 1232 Henry de Bada 1229 Henry Bade

28 May 1234 William Talebot 1231 William TalbotMich. 1234 Peter de Eggeworth and Thomas de

Sancto MartinoMich. 1235 William Talebot, in personMich. 1237 Thurstan le Despenser 1234 Thurstan de la SpencerXmas 1238 John filius Galfridi 1235 Simond JeffereesXmas 1238 Peter de StanfordeMich. 1239 Geoffrey de DerhursteMich. 1240 John filius Galfridi, in personEast. 1246 Robert Walerain or Walerand 1243 Robert WallerondEast. 1246 Geoffrey de Derhurste

Mich. 1247 Nicholas de MontacutoMich. 1248 Reginald de AcleMich. 1249 Robert Walerand, in person

27 May 1250 John le Flemyng 1247 John de Fleming2 Mar. 1251 Richard de Cromhal (accounts from

Xmas 1250)8 May 1252 Adam de Notstede 1249 Adam de Hittested4 Apr. 1255 William de Lexeberewe 1253 William de Lasseburrough

10 Jan. 1256 Matthias Bezill (did not account)28 May 1257 Henry de Penbroke

Mich. 1257 William de Lesseberwe3 Nov. 1258 Robert de Meisy 1255 Robert MaiseyMich. 1259 John le Brun 1256 John de Brunn8 July 1261 Matthias Bezill or Becille 1259 Matthias Werill

William de Sopworth and Richard de Cicestr’, his clerks (account from Easter 1261)

Mich. 1262 Matthias Bezille, in person16 Dec. 1263 Roger de Clifford

Simon de Crepping (accounts for Roger de Clifford from Midsummer 1263)

1 Feb. 1265 Reginald de Akel or AcleRoger de Chene, his clerk (accounts from Xmas 1264)

Mich. 1266 Reginald de Acle, in person29 Sept. 1267 Adam de Geymvill (did not account) 1267 Peter Pyers

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23 Nov. 1267 Reginald de Oclee or AcleRoger de Cheyney and Adam de Sandhurst his clerks (account from Michaelmas 1267)

1269 Reginald Arle

1 May 1270 Peter de Champvent 1268 Peter de ChametMich. 1271 Walter de Bocking, his clerk

23 Nov. 1273 Reginald de Acle or Akeley (apparently died before his account was rendered)

27 Dec. 1274 Adam le Botiller 1270 Adam Bottiler25 Oct. 1278 Roger le Rus 1275 Richard Ryepery15 Nov. 1279 Richard de la Ryvere or de Ripariis27 Dec. 1280 Walter de Stirchesle 1276 Walter de Strukley15 Jan. 1283 Roger de Lokinton (accounts from

Xmas 1282)1280 Roger Lackington

14 Feb. 1287 Geoffrey de Sandiacre 1283 Geoffrey de Mandiacre16 Oct. 1289 Fulk de Lacy 1287 Thomas de Lacey19 Apr. 1293 Thomas de Gardinis 1288 Thomas de Gardinis15 Oct. 1298 John de Langelegh 1294 John de Langly

2 Oct. 1299 Richard Talebot 1295 Richard Talbot16 Oct. 1301 John de Newborough 1297 John de Novo Burgoe alias

Newburgh4 Oct. 1302 Thomas de Gardinis 1298 Thomas de Gardinis

23 Nov. 1307 John de Laungele 1303 John de Langly13 Mar. 1308 Nicholas de Kyngestone 1304 Nicholas de Kingston22 Mar. 1310 John de Anesle 1306 John de Amersly

1 Mar. 1311 Nicholas de Kyngeston28 Apr. 1311 John de Acton 1307 John de Acton28 Oct. 1312 Nicholas de Kyngeston (did not

account)1 Jan. 1313 William Maunsel (accounts from

Michaelmas 1312)1308 William Mansell

2 Apr. 1313 Robert Darcy 1309 Robert Darcey16 Nov. 1314 Richard de la Rivere 1310 Richard de la Rivers20 May 1318 Thomas de Berton29 Nov. 1318 John de Hampton 1314 John de Hampton28 Dec. 1323 John Besemaunsel18 June 1324 William Tracy 1320 William Tracey14 May 1327 Thomas de Rodebergh or Radeborwe 1321 Thomas de Rodburgh17 Apr. 1330 William Gamage 1325 William Gamage5 Dec. 1330 Thomas de Berkele of Coberley 1326 Thomas de Barkley of

Beverston30 Sept. 1332 Richard de Foxcote 1328 Richard Foscott

4 May 1338 Thomas de Berkele of Coberley 1333 Thomas Barkley de Coberley3 Nov. 1340 Walter Dastyn 1334 Walter de Dastine

19 Nov. 1341 Simon Basset 1337 Simon Basset12 Dec. 1350 Walter Dastyn 1346 Walter de Dastine22 Apr. 1351 Philip le Mareschal

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18 Oct. 1351 Richard de Foxcote25 Mar. 1352 John de Weston 1347 John de Weston20 May 1354 William de Leden (On 10 Nov. 1354

Thomas Boteller was appointed, but the appointment was cancelled. Leden was re-appointed on 8 Jan. 1355. [He was dead by 20 May 1355. See Sheriffs’ Accounts (E. 199) 13/9])

1348 William de Leden

20 May 1355 Thomas de Berkelee of Coberley 1350 Thomas de Barkley10 Nov. 1356 Robert de Hildesle or Hildeslegh 1352 Robert de Hildersly21 Nov. 1360 Thomas Moygne [died in office soon

after as his executors account for him. See Sheriffs’ Accounts (E. 199) 13/10]

1356 Thomas Moygne

20 Nov. 1363 John Tracy 1359 Thomas Tracey27 Nov. 1368 John de Poyns knt. 1363 John Pointz

5 Nov. 1369 John Tracy 1366 John Tracey5 Nov. 1371 John de Clyfford 1367 John de Gifford

12 Dec. 1372 Thomas de Okle 1368 Thomas de Oagle7 Nov. 1373 John Joce

12 Dec. 1374 Nicholas Berkeley knt. 1370 Nicholas de Barkley4 Oct. 1375 Peter de Veel knt. 1371 Peter de Veale

26 Oct. 1376 John Joce 1372 John Joce1373 Peter Chament4

26 Nov. 1377 Thomas Bradwell or de Bradwell 1378 Thomas Bradwell

25 Nov. 1378 John Tracy knt.5 Nov. 1379 Ralph Waleys5

18 Oct. 1380 Thomas Bradewell1 Nov. 1381 John Thorp knt.

24 Nov. 1382 Thomas FitzNichol knt.1 Dec. 1383 Ralph Waleys

11 Nov. 1384 William Barwell6 (did not account)16 Dec. 1384 Thomas de Berkle (accounts from Mich. 1384)

7 Jan. 1385 William Barewell (did not account)19 Jan. 1385 Thomas de Berkele20 Oct. 1385 Thomas de Berkeley of Coberley (did not account)2 Dec. 1385 Thomas Brugge (accounts from Mich. 1385)

18 Nov. 1386 Thomas Bradwell7

18 Nov. 1387 Thomas Berkele of Coberley1 Dec. 1388 Laurence Seybrok

15 Nov. 1389 Thomas Brugge

4 Perhaps a mistaken repetition of Peter de Champvent or Chamet from a century earlier; cf. above, at 1270.

5 Wantner has ‘Radulfus Wallis’ for 1380 and 1384.6 Omitted by Wantner.7 Omitted by Wantner after 1381.

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7 Nov. 1390 Maurice Russell knt.21 Oct. 1391 Henry de la Ryver knt.18 Oct. 1392 John de Berkele knt.7 Nov. 1393 Gilbert Denes knt.8

11 Nov. 1394 William Tracy knt.9 Nov. 1395 Maurice Russell knt.1 Dec. 1396 Robert Poyns3 Nov. 1397 John de Berkele knt.

17 Nov. 1398 John Brounyng3 Nov. 1399 Henry de la Ryver10 July 1400 Maurice Russell knt.8 Nov. 1401 John Dalyngrugge9

20 Jan. 1402 Robert Somervyll10

29 Nov. 1402 Robert Whytyngton5 Nov. 1403 William Beauchamp knt. of Powick

13 Feb. 1405 John Gryvell11 of Campden (accounts fom Mich. 1404)22 Nov. 1405 John Greyndour or Grendore knt.

5 Nov. 1406 Maurice Russell knt.23 Nov. 1407 Robert Whytyngton15 Nov 1407 Richard Mawardyn4 Nov. 1409 Alexander Cliveden

29 Nov. 1410 William Walweyne10 Dec. 1411 John Greyndore knt.3 Nov. 1412 Robert Whytyngton12

6 Nov. 1413 William Beauchamp of Powick10 Nov. 1414 John de Berkeley knt.

1 Dec. 1415 John Grevell10 Nov. 1417 William Tracy the elder

4 Nov. 1418 William Bisshopeston23 Nov. 1419 John Brugge esq.16 Nov. 1420 John Willecotes

1 May 1422 John Paunsfote knt.13 Nov. 1423 John Blaket knt.13

6 Nov. 1424 Stephen Haytfeld esq.15 Jan. 1426 John Grevell esq.

12 Dec. 1426 John Paunsfot knt.7 Nov. 1427 Guy Wytyngton4 Nov. 1428 Robert Andrew

10 Feb. 1430 Gyles Brygge (accounts from Mich. 1429)5 Nov. 1430 Maurice Berkeley knt. of Stoke

26 Nov. 1431 Stephen Haytefelde

8 Wantner has ‘1394 Willelmus Dennis’.9 Omitted by Wantner.10 Wantner has ‘1401 Mauricius Russell et Robertus Sumervile’.11 Included by Wantner only from 1414.12 Omitted by Wantner after 1407.13 Wantner has ‘1422 Johannes Plackett’ without indicating that he was a knight.

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5 Nov. 1432 John Stourton knt.5 Nov. 1433 Guy Whityngton3 Nov. 1434 John Pauncfote knt.7 Nov. 1435 Maurice Berkeley knt. of Beverston14

8 Nov. 1436 Maurice Berkeley knt. of uley 7 Nov. 1437 John Beauchamp knt.3 Nov. 1438 William Stafford5 Nov. 1439 John Stourton knt.4 Nov. 1441 John Botiller of Badminton6 Nov. 1442 Robert Liversegge4 Nov. 1443 William Tracy6 Nov. 1444 Robert Lyle15 (does not appear to have acted. Tracy makes both the proffers

for 1445 and accounts for the two years)4 Nov. 1445 William Giffard4 Nov. 1446 John Boteller9 Nov. 1447 Henry Clyfford9 Nov. 1448 John Trye

20 Dec. 1449 John Gyse3 Dec. 1450 William Tracy esq.8 Nov. 1451 Henry Clyfford16

8 May 1452 James Clifford (executor of Henry)8 Nov. 1452 John de Vele5 Nov. 1453 Giles Brugge esq.4 Nov. 1454 John Gyse4 Nov. 1455 Walter Devereux knt.

17 Nov. 1456 John Barre7 Nov. 1457 Edmund Hungerford knt7 Nov. 1458 Nicholas Latymer esq.7 Nov. 1459 Thomas Hungerford esq.7 Nov. 1460 John Gryvell esq.7 Nov. 1461 Maurice Denys esq. the elder5 Nov. 1463 Maurice Berkeley esq. of Beverston 5 Nov. 1464 Edmund Hungerford esq.5 Nov. 1465 John Huggeford esq.5 Nov. 1466 John Neuton esq.5 Nov. 1467 John Grevill knt.5 Nov. 1468 Robert Poyntz esq.5 Nov. 1469 John Cassy esq.6 Nov. 1470 John Gyse esq.17 (did not account)

11 Apr. 1471 Richard Beauchamp knt. (accounts from Mich. 1471)9 Nov. 1471 Thomas Baynam18

9 Nov. 1472 Humphrey Foster or Forster

14 Wantner has only ‘1434 Mauricius Barkley’ and no sheriff for 1435.15 Omitted by Wantner.16 Omitted by Wantner after 1446.17 Omitted by Wantner after 1453.18 Included by Wantner only for 1475.

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5 Nov. 1473 John Botiller knt.7 Nov. 1474 Thomas Whytyngton esq.5 Nov. 1475 Thomas Norton esq.5 Nov. 1476 Robert Poynes esq.19

5 Nov. 1477 Thomas Beynam esq.5 Nov. 1478 Edmund Langley esq.5 Nov. 1479 Walter Denys5 Nov. 1480 John Sentlo or Seyntlo knt.20

5 Nov. 1481 Robert Poyntz esq.5 Nov. 1482 Alexander Baynam knt.6 Nov. 1483 John Hudelston esq.6 Nov. 1484 William Berkeley knt.21

12 Sept. 1485 Robert Poyntz (re-appointed 5 Nov.)5 Nov. 1486 John Seintlo knt.4 Nov. 1487 John Wallsh esq.4 Nov. 1488 Thomas Moreton esq.5 Nov. 1489 Christopher Throgmorton (afterwards knighted)5 Nov. 1490 Thomas Hungerford knt.5 Nov. 1491 Richard Pole esq.

26 Nov. 1492 Robert Poyntz knt.7 Nov. 1493 Walter Denys knt.5 Nov. 1494 Edward Berkeley knt.5 Nov. 1495 John Whytyngton esq.22

5 Nov. 1496 Robert Poyntz knt.5 Nov. 1497 Richard Pole esq.5 Nov. 1498 Alexander Baynam or Beynham knt.

11 Nov. 1490 Giles Brugge knt.15 Nov. 1500 John Huddelston knt.

5 Nov. 1501 Robert Poyntz knt.8 Nov. 1502 Alexander Baynam knt.5 Nov. 1504 Giles Grevyll esq.1 Dec. 1505 John Buttiller esq.

27 Nov. 1506 Edmund Tame esq.3 Dec. 1507 John Pauncefote esq.

15 Dec. 1508 Anthony Poyntis or Poyntz esq.14 Nov. 1509 Maurice Barkeley knt.

9 Nov. 1510 Thomas Poyntz esq.8 Nov. 1511 Christopher Beynham esq.7 Nov. 1512 Robert Morton esq.9 Nov. 1513 William Tracy esq.7 Nov. 1514 William Kyngeston knt.5 Nov. 1515 Maurice Berkeley knt.

10 Nov. 1516 Alexander Baynham knt.

19 Omitted by Wantner between 1467 and 1481.20 Wantner spells his surname as St Loe, for 1479, 1485 and 1535.21 Omitted by Wantner.22 Wantner has ‘1495 Robertus Whytyngton’.

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9 Nov. 1517 Christopher Baynham knt.8 Nov. 1518 John Whittington esq.8 Nov. 1519 William Denys esq. (afterwards knighted)6 Nov. 1520 Edmund Tame knt.23

3 Feb. 1522 Thomas Poynez esq.12 Nov. 1522 Thomas Berkeley knt. (became Lord Berkeley 23 Sept. 1523) 13 Nov. 1523 Anthony Poyntz knt.10 Nov. 1524 Edmund Tame knt.24

27 Jan. 1526 Edward Wadham knt.7 Nov. 1526 John Walshe knt.

16 Nov. 1527 William Denys knt.7 Nov. 1528 Anthony Poyntz knt.9 Nov. 1529 William Throkmarton esq.

11 Nov. 1530 John Walshe knt.9 Nov. 1531 Edward Wadham knt.

20 Nov. 1532 William Denys esq.25

1532 Walter Denys esq.17 Nov. 1533 Anthony Kyngston esq.14 Nov. 1534 Richard Lygon knt.22 Nov. 1535 John Walshe knt.27 Nov. 1536 John Seyntlowe knt.14 Nov. 1537 Edmund Tame knt.15 Nov. 1538 Walter Denys knt.17 Nov. 1539 Nicholas Poyntz knt.17 Nov. 1540 John Walshe knt.27 Nov. 1541 Edward Wadham knt.22 Nov. 1542 Edmund Tame knt.23 Nov. 1543 Walter Denys knt.16 Nov. 1544 George Bayneham knt.22 Nov. 1545 Nicholas Poyntes knt.23 Nov. 1546 Nicholas Wykes esq.26

27 Nov. 1547 Myles Partryche knt.3 Dec. 1548 Arthur Porter esq.27

12 Nov. 1549 John Bruges or Brydges knt.11 Nov. 1550 Anthony Kyngeston knt.11 Nov. 1551 Walter Denys knt.10 Nov. 1552 Hugh Denys esq.

8 Nov. 1553 Anthony Hungerford knt.14 Nov. 1554 Nicholas Wikes esq.14 Nov. 1555 Walter Denys knt.13 Nov. 1556 Richard Pauncefoote esq.16 Nov. 1557 Richard Brayne esq.

23 Wantner gives his forename as Giles.24 Wantner gives his forename as Edward, as also for the years 1536 and 1541 (1537 and 1542 below).25 Omitted by Wantner after 1526.26 Wantner spells his surname as Weeks, for 1545 and 1553.27 Wantner gives him the rank of knight.

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23 Nov. 1558 Thomas Throgmerton knt.9 Nov. 1559 Nicholas Arnolde knt.

12 Nov. 1560 Richard Tracy esq.8 Nov. 1561 Nicholas Welshe or Walsshe esq.

19 Nov. 1562 George Huntley esq.8 Nov. 1563 William Reade esq.9 Nov. 1564 Richard Berkeley esq.

16 Nov. 1565 Giles Poole knt.18 Nov. 1566 William Palmer esq.18 Nov. 1567 John Hungerford esq. the elder18 Nov. 1568 Robert Brayne esq.12 Nov. 1569 Nichols Poynes or Poyntz knt.13 Nov. 1570 Richard Bayneham esq.14 Nov. 1571 Thomas Smythe esq.13 Nov. 1572 John Higford esq.28

10 Nov. 1573 Robert Straunge esq.15 Nov. 1574 Thomas Porter knt.15 Nov. 1575 Thomas Wye esq.13 Nov. 1576 Walter Compton esq.23 Nov. 1577 Thomas Chester esq.17 Nov. 1578 John Tracye knt.23 Nov. 1579 William Reade esq.21 Nov. 1580 Richard Pate esq.27 Nov. 1581 Thomas Porter knt.

5 Dec. 1582 Thomas Baynham or Beinham esq.25 Nov. 1583 Thomas Smyth esq. of Campden19 Nov. 1584 Anthony Hungerford esq.22 Nov. 1585 John Higford esq.14 Nov. 1586 Paul Tracye esq.

4 Dec. 1587 Thomas Throgmerton knt.Mich. 1587 Michael Blunt esq. 29

25 Nov. 1588 Henry Poole knt.24 Nov. 1589 Thomas Lucy esq.24 Nov. 1590 William Button or Dutton esq.25 Nov. 1591 John Poyntz knt.16 Nov. 1592 William Chester esq.26 Nov. 1593 John Danvers or Davers knt.21 Nov. 1594 Joseph Baynam or Beanham esq.30

27 Nov. 1595 Henry Wynston knt.22 Nov. 1596 John Chamberleyn esq.22 Nov. 1597 John Hungerforde knt.28 Nov. 1598 Edward Wynter knt.

2 Dec. 1599 George Huntley esq. of Frocester24 Nov. 1600 Thomas Throgmerton knt.

28 Wantner gives his forename as Thomas, for 1572.29 Omitted by Wantner.30 Wantner gives his forename as John.

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2 Dec. 1601 William Dutton esq.7 Dec. 1602 Thomas Baynham esq. of Clearwell1 Dec. 1603 Henry Poole knt.5 Nov. 1604 Giles Reade esq.2 Feb. 1606 Thomas Seymor knt.

17 Nov. 1606 William Norwood esq.9 Nov. 1607 Thomas Estcourte or Erescourt knt.

12 Nov. 1608 Robert Woodroff or Woodrooffe knt.William Guys esq.

1609 John Tracye knt.1610 Paul Tracye esq. (cr. bart. 29 June 1611)1611 Robert Bathurste esq.1612 John Carter esq.1613 William Kingston esq.1614 Richard Brente esq.

6 Nov. 1615 Henry Fynche esq.11 Nov. 1616 Ralph Cotton esq.

6 Nov. 1617 Thomas Chester esq.9 Nov. 1618 Richard Hill knt.

1619 Philip Langley esq.6 Nov. 1620 Thomas Baker knt.

1621 Thomas Thinn or Thynne knt.7 Nov. 1622 Thomas Hodges esq.

1623 Richard Rogers knt.1624 John Dowle esq.1625 William Sandis knt.1626 Thomas Nicholas esq.

4 Nov. 1627 William Masters knt.1628 Richard Tracye knt. and bart.1629 Henry Dennis esq.

7 Nov. 1630 Ralph Dutton knt.1631 George Winter knt.1632 Henry Poole esq.

10 Nov. 1633 Giles Fetiplace esq.31

5 Nov. 1634 Edward Stephens esq.1635 William Leigh esq.

3 Oct. 1636 Richard Ducye bart.30 Sept. 1637 Robert Poyntes or Poyntz knt.

4 Nov. 1638 John Codrington esq.1639 Humphrey Tracye bart.1640 Robert Pleidall esq.1641 Francis Craswicke esq.

30 Dec. 1643 Thomas Stephen esq.32

1645 John Fettiplace esq.

31 Wantner gives his name as George Phetiplace.32 Wantner has Thomas Stephens for 1644 and adds Baynham Throgmorton bart. for 1642 and William

Mourton for 1643.

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1 Dec. 1646 William Brown esq. of Haresfield29 Nov. 1647 William Guyse esq.23 Nov. 1648 Richard Brane knt.33

1648 John Browneinge esq7 Nov. 1649 John Dennis esq.

1649 William Dennis esq. of Pucklechurch34

7 Nov. 1650 John Howe esq. the elder of Cassey Compton4 Nov. 1651 John Kite esq.

12 Nov. 1652 John Goslett esq.10 Nov. 1653 Richard Talboys esq.

1654 Simon Bennett esq.1655 George Raymund esq.1657 John Bernard esq.

5 Nov. 1660 William Dacy K.B. bart.1661 Humphrey Hooke bart.1662 Thomas Estcourt esq.1663 William Cooke esq1664 John Hanmer knt.

12 Nov. 1665 Richard Cocks or Cox bart.7 Nov. 1666 Richard Whitmore esq. (died 20 Aug. 1667)

16 Sept. 1667 William Dutton esq. (accounts from 20 Aug. 1667)6 Nov. 1668 Richard Ashfeild bart.

11 Nov. 1669 John Browning esq.4 Nov. 1670 Robert Caun or Cann knt. and bart.9 Nov. 1671 Thomas Stephens knt.

11 Nov. 1672 Henry Dennis esq.12 Nov. 1673 John Dowle or Dowell esq. of Over[5 Nov.] 1674 Abraham Clarke esq. [of Flaxley]15 Nov. 1675 John Fust bart.10 Nov. 1676 William Juxon bart.15 Nov. 1677 Richard Jones esq.14 Nov. 1678 Miles Sandys or Sandes esq.13 Nov. 1679 Thomas Smith esq. of Stonehouse

4 Nov. 1680 Gabriel Lowe knt.10 Nov. 1681 William Wall esq.13 Nov. 1682 Robert Pleydell esq.12 Nov. 1683 Charles Jones esq.20 Nov. 1684 Charles Hancocke esq.

[30 Nov.] 1685 Charles Winton or Winter esq. (knighted 27 Aug. 1686)25 Nov. 1686 Thomas Cann knt.

5 Dec. 1687 Henry Bennet Hall esq. of High Meadow35

8 Nov. 1688 John Chamberlayn esq.36

33 Omitted by Wantner.34 Omitted by Wantner.35 Highmeadow, the seat of Hall’s mansion, straddled the boundary between Staunton and Newland. 36 Omitted by Wantner.

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6 Dec. 1688 James Stephens esq. of Clearwell37

18 Mar. 1689 Hele Hooke bart. (accounts for the whole year, Mich. 1688 to Mich. 1689)18 Nov. 1689 William Deneis esq.38

27 Nov. 1690 John De la Bere esq.21 Dec. 1691 Andrew Barker esq.39

3 Mar. 1692 Samuel Barker esq.17 Nov. 1692 Richard Cocks or Cox bart.16 Nov. 1693 Thomas Steven or Cooper esq.

6 Dec. 1694 Nathaniel Ridler esq.3 Dec. 1695 George Hanger knt.3 Dec. 1696 Walter Yate esq.

16 Dec. 1697 John Marriott esq.22 Dec. 1698 Nathaniel Stephens or Stevens esq.20 Nov. 1699 Thomas Chester esq.28 Nov. 1700 Richard Haynes esq.

1 Jan. 1702 Samuel Eckley esq. (knighted 27 Aug. 1702)3 Dec. 1702 Edward Fust bart.2 Dec. 1703 William Hayward esq.

21 Dec.1704 Edmund Chamberlaine esq.3 Dec. 1705 Matthew Ducie Morton esq.

14 Nov. 1706 Francis Wyndham esq.40

20 Nov. 1707 Henry Wagstaffe esq.41

29 Nov. 1708 Henry Sackeville esq.42

1 Dec. 1709 William Batson esq.43

30 Nov. 1710 George Smith esq. of Nibley13 Dec. 1711 Thomas Weston or Winstone esq.44

11 Dec. 1712 Lawford Cole esq.45

30 Nov. 1713 William Whittington esq.16 Nov. 1714 William Kingscott esq.

5 Dec. 1715 Abraham Elton the elder esq.12 Nov. 1716 Edmund Bray esq.

6 Dec. 1716 Kynard de la Beer esq.17 Dec. 1716 Edmund Bray esq.21 Dec. 1717 Edward Fust bart.21 Dec. 1718 Christopher Bond esq. the younger

3 Dec. 1719 William Saunders esq. of Clifton3 Jan. 1721 John Baker Dowle or Dowell esq. of Over

37 Omitted by Wantner.38 Wantner gives him the rank of knight.39 Omitted by Wantner.40 Wantner has ‘Windham of Clare-well alias Clower-wall esq.’ His names for 1707–12 are added on a

separate sheet, and have forenames only for Smith and Cole.41 Wantner gives him as ‘of Gloucester’.42 Wantner gives him as ‘of Bibury’.43 Omitted by Wantner.44 Wantner gives him as ‘Winstone, of Stapleton’.45 Wantner gives him as Lawford Coale of Bristol’.

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14 Dec. 1721 William Blathwaite esq.11 Dec. 1722 Thomas Warner esq.

7 Jan. 1724 Samuel Roach esq. of Shirehampton10 Dec. 1724 Windsor Sandys esq. the younger13 Jan. 1726 John Sampson esq.

29 Nov. 1726 Robert Cann bart.16 Dec. 1727 Robert Cocks esq. of Dumbleton18 Dec. 1728 Joseph Small esq. of Bouthrop (i.e. Eastleach Martin)16 Jan. 1729 Joseph Small esq.22 Jan. 1730 Samuel Sheppard esq. of Avening

14 Dec. 1730 Samuel Mee esq.9 Dec. 1731 Sylvanus Lysons esq.

23 Dec. 1731 Robert Marten esq. of Pebworth14 Dec. 1732 Reginald Winyatt esq.20 Dec. 1733 Richard Mariett esq. of Preston19 Dec. 1734 Thomas Lingen esq.18 Dec. 1735 John Gladwin esq.19 Jan. 1737 William Robins esq. of Cromhall12 Jan. 1738 Ambrose Baldwin esq.

20 Dec. 1738 William Giles esq.27 Dec. 1739 Edward Rogers esq. of Newent24 Dec. 1740 William Holbrow esq. (died before his account was rendered)31 Dec. 1741 Samuel Hawker esq. of Rodborough16 Dec. 1742 William Taylor esq.

5 Jan. 1744 Thomas Snell of upton St Leonards (knighted 13 Mar.)10 Jan. 1745 Daniel Adey or Ady esq. the younger21 Feb. 1746 William Baghott Delabere esq.15 Jan. 1747 John Harding esq. of Ozleworth14 Jan. 1748 Robert Ball esq. of Ebworth, Painswick11 Jan. 1749 Thomas Winston esq. of Stapleton17 Jan. 1750 Henry Toy Bridgeman esq. of Prinknash6 Dec. 1750 Morgan Smith esq. of Earthcott16 Jan. 1751 Richard Hill esq. of Yate14 Jan. 1752 John Beale esq. of Newent7 Feb. 1753 Thomas Kemble esq. of Tewkesbury

31 Jan. 1754 Thomas Ingram esq. of Coln St Aldwyn46

29 Jan. 1755 James Lamb esq. of Fairford25 Feb. 1755 John Cossins esq. of Redland27 Jan. 1756 Charles Wyndam esq. of Clearwell in the Forest of Dean4 Feb. 1757 Reginald Pindar Lygon esq. of Kempley

16 Feb. 1757 William Mills esq. of Hazel House, Miserden27 Jan. 1758 Thomas Jones esq. of South Cerney2 Feb. 1759 Samuel Hayward esq. of Sandhurst1 Feb. 1760 Onesiphorus Paul esq. of Woodchester (knighted 17 Dec. 1760)

28 Jan. 1761 John de la Field Phelps esq. of Dursley15 Feb. 1762 Peter Hancock esq. of Twyning

46 From 1959 Coln St Aldwyns.

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4 Feb. 1763 Samuel Paul esq. of Rodborough10 Feb. 1764 Giles Nash esq. of Stonehouse

1 Feb. 1765 Robert Dobyns, or Dobbins, Yate esq. of Bromsberrow47

17 Feb. 1766 William Dallaway esq. of Brimscombe, Thrupp13 Feb. 1767 Edmund Probyn esq. of Newland15 Jan. 1768 John Guise esq. of Highnam27 Jan. 1769 William Singleton esq. of Norton9 Feb. 1770 George Smyth or Smith esq. of North Nibley6 Feb. 1771 Thomas Master esq. of Cirencester

17 Feb. 1772 Edmund Waller esq. of Farmington8 Feb. 1773 Joseph Pyrke esq. of Littledean7 Feb. 1774 Henry Wyatt of Stroud esq.

15 Feb. 1775 George Smith bart. of Carswalls, Newent5 Feb. 1776 Henry Lippincot esq. of Stoke Bishop

31 Jan. 1777 William Hayward Winstone esq. of Oldbury28 Jan. 1778 Edward Sampson esq. of Henbury1 Feb. 1779 Charles Coxe esq. of Hanbury

15 Feb. 1779 James Dutton esq. of Sherborne2 Feb. 1780 Onesiphorous Paul bart.5 Feb. 1781 John Morris esq. of Sheephouse1 Feb. 1782 Charles Hayward esq. of Quedgeley

10 Feb. 1783 Joseph Roberts esq. of Clapton Lane9 Feb. 1784 Giles Greenaway esq. of Barrington7 Feb. 1785 John Niblett esq. of Gloucester

13 Feb. 1786 Charles Coxe esq. of Kemble (afterwards of Bath)12 Feb. 1787 Samuel Richardson esq. of Newent

8 Feb. 1788 Nicholas Smith or Smythe esq. of North Nibley29 April 1789 George Miller esq. of Ozleworth

29 Jan. 1790 John Blagdon Hale esq. of Alderley4 Feb. 1791 Michael Hicks Beach esq. of Williamstrip3 Feb. 1792 John Embury esq. of Twyning

16 Feb. 1793 Christopher Codrington esq. of Dodington5 Feb. 1794 Isaac Elton esq. of Stapleton

11 Feb. 1795 Samuel Edwards esq. of Botham Lodge5 Feb. 1796 Samuel Peach Peach esq. of upper Tockington1 Feb. 1797 John Tindall esq. of North Cerney1 Mar. 1797 John Raymond Barker esq. of Fairford7 Feb. 1798 John Vernon Dolphin esq. of Eyford1 Feb. 1799 John Surman esq. of Tredington

13 Feb. 1799 John Elwes esq. of Colesbourne5 Feb. 1800 Thomas Smith esq. of Stapleton

12 Feb. 1800 Charles Hanbury Tracy esq. of Dodington11 Feb. 1801 Thomas Smith esq. of Stapleton18 Feb. 1801 John Browne esq. of Salperton

3 Feb. 1802 James Musgrave esq. of Barnsley Park3 Feb. 1803 Samuel Wathen esq. of Woodchester (knighted 16 Mar.)

47 Bromesberrow.

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1 Feb. 1804 Nathaniel Clifford esq. of Frampton on Severn6 Feb. 1895 Edmund John Chamberlayne esq. of Maugersbury1 Feb. 1806 William Lawrence esq. of Shurdington4 Feb. 1807 Thomas Baggot Delabere esq. of Southam

11 Feb. 1807 Charles Evans esq. of High Grove48

3 Feb. 1808 Thomas Crawley Boevey esq. of Flaxley Abbey6 Feb. 1809 John Hodder Moggridge esq. of Dymock

31 Jan. 1810 Paul Wathen esq. of Lypiatt Park8 Feb. 1811 Robert Gordon esq. of Kemble

24 Jan. 1812 William Hicks bart. of Witcombe Park10 Feb. 1813 Charles Pole esq. of Wick Hill

4 Feb. 1814 John Hooper Holder esq. of North Cerney7 Mar. 1814 Charles Cockerell esq. of Sezincote

13 Feb. 1815 William Morris esq. of Sevenhampton12 Feb. 1816 Daniel John Niblett esq. of Haresfield12 Feb. 1817 Henry Cann Lippincott bart. of Stoke Bishop24 Jan. 1818 David Ricardo esq. of Gatcombe Park, Minchinhampton10 Feb. 1819 Edward Sheppard esq. of The Edge12 Feb. 1820 Edward Bayntun Sandys bart. of Miserden Park

6 Feb. 1821 William Miller esq. of Ozleworth4 Feb. 1822 Stephen John Welch Fletcher Welch esq. of Painswick

31 Jan. 1823 John Smith esq. of Stapleton31 Jan. 1824 Thomas John Lloyd Baker esq. of Hardwicke Court2 Feb. 1825 James Musgrave bart. of Barnsley Park

30 Jan. 1826 Robert Hale Blagden Hale esq. of Alderley5 Feb. 1827 George Bragge Prowse Prinn esq. of Charlton Kings

13 Feb. 1828 Fiennes Trotman esq. of Siston Court11 Feb. 1829 William Blathwayte esq. of Dyrham Park

2 Feb. 1830 David Ricardo esq. of Gatcombe Park, Minchinhampton31 Jan. 1831 Thomas Crawley Boevey bart. of Flaxley Abbey6 Feb. 1832 Robert Canning esq. of Hartpury4 Feb. 1833 Henry Elwes esq. of Colesbourne3 Feb. 1834 Josiah Gist Gist esq. (died 25 Mar. 1834) of Wormington Grange

26 Mar. 1834 Henry Edmund Waller esq. of Farmington Lodge7 Feb. 1835 Henry Wenman Newman esq. of Clifton3 Feb. 1836 Samuel Gist Gist esq. of Wormington Grange [Residence given as Dixon

near Winchcombe (Dixton in Alderton) in a list of sheriffs among Quarter Sessions records (Gloucestershire Archives, Q/CI 2).]

28 Jan. 1837 Henry Norwood Trye esq. of Leckhampton Court1 Feb. 1838 Edward Sampson esq. of Henbury4 Feb. 1839 Maynard Colchester esq. of Westbury-on-Severn

29 Jan. 1840 Michael Hicks Hicks Beach bart. of Williamstrip Park, Coln St Aldwyn5 Feb. 1841 James Woodbridge Walters esq. of Barnwood House near Gloucester2 Feb. 1842 Thomas Henry Kingscote esq. of Kingscote 1 Feb. 1843 Robert Stayner Holford esq. of Westonbirt

31 Jan. 1844 Joseph Yorke esq.of Forthampton Court

48 Hygrove in Minsterworth.

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3 Feb. 1845 Edmund Hopkinson esq. of Edgeworth House30 Jan. 1846 George Bengough esq. of Newland4 Feb. 1847 Thomas Barwick Lloyd Baker esq. of Hardwicke Court

11 Feb. 1848 William Capel esq. of The Grove, Painswick13 Feb. 1849 William Philip Price esq. of Tibberton Court

5 Feb. 1850 Thomas Gambier Parry esq. of Highnam Court11 Feb. 1851 William Dent esq. of Sudeley Castle

2 Feb. 1852 Winchcomb Henry Howard Hartley esq. of Sodbury21 Feb. 1853 John Raymond Raymond Barker esq. of Fairford Park30 Jan. 1854 Henry Elwes esq. of Colesbourne House8 Feb. 1855 Corbett Holland Corbett esq. of Admington Hall

30 Jan. 1856 Charles Rushout Rushout bart. of Sezincote House2 Feb. 1857 Richard Rogers Coxwell Rogers esq. of Dowdeswell3 Feb. 1858 Thomas Beale Browne esq. of Salperton Park2 Feb. 1859 John Coucher Dent esq. of Sudeley Castle

23 Jan. 1860 William John Phelps esq. of Chestal House, Dursley4 Feb. 1861 John Waddingham esq. of Guiting Grange5 Feb. 1862 George Samuel Jenkinson bart. of Eastwood Lodge, Falfield3 Feb. 1863 Philip William Skynner Miles esq. of King’s Weston3 Feb. 1864 Goodwin Charles Colquitt Craven esq. of Brockhampton Park49

4 Feb. 1865 John Altham Graham Clarke esq. of Frocester3 Feb. 1866 John Maxwell Steele Graves bart. of Mickleton Manor2 Feb. 1867 Edward Sampson esq. of Henbury

30 Jan. 1868 Hattil Foll esq. of Beckford Hall4 Feb. 1869 James Fenton esq. of Norton Hall, Weston Subedge5 Feb. 1870 Robert Blagden Hale esq. of Alderley8 Feb. 1871 William Playne esq. of The Longfords, Minchinhampton5 Feb. 1872 William Vernon Guise bart. of Elmore Court5 Feb. 1873 Thomas Anthony Stoughton esq. of Owlpen Park2 Feb. 1874 Thomas Sebastian Bazley esq. of Hatherop Castle4 Feb. 1875 Edmund Probyn esq. of Huntley Manor

12 Feb. 1876 Edmund Waller esq. of Farmington Lodge7 Feb. 1877 John Charles Bengough esq. of The Ridge, Wotton-under-Edge

22 Feb. 1878 Thomas William Chester-Master esq. of The Abbey, Cirencester22 Feb. 1879 Edward Rhys Wingfield esq. of Great Barrington26 Feb. 1880 Gerald William Henry Codrington bart. of Dodington Park2 Mar. 1881 George William Blathwayt esq. of Dyrham Park

27 Feb. 1882 Thomas Hyde Crawley Boevey bart. of Flaxley Abbey3 Mar. 1883 Andrew Knowles esq. of New Court, Newent4 Mar. 1884 Henry Ingles Chamberlayne esq. of Maugersbury Manor3 Mar. 1885 Edmund Temple Godman esq. of Banks Fee, Moreton-in-Marsh8 Mar.1886 Alfred Sartoris esq. of Abbots Wood,50 Stow-on-the-Wold

7 Mar. 1887 Lionel Edward Darrell bart. of Fretherne Court17 Mar. 1888 William Henry Marling bart. of Stanley Park, King’s Stanley6 April 1889 John Skipworth Gibbons esq. of Boddington Manor

49 In Sevenhampton.50 Abbotswood in Lower Swell.

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21 Mar. 1890 James Roberts West esq. of Alscott Park, Preston on Stour20 Mar. 1891 John Aldam Leatham esq. of Miserden Park16 Mar. 1892 William Reginald Yorke esq. of Forthampton Court15 Mar. 1893 William Francis George Guise bart. of Elmore Court10 Mar. 1894 John Dearman Birchall esq. of Bowden Hall, upton St Leonards

8 Mar. 1895 Thomas Dyer Edwardes esq. of Prinknash Park, upton St Leonards6 Mar. 1896 William Meath Baker esq. of Hasfield Court

26 Feb. 1897 James Dugdale esq. of Sezincote House7 Mar. 1898 Granville Edward Lloyd-Baker esq. of Hardwicke Court7 Mar. 1899 Robert Ingham Tidswell esq. of Haresfield Court3 Mar. 1900 Peter Stubs esq. of Blaisdon Hall8 Mar. 1901 Gardner Sebastian Bazley esq. of Hatherop Castle6 Mar. 1902 James Horlick esq. of Cowley Manor

12 Mar. 1903 Samuel Bruce esq. of Norton Hall, Weston Subedge7 Mar. 1904 Benjamin St John Ackers esq. of Huntley Manor

20 Mar. 1905 Henry Dent-Brocklehurst esq. of Sudeley Castle27 Feb. 1906 Hamilton Fane Gladwin esq. of Seven Springs, Coberley1 Mar. 1907 Fairfax Rhodes, Lt.-Col., of Brockhampton Court51

29 Feb. 1908 George Lloyd Foster Harter esq. of Salperton Park2 Mar. 1909 Theodore Drayton Grimké-Drayton esq. of Clifford Manor, Newent5 Mar. 1910 Arthur Edmund Moss esq. of Leygore Manor, Turkdean4 Mar. 1911 George William Lowsley Hoole Lowsley-Williams esq. of Chavenage,

Tetbury29 Feb. 1912 Herbert Jenner Fust esq. of Hill Court, Hill17 Mar. 1913 Francis Henry, Lt.-Col., of Elmstree, Tetbury

9 Mar. 1914 William Augustus Rixon esq. of Turkdean Manor2 Mar. 1915 Colin MacIver esq. of Blaisdon Hall

29 Feb. 1916 Philip Napier Miles esq. of King’s Weston13 Mar. 1917 Ernest Edward Turner esq. of Shipton Oliffe Manor

4 Mar. 1918 James Ernest Rawlins esq. of Syston Court12 Mar. 1919 Maynard Francis Colchester-Wemyss, Capt., of Broughtons, Newnham11 Mar. 1920 Arthur Anstice, Col., K.C.B., of Old Grange, Dymock

9 Mar. 1921 Albert John Palmer, Lt.-Col., of Fairford Park15 Mar. 1922 Edward Condor esq. of [the] Conigree, Newent12 Mar. 1923 Percival Scrope Marling bart. of Stanley Park, King’s Stanley21 Mar. 1924 Lionel Edward Hamilton Marmaduke Darell bart. of Saul Lodge17 Mar. 1925 Philip Sidney Stott bart. of Stanton Court19 Mar. 1926 Anselm William Edward Guise bart. of Elmore Court22 Mar. 1927 Charles Penrhyn Ackers, Major, of Huntley Manor22 Mar. 1928 Gilbert Alan Hamilton Wills bart. of Batsford Park21 Mar. 1929 Henry George Ricardo, Col., of Gatcombe, Minchinhampton28 Mar. 1930 Francis Osmond Joseph Huntley esq. of Boxwell Court20 Mar. 1931 Stanley William Tubbs bart. of Ellerncroft, Wotton-under-Edge17 Mar. 1932 William John Paley Marling, Major, of Great Rissington Manor16 Mar. 1933 Samuel Vestey, the Hon., of Stowell Park, Yanworth22 Mar. 1934 Joseph Dillworth Crewdson esq. of Syde House

51 i.e. Brockhampton Park.

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21 Feb. 1935 Sidney Allen esq. of Moor Court, Minchinhampton3 Mar. 1936 Samuel Stanley Marling, Lt.-Col., of Littleworth House, Minchinhampton

18 Mar. 1937 Arthur William Stanton esq. of Field Place, Stroud15 Mar. 1938 Christopher William Gerald Henry Codrington bart. of Dodington Park

9 Mar. 1939 John Henry Dent-Brocklehurst, Major, of Sudeley Castle7 Mar. 1940 Charles Edward Turner, Major and Brevet Lt.-Col., of Old Down,

Tockington26 Mar. 1941 John Ralph Congreve Dent, Lt.-Col., of Olivers, Painswick27 Mar. 1942 John Godman, Lt.-Col., of Banks Fee, Moreton-in-Marsh11 Mar. 1943 Evan Gwynne Gwynne-Evans bart. of Oaklands Park, Newnham24 Mar. 1944 Alexander Black Mitchell, Major, of Poulton Priory21 Mar. 1945 Stephen Mitchell, Major, of The Roseary, Haymes Road, Bishop’s Cleeve20 Mar. 1946 Edwin Perceval Brassey, Lt.-Col., of Corse Hill, Lower Slaughter10 Mar. 1947 George Edwin Stott bart. of Stanton Court11 Mar. 1948 Ardern Arthur Hulme Beaman, Lt.-Col., of Hasfield Court

4 Mar. 1949 Walter Merry Craddock knt. of Amberley Court, Minchinhampton31 Mar. 1950 Alan Joseph Macdonald Richardson, Capt., of Southrop Manor15 Mar. 1951 John Savile Hoole-Lowsley-Williams, Lt.-Col., of Chavenage, Tetbury10 Mar. 1952 William Ralph Seymour Bathurst, the Hon., of Cold Ashton Manor11 Mar. 1953 Alan Algernon Marion Durand, Brigadier, of Ellerncroft, Wotton-under-

Edge1 Mar. 1954 George James Paul St Clair, Major Gen., of upton House, Tetbury

17 Mar. 1955 John Edward Buckingham Pope, Major, of upton Grove, Tetbury22 Mar. 1956 George Montagu John Llewelyn Whitmore esq. of Lower Slaughter Manor15 Mar. 1957 William Alfred Chester-Master, Brevet Col., of Norcote House, Cirencester14 Mar. 1958 Martin St John Valentine Gibbs, Brevet Col., of Ewen Manor, Kemble11 Mar. 1959 Frederick Ferris Bligh St George, Colonel, of Hill Court, Shipton Moyne16 Mar. 1960 Anthony Biddulph, Major, of Rodmarton Manor24 Mar. 1961 Geoffrey Peter Shakerley, Colonel, of Wells Folly, Moreton-in-Marsh14 Mar. 1962 Charles Talbot Rhys Wingfield esq. of Barrington Park26 Mar. 1963 William Parry Cripps esq. of Stratton Place26 Mar. 1964 John David Summers, Major, of North Rye House, Moreton-in-Marsh24 Mar. 1965 Peter Frazer Sinclair Clifford, Major, of Frampton Court, Frampton on

Severn10 Mar. 1966 David Cecil Wynter Verey esq. of Barnsley House23 Mar. 1967 Mary Dent-Brocklehurst, Mrs, of Sudeley Castle

4 Mar. 1968 Robert Evelyn Herbert Fender esq. of the Manor House, Withington18 Mar. 1969 Ian Norman Mitchell esq. of Trull,52 Tetbury24 Mar. 1970 Olive Katherine Lloyd Lloyd-Baker, spinster, CBE, of Hardwicke Court11 Mar. 1971 Geoffrey Thomas St John Sanders, Major, of Buckhorn House, Bisley22 Mar. 1972 Malcolm Archibald James St Clair, Lt.-Col., of upton House, Tetbury29 Mar. 1973 Nicholas Robin Benson, Lt. Cdr., of Aycote House, Rendcomb26 Mar. 1974 David Lowsley-Williams, Lt.-Col., of Chavenage, Horsley18 Mar. 1975 Stephen Reginald Martin Jenkins, Lt.-Col., MC, of Hampnett Manor17 Mar. 1976 Desmond Frederick Shirley Godman esq. of Great Rissington Manor

52 Trull House in Cherington.

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9 Mar. 1977 Robert Charles Townsend Sivewright, Brevet Col., MC, of Talland House, South Cerney

21 Mar. 1978 Thomas Maurice Ponsonby, the Hon., of The Common, Little Faringdon2 April 1979 Henry William George Elwes esq. of Colesbourne Park

19 Mar. 1980 Oscar Henry Colburn esq. of Crickley Barrow, Eastington1 April 1981 Michael Colvin Watson, Colonel, OBE, MC, of Eastington House, Ampney

St Peter1 April 1982 Robert John Grantley Berkeley esq. of Berkeley Castle

16 Mar. 1983 Alasdair Andrew Orr Morrison, the Hon., of Maisemore Park, Maisemore14 Mar. 1984 James Angus Buchanan Baillie-Hamilton esq. of South Farm, Shipton Oliffe20 Mar. 1985 Michael Thomas Noel Hamilton Wills, Major, of Miserden Park, Miserden26 Mar. 1986 Peter Sheehy Morris-Keating, Major, of Walnut Tree Cottage, Estcourt

Park, Shipton Moyne18 Mar. 1987 David Richard Ayshford Sanford esq. of Pauntley Court23 Mar. 1988 Charles Patrick Daley Berrill, Captain, of Notcliffe House, Deerhurst3 April 1989 Greville Edward Mervyn Vernon esq. of Newington House, Kingscote3 April 1990 John Evelyn Baring Hills, Colonel, of The Priory Cottage, Long Newnton3 April 1991 Peter Roland Henry Clifford esq. of Manor Farm, Frampton on Severn

1992 Richard Coxwell Rogers of Close Farm, Coberley1993 Freddie Wills of Old House, Rendcomb1994 Philip Smith of Campden House, Chipping Campden1995 Charles Lloyd Baker of Hardwicke Court1996 John Peel of Dudgrove Farm, Fairford1997 Gregory Meath Baker of Hasfield Court1998 James Ekyn of Abbots Hill, Duntisbourne Abbots1999 Mark Vestey of Foxcote Manor, Withington2000 John Vickers Eyre, Major, of Boyts Farmhouse, Tytherington2001 Jane Jenner-Fust, Mrs, of Hill Court, Hill2002 Moger Woolley of Matford House, Northwoods, Winterbourne2003 Deborah Hutton, Mrs, of Chestal House, Dursley2004 Simon Preston of Lowesmore Farm,53 Cherington2005 Michael Stone of Ozleworth Park, Ozleworth2006 Alfred Cosier Morris, CBE, of Park Court, Sodbury Common, Chipping

Sodbury

53 Formerly in Avening.

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uNDER-SHERIFFS

Appointment made compulsory by Act 3 & 4 Wm. IV, c. 99 (1833)

1834 John Burrup of Gloucester1834 John Coverdale of Gray’s Inn, London

1835–1840 John Burrup of Gloucester1841 John Aubrey Whitcombe of Gloucester1842 Edward Bloxsome jun. of Dursley

1843-1846 John Burrup of Gloucester1847 Robert Wilton of Gloucester

1848–1871 John Burrup of Gloucester1872 Arthur Hammond Jenkins of Gloucester

1873–1880 John Wakefield Burrup of Gloucester1880–1891 Edward Walker Coren of Gloucester1892–1901 John William Coren of Gloucester1902–1903 Herbert Harger Scott of Gloucester

1904 Henry Allen Armitage of Gloucester1905–1945 Herbert Harger Scott of Gloucester1946–1974 Anthony Ashworth Scott of Gloucester1974–1990 Peter J. Barlow of Gloucester1990–2002 David M. Gibbons of GloucesterFrom 2002 Andrew William Ewart-James of Gloucester

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