High Sheriff of Warwickshire

The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High 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. The High Sheriff changes every March. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff.

For a period prior to the middle of the 16th century the Sheriff of Warwickshire was also the Sheriff of Leicestershire.

Sheriffs

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11th and 12th centuries

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From 1158 to 1566 the Sheriff of Warwickshire was also Sheriff of Leicestershire

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13th century

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14th century

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15th century

2

16th century

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17th century

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18th century

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19th century

2

20th century

2

High Sheriffs

20th century

2

21st century

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References

• The history of the worthies of England, Volume 3
• The history of the worthies of England, Volume 2

Sources

• Debrett's Illustrated Baronetage, with the Knightage, 1876, Dean and Son (London), 1876
• Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 1954, C. F. J. Hankinson (ed.), 1954
• Birmingham Post Year Book and Who's Who, various editions, 1973–85
• Whitaker's Almanack, various editions
• History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Volumes 1–4 (1835) John Burke (ISBN 978-0-8063-0742-8) A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2 at Google Books