High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire

This is a list of sheriffs and since 1974 high sheriffs of Cambridgeshire'''. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. 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. Before 1154 Tempore Regis Eduardi: Aluric Godricson, Orgar, Blacuin 1066: Elfric 1070–c.1090: Picot of Cambridge c.1110–1122: Gilbert c.1125–1129: Fulk Michaelmas 1129: Richard Basset with Aubrey de Vere c.1133: Fulk 1140: Payn From 1154 until 1635, appointees to the shrievalty held the joint office of Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.