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This is a list of the high sheriffs of County Durham, England.
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This is a list of the high sheriffs of County Durham, England.
In most counties the high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. In the Palatinate of Durham the officeholder was appointed by and was accountable to the Bishop of Durham until 1836 when the Crown claimed authority. 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.
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Pre-13th century
Gilbert (appointed by Bishop Walcher)
Philip fil. Haimonis (appointed by Bishop Ranulf Flambard)
c. 1100–1146: Osbert (appointed by Bishop William of St. Barbara)
c. 1152–1153: Gilbert Haget (appointed by Bishop Hugh de Puiset)
c. 1153–1180: Ralph Haget
c. 1180: William
c. 1180–1195: Philip son of Hamo
c. 1196–1197: Raynold Ganaunt
c. 1198–1200: Leo de Heriz
13th century
c. 1200: Reynold le Veneur
c. 1200: Geoffrey Sarescut
c. 1237–1242: William Grat (appointed by Bishop Nicholas Farnham)
c. 1250: John Haldan (appointed by Bishop Walter of Kirkham)
c. 1260: John Gylet, of Egglescliff
c. 1261: Alexander de Bydyck
c. 1273: Laurence de Lyntz
c. 1275–1280: John de Malton (appointed by Bishop Robert of Holy Island)
c. 1282: Walter Savage
c. 1290: Guichard de Charon
c. 1291–1299: Ralph de Warsop
14th Century
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c. 1300: John Shirlock or de Skyrelock
c. 1302: John de Creppinge
c. 1302–1303: John de Birtleye
c. 1304: John Shirlock or de Skyrelock
c. 1305: John de Birtleye
c. 1306–1307: Thomas de Morton
c. 1308–1310: Richard de Stanlawe
19 October 1312–1314: Adam de Bowes (appointed by Bishop Richard Kellaw)
c. 1317–1318: Richard de Stanlawe
c. 1323–1338: Adam de Bowes
by March 1323: Nicholas de Sutton (undersheriff)
John de Haneby or Hamby (undersheriff, appointed by Bishop Lewis de Beaumont)
John de Eggescliff or Eggisclive (undersheriff, appointed by Bishop Lewis de Beaumont)
William Brewere or Browere (undersheriff, appointed by Bishop Lewis de Beaumont)
c. 1334–April 1339: Simon de Esh (undersheriff)
c. 1339–1342: John de Meneville or Meynvyle
By February 1343: William de Mordon
26 January 1344: William de Blakyston
15th century
18 January 1401: Sir Robert Conyers
24 August 1406: Sir Percival de Lyndeley
2 June 1414: Sir William Claxton
2 January 1420: Robert Eure
6 May 1436: Sir William Bowes
4 October 1437: Robert Ogle
1 October 1438: William Pudsay
5 December 1441: Geoffrey Midleton
28 December 1461: John de Aderton
8 December 1462: Geoffrey Midleton
7 March 1467: William Claxton
6 August 1469: Henry Radclyff
14 August 1470: Sir George Lumley
20 November 1476: Robert Tempest
4 October 1482 – 1502: Sir Ralph Bowes
16th century
16 January 1503–1515: Sir William Bulmer, of Wilton Castle
1 April 1516: Sir Ralph Bowes
8 November 1516–1517: Roger Lumley
21 March 1519–1522: Sir William Eure
1 May 1523–1526: Sir William Bulmer, of Wilton Castle
4 August 1527: Sir William Bulmer and Sir John Bulmer (jointly)
16 July 1529–1532: Sir John Bulmer
11 November 1532: Sir Thomas Hilton
25 November 1537–1549: Sir George Conyers
Michaelmas 1552: Cuthbert Conyers (undersheriff)
Michaelmas 1557: Sir Thomas Hilton (undersheriff)
Michaelmas 1558: Robert Tempest, of Holmside Hall (undersheriff)
Michaelmas 1562: Robert Bowes (undersheriff)
11 November 1575: Sir George Bowes
11 November 1576–1591: Sir William Hilton
1592–1594: George Conyers
22 May 1595–1610: Sir John Conyers, of Sockburn Hall
17th century
1608–1624: Sir George Selby of Whitehouse, Ryton
2 September 1624: Robert Robson
4 August 1625–1640: Sir William Belasyse, of Morton House
8 April 1641: William Collingwood
16 October 1641: Sir William Darcy
1645: Sir George Vane, of Barnard Castle
1 December 1646: Sir Richard Belasyse, of Morton House
17 November 1647: Clement Fulthorpe
2 January 1649: James Clavering
5 February 1649: Sir William Smith, Baronet
7 November 1649: James Clavering, of Axwell
21 November 1650: Clement Fulthorpe, the elder
31 December 1650: Thomas Shadforth
4 November 1651: Christopher Fulthorpe, the elder, of Tunstall Manor
12 November 1652: Francis Wren, of North Aukland
10 November 1653: Rowland Place, of Low Dinsdale Manor
late 1654: Thomas Bewick
late 1655: George Lilburn
late 1656–58: Timothy Whittingham
18th century
May 1705: Mark Shafto, of Whitworth Hall
5 June 1712: John Shafto
February 1714: Mark Shafto, of Whitworth Hall
1721: Sir Henry Liddell, 3rd Baronet, of Newton Hall
1723: Sir William Williamson, 4th Baronet, of Whitburn
1747: Sir Hedworth Williamson, 5th Baronet, of Whitburn
1789: Sir Hedworth Williamson, 6th Baronet, of Whitburn
19th century
1810–1814: Adam Askew, of Redheugh
1815–1818: William Hutchinson
1819–1826: William Keppel Barrington
1827–1828: Cuthbert Ellison, of Hebburn Hall
1829–1833: Charles John Clavering, of Axwell House
1833–1836: William Lloyd Wharton of Dryburn
1837: Anthony Wilkinson, of Coxhoe Hall
1838: Sir Robert Johnson-Eden, Bart., of Windlestone Hall
1839: Sir William Chaytor, Bart., of Witton Castle
1840: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. of Whitburn
1841: William Russell of Brancepeth Castle
1842: Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto of Whitworth Park
1843: Edward Shippersden of Durham
1844: Henry Witham of Lartington Hall
1845: John William Williamson of Whickham
1846: Ralph Stephen Pemberton of Barnes and Usworth House
1847: John Fawcett of North Bailey
1848: Sir William Eden Bt of Windlestone Hall
1849: John Eden of Beamish Park
20th century
1901: George Fenwick Boyd of Moorhouse, Leamside
1902: Sir William Henry Edward Chaytor, Bt., of Croft, Darlington
1903: John Ewer Jefferson Hogg of 59 Elm Park Gardens, SW London
1904: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bt., of Whitburn Hall, near Sunderland
1905: John Edwin Rogerson of Mount Oswald, Durham
1906: Frank Stobart of Biddick Hall
1907: Rowland Burdon of The Castle, Castle Eden
1908: Slingsby Duncombe Shafto of Beamish Park
1909: William Cresswell Gray of Tunstall Manor, West Hartlepool
1910: Hon. James Arthur Joicey of Longhurst, Morpeth (later Baron Joicey)
1911: Lieut-Colonel John Henry Ropner, of Ragworth, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees
1912: Frederick Stirling Newall, of Castle Hill, Wylam-on-Tyne
1913: James Westell, of The Cloisters, Sunderland
1914: Francis Priestman, of Shotley Park, Shotley Bridge
1915: Sir Alfred Molyneux Palmer, of Walworth Castle, Darlington
1916: William Hustler Hustler, of Acklam Hall, Middlesbrough
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1 August 1345–April 1350: William de Mordon
By June 1355–August 1356: Robert de Bowes (undersheriff)
August 1356: William de Walworth (undersheriff)
August 1356–April 1358: John de Byrland (undersheriff)
By July 1358–January 1363: John de Claxton (undersheriff)
By March 1364–January 1367: William de Meneville (undersheriff)
10 November 1371: Sir Robert de Umfraville
May 1372: John Heron (undersheriff)
March 1373: Robert de de Umfraville
By May 1374–1376: William de Elmeden (undersheriff)
30 January 1377: John de Hyndley
1 September 1379: Sir William de Bowes
By September 1382 – March 1385: Robert de Laton (undersheriff)
1385: Thomas de Boynton
29 April 1386: Sir William de Bowes
10 October 1390: Sir Marmaduke de Lumley
30 November 1391: Thomas de Boynton
late 1658: Robert Ellison
24 July 1660: Sir Thomas Davison, of Blakiston Hall
2 March 1664: Anthony Pearson (undersheriff)
12 March 1666: Richard Neile (undersheriff)
1667–73: Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Fiskerton
12 February 1671: Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Fiskerton (renewed? after death of Bishop John Cosin)
21 March 1672: Richard Neile (undersheriff)
6 June 1673: Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet, of Axwell House, Blaydon on Tyne
29 December 1674: Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Fiskerton
29 December 1674: John Spearman (undersheriff)
28 December 1675: Nicholas Conyers
1685: John Spearman (undersheriff)
1690–1705: Charles Montagu
1850: Robert Hilyard of Horsley Hall
1851: Robert Henry Allan, of Blackwell Hall and Blackwell Grange
1852: John Bowes, of Streatlam Castle
1853: Frederick Acklom Milbank, of Hart
1854: Henry John Baker Baker, of Elemore Hall
1855: Robert Surtees of Redworth House
1856: Robert Smith Surtees of Hamsterley Hall
1857: William Beckwith, of Silksworth House
1858: Timothy Hutchinson, of Eggleston Hall
1859: Sir William Aloysius Clavering, Bart., of Axwell House
1860: Henry John Spearman, of Burn Hall
1861: Richard Lawrence Pemberton, of Barnes
1862: Henry George Surtees of Dinsdale Hall
1863: John Richard Westgarth Hildyard, of Horsley Hall
1864: John Harrison Aylmer of Walworth Castle
1865: William Peareth, of Usworth House
1866: William Edward Surtees, of Seaton Carew
1867: William Scurfield Grey, of Norton
1868: Anthony Wilkinson, of Hulam
1869: Thomas Charles Thompson, of Sherburn Hall
1870: William Briggs, of Hylton Castle, Sunderland
1871: James Cookson, of Neasham Hall
1872: Rowland Burdon, of The Castle, Castle Eden
1873: Charles Freville Surtees, of Mainsforth, Ferryhill
1874: John Fogg Elliot, of Elvet Hill, Durham
1875: Anthony Wilkinson, of Durham
1876: Henry Edward Surtees, of Redworth House and Redforth Grove
1877: Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., of Whitburn Hall
1878: John Joicey, of Newton Hall, Stocksfield, Northumberland
1879: James Laing, of Thornhill, Sunderland
1880: George John Scurfield, of Hurworth House
1881: Matthew Kearney, of the Ford, Lanchester
1882: Robert Anthony Burrell, of Fairthorne, Botley, Hants
1883: Alfred Backhouse, of Pilmore, Darlington
1884: Isaac Lowthian Bell, of Rownton Grange, Northallerton
1885: Christopher John Foyle Fawcett, of The North Bailey, Durham
1886: Joseph Richardson, of Potto Hall, Swainby, Northallerton
1887: Gerald Percy Vivian Aylmer, of Walworth Castle, Darlington
1888: David Dale of West Lodge, Darlington
1889: Lindsay Wood, of The Hermitage, Chester-le-Street
1890: William James Joicey, of Urpeth Lodge, Chester-le-Street
1891: Joseph Henry Straker, of Willington House, Willington
1892: Sir William Gray, of Greatham Cottage, West Hartlepool
1893: Edward Joicey, of Whinney House, Low Fell, Gateshead-on-Tyne
1894: Colonel Charles John Reed CB, of Springwell Hall, Durham
1895: Hugh Bell of Redbarns, Coatham, Redcar
1896: Major Robert Ropner, of Preston Hall, near Stockton-on-Tees
1897: Colonel Lancelot Allgood Gregson, of Burdon, Sunderland
1898: Samuel Peter Austin, of Cocken Hall, Fence Houses
1899: Utrick Alexander Ritson, of Calf Hall, Muggleswick Park, Consett, and Jesmond Gardens, Newcastle upon Tyne
1900: John Arundel Hildyard, of Horsley House, Eastgate, Darlington
1917: The Honourable Cyril Arthur Liddell, of Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead
1918: Brodrick Dale, of Apperley Dene, Stocksfield
1919: John Wood, of Coxhoe Hall, Coxhoe
1920: Arthur Francis Pease, of Middleton Lodge, Middleton Tyas
1921: Col. Maurice Bell (later Sir Maurice Bell) of Rounton Grange, Northallerton
1922: Sir John Storey Barwick, of Ashbrook Grange, Sunderland
1923: Capt. Rowland Burdon Webster, of Wolviston Hall, Stockton-on-Tees
1924: Sir Frank Brown, of Norton Priory, Stockton-on-Tees
1925: Lieut.-Col. George Herbert Stobart, of Harperley Park, Harperley
1926: Sir Thomas Garmondsway Wrightson, Bt., of The Manor House, Eryholme, near Darlington
1927: Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees, of Mainsforth Hall, Ferryhill
1928: John Henry Bacon Forster, of Whitworth House, Spennymoor
1929: Major Henry Siward Balliol Surtees, of Redworth Hall, Darlington
1930: John Stapylton Grey Pemberton, of Ramside, Durham
