The Oath(s) of the Sheriff(s) Of Nottingham

 

John Scott¹, Sheriff of Kent swore
an early version of the oath of office in 1460.

When Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall Hall took the oath as the new High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1877 he was the 5th member of his family² to serve in that most famous of Nottingham roles. However, there was also another Sheriff in town...

One Sheriff or two?

Confusingly there are two separate Sheriffs:

- "Sheriff of Nottingham" established 1449 by charter of Henry VI

- "High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire" established c.1068 when William Peverel was considered to be the first one. He was actually "High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests" a combined role that lasted until 1556.

The Sheriff of Nottingham is best known as Robin Hood's arch enemy and bad King John's ally but the role goes back to Norman times. The word sheriff is a contraction of the Saxon term shire reeve. The term, from the Old English scīrgerefa, designated a royal official responsible for keeping the peace (a reeve) throughout a shire or county on behalf of the king. Every county in England had a Sheriff (or sometimes two).

The changing face of the Sheriff

A new Sheriff is appointed every year and the role is still alive and well today although it is now mainly ceremonial. The outgoing Sheriff of Nottingham for 2022/23 is Councillor Nicola Heaton, but Shuguftah Quddoos was elected Sheriff on May 24, 2023. Sheriff Quddoos, shown here on the left, will be the first Asian woman to hold the position³. This year's High Sheriff is Veronica Moraa Pickering MBS DL is the first woman of colour³ and the first Kenyan to hold the historic role. A full list of all the many sheriffs to hold office is in the notes below. In the long history of the two roles, there have been 1,654 different appointments as Sheriff although some have held the office more than once.

Keeping the traditional role alive at the Sherwood Forest Visitors Centre in Edwinstowe is Richard Townsley, acting Sheriff of Nottingham in and around the forest. Richard also runs the Sheriff of Nottingham Facebook page⁶ and writes informative and well-researched articles on all aspects of medieval forest life.

The traditional Sheriff lives on at
the Edwinstowe visitor centre

The Oath of Office

Today's Sheriff(s) swear an oath little changed from the medieval oath of office shown below. It is from the reign of Henry VI in 1460 as administered to John Scott¹, Sheriff of Kent. It includes clauses relating to :

- treating rich and poor equally and not accepting bribes, which had been at the heart of the oath since the role of sheriff began. (Robin Hood may have had something to say about that!)

- people's legal rights - it restrains the sheriff from interfering with a person's rights "Yee shall disturb no man’s Right"

- administering writs and enrolling juries. This had the most scope for confusion and corruption with juries often being made up of the sheriff's cronies. 

- employment of good and proper subordinates which was essential to the operation of the county and the onus was on the sheriff to ensure they were appropriate people for the job and duly sworn. 

- in common with JPs and other local officials the sheriff was required to aid the ecclesiastical courts in the investigation and suppression of heresies.

Earlier versions of the oath could be amended by parliamentary petition. For example, in 1302 the justice of the jail at Newgate in London was added to the list of officials authorised to send the Sheriff a writ⁵.

The Sheriff's Oath from 1460 (with translation below)

- Ye schal serve the Kyng well and truly in the Office of the Shiref of ............. [Nottingham] and to the Kynges profyte, in all thyng that belongyth to you to do by wey of youre offyce, as ferforth as ye cann or may. 

- Ye shall truly kepe the Kynges ryghtes and all that that belongyth to the coroun. 

- Ye schall not assent to decrease, to lass[en]yng, or to concelement of the Kynges ryghtes, or of his fraunchises; and wherewer ye schall have knowlage that the Kynges rightes or the rightes of the coroun be conceled or withdrawen, be hyt in londes, rentes, fraunchises, or sutes, or ony other thynges, ye schall do youre power to make hem be restored to the Kyng; ayen and yf ye may not do hyt, ye schall certifye the Kyng or sum of hys counsell therof, such as ye hold for certen wyll sey hyt unto the Kyng. 

- Ye schall not respite the Kynges dettes for any yeft or favour, wherever ye may reyse them without grete grevaunce of the dettours. 

- Ye shall truly and ryghtwosly trete the people of youre shirefweke, and do right as well to pouer as to rych in that that belongyth to yowre offyce. 

- Ye schall do no wrong to any man for any yeft, or good beheste, or promyse of good, nor favour, nor hate. 

- Ye schall distourble no mannys ryght. 

- Ye schall truly acquite at the Eschequer all tho of whom ye schall any thynge reseeyve of the Kynges dettes. 

- Ye schall no thyng take whereby the Kyng may lese, or whereby that ryght may be distourbled, letted, or the Kynges dettes delaiol. 

- Ye schall truly retourn and truly serve all the Kynges writtez asforforth as hyt schall be in youre kynnyng 

- Ye schall none have to be yowre Undyrshireff, or any of youre Sherifs clerkes, of the last yer passed. 

- Ye schall take no Bailiff in to youre service but suche as ye wull answer for. 

- Ye shall make eche of youre Bailiffes to make such othe as ye make yowre selfe, in that that belongyth to their occupacion. 

- Ye schall reseeyve no writte by yow, or by any of yours, unsealyd, under the seal of any Justyce save of Justyce in Eyre, or Justyce assigned in the same Shire wher ye be Shiref yn, or of Justyce of Neugate. 

- Ye schall make your Bailiffes of the true and suffyciant men in the countre. 

Also ye shall doo all youre payne and diligence to destroye and make to cees all manner herysics, and errours comenly called herisies, wythyn youre baillifwyke from tyme to tyme to all youre power, and assist and to be helpyng to all the Ordenaryes and Commyssaryes of Holy Chyrch, and favour and maynten theym as oft tymes as ye schall be required bi the seyd Ordenaries or Commissaries. 

- Ye schall be dwellyng yn youre propre person withyn youre baillifwyke for the tyme ye shall be in the same Offyce. 

- Ye shall not let youre shirefweke or any baillifwyke ther of to ferme to any man. 

- Ye shall truly set and retorne resonable and due issues of them that be wythyn youre baillifwyke, after there estate or theire havour, and make youre panels youre self. And overthis in eschuying and restreynte of the manslaughters, roberies, and other many fold grevous offenses that be doyen dayly, namly by suche as name themeself sodyours and by other vagrantes, the wych contynually encrese in noumber and multitude, so that the Kynges true subgettes may not suerly ryde nor goo to do suche thyngs as they have. to do, to theire intollerable hurt and hyndryng. 

- Ye shall truly and effectually, with all diligence possible to you, execute the statutes the which ye shall have knolage of. 

- These thynges all ye shall truly kepe as God help you and hys Seyntes.

Source : Literae Cantuarienses, ed. J. B. Sheppard, 3 vols (RS, 1887-89), vol. 3, pp. 235-7 [English] 

Translation

- You shall serve the king well and truly in the office of the sheriff of .......... [Nottingham] and to the king's profit in everything that your office requires you to do as completely as you can or may. 

- You shall truly keep the king's rights and all that pertains to the crown. 

- You shall not assent to the decrease, lessening or concealment of the king's rights or of his franchises and wherever you shall have information that the king's rights or the rights of the crown are concealed or withdrawn, be it in lands, rents, franchises, or suits or any other things, you shall do your best to restore them to the king; and if you cannot do it, you shall certify the king or someone of his council concerning the matter, such persons as you trust will pass it on to the king. 

- You shall not respite the king's debts for any gift or favour wherever you may raise them without great grievance to the debtors. 

- You shall truly and justly treat the people of your shrievalty and do right equally to the poor as to the rich in that which your office requires. 

- You shall not wrong a man in return for any gift or bribe or promise of wealth, nor for favour, nor out of hate. 

- You shall not disturb any man's right. 

- You shall truly acquit at the exchequer all those from whom you receive anything in the way of the king's debts. 

- You shall take nothing through which the king may lose or on account of which right may be disturbed, hindered, or the king's debts delayed. 

- You shall truly return and truly serve all the king's writs as completely as you can. 

- You shall not have as your undersheriff or as any of your sheriff's clerks those who have served as such during the previous year. 

- You shall not take any bailiff into your service except those that you are prepared to answer for. 

- You shall make each one of your bailiffs take an oath such as the one you take yourself in everything that pertains to their employment. 

- You shall not accept any writ for you or for any of your staff unsealed under the seal of any justice except for justices in Eyre, or assize justices in the same shire that you are sheriff or justices of Newgate. 

- You shall appoint your bailiffs from the true and sufficient men of the county. 

- Also you shall take great pains and diligence to destroy and cause to cease all manner of heresies and errors commonly called heresies within your bailiwick from time to time, or whenever you are required to by the said ordinaries and commissaries, to the extent of your power and assist and aid all ordinaries and commissaries of holy church and favour and maintain them. 

- You shall dwell in your own right proper person within your bailiwick during your period of office. 

- You shall not let out your shrievalty or any bailiwick for any man to farm. 

- You shall truly set and return reasonable and due issues from those that are within your bailiwick according to their estate or behaviour and appoint your jury panels yourself. And above all in eschewing and restraint of manslaughters, robberies and other many serious offences that are committed daily, namely by such as call themselves soldiers and by other vagrants, which continually increase in number and multitude so the king’s true subjects may not safely ride or go to do such things as they have to do to their intolerable hurt and hindrance. 

- You shall truly and adequately with all possible diligence execute the statutes which you know of. 

- All these things you shall truly keep as God help you and his Saints.

Source: English Historical Documents Vol 4 [Late medieval] 1327 - 1485

The modern oath as sworn by the current High Sheriff of Derbyshire is shown below and contains much the same:  

I, ……………………, of……………………………..in the county of Derbyshire, do solemnly declare that I will well and truly serve the King’s Majesty in the Office of Sheriff of the county of Derbyshire and promote His Majesty’s profit in all things that belong to my Office as far as I legally can or may; 

I will truly preserve the King’s rights and all that belongeth to the Crown; 

I will not assent to decrease, lesson or conceal the rights of the King; and whenever I shall have knowledge that the rights of the Crown are concealed or withdrawn in any matter or thing I will do my utmost to make them be restored to the Crown again; and if I may not do it myself I will inform the King or some of His Majesty’s judges thereof; 

I will not respite or delay to levy the King’s debts for any gift promise reward or favour where I may raise the same without great grievance to the debtors; 

I will do right as well to poor as to rich in all things belonging to my office; 

I will do no wrong to any man for any gift reward or promise nor for favour or hatred; 

I will disturb no man’s right, and will truly and faithfully acquit at the Exchequer all those of whom I shall receive any debts or sums of money belonging to the Crown; 

I will take nothing whereby the King may lose or whereby his right may be disturbed injured or delayed; 

I will truly return and truly serve all the King’s writs according to the best of my skill and knowledge; 

I will take no bailiffs into my service, but such as I will answer for; 

I will truly set and return reasonable and due issues of them that be within my bailiwick according to their estate and circumstances and make due panels of persons able and sufficient and not suspected or procured as is appointed by the statues of this realm. I have not sold or let to farm, nor contracted for, nor have I granted or promised for reward or benefit, nor will I sell or let to farm nor contract for or grant for reward or benefit by myself or any other person for me or for my use directly or indirectly my sheriffwick or any bailiwick thereof or any office belonging thereunto or the profits of the same to any person or persons whatsoever; 

I will truly and diligently execute the good laws and statutes of this realm, and in all things well and truly behave myself in my office for the honour of the King and the good of his subjects, and discharge the same according to best of my skill and power.

(This is the Declaration of the High Sheriff of Derbyshire pursuant to s.7 of the Sheriffs Act 1887.)

Source : Derbyshire High Sheriff Office - https://derbyshirehighsheriff.co.uk/appointment

Sources : 

Literae Cantuarienses, ed. J. B. Sheppard, 3 vols (RS, 1887-89), vol. 3, pp. 235-7 [English] 

https://archive.org/details/litercantuarie03chri/page/236/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater;

English Historical Documents Vol 4 [Late medieval] 1327 - 1485;

https://archive.org/details/englishhistorica0003unse_m8g8/page/n11/mode/thumb?view=theater

Derbyshire High Sheriff Office - https://derbyshirehighsheriff.co.uk/appointment/;

Crime, law and society in the later Middle Ages (Manchester Medieval Sources) Paperback – 1 Mar. 2009 by Anthony Musson (Author, Editor), Edward Powell (Author, Editor);

A Treatise on the Law of Sheriff: With Practical Forms and Precedents By Richard Clarke Sewell https://books.google.co.uk/books?

Select Pleas of the Forest https://archive.org/details/selectpleasoffor00engluoft/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater

id=axtQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=%22Ye+shall+disturb+no+man%27s+right%22+sheriff&source=bl&ots=MNfNi9OWIb&sig=ACfU3U3IuDlVfuYuk6jEMzpW4hrZ9ZXd6Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizhMGUhcSAAxVlWUEAHZd3CtcQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Ye%20shall%20disturb%20no%20man's%20right%22%20sheriff&f=false;

Mercian https://www.mercian-as.co.uk/major.html

History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Volume 1 By Edward Baines

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZrJCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=%22Yee+shall+disturb+no+man%27s+Right%22&source=bl&ots=p102IjVFSx&sig=ACfU3U3L8G3HpRhd2CfLt-Q38KkUrZCm8Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRtPW6jcSAAxXtUkEAHabZAkgQ6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Yee%20shall%20disturb%20no%20man's%20Right%22&f=false;

Notes 

1 - John Scott, Sheriff of Kent in 1460 has a tenuous link to Watnall Hall and Lancelot Rolleston. His father-in-law was Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham whose descendant Sir Percy Clifton was great friends with Watnall Hall's Sir Lancelot Rolleston.

2 - 1682: Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall Hall; 1743: Lancelot Rolleston; 1781: Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall; 1805: Christopher Rolleston, of Watnall; 1877: Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall.

3 - Shuguftah Quddoos (below), the new Sheriff of Nottingham for 2023

4 - Veronica Moraa Pickering MBS DL (below) is the first woman of colour and the first Kenyan to hold the historic role of High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.

5 - Parliamentary Petition 5838. Occupation: Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Nature of request: Molesworth requests grace and remedy in as much as he has been amerced for 100s. before Ralph de Sandwich, justice of gaol delivery for Newgate because he did not wish to receive a writ under the seal of the same Ralph and make execution, for his oath states that he does not have to receive writs under the seal of a justice if he is not of an eyre.

Nature of endorsement: Because it is attested before the king by the barons of the exchequer present in this parliament that in the oath of the sheriff to the exchequer it is contained that he should not receive writs himself or by his deputies [suos] under the seal of the justice except in eyre or justices assigned in the same county; the king wishes that the 100s. within the petition should be entirely pardoned to Molesworth and on this let a writ of Chancery be sent to him etc. and that the oath of the sheriff should hereafter be amended in this that from thenceforth he should receive writs under the seal of the justice assigned to the gaol delivery at Newgate etc.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9060127

6 - The Sheriff of Nottingham at the Sherwood Forest visitor centre has an active online presence these days. This is his Facebook page 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/369217380535614/user/100068777932609

7 - List of city Sheriffs first and then High Sheriffs afterwards...

An incomplete list of those Sheriffs appointed after the Charter of King Henry VI; approved on 28th June 1449. In 1835 the Boroughs of Nottingham were abolished and the town became one with a new Council of Nottingham, which resulted in Nottingham having one Sheriff.

https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/your-council/about-the-council/councillors-and-leadership/the-sheriff-of-nottingham/previous-sherrifs-of-nottingham/

2023/2024 Councillor Shuguftah Quddoos

2022/2023 Councillor Nicola Heaton

2021/2022 Councillor Merlita Bryan

2020/2021 Councillor Patience Ifediora

2019/2020 Councillor Patience Ifediora

2018/2019 Councillor Catharine Arnold

2017/2018 Councillor Glyn Jenkins 

2016/2017 Councillor Jackie Morris

2015/2016 Councillor Mohammed Saghir

2014/2015 Councillor Jackie Morris

2013/2014 Councillor Ian Malcolm

2012/2013 Councillor Merlita Bryan

2011/12 Councillor Leon Unczur

2010/11 Councillor Penny Griggs

2009/10 Councillor Leon Unczur

2008/09 Councillor Brian Grocock

2007/08 Councillor Jeannie Packer

2006/07 Councillor Jeannie Packer

2005/06 Councillor Derek Cresswell

2004/05 Councillor Derek Cresswell

2003/04 Councillor John Hartshorne

2002/03 Councillor Ali Asghar

2001/02 Councillor Joan Casson

2000/01 Councillor John Hartshorne

1999/00 Councillor Mike Whittall

1998/99 Councillor Chris Gibson

1997/98 Councillor A F Robinson

1996/97 Councillor M A Wood/Mrs Sylvia Briggs

1995/96 Councillor R Greensmith

1994/95 Councillor R Mackintosh

1993/94 Councillor A F Robinson

1992/93 Councillor Brent Charlesworth

1991/92 Councillor Shaukat Khan

1990/91 Councillor Alfred T Stone

1989/90 Councillor A F Robinson

1988/89 Councillor Brian A Marshall

1987/88 Councillor Royce young

1986/87 Councillor Barrie Parker

1985/86 Councillor T V Harby

1984/85 Councillor Frank Dennett

1983/84 Councillor D C Birkinshaw

1982/83 Councillor J K Pennington

1981/82 Councillor T V Harby

1980/81 Councillor Frank Dennett

1979/80 Councillor George Howe

1978/79 Councillor Percy Holland

1977/78 Councillor Rex Rolling

1976/77 Councillor Mrs Grace Roberts

1975/76 Councillor G H Elliott

1974/75 Councillor L F Squires

1973/74 Alderman A G Wright

1972/73 Alderman N Hemmington

1971/72 Councillor E B Bateman

1970/71 Councillor C W Judge

1969/70 Alderman L Whitehouse

1968/69 Alderman BW Goddard

1967/68 Mr J H Bryan

1966/67 Alderman E M Durham

1965/66 Councillor C McReed

1964/65 Alderman W G E Dyer

1963/64 Alderman Percy Holland

1962/63 Alderman A W Norwebb

1961/62 Alderman A E Greenaway

1960/61 Alderman Cornelius Cameron

1959/60 Alderman Sidney P Hill

1958/59 Councillor Frank W Wootton

1957/58 Councillor John L Davies

1956/57 Councillor Roland E Green

1955/56 Councillor William E Maltby

1954/55 Councillor Leonard Mitson

1953/54 Councillor William J Cox

1952/53 Councillor John Kenyon

1951/52 Councillor Sidney Hobson

1950/51 Councillor Walter Murby

1949/50 Councillor Joseph Littlefair/ Councillor Leon H Willson (Oct 1949 - May 1950)

1948/49 Alderman William Sharp

1947/48 Alderman William Sharp

1946/47 Councillor Harry O Emmony

1945/46 Councillor Thomas R Scott

1944/45 Councillor Wilfred B Bland

1943/44 Councillor Francis Carney

1942/43 Councillor John E Mitchell

1941/42 Councillor A H Billingham

1940/41 Councillor Lazarus J Levin

1939/40 Councillor Ernest Braddock

1938/39 Councillor Louis Pilsworth

1937/38 Alderman Walter Halls

1936/37 Councillor Arthur E Savage

1935/36 Councillor Frederick Mitchell

1934/35 Wallis Smith

1933/34 Councillor Ernest Purser

1932/33 Councillor William W Welden

1931/32 Councillor Mrs C M Harper

1930/31 Councillor Richard E Ashworth

1929/30 Councillor William Hooley

1928/29 Alderman William Green

1927/28 Arthur Pollard

1926/27 John Hopkin

1925/26 Samuel Geo Ward

1924/25 Robert A Young

1923/24 Arthur Judd

1922/23 John Farr

1921/22 Abraham Parkes

1920/21 John H Freckingham

1919/20 Herbert Offiler

1918/19 John Morris

1917/18 Henry Offiler

1916/17 Richard Henry Swain

1915/16 James Clarkson

1914/15 John Godfrey Small

1913/14 John Henry Gregg

1912/13 Harry Baker Halford

1911/12 John Pycroft

1910/11 Frank Newton Hobson/Albert Reuben Atkey

1909/10 Thomas Ward

1908/09 Edwin Mellor

1907/08 William Henry Carey

1906/07 Frederick Ball

1905/06 Samborne Cook

1904/05 Thomas James Dabell

1903/04 Robert Fleeman

1902/03 John White

1901/02 Edward G Loverseed

1900/01 James Brown Sim

1899/00 James Black Roberts

1898/99 Frederick W Gregory

1897/98 Arthur William Black

1896/97 Frederick R Radford

1895/96 John Bright

1894/95 Forbes R Mutch

1893/94 Joseph Bright

1892/93 Abraham Pyatt

1891/92 John Alfred H Green

1890/91 Anderson Brownsword

1889/90 Frederick Pullman

1888/89 John Robinson

1887/88 John Jelley

1886/87 Robert Dennett

1885/86 John Benjamin Walker

1884/85 Edward Henry Fraser

1883/84 F F Cleaver

1882/83 J P Ford

1881/82 T Bayley

1880/81 H S Cropper

1879/80 Frederick Acton

1878/79 J Turney

1877/78 A J Jacoby

1876/77 L Lindley

1875/76 J Renals

1874/75 William Sulley

1873/74 James Carver

1872/73 G Trevitt

1871/72 C A Boot

1870/71 J G Woodward

1869/70 J W Bowers

1868/69 Charles Grey Hill

1867/68 Charles Grey Hill

1866/67 M I Preston

1865/66 R B Bond

1864/65 John Place

1863/64 F B Baker

1862/63 W Chapman

1861/62 Samuel Butler

1860/61 W Lambert

1859/60 W G Ward

1858/59 J Manning

1857/58 W Bradbury

1856/57 C Felkin

1855/56 F E Shipley

1854/55 W V Copeland

1853/54 A J Mundella

1852/53 W Page

1851/52 T Ball

1850/51 A Wilmot

1849/50 Thomas Ashwell

1848/49 Edward Steegman

1847/48 James Roe

1846/47 John Barber

1845/46 Nathan Hurst Jnr

1844/45 William Knight

1843/44 William Galloway

1842/43 Johnathon Reckless

1841/42 Thomas Gilbert Carver

1840/41 Thomas Roberts Jnr

1839/40 Johnathon Neville

1838/39 Francis Butcher Gill

1837/38 Benjamin Morley

1836/37 George Bacon

1835/36 Henry Moses Wood**

1834/35 Charles Leavers / John Birkhead

1833/34 Thomas Roberts / T Bishop

1832/33 George Harvey / John Rogers

1831/32 John Harrison / T Guildford

1830/31 T Allen / R C Barber

1829/30 William Cartledge / R Davison

1828/29 Nathaniel Barnsdall / Henry Homer

1827/28 Samuel Hollins / Kirke Swann

1826/27 William Enfield / Thomas Shipman

1825/26 William Walker / S H Swann

1824/25 F Hart / James Fellows

1823/24 Henry Leaver / Thomas Guildford

1822/23 J Wells / T Wilson

1821/22 J Homer / W Rowarth

1820/21 Robert Seals / J Heard

1819/20 C Huish / Mr Deverills

1818/19 N Barnsdall / John Theaker

1817/18 A T Fellows / C Huish

1816/17 George Gill / Roger Allen

1815/16 Richard Hopper Jnr / Thomas Wakfield

1814/15 John Allen Jnr / William Soars

1813/14 Charles Lomas Morley / John Michael Fellows

1812/13 Edward Allatt Swann / Alfred Lowe

1811/12 Isaac Woolley / Samuel Hall

1810/11 Charles Wakefield / John Stevens Howitt

1809/10 Kirk Swann / William Morley

1808/09 John Carr / Francis Wakefield Jnr

1807/08 John Bates / Wright Coldhan

1806/07 Octavius Tho. Oldknow / Alexander Strahan

1805/06 Charles Mellor / Edward Stavely

1804/05 Charles Lomas Morley / John Houseman Barber

1803/04 George Nelson / Thomas Williams

1802/03 William Howitt / William Hickling

1801/02 John Allen / Thomas White

1800/01 George Nelson / Henry Enfield

1799/00 Robert Hall / Jonathan Dunn

1798/99 Wright Coldhan / William Wilson

1797/98 Cornelius Huthwaite / William Dawson

1796/97 Thomas Richards / Nathaniel Need Jnr

1795/96 John Allen / John Ashwell

1794/95 Thomas Richards / Henry Green Jnr

1793/94 Nathaniel Whitlock / Thomas Smith

1792/93 Thomas Wylde / Thomas Pepper

1791/92 William Doncaster / John Stone

1790/91 John Whitlock / Ehlm Samuel Fellows

1789/90 Joseph Hurst Lowe / Joseph Heath

1788/89 Timothy Fellows / William Huthwaite Jnr

1787/88 John Davison / Thomas Nelson

1786/87 Stokeham Huthwaite / Thomas Hawkesley

1785/86 John Heath / George Dodson Jnr

1784/85 Edward Swann / Alexander Strahan

1783/84 Henry Keyworth / John Need

1782/83 Thomas Caunt / Thomas Watson

1781/82 John Fellows / John Hancock

1780/81 John Buxton / John Ball Mason

1779/80 Samuel Worthington / Samuel Green

1778/79 Samuel Heywood / Robert Summers

1777/78 Sir George Smith. Bart. / Samuel Statham

1776/77 Smith Churchill / Tertius Dale

1775/76 Edward Chatteris / Samuel Newham

1774/75 Ralph Newman / William Heath

1773/74 George Burbage / John Collishaw

1772/73 John Wells / Richard Cox

1771/72 William Wells / Henry Green

1770/71 Samuel Eaton / John Oldknow

1769/70 Joseph Heath / Joseph Oldknow

1768/69 Thomas Oldknow Jnr / Michael Kayes

1767/68 Henry Hollins / George Sands

1766/67 John Doncaster / William Smith

1765/66 William Bettison / Benjamin Mather

1764/65 Benjamin Hornbuckle / John Sands

1763/64 Isaac Wylde / Joseph Lowe

1762/63 Benjamin Foxcroft / Matthew Whitlock

1761/62 John Padley / William Howitt

1760/61 James Foxcroft / George Dodson

1759/60 John Foxcroft / Joseph Stubbins

1758/59 Robert Hall / John Wells

1757/58 John Wilson / Robert Foulds

1756/57 Mark Huish / Alexander Foxcroft

1755/56 John Mellie / John Inglesant

1754/55 William Huthwaite / Robert Seagrave

1753/54 John Fellows / Thomas Sands

1752/53 John Blackwell / Thomas Spilby

1751/52 Thomas Worthington / John Caruthers

1750/51 Johnathon Dodson / William Seagrave

1749/50 Benjamin Mather / Richard Butler

1748/49 John Egginton / Humphrey Cox

1747/48 John Plumptre / William Cotton

1746/47 Thomas Cotes / Thomas Oldknow

1745/46 John Oldknow / John Sands

1744/45 John Killingley / Thomas Haywood

1743/44 William Goodwin / William Foulds

1742/43 James Huthwaite Jnr / Robie Swann

1741/42 Alexander Burden / Benjamin Bull

1740/41 William Cooper / John Sherbrooke

1739/40 Humphrey Hollins / Samuel Wood

1738/39 Thomas Shaw / Joseph Wright

1737/38 Charles Morley / James Hornbuckle

1736/37 James Dymock / Robert Huish

1735/36 Joseph Wright / Joseph Bilbie

1734/35 Francis Parkin / Joseph Smith

1733/34 Isaac Wyld / Joseph Finch

1732/33 Thomas Langford / Lewis Sherwin

1731/32 John Foxcroft / John Bilbie

1730/31 Stephen Egginton / Cornelius Huthwaite

1728/29 Jonathon Truman Jnr / Henry Butler

1727/28 John Farnhill / Joseph Inglesant

1726/27 Richard Wheldon / Roger Radforth

1725/26 John Morley / William Bilbie Jnr

1724/25 Samuel Harris / John Poe

1723/24 Nathaniel Charnels / John Hornbuckle

1722/23 James Hoe / James Huthwaite

1721/22 John Burton / Robert Egginton

1720/30 John Wood / Samuel Fellows

1720/21 William Robinson / Edmund Wildbore

1719/20 William Garton / Samuel Poe

1718/19 Jonathon Truman / Richard Smith

1717/18 John Radforth / Joseph Walters

1716/17 Robert Egginton / Laurence Bourne

1715/16 John Newton / William Shepherd

1714/15 Marmaduke Pennell / William Trigge

1713/14 John Huthwaite / Bartholomew Hallam

1712/13 Gervase Pilkinton / Joseph Hemus

1711/12 John Sherwin / John Sweetapple

1710/11 Robert Hoyes / Thomas Trigge

1709/10 Alvery Dodsley / Matthew Hoyland

1708/09 Jacob Tibson / Thomas Fillingham

1707/08 Lionel Lamb / Thomas White

1706/07 William Rippon / Francis Smith

1705/06 William Drury / Robert Brentnall

1704/05 William Johnson / Thomas Hawkesley

1703/04 William Greaves / Theodore Fosbrooke

1702/03 John Reynolds / John Collin

1701/02 Richard Bearn / Alexander Burden

1700/01 Joseph Cooke / William Bilby

1699/00 Francis Metham / George Frith

1698/99 Thomas Lovett / John Riccards

1697/98 Thomas James / Robert Allcock

1696/97 Robert Harrison / John Greaves

1695 Roger Radford / Robert Lindley

1694 John Kitchen / William Barke

1693 Samuel Smith / Francis Armstrong

1692 John Hoe / Edward Hickling

1691 James Huthwaite / Benjamin Green

1690 William Orme / William Barnes

1689 Samuel Watkinson / William Cockle

1688 Thomas Boote / Samuel Smith

1687 John Scatergood / Richard Wright

1686 Henry Hardy / Thomas Partridge

1685 William Jackson / John Unwin

1684 Thomas Le / John Shipman

1683 John Peak / John Huthwaite

1682 Robert Peach / John Whitby

1681 Robert GreenJohn Malin

1680 John Sherwin / Samuel Lealand

1679 William Woolhouse / Francis Sumners

1678 William Hardy / Robert Hewitt

1677 William Coulton / Harold Smyth

1676 Thomas Muxlow / Robert Wortley

1675 Hugh Wlaker / Adrian Gamble

1674 Samuel Smith / Francis Salmon

1673 William Wilde / John Parker

1672 Richard Smith / Robert Coulstone

1671 Arthur Riccards / William White

1670 Benjamin Riccards / Ralph Bennett

1669 Gervase Wyld* / Samuel Richards*

1668 Joseph Clay / Edward White

1667 Robert Kirkby / John Rawson

1666 Thomas Walker / Roger Riley

1665 William Sheppard / John Parker

1664 Robert Bate / William Ashers

1663 Christopher Hall / Gervase Rippon

1662 William Toplady / John Greaves

1661 Richard Hodgkin / William Burton / Edward Greaves

1660 Samuel Riley / Adrian Cooke

1659 Isaac Malin / William Drury

1658 William Parker / John Toplady

1657 William Petty / William Lealand

1656 Richard Crampton / John Smalley

1655 Roger Riley / Richard Smith

1654 Daniel Sulley / Francis Cooke

1653 Thomas Cooper / Brownlow Eggington

1652 Robert Saxon / Barnaby Wartnaby

1651 Edmund Richards / Robert Malin

1650 Joshua Hill / William Hall

1649 John Reckless / Richard Watkinson

1648 Thomas Green / Robert Smith

1647 Richard Whitby / William Riley

1646 John Parker / Thomas Huthwaite

1645 John Fillingham / Adrian Garner

1644 Thomas Smith / William Bailey

1643 Richard Hides / Paul Hooton

1642 John Tomlin / George Alsebrooke

1641 John Sherwin / William Sumner

1640 John Cooper / William Parker

1639 Henry James / Thomas Gamble

1638 Joseph Winfield / Thomas Jackson

1637 Thomas Malin / Henry Miller

1636 Thomas Wooley / Richard Turpin

1635 William Richards / William Drury

1634 Humphrey Greaves / Ralph Milner

1633 Edmund Bampton / William Watson

1632 Gabriel Groves / James Beardsley

1631 Francis Toplady / Richard Hare

1630 Richard Dring / William Frost

1629 Edward Richards / John Poynton

1628 Richard Hardmett / Robert Harris

1627 Alexander Staples / Robert Greaves

1626 William Stanley / Robert Egginton

1625 Richard Cowlishaw / John Dodsley

1624 Thomas Cook / William Littlefare Jnr

1623 William Hopkins / William Lupton

1622 William Parker / Roger Derbyshire

1621 Gabriel Bateman / Cuthbert Weyn

1620 Robert Briggs / Edward Morrison

1619 Nicholas Mastyn / William Nix

1618 William Gregory / John James

1617 Michael Cook / Hugh Verden

1616 Samuel Burrows / William Hunt

1615 William Ricket / William Hunt

1614 John Perry / William Ludlam

1613 Richard Jowett / John Alvey

1612 William Clark / Percival Millington

1611 George Walker / Henry Baguley

1610 Lewis Oxley / Stephen Hill

1609 James Seeley / Richard Hare

1608 Nicholas Sherwin / John Dalton

1607 Thomas Morley / Richard Heald

1606 Richard Reckless / George Riley

1605 Robert Freeman / Anthony Gamble

1604 Thomas Nix / Robert Parker

1603 William Littlefare / William Hynde

1602 Robert Sherwin / James Rotherham

1601 Thomas Hill / Marmaduke Gregory

1600 James Woolfe / John Parker

1599 James Hobson / Richard Parker

1598 Francis Rolleston / Henry Alvey

1597 John Scott / William Pinder

1596 William Kniveton / George Stokely

1595 William Langford / William Wilson

1594 James Martin / William Widdowson

1593 Thomas Drury / Richard Reckless

1592 Richard Johnson / Richard Welsh

1591 Edmund Jowett / Leonard Nix

1590 William Freeman / Nicholas Baguley

1589 Richard Parleby / Ralph Shaw

1588 Edward Goodwin / Robert Stables

1587 John Nodin / Nicholas Sherwin

1586 Hezekiah Newbold / Henry Dunne

1585 John Hall / Thomas Wallis

1584 Thomas Huthwaite / Anker Jackson

1583 Robert Smales / Robert Hallam

1582 William Greaves / Richard Hurt

1581 William Pyggin / Roger Wood

1580 Robert York / Simon Pyckard

1579 Thomas Reeve / Richard Tomlinson

1578 George Widdowson / George Curzon

1577 Humphrey Bonner / George Hutchinson

1576 Edmund Burton / Thomas Donycliffe

1575 Nicholas AlveyWilliam Bell

1574 Robert PhippsWilliam Parlby

1573 Michael Bell / Henry Brightmore

1572 William Dodgson / Roger Wood

1571 Robert Cowper / Richard Morhag

1570 Thomas Cadman / William Stansall

1569 Thomas Nix / William Glossop

1568 Thomas Barwell / Fabian Mellors

1567 James Hartley / John Townrow

1566 William Scott / Henry Sherwood

1565 Simon Wilson / Robert Marsh

1564 Thomas Atkinson / George Rotherham

1563 Robert Jepson / John Parr

1562 William Ball / Gilbert Scale

1561 Richard Welsh / James Rawlinson

1560 Richard James / Thomas Kettering

1559 William Wilson / Thomas Clarke

1558 Henry Dand / Robert Alvey

1557 Peter Clarke / Robert Burton

1556 Hugh Smith / Matthew Hallam

1555 Francis Coleman / William Gellestrop

1554 Edward Edmundson / Richard Askew

1553 John Collin / Walter Dawson

1552 John Elton / Edward Newton

1551 John Alcocke / John Brownley

1550 John Nix / Nicholas Gorstan

1549 Randolph Glossop / John Gregory

1548 John Simpson / John Presse

1547 John Stanley / Edward Crewe

1546 Robert Cockayne / Robert Stamley

1545 John English / William Goodwin

1544 Richard Alyson / Richard Burton

1543 Henry Wincell / Henry Fosbrooke

1542 John Haskett / Nicholas Bonner

1541 Humphry Byrd / William Foster

1540 Richard Crew / John Sladen

1539 Robert Freeman / Christopher Stocks

1538 Richard Kyte / John Newbold

1537 John Revell / Thomas Wallis

1536 Richard Bunting / John Collinson

1535 Thomas Cockayne / John Smith

1534 Humphrey Quernby / William Coke

1533 William Mellers / Randell Bland

1532 William Edmondson / Laurence Marriott

1531 William Clattercoats / Richard Needham

1530 Richard Willoughby / Anthony Garland

1529 James Mason / Robert Clattercoats

1528 Richard Richardson / Laurence Wirehorn

1527 Thomas Gregory / Thomas Dawson

1526 William Colville / Robert Elton

1525 Henry Shepherd / William Sherpington

1524 William Warner / Thomas Harpham

1523 Thomas Hobbes / Robert Needham

1522 Robert Lovatt / Robert Moody

1521 Thomas Dokker / Ralph Palmer

1520 William Holden / Hugh Oldham

1519 John Alynson / Thomas Meryell

1518 Robert Rossel / Robert Stables

1517 Robert Hesilrig / Henry Green

1516 Richard Selyoke / Thomas Hunt

1515 John Yates / Richard Stanley

1514 John Doubleday / John Dorand

1513 Richard Lister / Robert Fisher

1512 Henry Cost / Robert Shemald

1511 Robert Mellers / Thomas Morton

1510 Thomas Cockayne / William Parmaton

1509 William Hegyn / Thomas Mellers

1508 William Cost / Thomas Wass

1507 John Hames / Thomas Stables

1506 Richard Caunt / Richard Halton

1505 William Kirkby / William Johnson

1504 Nicholas Rhodes / James Brasenby

1503 Henry Plumptre / Ranulph Bulkley

1502 John Rose / Thomas Willoughby

1501 John WilkinsonJohn Fisher

1500 Thomas Camworth / John Town

1499 William Turner / William Benbow

1498 Robert Norwood / Henry Hobbes

1497 John Walton / Alexander Elvington

1496 John Cost / Alexander Elvington

1495 John Shaw / Christopher Pickard

1494 Robert Toft / John Webster

1493 Robert Coytus / John Pyerson

1470 No known name

1469 William Barnes / Thomas Woodhouse

1468 Robert Hanson / William Bithway

1467 John Cooke / John Draper

1466 Richard Burton / John Taverner

1465 Richard Ody / John Hardy

1464 No known name

1463 Richard Knight / Walter Hilton

1462 John Mapperley / Roger Hewson

1461 John Ody / John Hyne

1460 Hugh Smith / Thomas Garner

1459 No known name

1458 No known name

1457 Ralph Hall / Henry Higyn

1456 William Strelly / Richard Hanson

1455 John Peringon / Henry Fisher

1454 Thomas Lovatt / Robert Sherwood

1453 Thomas Bradmore / Thomas Smith

1452 Robert Polson / John Godhard

1451 John Jowett / John Chaloner

1450 John Clarke / Richard Bedal

1449 William Sadler / Thomas Lyng

Notes

Due to fire in the Town Clerks Office, a number of records were lost and this is the reason that there are some spaces.

* indicates the two Sheriff's who, in 1669, responded to an order of 'Hall' made on the 1st October that year and two silver maces were procured for their offices to the value of £10 each, for which each succeeding Sheriff's were to repay them, except for 10 shillings, and so on, until the cost was fully reimbursed to the chamberlains. These two maces are the two carried by the Sheriff's attendants.

** indicates the change from two Sheriffs to one, resulting from the Municipal Corporation Act of 1835. In 1834, Charles Leavers and John Birkhead had been appointed Sheriff's and would, before the act, have expected to hold office until the beginning of the first quarter of 1835 but with the change coming in the latter part of this year, they were allowed to hold office until the 1st January 1836 which was the first meeting of the newly established Town Council of the Borough of Nottingham; at this meeting Henry Moses Wood became the Sheriff for the new Borough of Nottingham.

The first female to hold the office for the Sheriff of Nottingham was Councillor Mrs C M Harper, 1931 to 1932.

These notes were compiled by Honorary Alderman Frank Dennett MBE.

15th Century

• 1449/50 William Sadler / Thomas Lyng
• 1450/51 John Clarke / Richard Bedal
• 1451/52 John Jowett / John Chaloner
• 1452/53 Robert Polson / John Holyock
• 1453/54 Thomas Bradmore / Thomas Smith
• 1454/55 Thomas Lovatt / Robert Shewood
• 1455/56 John Peringon / Henry Fisher
• 1456/57 William Strelly / Richard Hanson
• 1457/58 Ralph Hall / Henry Higyn
• 1458/59 No known names
• 1460/61 Hugh Smith / Thomas Garner
• 1461/62 John Ody / John Hyne
• 1462/63 John Mapperley / Roger Hewson
• 1463/64 Richard Knight / Walter Hilton
• 1458/59 No known names
• 1465/66 Richard Ody / John Hardy
• 1466/67 Richard Burton / John Taverner
• 1467/68 John Cooke / John Draper
• 1468/69 Robert Hanson / William Bithway
• 1469/70 William Barnes / Thomas Woodhouse
• 1472/73 Thomas Kendal / Richard Mellor
• 1473/74 John Gotham / John Holyock
• 1475/76 John Hilton / William Skevyngton
• 1476/77 William Allyn / John Cowper
• 1477/78 Walter Watnall / William Hurst
• 1478/79 Robert Ratcliffe / John Wederley
• 1479/80 John Clarke / John Alred
• 1480/81 John Cost / John Wood
• 1481/82 Thomas Cost / Ralph Hill
• 1482/83 John Howitt / William Johnson
• 1483/84 John Mellor / John Burton
• 1484/85 Thomas Ball / Edward Hilton
• 1485/86 John Bolton / John Williamson
• 1486/87 John Turner / William Wright
• 1487/88 Edmund Milnes / John Sergeant
• 1488/89 Richard Pyckard / Richard Fisher
• 1489/90 Richard Essett / Thomas Balderby
• 1490/91 Thomas Watt / William Congerton
• 1491/92 Richard Clough / Thomas Clifton
• 1492/93 Thomas Williamson / William Shirley
• 1493/94 Robert Coytus / John Pyerson
• 1494/95 Robert Toft / John Webster
• 1495/96 John Shaw / Christopher Pickard
• 1496/97 John Cost / Alexander Elvington
• 1497/98 John Walton / Alexander Elvington
• 1498/99 Robert Norwood / Henry Hobbes
• 1499/1500 William Turner / William Benbow

16th Century

• 1500/01 Thomas Camworth / John Town
• 1501/02 John Wilkinson (mayor 1517) / John Fisher
• 1502/03 John Rose / Thomas Willoughby (mayor 1518)
• 1503/04 Henry Plumptre / Ranulph Bulkley
• 1504/05 Nicholas Rodes / James Brasenby
• 1505/06 William Kirkby (mayor 1523) / William Johnson
• 1506/07 Richard Caunt / Richard Halton
• 1507/08 John Hames / Thomas Stables
• 1507/09 Thomas the Curren
• 1508/09 William Cost / Thomas Wass
• 1509/10 William Hegyn / Thomas Mellers (mayor 1529)
• 1510/11 Thomas Cockayne / William Parmaton (mayor 1527, 1534)
• 1511/12 Robert Mellers / Thomas Morton
• 1512/13 Henry Cost / Robert Shemald
• 1513/14 Richard Lister / Robert Fisher
• 1514/15 John Doubleday / John Dorand
• 1515/16 John Yates / Richard Stanley
• 1516/17 Richard Selyoke / Thomas Hunt
• 1517/18 Robert Hesilrig (mayor 1539) / Henry Green
• 1518/19 Robert Rossel / Robert Stables
• 1519/20 John Alynson (mayor 1540) / Thomas Meryel
• 1520/21 William Holden / Hugh Oldham
• 1521/22 Thomas Dokker / Ralph Palmer
• 1522/23 Robert Lovatt / Robert Moody
• 1523/24 Thomas Hobbes / Robert Nedham
• 1524/25 William Warner / Thomas Harpham
• 1525/26 Henry Shepherd / William Sherpington
• 1526/27 William Colville / Robert Elton
• 1527/28 Thomas Gregory / Thomas Dawson (mayor 1547)
• 1528/29 Richard Richardson / Laurence Wirehorn
• 1529/30 James Mason / Robert Clattercoats
• 1530/31 Richard Willoughby / Anthony Garland
• 1531/32 William Clattercoats / Richard Nedham
• 1532/33 William Edmondson / Laurence Marriott
• 1533/34 William Mellers / Randell Bland
• 1534/35 Humphrey Quernby (mayor 1549) / William Coke
• 1535/36 Thomas Cockayne / John Smith
• 1536/37 Richard Bunting / John Collinson
• 1537/38 John Revell / Thomas Wallis
• 1538/39 Richard Kyte / John Newbold
• 1539/40 Robert Freeman / Christopher Stocks
• 1540/41 Richard Crewe / John Sladen
• 1541/42 Humphry Byrd / William Foster
• 1542/43 John Haskett / Nicholas Bonner (mayor 1559, 1565)
• 1543/44 Henry Wincell / Henry Fosbrooke (mayor 1560, 1566)
• 1544/45 Richard Alyson / Richard Burton
• 1545/46 John English / William Goodwin
• 1546/47 Robert Cockayne / Robert Stanley
• 1547/48 John Stanley / Edward Crewe
• 1548/49 John Simpson / John Presse
• 1549/50 Randolph Glossop / John Gregory (mayor 1561)
• 1550/51 John Nix / Nicholas Gorstan
• 1551/52 John Alcocke / John Brownley (mayor 1567)
• 1552/53 John Elton / Edward Newton
• 1553/54 John Collin / Walter Dawson
• 1554/55 Edward Edmundson / Richard Askew
• 1555/56 Francis Colman / William Gelstrop (mayor 1583, 1590)
• 1556/57 Hugh Smith / Mathew Hallam
• 1557/58 Peter Clarke (mayor 1591, 1597) / Robert Burton
• 1558/59 Henry Dand / Robert Alvey (mayor 1580, 1587, 1594)
• 1559/60 William Wilson / Thomas Clarke
• 1560/61 Richard James (mayor 1577) / Thomas Kettering
• 1561/62 Richard Welsh / James Rawlinson
• 1562/63 William Ball / Gilbert Scale
• 1563/64 Robert Jepson / John Parr
• 1564/65 Thomas Atkinson / George Rotherham
• 1565/66 Simon Wilson / Robert Marsh
• 1566/67 William Scott / Henry Sherwood
• 1567/68 James Hartley / John Townrow
• 1568/69 Thomas Barwell / Fabian Mellers
• 1569/70 Thomas Nix / William Glossop
• 1570/71 Thomas Cadman / William Stansal
• 1571/72 Robert Cowper / Richard Morhag (mayor 1596, 1603, 1610)
• 1572/73 William Dodgson / Roger Wood
• 1573/74 Michael Bell / Henry Brightmore
• 1574/75 Robert Phipps / William Parlby
• 1575/76 Nicholas Alvey / William Bell
• 1576/77 Edmund Burton / Thomas Donycliffe
• 1577/78 Humphrey Bonner (mayor 1600, 1607) / George Hutchinson
• 1578/79 George Widdowson / George Curzon
• 1579/80 Thomas Reeve / Richard Tomlinson
• 1580/81 Robert York / Simon Pyckard
• 1581/82 William Pyggin / Roger Wood
• 1582/83 William Greaves / Richard Hurt (mayor 1602)
• 1583/84 Robert Smales / Robert Hallam
• 1584/85 Thomas Huthwaite / Anker Jackson (mayor 1598, 1605, 1612)
• 1585/86 John Hall / Thomas Wallis
• 1586/87 Hezekiah Newbold / Henry Dunne
• 1587/88 John Nodin / Nicholas Sherwin
• 1588/89 Edward Goodwin / Robert Stables (mayor 1601, 1608)
• 1589/90 Richard Parleby / Ralph Shaw
• 1590/91 William Freeman (mayor 1606, 1613) / Nicholas Baguley
• 1591/92 Edmund Jowett / Leonard Nix (mayor 1617, 1624, 1631)
• 1592/93 Richard Johnson / Richard Welsh (mayor 1604, 1611)
• 1593/94 Thomas Drury / Richard Reckless
• 1594/95 James Martin / William Widdowson
• 1595/96 William Langford / William Wilson
• 1596/97 William Kniveton / George Stokely
• 1597/98 John Scott / William Pinder
• 1598/99 Francis Rolleston / Henry Alvey
• 1599/1600 James Hobson / Richard Parker

17th century

• 1600/01 James Woolfe / John Parker
• 1601/02 Thomas Hill / Marmaduke Gregory (mayor 1620)
• 1602/03 Robert Sherwin / James Rotherham
• 1603/04 William Littlefare / William Hynde
• 1604/05 Thomas Nix (mayor 1616) / Robert Parker (mayor 1626, 1633)
• 1605/06 Robert Freeman / Anthony Gamble
• 1606/07 Richard Reckless / George Riley
• 1607/08 Thomas Morley / Richard Heald
• 1608/09 Nicholas Sherwin / John Dalton
• 1609/10 James Seeley / Richard Hare
• 1610/11 Lewis Oxley / Stephen Hill
• 1611/12 George Walker / Henry Baguley
• 1612/13 William Clark / Pervcival Millington
• 1613/14 Richard Jowett / John Alvey
• 1614/15 John Perry / William Ludlam
• 1615/16 William Ricket / William Hunt
• 1616/17 Samuel Burrows / William Hunt
• 1617/18 Michael Cook / Hugh Verden
• 1618/19 William Gregory / John James
• 1619/20 Nicholas Mastyn / William Nix
• 1620/21 Robert Briggs / Edward Morris
• 1621/22 Gabriel Bateman / Cuthbert Weyn
• 1622/23 William Parker / Roger Darbyshire
• 1623/24 William Hopkins / William Lupton
• 1624/25 Thomas Cook / William Littlefare Jnr.
• 1625/26 Richard Cowlishaw / John Dodsley
• 1626/27 William Stanley / Robert Egginton
• 1627/28 Alexander Staples / Robert Greaves
• 1628/29 Richard Hardmett (mayor 1635, 1642) / Robert Harris
• 1629/30 Edward Richards / John Poynton
• 1630/31 Richard Dring / William Frost
• 1631/32 Francis Toplady (mayor 1653, 1660) / Richard Hare
• 1632/33 Gabriel Groves / James Beardsley
• 1633/34 Edmund Bampton / William Watson
• 1635/36 William Richards / William Drury (mayor 1640)
• 1636/37 Thomas Wooley / Richard Turpin
• 1637/38 Thomas Malin / Henry Miller
• 1638/39 Joseph Winfield / Thomas Jackson
• 1639/40 Henry James / Thomas Gamble
• 1640/41 John Cooper / William Parker
• 1641/42 John Sherwin / William Sumner
• 1642/43 John Tomlin / George Alsebrooke
• 1643/44 Richard Hides / Paul Hooton
• 1644/45 Thomas Smith / William Bailey
• 1645/46 John Fillingham / Adrian Garner
• 1646/47 John Parker / Thomas Huthwaite
• 1647/48 Richard Whitby / William Riley
• 1648/49 Thomas Green / Robert Smith
• 1649/50 John Reckless / Richard Watkinson
• 1650/51 Joshuah Hill / William Hall
• 1651/52 Edmund Richards / Robert Malin
• 1652/53 Robert Saxon / Barnaby Wartnaby
• 1653/54 Thomas Cooper / Brownlow Eggington
• 1654/55 Daniel Sulley / Francis Cooke
• 1655/56 Roger Riley / Richard Smith
• 1656/57 Richard Crampton / John Smalley
• 1657/58 William Petty / William Lealand
• 1658/59 William Parker / John Toplady
• 1659/60 Isaac Malin / William Drury
• 1660/61 Samuel Riley / Adrian Cooke
• 1661/62 Richard Hodgkin / William Burton
• (superseded by Edward / Greaves)
• 1662/63 William Toplady / John Greaves
• 1663/64 Christopher Hall / Gervase Rippon
• 1664/65 Robert Bate / William Ashers
• 1665/66 William Sheppard / John Parker
• 1666/67 Thomas Walker / Roger Riley
• 1667/68 Robert Kirkby / John Rawson
• 1668/69 Joseph Clay / Edward White
• 1669/70 Gervase Wyld* / Samuel Richards*
• 1670/71 Benjamin Riccards / Ralph Bennet
• 1671/72 Arthur Riccards / William White
• 1672/73 Richard Smith / Robert Coulstone
• 1673/74 William Wilde / John Parker
• 1674/75 Samuel Smith / Francis Salmon
• 1675/76 Hugh Walker / Adrian Gamble
• 1676/77 Thomas Muxlow / Robert Wortley
• 1677/78 William Coulton / Harold Smyth
• 1678/79 William Hardy / Robert Hewitt
• 1679/80 William Woolhouse / Francis Sumners
• 1680/81 John Sherwin / Samuel Lealand
• 1681/82 Robert Green / John Malin
• 1682/83 Robert Peach / John Whitby
• 1683/84 John Peak / John Huthwaite
• 1684/85 Thomas Le / John Shipman
• 1685/86 William Jackson / John Unwin
• 1686/87 Henry Hardy / Thomas Partridge
• 1687/88 John Scattergood / Richard Wright
• 1688/89 Thomas Boote / Samuel Smith
• 1689/90 Samuel Watkinson / William Cockle
• 1690/91 William Orme / William Barnes
• 1691/92 James Huthwaite / Benjamin Green
• 1692/93 John Hoe / Edward Hickling
• 1693/94 Samuel Smith / Francis Armstrong
• 1694/95 John Kitchen / William Barke
• 1695/96 Roger Radford / Robert Lindley
• 1696/97 Robert Harrison / John Greaves
• 1697/98 Thomas James / Robert Allcock
• 1698/99 Thomas Lovett / John Riccards
• 1699/1700 Francis Metham / George Frith

18th Century

• 1700/01 Joseph Cooke / William Bilby
• 1701/02 Richard Bearn (mayor 1719, 1725) / Alexander Burden
• 1702/03 John Reynolds / John Collin
• 1703/04 William Greaves / Theodore Fosbrooke
• 1704/05 William Johnson / Thomas Hawkesley (mayor 1715)
• 1705/06 William Drury (mayor 1707)/ Robert Brentnall
• 1706/07 William Rippon / Francis Smith
• 1707/08 Lionel Lamb / Thomas White
• 1708/09 Jacob Tibson / Thomas Fillingham
• 1709/10 Alvery Dodsley / Matthew Hoyland
• 1710/11 Robert Hoyes / Thomas Trigge (mayor 1717, 1723)
• 1711/12 John Sherwin / John Sweetapple
• 1712/13 Gervase Pilkinton / Joseph Hemus
• 1713/14 John Huthwaite (mayor 1732) / Bartholomew Hallam
• 1714/15 Marmaduke Pennell (mayor 1718, 1724) / William Trigge (mayor 1730, 1748)
• 1715/16 John Newton / William Shepherd
• 1716/17 Robert Egginton / Laurence Bourne
• 1717/18 John Radforth / Joseph Walters
• 1718/19 Jonathon Truman / Richard Smith
• 1719/20 William Garton / Samuel Poe
• 1720/21 William Robinson / Edmund Wildbore
• 1721/22 John Burton / Robert Egginton
• 1722/23 James Hoe / James Huthwaite
• 1723/24 Nathaniel Charnels / John Hornbuckle (1743, 1749, 1754)
• 1724/25 Samuel Harris / John Poe
• 1725/26 John Morley / William Bilbie Jnr.
• 1726/27 Richard Wheldon / Roger Radforth
• 1727/28 John Farnhill / Joseph Inglesant
• 1728/29 Jonathon Truman Jnr. / Henry Butler
• 1729/30 John Wood / Samuel Fellows
• 1730/31 Stephen Egginton / Cornelius Huthwaite (mayor 1757, 1763, 1771)
• 1731/32 John Foxcroft / John Bilbie
• 1732/33 Thomas Langford (mayor 1733, 1747, 1753, 1759)/ Lewis Sherwin
• 1733/34 Isaac Wyld (mayor 1759) / Joseph Finch
• 1734/35 Francis Parkin / Joseph Smith
• 1735/36 Joseph Wright / Joseph Bilbie
• 1736/37 James Dymock / Robert Huish (mayor 1760)
• 1737/38 Charles Morley / James Hornbuckle (mayor 1761, 1767)
• 1738/39 Thomas Shaw / Joseph Wright
• 1739/40 Humphrey Hollins (mayor 1762) / Samuel Wood
• 1740/41 William Cooper (mayor 1765) / John Sherbrooke
• 1741/42 Alexander Burden / Benjamin Bull
• 1742/43 James Huthwaite Jnr. / Robie Swann (mayor 1766)
• 1743/44 William Goodwin / William Foulds
• 1744/45 John Killingley / Thomas Haywood
• 1745/46 John Oldknow / John Sands
• 1746/47 Thomas Cotes / Thomas Oldknow
• 1747/48 John Plumptre / William Cotton
• 1748/49 John Egginton / Humphrey Cox
• 1749/50 Benjamin Mather / Richard Butler
• 1750/51 Johnathon Dodson / William Seagrave
• 1751/52 Thomas Worthington / John Caruthers
• 1752/53 John Blackwell / Thomas Spilby
• 1753/54 John Fellows / Thomas Sands
• 1754/55 William Huthwaite / Robert Seagrave
• 1755/56 John Mellie / John Inglesant
• 1756/57 Mark Huish / Alexander Foxcroft
• 1757/58 John Wilson / Robert Foulds
• 1758/59 Robert Hall / John Wells
• 1759/60 John Foxcroft / Joseph Stubbins
• 1760/61 James Foxcroft / George Dodson
• 1761/62 John Padley / William Howitt
• 1762/63 Benjamin Foxcroft / Matthew Whitlock
• 1763/64 Isaac Wylde / Joseph Lowe
• 1764/65 Benjamin Hornbuckle / John Sands
• 1765/66 William Bettison / Benjamin Mather
• 1766/67 John Doncaster / William Smith
• 1767/68 Henry Hollins / George Sands
• 1768/69 Thomas Oldknow Jnr. / Michael Kayes
• 1769/70 Joseph Heath / Joseph Oldknow
• 1770/71 Samuel Eaton / John Oldknow
• 1771/72 William Wells / Henry Green
• 1772/73 John Wells / Richard Cox
• 1773/74 George Burbage / John Collishaw
• 1774/75 Ralph Newman / William Heath
• 1775/76 Edward Chatteris / Samuel Newham
• 1776/77 Smith Churchill / Tertius Dale
• 1777/78 Sir George Smith, Bt / Samuel Statham
• 1778/79 Samuel Heywood / Robert Summers
• 1779/80 Samuel Worthington / Samuel Green
• 1780/81 John Buxton / John Ball Mason
• 1781/82 John Fellows (mayor 1790) / John Hancock
• 1782/83 Thomas Caunt (mayor 1794) / Thomas Watson
• 1783/84 Henry Keyworth / John Need
• 1784/85 Edward Swann / Alexander Strahan
• 1785/86 John Heath / George Dodson Jnr.
• 1786/87 Stokeham Huthwaite / Thomas Hawkesley
• 1787/88 John Davison / Thomas Nelson
• 1788/89 Timothy Fellows / William Huthwaite Jnr.
• 1789/90 Joseph Hurst Lowe / Joseph Heath
• 1790/91 John Whitlock / Ehlm Samuel Fellows
• 1791/92 William Doncaster / John Stone
• 1792/93 Thomas Wylde / Thomas Pepper
• 1793/94 Nathaniel Whitlock / Thomas Smith
• 1794/95 Thomas Richards / Henry Green Jnr.
• 1795/96 John Allen / John Ashwell
• 1796/97 Thomas Richards / Nathaniel Need Jnr.
• 1797/98 Cornelius Huthwaite / William Dawson
• 1798/99 Wright Coldhan / William Wilson
• 1799/1800 Robert Hall / Jonathan Dunn

19th Century

• 1800/01 George Nelson / Henry Enfield
• 1801/02 John Allen / Thomas White
• 1802/03 William Howitt (mayor 1808) / William Hickling
• 1803/04 George Nelson / Thomas Williams
• 1804/05 Charles Lomas Morley (mayor 1815, 1821) / John Houseman Barber (mayor 1817)
• 1805/06 Charles Mellor / Edward Stavely
• 1806/07 Octavius Thomas Oldknow (mayor 1822)/ Alexander Strahan
• 1807/08 John Bates / Wright Coldham (mayor 1809)
• 1808/09 John Carr / Francis Wakefield Jnr.
• 1809/10 Kirk Swann / William Morley
• 1810/11 Charles Wakefield / John Stevens Howitt
• 1811/12 Isaac Woolley (mayor 1818)/ Samuel Hall
• 1812/13 Edward Allatt Swann / Alfred Joseph Lowe
• 1813/14 Charles Lomas Morley / John Michael Fellows
• 1814/15 John Allen Jnr. / William Soars (mayor 1819)
• 1815/16 Richard Hopper Jnr. / Thomas Wakefield
• 1816/17 George Gill / Roger Allen
• 1817/18 A.T. Fellows / C. Huish
• 1818/19 N. Barnsdall / John Theaker
• 1819/20 C. Huish / Mr. Deverills
• 1820/21 Robert Seals / J. Heard
• 1821/22 J. Heard / W. Rowarth
• 1822/23 J. Wells / T. Wilson
• 1823/24 Henry Leaver / Thomas Guildford
• 1824/25 F. Hart / James Fellows
• 1825/26 William Walker / S. H. Swann
• 1821/22 J. Heard / W. Rowarth
• 1822/23 J. Wells / T. Wilson
• 1823/24 Henry Leaver / Thomas Guildford
• 1824/25 F. Hart / James Fellows
• 1825/26 William Walker / S. H. Swann
• 1826/27 William Enfield / Thomas Shipman
• 1827/28 Samuel Hollins / Kirke Swann
• 1828/29 Nathaniel Barnsdall / Henry Homer
• 1829/30 William Cartledge / R. Davison
• 1830/31 T. Allen / R. C. Barber
• 1831/32 John Harrison / T. Guildford
• 1832/33 George Harvey / John Rogers
• 1833/34 Thomas Roberts / T. Bishop
• 1834/35 Charles Leavers / John Birkhead
• 1835/36 Henry Moses Wood
• 1836/37 George Bacon
• 1837/38 Benjamin Morley
• 1838/39 Francis Butcher Gill
• 1839/40 Johnathon Neville
• 1840/41 Thomas Roberts Jnr.
• 1841/42 Thomas Gilbert Carver (mayor 1848)
• 1842/43 Jonathon Reckless (mayor 1853)
• 1843/44 William Galloway
• 1844/45 William Knight
• 1845/46 Nathan Hurst Jnr.
• 1846/47 John Barber
• 1847/48 James Roe
• 1848/49 Edward Steegman
• 1849/50 Thomas Ashwell
• 1850/51 S. Wilmot
• 1851/52 T. Ball
• 1852/53 W. Page
• 1853/54 Anthony John Mundella
• 1854/55 W. V. Copeland
• 1855/56 F. E. Shipley
• 1856/57 C. Felkin
• 1857/58 W. Bradbury
• 1858/59 John Manning (mayor 1870)
• 1859/60 William G. Ward (mayor 1871)
• 1860/61 William Lambert (mayor 1874)
• 1865/66 R. B. Bond
• 1866/67 M. I. Preston
• 1867/68 G. C. Hill
• 1868/69 G. C. Hill
• 1869/70 John W. Bowers (mayor 1876)
• 1870/71 J. G. Woodward
• 1871/72 C. A. Boot
• 1872/73 G. Trevitt
• 1873/74 James Carver
• 1874/75 William Sulley
• 1875/76 John Renals (mayor 1888)
• 1876/77 Leonard Lindley (mayor 1882)
• 1877/78 Alfred J.Jacoby
• 1878/79 John Turney (mayor 1886/87)
• 1879/80 Frederick Acton
• 1880/81 H. S. Cropper
• 1881/82 T. Bayley
• 1882/83 J. P. Ford
• 1883/84 F. F. Cleaver
• 1884/85 Edward Henry Fraser (mayor 1896/97)
• 1885/86 John Benjamin Walker
• 1886/87 Robert Dennett
• 1887/88 John Jelly
• 1888/89 John Robinson
• 1889/90 Frederick Pullman
• 1890/91 Anderson Brownsword
• 1891/92 John Alfred H. Green (mayor 1906)
• 1892/93 Abraham Pyatt
• 1893/94 Joseph Bright (mayor 1894/95, 1904)
• 1894/95 Forbes R. Mutch
• 1895/96 John Bright
• 1896/97 Frederick R. Radford
• 1897/98 Arthur William Black
• 1898/99 Frederick W. Gregory
• 1899/1900 James Black Roberts

20th century

• 1900/01 James Brown Sim
• 1901/02 Edward G. Loverseed
• 1902/03 John White
• 1903/04 Robert Fleeman
• 1904/05 Thomas James Dabell
• 1905/06 Samborne Cook
• 1906/07 Frederick Ball
• 1907/08 William Henry Carey
• 1908/09 Edwin Mellor
• 1909/10 Thomas Ward
• 1910/11 Frank Newton Hobson/ Albert Reuben Atkey (Lord Mayor 1928)
• 1911/12 John Pycroft
• 1912/13 Harry Baker Halford
• 1913/14 John Henry Gregg
• 1914/15 John Godfrey Small
• 1915/16 James Clarkson
• 1916/17 Richard Henry Swain
• 1917/18 Henry Offiler
• 1918/19 John Morris
• 1919/20 Herbert Offiler
• 1920/21 John H. Freckingham
• 1921/22 Abraham Parkes
• 1922/23 John Farr (Lord Mayor 1933)
• 1923/24 Arthur Judd
• 1924/25 Robert A. Young
• 1925/26 Samuel Geo. Ward
• 1926/27 John Hopkin
• 1927/28 Arthur Pollard (Lord Mayor 1930)
• 1928/29 William Green (Lord Mayor 1931)
• 1929/30 William Hooley (Lord Mayor 1937)
• 1930/31 Richard E. Ashworth (Lord Mayor 1934)
• 1931/32 Mrs. C. M. Harper
• 1932/33 William Walter Weldon
• 1933/34 Ernest Purser (Lord Mayor 1936)
• 1934/35 Wallis Smith
• 1935/36 Frederick Mitchell (Lord Mayor 1943)
• 1936/37 Arthur E. Savage
• 1937/38 Walter Halls (Lord Mayor 1940)
• 1938/39 Louis Pilsworth (Lord Mayor 1941)
• 1939/40 Ernest A. Braddock (Lord Mayor 1942)
• 1940/41 Lazarus J. Levin
• 1941/42 A. H. Billingham
• 1942/43 John E. Mitchell (Lord Mayor 1947/48)
• 1943/44 Francis Carney (Lord Mayor 1944)
• 1944/45 Wilfred B. Blandy
• 1945/46 Thomas R. Scott
• 1946/47 Harry O. Emmony (Lord Mayor 1950)
• 1947/48 William Sharp (Lord Mayor 1949)
• 1948/49 William Sharp
• 1949 Joseph Littlefair (Died)
• 1949/50 Leon Willson (Lord Mayor 1952)
• 1950/51 Walter Murby
• 1951/52 Sidney Hobson (Lord Mayor 1954)
• 1952/53 John W. Kenyon (Lord Mayor 1959)
• 1953/54 William J. Cox (Lord Mayor 1956)
• 1954/55 Leonard Mitson (Lord Mayor 1955)
• 1955/56 William E. Maltby
• 1956/57 Roland E. Green (Lord Mayor 1960)
• 1957/58 John L. Davies (Lord Mayor 1961)
• 1958/59 Frank W. Wootton (Lord Mayor 1964)
• 1959/60 Sidney P. Hill (Lord Mayor 1962)
• 1960/61 Cornelius Cameron (Lord Mayor 1963)
• 1961/62 A. E. Greenaway
• 1962/63 Arthur William Norwebb
• 1963/64 Percy Holland (Lord Mayor 1966)
• 1964/65 William George Ernest Dyer (Lord Mayor 1969)
• 1965/66 C. McReed
• 1966/67 E. M. Durham
• 1967/68 Mr. J. H. Bryan
• 1956/69 B. W. Goddard
• 1969/70 L. Whitehouse
• 1970/71 C. W. Judge
• 1971/72 Edwin Bernard Bateman (Lord Mayor 1977)
• 1972/73 Norman Hemmington
• 1973/74 Arthur G. Wright (Lord Mayor 1983)
• 1974/75 L. F. Squires
• 1975/76 G. H. Elliott
• 1976/77 Mrs. G. Roberts
• 1977/78 Rex Rolling
• 1978/79 Percy Holland
• 1979/80 George Howe
• 1980/81 Frank Dennett
• 1981/82 Frank Dennett
• 1982/83 Frank Dennett
• 1983/84 Frank Dennett
• 1984/85 Frank Dennett
• 1985/86 Frank Dennett
• 1986/87 Barrie Parker (Lord Mayor 1996)
• 1987/88 Royce Young
• 1988/89 B. A. Marshall
• 1989/90 A. F. Robinson
• 1990/91 Alfred T. Stone
• 1991/92 Shaukat Khan
• 1992/93 Brent Charlesworth (Lord Mayor 2003)
• 1993/94 A. F. Robinson
• 1994/95 R. McIntosh
• 1995/96 Roy Greensmith (Lord Mayor 1997, 2001)
• 1996/97 Malcolm A. Wood (Lord Mayor 1992)
• 1996/97 Mrs. S. Briggs
• 1997/98 A. F. Robinson
• 1998/99 Christopher Gibson (Lord Mayor 1990)
• 1999/2000 Mike Whittall

21st Century

• 2000/01 John Hartshorne (Lord Mayor 2004)
• 2001/02 Joan Casson
• 2002/03 Ali Asghar
• 2003/04 John Hartshorne
• 2004/05 Derek Creswell
• 2005/06 Derek Creswell
• 2006/07 Jeannie Packer (Lord Mayor 2009)
• 2007/08 Jeannie Packer
• 2008/09 Brian Grocock (Lord Mayor 2010)
• 2009/10 Leon Unczur (Lord Mayor 2012)
• 2010/11 Penny Griggs
• 2011/12 Merlita Bryan (Lord Mayor 2013)
• 2013/14 Ian Malcolm (Lord Mayor 2014)
• 2014/15 Jackie Morris (Lord Mayor 2015)
• 2015/16 Mohammed Saghir
• 2016/17 Jackie Morris
• 2017/18 Glyn Jenkins
• 2018/19 Catharine Arnold
• 2019/20 Patience Uloma Ifediora
• 2019/21 Patience Uloma Ifediora
• 2021/22 Councillor Merlita Bryan

2022/2023 Councillor Nicola Heaton

2023/2024 Councillor Shuguftah Quddoos

High Sheriffs...

From 1068 until 1567, the position existed as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests. From 1568 separate appointments were made for the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and for the High Sheriff of Derbyshire. Sources incl. notes:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_of_Nottinghamshire,_Derbyshire_and_the_Royal_Forests

11th–14th century

1068: William Peverel

1069–1080: Hugh fitzBaldric

1081–1087: Hugh de Port[1]

?–1105: Richard fitz Gotse

1105: Helgot

1114: William I, Peveril

1125: Roger de Lovetot

1127–1129: Ivo de Hertz

1129: Osbert Sylvanus

1129–1153: William Peverel the Younger

1154: Osbert Sylvanus

1155–1156: Radulf son of Engelrami

1160–1164: Radulf son of Engelrami

1165–1168: Sir Robert FitzRanulph

1169–1176: William FitzRalph

1177: William FitzRalph and Serlo de Grendon

1178: Serlo de Grendon

1179: William FitzRalph ( also Seneschal of Normandy) and Serlo de Grendon

1180–1186: Radulf Murdac

1190–1191: Roger de Lacy[2]

1191–1194: William de Wendenal

1194: William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby (for seven weeks)

1194–1199: William Brewer

1200–1201: Hugh Bardulf and William de Lech[3]

1202: Hugh Bardulf and Reginald de Karduil

1203–1208: Robert de Vieuxpont, Richard De Bello Campo (Richard Beauchamp)

1208: Gérard d'Athée and Philip Marc

1209–1211: Philip Marc and Peter Markes[4]

1212: Philip Marc and Eustace De Ludham (Sheriff of Yorkshire 1225).

1216–1221: Philip Marc

1222–1224: Ralph Fitz Nicholas

1225–1232: Ralph Fitz Nicholas and Hugo le Bell

1233–1234: Ralph Fitz Nicholas and William le Derley

1232: Eustace de Ludham

1234: Brian de Lisle (Also castellan of Knaresborough (Yorkshire) in 1205, Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1206 and succeeded Robert de Vieuxpont in charge of the Archbishopric of York).

1236–1239: Hugh Fitz Ralph and Robert de Vavasour, Lord of Bilborough

1240–1241: William de Cantilupe and Baldwin de Pannton

1242–1246: Baldwin de Pannton

1247–1254: Robert de Vavasor

1255: Sir Walter De Eastwood, then from May 1258 Roger de Lovetot.

1256–1257: Roger de Lunetal

1258–1259: Simon De Heydon

1260: Simon de Asselacton (Aslockton)

1261–1262: John de Balliol and Simon de Heydon

1263–1264: William, son of Herbert and son Henry

1265–1269: Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton and Hugh de Stapleford.[citation needed]

1267: Simon de Hedon but from Michaelmas, Gerard his son and Hugh de Stapleford.

1270–1271: Hugh de Stapleford and Walter, Archbishop of York.

1271: Hugh de Babbington (Under Sheriff to Walter, Archbishop of York)

1272: Walter Giffard, archbishop of York.

1274: Walter de Stirclerle or Stirkelegh.

1278: Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton, but from (Michaelmas), Gervasse de Willesford and John de Anesle.[5]

1279–1283: Sir Gervase Clifton (d.1323) of Clifton Hall, Nottingham

1285: John de Anesle

1290: Gervase de Clifton but from (Michaelmas) William de Chaddewich and Hugh de Stapelford.

1291: William de Chaworth

1293: Phillip of Paunton

1295: Walter de Goushill of Hoveringham

1297: John de Harrington

1298: Ralph de Shirley

1300: Richard de Furneaux

1301: Ralph de Shirley

1303: Petrus Picott

1307: Willielmus de Chellasdeston (Chellaston).

1308: Petrus Picott Willielmus de Chellasdeston.

1309: Johannes de Strichesley.

1310: Thomas de Swyneford.

1311: Radulphus de Crophulle.

1312: Johannes de la Beche.

1313: Radulphus de Crophulle.

1315: Johannes de Bella Fide (John Beaufie)

1318: Henry de Fauconberg (1st term)(Sheriff of Yorkshire 1323–27)

1319: Hugo de Stokes. Henricus de Fauconbridge.

1320–1322: Sir John Darcy

1322: Robert Ingram

1323: Henry de Fauconberg (2nd term)[6]

1324: Sir Ralph de Braylesford of Brailsford, Derbyshire[6]

1327: Robert Ingram.

1329: Thomas de Longvillers.

1329: Henry Fauconberg (3rd term) and Edmund de Cressy

1330: Johannes Bret

1331: Robertus de Joice

1334: Johannes de Oxon.

1338: Egidius de Meynell.

1341: Hugo de Hercy.

1342: Nicholaus de Longford.

1344: Johannes de Musters.

1345: Gervase de Clifton (1313–1391) of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[5]

1346: Thomas de Bekeringe.

1347: Johannes de Vaux.

1350: Johannes Walleys.

1362: Robert Morton.[7]

1381: John Bosun

1383: Sir John Leake[8]

1385: John Gateford of Gateford[9]

1387: Sir John Leake[8]

1389: Sir Robert Fraunceys[10]

1391: Sir Nicholas Montgomery of Marston Montgomery[11]

1391: John Gateford of Gateford[9]

1393: Sir John Leake[8]

1393: Thomas Rempstone

1396: John Gateford of Gateford[9]

1397–1399: Robert Morton of Harworth[12]

1399: Sir John Leake[8]

John de Keynes

15th century

24 November 1400: Roger Leche[13][14]

8 November 1401: John Gateford[13]

30 November 1401: William Sallowe[13]

29 November 1402: Sir John Clifton[13][15]

2 August 1403: Hugh Cressy,[13] of Oldcoates[16]

5 November 1403: Thomas Chaworth,[13] of Wiverton, Notts. and Alfreton, Derbys.[17]

22 October 1404: Sir Roger Stanhope[13]

22 November 1405: Roger Bradbourne,[13] of Bradbourne[18]

27 January 1406: Sir Nicholas Montgomery,[13] of Marston Montgomery[11]

5 November 1406: Sir Robert Fraunceys[13]

23 November 1407: Sir John Burton[13]

15 November 1408: William Rigmaiden[13][19]

29 November 1409: Sir Nicholas Montgomery,[13] of Marston Montgomery[11]

10 December 1411: Ralph Mackerell,[13] of Wilsthorpe, Derbys. and Clifton, Notts.[20]

3 November 1412: William Rigmaiden[13][19]

6 November 1413: Sir Nicholas Montgomery, the elder,[13] of Marston Montgomery[11]

Michaelmas 1414: Thomas Hercy[13]

1415: Thomas Buxton[21]

1 December 1415: Simon Leek,[13] of Leake and Cotham[22]

30 November 1416: William Rigmaiden[13][19]

10 November 1417: Sir Thomas Chaworth,[13] of Wiverton, Notts. and Alfreton, Derbys.[17]

4 November 1418: Sir Thomas Gresley,[13] of Drakelow[23]

23 November 1419: Ralph Mackerell,[13] of Wilsthorpe, Derbys. and Clifton, Notts.[20]

16 November 1420: Sir Ralph Shirley,[13] of Shirley, Derbys. and Ratcliffe-upon-Soar, Notts[24]

1 May 1422: Ralph Mackerell,[13] of Wilsthorpe, Derbys. and Clifton, Notts.[20]

14 February 1423: Sir John Cockayne,[13] of Ashbourne, Derbyshire[25]

13 November 1423: Sir Thomas Chaworth,[13] of Wiverton, Notts. and Alfreton, Derbys.[17]

6 November 1424: Sir Richard Vernon,[13] of Haddon Hall[25]

12 December 1426: Sir Thomas Gresley,[13] of Drakelow

15 January 1426: Sir John Zouche,[13] of Kirklington, Notts[25]

7 November 1427: Norman Babington,[13] of Dethick Manor[25]

4 November 1428: Sir John Cockayne,[13] of Ashbourne, Derbyshire[25]

10 February 1430: John Cockfield[13][25]

5 November 1430: Sir Hugh Willoughby,[13] of Risley[25]

1432: Sir Nicholas Montgomery[25]

1433: William Mereing[25]

1434: Sir Robert Markham[25]

1435: Sir John Cockayne of Ashbourne, Derbyshire[25]

1436: Thomas Darcy of Newhall[25]

1437: John Curzon of Kedleston[25]

1438: John Hickling[25]

1439: William Mereing[25]

1440: John Cockfeld[25]

1441: Thomas Stanton[25]

1442: J Walbeys[25]

1443: J Pole of Radbourne Hall[25]

1444: Thomas Nevil[25]

1445: J Stathum[25]

1446: Robert Strelley[25]

1447: Thomas Blount[25]

1448: Nicholas Fitzherbert of Norbury Hall[25]

1449: Thomas Stanton[25]

1450: Richard Willoughby[25]

1451: Robert Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[25]

1452: Robert Strelley[25]

1453: Sir William Plumpton of Hassop Hall[25]

1454: Sir John Gresley of Gresley[25]

1455: John Stanhope of Shelford, Nottinghamshire[25]

1456: William Babington[25]

1457: John Wastneis of Hendon[25]

1458: W Chaworth of Wiverton, Nottinghamshire[25]

1459: William Fitzherbert of Norbury Hall[25]

1460: Sir Robert Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[25]

1461: Richard Willoughby[26]

1462: Sir John Stanhope of Shelford, Nottinghamshire[26]

1463: Sir John Stanhope of Shelford, Nottinghamshire[26]

1464: Sir Robert Strelley[26]

1465: Phillip Okeover of Okeover Hall[27]

1466: Nicholas Fitzherbert of Norbury Hall[26]

1467: Nicholas Kniveton of Mercaston Hall[26]

1468: Sir Robert Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[26]

1469: Sir Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont Hall[26]

1470: William Blount[26]

11 April 1471: Sir Henry Pierrepont,[13] of Holme Pierrepont Hall[26]

9 November 1471: Gervas Clifton[13][26]

9 November 1472: John Curzon,[13] of Kedleston Hall[28]

5 November 1473: Phillip Okeover,[13] of Okeover Hall[27]

1475: Sir Henry Statham of Morley[26]

1476: William Basset of Brailsford[26]

1477: Ralph de la Pole of Radbourne Hall[29]

1478: Gervas Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[26]

1479: John Babington of Dethick Manor[26]

1480: Sir Robert Markham[26]

1481: Robert Eyre of Padley Hall[26][30]

1482: Charles Pilkington[26]

1483: Sir Gervas Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[31]

1484: John Curzon of Kedleston Hall[31]

1485: Sir John Curzon of Kedleston Hall[28]

1486: Sir John Byron[32]

1487: Sir John Curzon of Kedleston Hall[28][32]

1488: Sir Gervas Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[32]

1489: John Leek of Sutton[32]

1490: Nicholas Kniveton of Mercaston Hall[32][33]

1492: Sir James Savage[32]

1493: Nicholas Byron[32]

1494: Nicholas Kniverton jun. of Mercaston Hall[32]

1495: Bri Stamford[32]

1496: Sir Henry Willoughby of Risley[32]

1497: Sir Rad Shirley of Shirley[32]

1498: Thomas Babington of Dethick Manor[32]

1499: William Bothe[32]

16th century to 1568

1500: Humphrey Hercy of Grove Hall, Nottinghamshire[32]

1501: Sir Ralph Longford of Longford Hall[32]

1502: Sir Gervas Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[32]

1503: William Pierrepont[32]

1504: Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon Hall[32]

1505: Simon Digby[32]

1506: Sir William Merering[32]

1507: Sir William Merering[32]

1508: Sir Edward Stanhope of Rampton Manor, Rampton, Nottinghamshire[32]

1509: Sir Edward Stanhope of Rampton Manor, Rampton, Nottinghamshire[32]

1510: Sir Br. Stapulton[34]

1511: William Zouch[34]

1512: Richard Bassett[34]

1513: George Chaworth[34]

1514: Roger Mynors of Duffield[34]

1515: Sir William Mereing[34]

1516: Sir John Zouch[34]

1517: Robert Brown[34]

1518: Sir Br. Stapulton[34]

1519: Sir John Markham I of Cotham[34]

1520: Sir Godfrey Foljambe of Walton Hall, Chesterfield[35]

1521: Sir John Cockayne of Ashbourne[34]

1522: Sir William Pierrepoint[34]

1523: Sir John Byron of Colwick and Newstead Abbey[36]

1524: Sir John Vernon[34]

1525: Sir Godfrey Foljambe of Walton Hall, Chesterfield[35]

1526: Sir John Markham I of Cotham[34]

1527: Sir John Vernon of Haddon Hall[34]

1528: Sir John Byron of Colwick and Newstead Abbey[34]

1529: Nicholas Strelley[34]

1530: Sir Thomas Cockayne[34]

1531: Sir Henry Sacheveral[34]

1532: Sir William Coffin[34]

1533: John Hercy of Grove Hall, Nottinghamshire[34]

1534: Sir John Markham I of Cotham[37]

1534: Sir Anthony Babington of Dethick Manor[34]

1535: Sir Rad. Longford[34]

1536: Sir Godfrey Foljambe of Walton Hall, Chesterfield[35]

1537: Sir Nicholas Strelley[34]

1538: Sir John Markham II of Cotham[34]

1539: Sir William Bassett[34]

1540: Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[34]

1541: Sir Henry Sacheveral[34]

1542: Sir John Byron of Colwick and Newstead Abbey[34]

1543: John Hercy of Grove Hall, Nottinghamshire[34]

1544: John Zouch[34]

1545: Sir John Markham II of Cotham[34]

1546: Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[38]

1547: Francis Leek[38]

1548: Sir John Hercy of Grove Hall, Nottinghamshire[38]

1549: Sir Thomas Cokayne of Ashbourne[38]

1550: Sir Henry Sutton of Arundel[38]

1551; Sir John Byron of Colwick and Newstead Abbey[38]

1552: Sir Anthony Nevill[38]

1553: Sir John Port of Etwall[39][40]

1554: Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[41]

1555: Sir James Foljambe of Walton Hall, Chesterfield[35][40]

1556: Sir John Charworth of Wiverton[40]

1557: Sir William Holles of Houghton[42]

1558: George Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont Hall[42]

1559: Sir Thomas Cokayne of Ashbourne[43]

1560: Sir William Mering of Barton Park[42]

1561: Sir John Zouch of Codnor Castle[42]

1562: Sir Thomas Stanhope of Elvaston Castle[42]

1563: Sir Humphrey Bradbourn of Hough[42]

1564: Francis Molineux of Teversal Manor, Nottinghamshire[42]

1565: Sir Thomas Gerrard of Hilderstone[42]

1566: Godfrey Foljambe of Aldwark[42]

High Sheriffs of Nottinghamshire only...

1567: Sir Anthony Strelley

1568: Thomas Cowper

1569: John Byron

1570: John Nevill

1571: Robert Markham

1572: Sir Gervase Clifton (4th term)

1573: William Holles of Haughton

1574: Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford

1575: Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont

1576: George Chaworth of Wiverton

1577: Thomas Markham of Ollerton

1578: John Biron of Newstead Abbey

1579: Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton Hall (1st term)

1580: George Nevill

1581: William Sutton of Arundel

1582: Francis Molyneux of Teversal Manor[1]

1583: Robert Markham

1584: Brian Lassels

1585: John Sydenham

1586: George Chaworth

1587: Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford

1588: Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton Hall (2nd term)

1589: John Byron

1590: Thomas Thornhough

1591: John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare of Haughton

1592: John Basset

1593: Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton Hall (3rd term)

1594: William Sutton

1595: Richard Whalley of Kirton and Screveton

1596: John Biron of Newstead Abbey

1597: John Thorold

1598: Henry Chaworth

1599: Brian Lassels

17th century

1600: Edward North

1601: Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Notts.

1602: Roger Ascough

1603: William Rayner

1604: Gabriel Armstrong

1605: William Sutton

1606: William Cowper

1607: John Thornhagh

1608: Henry Sacheverell of Rockley

1609: John Molyneux of Teversal Manor[1]

1610: Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[2]

1611: Sir John Molyneux Bt of Teversal Manor[1]

1612: John Byron

1613: Sir George Parkins of Bunny Hall[3]

1614: Robert Williamson of East Markham

1615: Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull

1616: George Lassels

1617: Sir John Thornhagh of Fenton Hall[4]

1618: Thomas Barton

1619: William Reason

1620: Thomas Hutchinson of Owthorpe and Nottingham

1621: John White

1622: John Digby

1623: Sir Matthew Palmer of Southwell[5]

1624: Edward Golding and Geoffrey Markham

1625: Timothy Pusey

1626: Francis Williamson

1627: Sir Thomas Hewet of Shireoaks Hall

1628: Gervase Tovery

1629: Thomas Perkins

1630: Robert Sutton

1631: Thomas White

1632: Thomas Rolles

1633: Robert Mellish of Ragnall

1634: John Byron, 1st Baron Byron of Rochdale[6]

1635: Sir Hardolph Wasteneys, 1st Baronet of Hendon

1636: George Lassels

1637: Francis Thornhagh of Fenton Hall

1638: George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth of Armagh (died in office and replaced by son John)[6]

1639: Thomas Williamson

1640: Gilbert and Edward Nevill

1642: Sir John Digby

1643: Francis Thornhagh[6]

1645: Gabriel Armstrong[6]

1646: Richard (or Nicholas) Hacker of Flyntham[6]

1647: Henry Sacheverell[7]

1648: Francis Molyneux[6]

1649: William Clarkson[6]

1650: Robert Reynes[8]

1651: William Childers[9]

1652: Bryan Broughton

10 November 1653: Symon Bennett[10]

21 November 1653: Sir Hardolph Wasteneys, 2nd Baronet

23 November 1653: Sir William Hickman, 2nd Baronet

1654: John Musters

1655: William Willoughby[6]

1657: Hon Anchitell Grey of Risley[11]

1658–Feb 1660: John Hutchinson[12]

1659: John Ragner

1660: Sir Francis Leke, 1st Baronet[13]

1661: Francis Molyneux of Mansfield[1]

1662: Roland Sandes[6]

1663: Humphrey Monoux[6]

1664: Acton Burnell[6]

12 November 1665: John White, of Cotgrave[14]

7 November 1666: George Gregory[15]

6 November 1667: Thomas Charleton[16]

6 November 1668: Gervais Pigott[17]

11 November 1669: Sir Francis Rodes, 3rd Baronet[18]

24 November 1669: Thomas Lewes[19]

4 November 1670: Sir Francis Rodes, 3rd Baronet[20]

9 November 1671: Thomas Perkins[21]

11 November 1672: Richard Lloyd[22]

12 November 1673: John Hacker of Flintham[23]

5 November 1674: Edward (or John) Finney of Skegby[24]

15 November 1675: William Pinkney[25]

10 November 1676: Richard Slater of Nuthall[26]

15 November 1677: Henry Plumtree[27][28]

14 November 1678: John Linley, of Skegby[29]

13 November 1679: Arthur Warren[30]

4 November 1680: Charles Lacock[31]

1682: Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall Hall[32][33]

1683: Francis Sandys[34]

1684: Sir Matthew Jenison of Newark[35][36]

1685: John Digby[37]

1686: Thomas Hewitt[38] replaced by Edmund Nicholson[39]

1687: Darcy Molyneux of Mansfield[1][40]

1688: George Willoughby[41]

1689: John Dand[42]

18 March 1689: Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2nd Baronet

18 November 1689: Richard Taylor of Wallingwells Hall[43]

27 November 1690: Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet

14 December 1691: William Brownlow, of Marlam

21 December 1691: Edward Mellish of Blyth Hall

17 November 1692: William Simpson

30 November 1693: Thomas Newdigate

December? 1693: George Gregory of Lenton[44]

6 December 1694: John Clerkson

5 December 1695: Sir Thomas Willoughby, 1st Baronet of Wollaton Hall

17 December 1696: Gervase Eyre[45]

16 December 1697: Timothy Ellis

6 January 1699: Robert Porter[46]

18th century

1700: Richard Brunt[47] replaced by Robert Hacker[48][49]

1701: John Harbord[50]

1702: William Burnett[51]

1703: Samuel Brant[52]

1704: Borlase Warren of Stapleford[53]

1705: Patrick Chaworth[54]

1706: Mundy Musters of Colwick Hall[55]

1707: Sir George Savile, 7th Baronet of Rufford Abbey[56][57]

1708: William Levinz of Grove Hall and Bilby, Notts.[58]

1709: Richard Edge[59]

1710: John Simpson of Babworth Hall[6]

1711: Jonathan Acklam[60]

1712: John Molyneux of Terversal Manor[61]

1713: Francis Lewis of Stanford Hall, Nottinghamshire[62]

1714: George Sharp[63]

1715: John Collins[64]

1716: Julius Hutchinson[65]

1717: Joseph Mellish of Blyth[66]

1718: Isaac Knight[67]

1719: Lyonel Copley[68]

1720: William Hallowes[69]

1721: John Sherwin[70]

1722: John Emerton[71]

1722: John Grundy[72]

1723: James Bancks[73]

1724: John Shaw of Brinley upon the Hill[74]

1725: George Langford[75]

1726: Beilby Thomson[76]

1727: Richard Browne of Gulthorpe[77]

1728: Anthony Eyre[78][79]

1729: Samuel Peak[80][81]

1730: William Shipman[82]

1731: John Nevill[83]

1732: John Neal[84]

1733: John Disney of Lincoln[85]

1734: Thomas Porter[86]

1735: Thomas Lister[87]

1736: Acton Burnell of Winckborne[88] replaced by William Burnell[89]

1737: William Challand[90][91]

1738: Joseph Clay of Nottingham[92]

1739: John Gilbert Cooper of Thurgarton[93]

1740: John Storey the younger[94]

1741: Thomas Langford[95]

1742: William Cartwright of Sutton[96]

1743: Lancelot Rolleston[97]

1744: Richard Browne of Gunthorpe[98]

1745: Henry Donstan of Worksop[99]

1746: Johen Thornhaugh[100]

1747: Sir Charles Molyneux, 5th Baronet of Teversal Manor[101]

1748: Thomas Stowe[102]

1749: William Chaworth of Aunsley[103]

1750: William Westcombe of Thrumpton[104]

1751: John Borlase Warren[105]

1752: Darcy Burnell of Winkbourn[106]

1753: Mundy Musters of Colwick Hall[107]

1754: Jonathan Acklom of Wiseton[108]

1755: Sir Thomas Parkyns, Bt of Bunny[109]

1756: Robert Sutton of Retford[110]

1757: John Hall of Mansfield Woodhouse[111]

1758: Sir George Smith, 1st Baronet of East Stoke[112]

1759: John Whetham of Kirklington[113]

1760: Ralph Edge of Strelley[114]

1761: Sir Samuel Gordon, 1st Baronet of Newark-upon-Trent[115]

1762: John Newton[116]

1763: David Gash of Balderton[117]

1764: Charles Mellish of Ragnall[118]

1765: William Ellis of Thornton[119]

1766: John Bell of Colston Bassett[120]

1767: Sir Gervase Clifton, 6th Baronet, of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[121]

1768: John Bell of Colton Bassett[122]

1769: Robert Foster of Newark[123]

1770: Urban Hall of Mansfield Woodhouse[124][125]

1771: George Dunston of Worksop[126]

1772: George Neville of Thorney[127]

1773: John Emmerton Wescomb Emmerton of Thrumpton[128]

1774: Joseph Pocklington of Carlton-upon-Trent[129]

1775: Cornelius Launder[130][131]

1776: Abel Smith the Younger of Bulcote[132]

1777: John Musters of Colwick Hall[107]

1778: William Bilbie of Berry Hill[133]

1779: William Denison of Ossington[134]

1780: Charles Vere Dashwood of Stanford Hall

1781: Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall[135]

1782: John Litchfield of Mansfield[136][137]

1783: John Gilbert Cooper of Thurgaton[136][138]

1784: Pendock Neal[139]

1785: Sherbrooke Lowe, of Southwell[140]

1786: Anthony Hartshorne of Hayton[141]

1787: Thomas Waterhouse of Beckenham[142]

1788: Richard Stenton of Southwell[143]

1789: John Chamberlin, of Sutton Bonington[144]

1790: George Chaworth of Annesley[139][145]

1791: George de Ligne Gregory of Harlaxton[146]

1792: Edward Thornton Gould[139]

1793: Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 6th Earl of Scarbrough of Rufford Abbey[147]

1794: Hon. John Simpson of Babworth Hall[148]

1795: Jonas Bettison of Holme-Pierrepont[149]

1796: John Wright of Nottingham, later of Lenton Hall

1797: John Gally Knight[150]

1798: Nathaniel Stubbins of Holme Pierrepont[151]

1799: Samuel Bristowe[152]

19th century

5 February 1800: William Gregory Williams, of Rempstone[153]

11 February 1801: Wiliam Elliott Elliott, of Nottingham[154]

3 February 1802: Robert Lowe, of Oxton[155]

3 February 1803: William Coape Sherbrooke, of Oxton[156]

1 February 1804: Thomas Webb Edge, of Strelley[157]

6 February 1805: Christopher Rolleston, of Watnall[158]

1 February 1806: Sir Thomas White, 1st Baronet, of Wallingwells[159]

4 February 1807: John Longden, of Bramcote Hills[160]

3 February 1808: John Manners Sutton, of Kelham Hall[161]

6 February 1809: Thomas Walker, of Bury Hill[162]

21 February 1810: John Chaworth, of Annesley Hall[163]

14 February 1811: Thomas Wright, of Norwood Park[164]

24 January 1812: Hugh Blaydes, of Ranby Hall[165][166]

10 February 1813: John Need, of Shirewood Hall[167]

4 February 1814: William Fletcher Norton Norton, of Elton[168]

13 February 1815: John Smith Wright, of Wilford[169]

1816: Robert Howe Bromley, 3rd Baronet[citation needed]

1817: Thomas Blackborne Hildyard of Flintham[170]

1818: Henry Walker of Blyth[171]

1819: Henry Gally Knight of Firbeck Hall[172]

1820: Sir Robert Clifton, 7th Baronet of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[173]

1821: Thomas Wildman of Newstead Abbey[174]

1822: William Farnworth Handley, of Newark-on-Trent[175]

1823: William Mason of East Retford[176]

1824: William Charlton of Chilwell[177]

1825: Gregory Gregory of Rempstone[178]

1826: George Saville Foljambe of Osberton[179]

1827: Frederick Robinson of Widmerpool[180]

1828: John E. Wescombe of Thrumpton[181]

1829: John Sherwin Sherwin of Bramcote Hills[182]

1830: John Coke, of Mansfield Woodhouse [183][184]

1831: Thomas Moore, of Ruddington[185]

1832: Henry Machin, of Gateford Hill[186]

1833: Sir Thomas White, 2nd Baronet, of Wallingwells Hall[187]

1834: Slingsby Duncombe, of Langford Hall[188]

1835: Christopher Nevile, of Thorney[189]

1836: John Handley, of Muskham Grange[190]

1837: Robert Ramsden, of Carlton in Lindrick[191]

1838: Thomas Webb Edge, of Strelley[192]

1839: John Evelyn Denison, of Ossington Hall[193]

1840: Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet, of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[173]

1841: Henry Smith, of Wilford[194][195]

1842: Francis Wright, of Lenton Hall[196]

1843: Thomas Dickinson Hall, of Whatton[197]

1844: Charles Paget, of Ruddington Grange[198][199]

1845: William Hodgson Barrow, of Southwell[200]

1846: Francis Hall, of Park Hall[201]

1847: John Vere, of Carlton-upon-Trent[202]

1848: John Henry Manners-Sutton, of Kelham Hall,[203] replaced by Robert Holden, of Nuttall Temple[204]

1849: Granville Harcourt-Vernon, of Grove[205]

1850: Rt. Hon. Edward Strutt, of Kingston Hall[206]

1851: John Francklin, of Gonalston[207]

1852: Henry Frederick Walker, of Blyth Hall[208]

1853: Thomas Spragging Godfrey of Balderton[209]

1854: Samuel Bagnall Wild of Costock[210]

1855: Henry Bridgeman Simpson of Babworth[211]

1856: Samuel William Welfitt of Langwith Hall[212]

1857: Richard Milward of Thurgarton Priory[213]

1858: Jonathan Hardcastle of Blidworth Dale[214]

1859: Henry Porter Sherbrooke of Oxton[215]

1860: Edward Valentine Pegge Burnell of Winkburn Hall[216]

1861: Henry Savile of Rufford Abbey[217]

1862: Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard, of Flintham House[218]

1863: John Henry Manners-Sutton, of Kelham Hall[219]

1864: John Chaworth Musters of Annesley Hall[220]

1865: William Frederick Webb of Newstead Abbey[221]

1866: Sir Edward Samuel Walker of Berry Hill[222]

1867: Sir John Sutton, 3rd Baronet of Norwood Park[223]

1868: John Bagshaw Taylor of Radcliffe-upon-Trent[224]

1869: John Handley of Newark-upon-Trent[225]

1870: James Thomas Edge of Strelley[226]

1871: James Thorpe of Coddington[227]

1872: George William Mason of Morton Hall, near Retford[228]

1873: Henry Eyre of Rampton[229]

1874: Robert Kelham of Bleasby[230]

1875: Henry Robert Clifton of Clifton[231]

1876: John Elliott Burnside of Gedling[232]

1877: Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall[233]

1878: Robert Laycock of Wiseton[234]

1879: Thomas Broughton Charlton of Chilwell[235]

1880: William Henry Coape Gates, of Langford Hall[236]

1881: George Coke Robertson, of Widmerpool[237]

1882: Sir Henry Bromley, 4th Baronet, of East Stoke[238]

1883: Percy Hartshorne Cooper, of Bulwell[239]

1884: Frederick Chatfield Smith of Bramcote[240]

1885: Robert Millington Knowles, of Colston Bassett,[241]

1886: Henry Abel Smith, of Wilford[242]

1887: Benjamin Huntsman, of West Retford[243]

1888: Frederick Platt of Barnby[244]

1889: Francis Foljambe, of Osberton[245]

1890: Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet[246]

1891: Lewis Randle Starkey of Norwood Park[247]

1892: Sir Thomas Birkin, 1st Baronet[248]

1893: Benjamin Ingham Whitaker, of Hesley Hall[249]

1894: Edward Evelyn Harcourt-Vernon, of the Grove Hall[250]

1895: William Evelyn Denison, of Ossington Hall[251]

1896: William Hollies, of Pleasley Vale, Mansfield[252]

1897: Philo Laos Mills, of Ruddington Hall[253]

1898: Sir George Ernest Paget, 1st Baronet, of Sutton Bonington[254]

1899: William Welfit Hall of Park Hall, Mansfield[255]

20th century

1900: Francis Abel Smith of Papplewick Hall, Nottingham[256]

1901: John Robinson of Worksop Manor[257]

1902: John Patricius Chaworth-Musters of Annesley Park[258]

1903: Albert Cantrell Cantrell-Hubbersty of Tollerton Hall[259]

1904: Thomas Lewis Kekewich Edge of Strelley Hall[260]

1905: Francis Ley of Epperstone Manor[261] (later Sir Francis Ley)

1906: Joseph Frederick Laycock of Wiseton Hall, Bawtry[262]

1907: Thomas Philip Barber of Lamb Close House, Eastwood[263]

1908: Francis Willey, 1st Baron Barnby of Blyth Hall, Rotherham[264]

1909: Sir Hugo Meynell FitzHerbert, 6th Baronet of Tissington Hall, Ashbourne, Derbyshire[265]

1910: Thomas Craven of Kirklington Hall, Southwell[266]

1911: Francis Hall of Park Hall, Mansfield[267]

1912: Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet of Wingerworth Hall, Chesterfield[268]

1913: William Norton Hicking of Brackenhurst Hall, Southwell[269]

1914: Evelyn Kyrle Smith of Oxton Hall, Southwell[270]

1915: Sir Thomas Birkin, 2nd Baronet of Park House, Nottingham[271]

1916: Major Charles Richard Tennant of St. Ann's Manor, Sutton Bonington[272]

1917: Francis Newman Ellis of Debdale Hall, Mansfield[273]

1918: William Henry Mason of Morton Hall, East Retford[274]

1919: Francis Pegler, of Ordsall Hall, Retford[275]

1920: John Plowright Houston of Park Hall, Mansfield Woodhouse[276]

1921: Lieut.-Col. Albert Edward Whitaker of Babworth Hall, Retford[277]

1922: Lieut.-Col. Frank Evelyn Seely of Ramsdale Park, Arnold.[278]

1923: Charles Arthur Longbottom of Forest Hill, Worksop[279]

1924: Sir Arthur Ernest Blake of West Leake Manor[280]

1925: Hugh Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood of Sherwood Lodge, Arnold[281]

1926: Col. Sir Albert Edward Bingham, 2nd Baronet of Ranby House, Retford[282]

1927: Stanley Bourne, of Epperstone Manor[283]

1928: Sir Ernest Jardine, 1st Baronet of The Park, Nottingham[284]

1929: Percy Robert Clifton of Clifton Hall, Nottingham[173][285]

1930: Brigadier-General Sir Edward Thomas Le Marchant, 4th Baronet of Colston Bassett Hall, Bingham, Nottingham[286]

1931: Philip Austen Birkin[287]

1932: John Jardine, of Clumber Crescent South, The Park, Nottingham[288]

1933: Sir Harold Bowden, 2nd Baronet[289]

1934: Sir Louis Frederick Pearson of Lenton Grove, Nottingham[290]

1935: Lieut.-Col. Noel Gervis Pearson of Bramcote, Nottingham[291]

1936: Col. John Neville Chaworth Musters of Annesley Park, Nottingham[292]

1937: Claude William Chadburn of The Hall, Papplewick[293]

1938: Frank Burton of Orston Hall, Nottingham[294]

1939: Frank James Wriothesley Seely of Brick House, Radcliffe-on-Trent[295]

1940: Francis Egerton Pegler of Forest Lodge, Blyth, Worksop[296]

1941: Lieut.-Col. Sidney Shephard of Elston Hall, Newark[297]

1942: Job Nightingale Derbyshire of Rempstone Hall, near Loughborough[298]

1943: John Farr of Worksop Manor[299]

1944: Lieut-Col. William Allen Potter of Lambley House, Woodborough, Nottingham[300]

1945: John Holland Walker of 15, Park Valley, The Park, Nottingham[301]

1946: Captain William Frederick Player of The Grange, Staunton[302]

1947: Colonel Philip Huskinson Warwick of Normanton Prebend House, Southwell[303]

1948: Lieut.-Commander George John Mackness of Mapperley Park, Nottingham[304]

1949: George Hamilton Bracher Wilson of The Old Rectory, Plumtree[305]

1950: Major-General Sir John Albert Charles Whitaker, 2nd Baronet of Babworth Hall, Retford, Notts, and of Auchnafree, Dunkeld, Perthshire.[306]

1951: Major Edward Harold Spalding, of Flawborough Hall, near Newark.[307]

1952: Colonel Sir Joseph Nall of Hoveringham Hall[308]

1953: Captain Stephen Cecil Armitage of Hawksworth Manor[309]

1954: Major-General Robert Edward Laycock of Wiseton Hall, near Doncaster[310]

1955: Sir Stuart Coldwell Goodwin of Hexgreave Park, Farnsfield[311]

1956: Captain Richard Wing of The Old Manor House, East Bridgford[312]

1957: Lieut.-Colonel George Halliburton Foster Peel Vere-Laurie of Carlton Hall, Carlton-on-Trent, Newark[313]

1958: Rear-Admiral Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke of Oxton, Newark[314]

1959: Sir Edward Dave Asher Herbert of West Leake Manor, near Loughborough[315]

1960: Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Eben Forman Hardy Car Colston Hall, Car Colston[316]

1961: Major Samuel John Markham Hole of Caunton Manor, Newark[317]

1962: Sir Charles James Buchanan, 4th Baronet[318]

1963: Colonel Patrick James Danvers McCraith of Cranfield House, Southwell[319]

1964: Sir William Barber, 2nd Baronet[320]

1965: Commander Mavourn Baldwin Philip Francklin of Gonalston Hall[321]

1966: George FitzRoy Seymour of Thrumpton Hall[322]

1967: Brigadier John Anstey of The Old House, Epperstone[323]

1968: Colonel Alfred Arthur Warburton of Wigthorpe House, near Worksop[324]

1969: Sir James Herbert Ingham Whitaker of Babworth Hall, Retford[325]

1970: Sir Paul Mason of Morton Hall, Retford[326]

1971: Lieut-Commander Sir Michael Joseph Nall of Hoveringham Hall, Nottingham[327]

1972: Bryan Henry Farr of Worksop Manor, Worksop[328]

1973: Anthony Christopher Multon Battiscombe Scott of Green Mile, Babworth, Retford.[329]

1974: Major-General Robert Gordon-Finlayson of South Collingham Manor, near Newark.[330]

1975: Captain John Stephen Dobson of Papplewick Lodge, Papplewick, near Mansfield.[331]

1976: Andrew George Buchanan of Hodsock Priory, Blyth, Worksop.[332]

1977: Charles Gordon Mackie of The Old Rectory, Elton.[333]

1978: Major Richard Francis Abel Smith of Blidworth Dale House, Ravenshead.[334]

1979: Christopher Gerald Pole-Carew of New Field House, near Screveton.[335]

1980: Richard William Durrant Hanson of Budby Castle, Newark.[336]

1981: Captain John Henry Warrand Hammer of Colston Bassett House, Colston Bassett.[337]

1982: Robin Brackenbury of Holme Pierrepont Hall, Holme Pierrepont[338]

1983: John Davenport Radford of The Burgage, Burgage Green, Southwell.[339]

1984: Colonel James Mayo Alastair Gunn of Epperstone House, Epperstone.[340]

1985: Nicholas John Forman Hardy of Cropwell Court, Cropwell Butler[341]

1986: Ian David Peel Thorne of Beauchamp Barn, Kneesall[342]

1987: Sir John Philip Starkey, 3rd Baronet of Norwood Park, Southwell.[343]

1988: John Edward Madocks of Middleton Crescent, Beeston[344]

1989: Richard Assheton Craven-Smith-Milnes of Winkburn Hall, Newark[345]

1990: Marcia Abel Smith of Blidworth Dale, Ravenshead[346]

1991: George Edward Vere-Laurie of Carlton Hall, Carlton-on-Trent, Newark.[347]

1992: Ian Hugh Phillipps of Grange Farm, Rempstone, Loughborough, Leicestershire.[348]

1993: Juliet Lilias Mortensen[349]

1994: Richard Bertram Godwin-Austen of Papplewick Hall, Papplewick.[350]

1995: George Edmund Peter Thornhill of The Grove, Winthorpe, Newark.[351]

1996: Trevor Forsyth Parr of The Old Rectory, Widmerpool.[352]

1997: Hugh Matheson of Thoresby Park, Newark.[353]

1998: Jennifer Margaret Fair, Lanesmeet, Epperstone.[354]

1999: Alexander Michael Nall, Hockerton Manor, Hockerton[355]

21st century

2000: Barbara Ann Vere-Laurie, Carlton Hall, Carlton-on-Trent, near Newark.[356]

2001: Sir John James Ingham Whitaker, Babworth Hall, Retford.[357]

2002: Colonel Timothy Stewart Richmond, The Old Vicarage, Southwell Park, Kirklington.[358]

2003: William Henry Marcello Parente, of Welbeck Abbey[359]

2004: Henry Vessey Machin, of Keepers Castle, Gateford, Worksop[360]

2005: Anthony Harwick Wilkinson[361]

2006: Christopher Battiscombe-Scott[362]

2007: Commander Peter Russell Moore [363]

2008: Colonel Roger Merryweather[364]

2009: John Michael Rowen[365]

2010: Amanda Margaret Farr, of Kirklington[366]

2011: Sir John Peace, Manor Road, Caunton[367]

2012: C P Liell Francklin[368]

2013: Nicola June Weston of Shelford Nottingham[369]

2014: Graham S Cartledge of Caunton, Newark[370]

2015: Dr Jaswant Singh Bilkhu of Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham[371]

2016: Judith Lynne Naake of Bramcote[372]

2017: Colonel David Rupert Sneath of Nottingham[373]

2018: Professor Nicholas Richard Brian Ebbs of Ravenhead, Nottingham[374]

2019: Jonathan James Teare of Oxton, Southwell[375]

2020: Professor Dame Elizabeth Harriet Fradd of Tollerton[376]

2021: Professor Harminder Singh Dua of Redhill[377]

2022: Paul David Southby of Ravenshead[378]

2023: Professor Veronica Moraa Pickering of Lambley, Nottinghamshire[379]