Chief Bailiff of Hereford

The Chief Bailiff of Hereford was the most senior secular magistrate in the city of Hereford, England, elected by the citizens of the city annually.[1] The role was equivalent to that of a mayor, and was superseded by that title by Letters Patent issued by Richard II, King of England, on 15 November, 1383.[1] One of the King's knights, Sir John Burley, had petitioned him for this change.[2] There were typically also two under-bailiffs.[2]

Hereford Cathedral

List of Chief Bailiffs of Hereford

Richard Johnson's The Ancient Customs of the City of Hereford (1882) is the only source of a complete list of Bailiffs of Hereford.[3][4] The complete list does not appear on any contemporary documents, and it is unclear where Johnson got his information from. Not all the names survive on court rolls.[5]

Date Name
1268Richard Bisse
1269Adam Swain
1270Adam Swain
1271Walter le Wanter
1272John Seym[lower-alpha 1]
1273Hugo Seward
1274Reginald Moniword[lower-alpha 2]
1275Richard Moniword[lower-alpha 2]
1276Richard Moniword[lower-alpha 2]
1277John de Pyon
1278Thomas de Pyon
1279John Werrour
1280John Catchpol[lower-alpha 3]
1281John le Gaunter
1282Hugo Doreward
1283John le Suton
1284John le Gaunter
1285William Franklyn
1286William Goudry
1287John le Gaunter
1288John le Gaunter
1289William Framelyn
1290John le Gaunter
1291John le Gaunter
1292Robert de Dyke
1293Robert de Dyke
1294Hugo Froue/Troue
1295John Suton
1296John Moniword[lower-alpha 2]
1297Hugo Grovey
1298William Vomaller
1299John de Stretton
1300William de Smey
1301William de Smey
1302Nicholas Iwayn
1303Richard Moniword[lower-alpha 2]
1304Hugh Froue/Troue
1307Richard Moniword[lower-alpha 2]
1308Richard Moniword[lower-alpha 2]
1309Richard Moniword[lower-alpha 2]
1310Richard Moniword[lower-alpha 2]
1311Henry de Orleton[lower-alpha 4]
1312Richard de Cruse
1313Thomas Tope
1314William de Orleton[lower-alpha 4]
1315Richard Thurgin
1316Richard Thurgin
1317Thomas Tope
1318Richard Moniword[lower-alpha 2]
1319Philip de Werrour
1320Richard Moniword[lower-alpha 2]
1321Philip de Werrour
1322William de Orleton[lower-alpha 4]
1323William de Staunton
1324William de Orleton[lower-alpha 4]
1325John de Lansale
1326William Horeman
Date Name
1327Thomas Cope
1328Robert de Hompton
1329Robert de Hompton
1330Robert de Hompton
1331Robert de Hompton
1332Robert de Hompton
1333Robert de Hompton
1334John de la Barre
1335Thomas Thorpe
1336Walter le Catchpole[lower-alpha 3]
1337Roger Colling
1338Walter le Catchpole[lower-alpha 3]
1339Walter de la Barre
1340Walter de la Barre
1341Robert de Hompton
1342Robert de Hompton
1343Nicholas de Bromyard
1344Richard Aubrey
1345Richard Aubrey
1346Nicholas de Bromyard
1347Nicholas de Bromyard
1348Nicholas de Bromyard
1349Richard de Bromyard
1350Richard de Bromyard
1351Richard Hamond
1352Henry Catchpole[lower-alpha 3]
1353John le Bailiff
1354John le Bailiff
1355John Field
1356Bartholomew le Clerk
1357Henry Catchpole[lower-alpha 3]
1358John le Clerk
1359Walter de Ailmeston
1360John Field
1361Bartholomew le Clerk
1362Walter Ailmeston
1363Thomas Don
1364Walter de Ailmeston
1365Richard Elliot
1366John Bailiff
1367John Blod
1368William Colling
1369Henry Catchpole[lower-alpha 3]
1370Richard Elliot
1371John Blod
1372Richard Elliot
1373William Colling
1373John Goldsmith
1375Henry Catchpole[lower-alpha 3]
1376William Delamere
1377Richard Falke
1378Hugh Osborne
1379Richard Falke
1380Richard Palmer
1381Richard Falke
1382Richard Falke
1383Thomas Benger
1384–Mayors of Hereford

Notes
  1. John Seym was probably the father of William Seym, MP for Hereford in 1305, 1306, and 1311, who received a pardon on 20 June 1293 "for the death of Giles de Burgillun".[6]
  2. The Moniword family were the best known wool merchants in the county.[7] John was MP in 1311, 1318 and 1322, Richard in 1326, and a different John in 1384.[6]
  3. Henry Catchpole (Bailiff in 1350 and 1354) was MP for Hereford in 1348, 1351, 1355 and 1357. He had been a wool trader, and died before August 1360. A different Henry Catchpole (Bailiff in 1369 and 1375) was MP for Hereford in 1361, 1366, 1369, 1371, 1378, 1383 and 1386, and Mayor of Hereford between 1384 and 1386. A third Henry Catchpole was MP in 1390.[6][8]
  4. Related to Richard de Orleton, MP for Hereford in 1306, and Adam Orleton, Bishop of Hereford, Worcester, and Winchester.[6] William was MP for Hereford in 1322, 1324.[6]

References
  1. "City History". Hereford City Council. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. Woodger, L. S. "The House of Commons 1386-1421: Hereford". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  3. Johnson, Richard (1882). The Ancient Customs of the City of Hereford. T. Richards. pp. 230–231.
  4. "Chief Bailiffs". Hereford City Council. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  5. Historical Manuscripts Commission (1892). "The Corporation of Hereford: Court Rolls, to 1509". The Manuscripts of Rye and Hereford Corporations, Etc. Thirteenth Report, Appendix: Part IV. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 292–302 – via British History Online.
  6. Williams, W. R. (1896). The Parliamentary History of the County of Hereford 1213-1896. pp. 72–79.
  7. Lloyd, T. H. (1977). The English Wool Trade in the Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-521-01721-3.
  8. Woodger, L. S. "CATCHPOLE, Henry I, of St. Peter's parish, Hereford". History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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