High Sheriff of Somerset
The office of High Sheriff of Somerset is an ancient shrievalty which has been in existence since the 11th century.[1] Originally known as the "Sheriff of Somerset", the role was retitled on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.[2]
The position of Sheriff was once a powerful one, the holders being responsible for collecting taxes and enforcing law and order in Somerset, a county in South West England. In modern times the sheriff has become a ceremonial officer of the Crown, attending or presiding over many public events. Until 1567 the Sheriff of Somerset was also Sheriff of Dorset.[3]
In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland the high sheriff is theoretically the Sovereign's judicial representative in the county, while the Lord Lieutenant is the Sovereign's personal representative.[4] Their jurisdictions, the "shrieval counties", are no longer co-terminous with administrative areas, representing a mix between the ancient counties and more recent local authority areas. The post is unpaid, except for a small court attendance allowance, and the general expenses of the office are borne personally by the holder.[5] Eligibility for nomination and appointment of High Sheriffs is controlled by the Sheriffs Act of 1887.
Sheriffs of Somerset 11th century
- c1061 Godwine[6]
- 1066-1068 Tovid or Tofig[6]
- 1083-1086 William de Moyon[6]
Sheriffs of Somerset and Dorset
11th and 12th century
- c. 1091 Aiulph the Chamberlain[6]
- 1123-1130 Warin[6]
- 1155 Richard de Monte Alto[6]
- 1155 Richard de Raddona[6]
- 1157 Walter de Lisoria[6]
- 1162 Robert de Beauchamp[6]
- 1163 Gerbert de Parcy[6]
- 1167 Robert Pucherel[6]
- 1169 Alfred of Lincoln[6]
- 1175 Robert de Beauchamp[6]
- 1182 William de Bendeng[6]
- 1184 Robert Fitzpain[6]
- 1188 Hugh Bardulf[7]
- 1189: John, Count of Mortain[6]
- 1194: William, Earl of Salisbury[6]
- 1197: Peter de Scudamore[6]
- 1199: Robert Belet[6]
13th century
- 1200: Hubert de Burgh[6]
- 1204: William de Montacute[6]
- 1204: Osbert de Stoke[6]
- 1207: William Brewer[6]
- 1209: William Malet[6]
- 1212: Richard Marsh
- 1214: William de Harcourt[6]
- 1215: Ralph de Bray[6]
- 1216: William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
- 1218: Peter de Maulay[6]
- 1221: Roger de la Forde[6]
- 1223: John Russell
- 1223: Jocelin of Wells[6]
- 1226: William FitzHenry[6]
- 1228: Thomas de Cirencester[6]
- 1232: Peter de Rivaux[6]
- 1234: Thomas de Cirencester[6]
- 1237: Richard de Langford[6]
- 1238: Herbert FitzMetthew[6]
- 1239: Jordan Oliver[6]
- 1240: Hugh de Vivonia[6]
- 1242: Joel de Valletort[6]
- 1249: Godfrey de Scudamore[6]
- 1249: Bartholomew Petch[6]
- 1250: Henry de Erleigh[6]
- 1251: Elias de Rabayn[6]
- 1254: John de Aller[6]
- 1254: Stephen de Ashton[6]
- 1257: Walter de Burges[6]
- 1258: William Everard[6]
- 1259: Philip de Cerne[6]
- 1261: Philip Basset[6]
- 1263: Henry of Almain, son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall[6]
- 1264: William de Staunton[6]
- 1265: Ralph Russell[6]
- 1266: Philip Basset[6]
- 1267: Andrew Wake[6]
- 1269: Thomas de St Vigor[6]
- 1273: John de St Valery[6]
- 1274: Richard de Coleshill[6]
- 1278: John de Cormailles[6]
- 1283: Sir John de St Loe (de Sancto Laudo)[6]
- 1285: Queen Eleanor[6]
- 1289: Richard de Burghunte[6]
- 1291: Walter de Luveny[6]
- 1293: Walter de Gloucester[6][8]
- 1298: Nicholas de Cheyney[6]
- 1299: John Gerberge[6] (or John de Gerebert)[9]
14th century
- 1301: John de la Lee[6]
- 1302: John Gerberge[6] (or John de Gerebert)[9]
- 1304: Matthew Furneaux[6]
- 1305: John de Montacute[6]
- 1306: Nicholas de Longlonde[6]
- 1307: Nicholas Cheyney[6]
- 1308: Walter Scudamore[6]
- 1309: Richard Chesilden[6]
- 1311: Walter Scudamore[6]
- 1313: John Chideock[6]
- 1314: John de Erleigh[6]
- 1315: Matthew Furneaux[6]
- 1316: John de Kyngeston[6]
- 1318: Nicholas Cheyney[6]
- 1320: Thomas de Marlberge[6]
- 1325: John de Erleigh[6]
- 1326: Thomas de Marlberge[6]
- 1327: William de Whitefield[6]
- 1330: Hugh de Langlonde[6]
- 1332: John de Wraxall[6]
- 1333: Hildebrand of London[6]
- 1335: Walter Rodney[6]
- 1336: Hildebrand of London[6]
- 1338: Walter Rodney[6]
- 1340: John Durburgh[6]
- 1340: Walter Rodney[6]
- 1340: John Durburgh[6]
- 1341: Hugh Tyrel[6]
- 1343: Edward Stradling[6]
- 1343: Thomas Cary[6]
- 1353: John Palton[6]
- 1355: John St Loe[6]
- 1356: Richard Turbevill[6]
- 1358: Robert Martyn[6]
- 1359: John de Raleigh[6]
- 1360: Nicholas St Maur[6]
- 1360: Edmund de Clevedon[6]
- 1361: Theobald Gorges[6]
- 1362: John de la Hale[6]
- 1364: John de Langolnde[6]
- 1368: Edmund Cheyney[6]
- 1370: William Winterbourne[6]
- 1371: Roger Manningford[6]
- 1372: John Hamely of Wimborne St Giles[6]
- 1373: Hugh Durburgh[6]
- 1374: William Latimer[6]
- 1375: Sir Edmund FitzHerbert of Hinton Martell[6]
- 1376: Hugh Durburgh[6]
- 1377: Sir John Delamare[10]
- 1378: William Cogan[6]
- 1379: Sir John Burghersh[6]
- 1380: Theobald Gorges[6]
- 1380: William Latimer[6]
- 1381: Sir William de Bonvile[6]
- 1382: Sir Edmund FitzHerbert of Hinton Martell[6]
- 1383: Sir John Strech of Pinhoe and Hempston Arundel (Little Hempston)[6]
- 1384: Sir John Burghersh[6]
- 1385: John Copleston[6]
- 1386: Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, Dorset[6]
- 1387: Sir John Rodney of Backwell and Rodney Stoke[6]
- 1388: Sir John Moigne of Owermoigne[6]
- 1389: Sir Thomas Brooke[6]
- 1390: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston Castle[11]
- 1391: Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, Dorset[6]
- 1392: John Bache (or Bathe)[6]
- 1393: Theobald Wykeham of Tarrant Rushton[6]
- 1394: Sir John Berkeley of Beverston Castle[11]
- 1395: Sir John Moigne of Owermoigne[6]
- 1396: Sir John Rodney of Backwell and Rodney Stoke[6]
- 1397: Sir Thomas Arthur of Clapton-in-Gordano[6]
- 1397: Sir Thomas Dackombe[6]
- 1399: Sir Thomas Arthur of Clapton-in-Gordano[6]
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15th century
- 1400: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch[6]
- 1401: John Luttrell[6]
- 1402: John Frome[6]
- 1403: William Wroth of Newton Plecy[6]
- 1404: Sir Thomas Pomeroy of Combe Raleigh[6]
- 1405: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch[6]
- 1406: Sir Walter Rodney of Stoke Rodney[6]
- 1407: John Horsey[6]
- 1408: Matthew Coker[6]
- 1408: Robert Hill (c.1361-1423) of Spaxton[12]
- 1409: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch[6]
- 1410: Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, Dorset[6]
- 1411: John Horsey[6]
- 1412: Robert Hill (c.1361-1423) of Spaxton[6]
- 1413: Walter Hungerford[6]
- 1414: John Warre[6]
- 1415: Sir Humphrey Stafford[6]
- 1416: Richard Boyton of Currypool in Charlinch[6]
- 1417: Matthew Coker[6]
- 1418: John Florey[6]
- 1419: Robert Hill (c.1361-1423) of Spaxton[6]
- 1420: John Newburgh[6]
- 1422: Robert Hill (c.1361-1423) of Spaxton[6]
- 1422: Robert Coker[6]
- 1423: Richard Stafford[6]
- 1424: Sir Edward Stradling[13]
- 1426: Giles Daubeney[14]
- 1426: William Finderne[6]
- 1427: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge[6]
- 1428: Sir John Stourton, of Stourton, Co Wilts and of Stavordale Co, Somerset, High Sheriff of Somerset "In direct descent of the King, and entitled to quarter the Plantagenet Arms"
- 1430: John Warre[6]
- 1431: John Stourton of Preston Plucknett[6]
- 1432: John St Loe[6]
- 1433: John Seymour[6]
- 1434: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge[6]
- 1435: Thomas Thame[6]
- 1436: John St Loe[6]
- 1437: William Stafford[6]
- 1438: Edward Hull[6]
- 1439: Walter Rodney[6]
- 1440: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge[6]
- 1441: William Stafford[6]
- 1442: John St Loe[6]
- 1443: Edward Hull[6]
- 1444: Robert Cappes[6]
- 1445: John Norris[6]
- 1446: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge[6]
- 1447: John Chideock[6]
- 1448: Edward Hull[6]
- 1449: John Austell[6]
- 1450: William Carent of Toomer in Henstridge[6]
- 1451: Thomas Thame[6]
- 1452: Richard Warre[6]
- 1453: Nicholas Latimer[6]
- 1454: John Cheyney[6]
- 1455: John Willoughby[6]
- 1456: Nicholas St Loe[6] of Over Langford Manor
- 1457: Robert Warre[6]
- 1458: John St Barbe[6]
- 1459: John Carent[6]
- 1460: Humphrey Stafford[6]
- 1461: Thomas Herbert[6]
- 1463: William Browning[6]
- 1464: Christopher Worsley[6]
- 1465: John Sydenham[6]
- 1466: George Darrell[6]
- 1467: Robert Stawell[6]
- 1468: Reginald Stourton[6]
- 1469: Christopher Worsley[6]
- 1470: Nicholas Latimer[6]
- 1471: John Cheverell[6]
- 1472: John Biconyll[6]
- 1473: Robert Palmer[6]
- 1474: Giles Daubeney[6]
- 1475: William Collingbourne[6]
- 1476: Thomas Norton[6]
- 1477: William Berkley[6]
- 1478: William Say[6]
- 1479: Edward Hartgtill[6]
- 1480: Giles Daubeney[6]
- 1481: Richard Morton[6]
- 1482: Nicholas Crowmer[6]
- 1483: Edward Redmayne[6]
- 1484: Thomas Fulford[6]
- 1485: Amias Paulet[6][15]
- 1486: John Turbevill[6]
- 1487: James Daubeney[6]
- 1488: Hugh Luttrell[6]
- 1489: William Martin[6]
- 1490: Henry Burnell[6]
- 1491: Amias Paulet[6]
- 1492: Walter Enderby[6]
- 1493: Edmund Carew[6]
- 1494: Sampson Norton[6]
- 1495: Sir Edmund Gorges of Wraxall, Somerset[6]
- 1496: Roger Newburgh[6]
- 1497: Richard Pudsey[6]
- 1498: Sir Nicholas Wadham (died 1542) of Merryfield, Somerset and Edge, Devon.[6]
- 1499: Amias Paulet[6]
16th century
- 1500: William Martin[6]
- 1501: John Trevelyan[6]
- 1502: Sir Edward Wadham of Pole Anthony, Tiverton and Tomarton, Gloucestershire.[6]
- 1503: Sir Henry Uvedale[6]
- 1504: John Horsey[6]
- 1505: John Sydenham[6]
- 1506: John Carew[6]
- 1507: John Williams[6]
- 1508: John Bevyn[6]
- 1509: Richard Weston[6]
- 1510: John Speke[6]
- 1511: Walter Rodney[6]
- 1512: Giles Strangeways of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford.[6]
- 1513: William Compton[6]
- 1514: Edward Gorges[6]
- 1515: John Seymour[16]
- 1516: Thomas de la Lynd[6]
- 1517: Sir Giles Strangeways of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford.[6]
- 1518: William Compton[6]
- 1519: John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath[17]
- 1520: William Wadham of Catherston, Dorset.[6]
- 1521: John Rogers[6]
- 1522: William Carent[6]
- 1523: Thomas Trenchard[6]
- 1524: Sir Giles Strangeways of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford.[6]
- 1525: George Speke[6]
- 1526: John Seymour[6]
- 1527: John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford[18]
- 1528: Sir Andrew Luttrell[6]
- 1529: Edward Gorges[6]
- 1530: Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle.[19]
- 1531: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset[6]
- 1532: Sir Thomas More[6]
- 1533: Sir Giles Strangeways of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford.[6]
- 1534: Sir Nicholas Wadham of Edge, Branscombe, Devon and Merryfield, Ilton, Somerset.[6]
- 1535: Francis Dawtrey[6]
- 1536: Hugh Paulet of Hinton St George[20]
- 1537: John Horsey of Clifton Maybank, Dorset
- 1538: Henry Long[21]
- 1539: Sir Thomas Speke of White Lackington[6]
- 1540: Sir Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle.[6]
- 1541: Sir Giles Strangeways of Melbury House, Melbury Sampford.[6]
- 1542: Hugh Paulet of Hinton St George[20]
- 1543: John Paulet (later Marquess of Winchester[6]
- 1544: John Horsey of Clifton Maybank, Dorset[6]
- 1545: Nicholas FitzJames[6]
- 1546: Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton[6]
- 1547: Hugh Paulet of Hinton St George[20]
- 1548: Sir John Thynne of Longleat[6]
- 1549: Sir Thomas Speke of White Lackington[6]
- 1550: George de la Lynd[6]
- 1551: John St Loe of Sutton Court, Bishops Sutton[6] of Over Langford Manor and Church of St Saviour, Puxton.
- 1552: John Rogers of Bryanston[6]
- 1553: John Tregonwell[6]
- 1554: Sir John Sydenham of Brimpton, Sir George Sydenham, Thomas Luttrell[22]
- 1555: Henry Ashley of Wimborne St Giles[6]
- 1556: Sir John Wadham (died 1578) of Merryfield, Somerset and Edge, Devon.[6]
- 1557: Humphrey Colles of Barton Grange and Nether Stowey[6]
- 1558: John Horsey of Clifton Maybank[6]
- 1559: Thomas Dyer of Sharpham and Weston[6]
- 1560: James FitzJames[6]
- 1561: John Wyndham[6] Sir John Wadham;[23]
- 1562: George Speke of White Lackington[6]
- 1563: John Horner[6]
- 1564: Henry Ashley of Wimborne St Giles[6]
- 1565: Henry Uvedale[6]
- 1566: Thomas Morton[6]
Sheriffs of Somerset
16th and 17th century
- 1567: Sir Maurice Berkeley of Bruton[6]
- 1568: George Norton[6]
- 1569: Henry Portman[6]
- 1570: Thomas Luttrell of Dunster Castle[24] (died Jan, 1571)
- 1570: John Sydenham[6]
- 1571: George Rogers of Cannington[6]
- 1572: John Horner[6]
- 1573: John Sydenham[6]
- 1574: John Stawell[6]
- 1575: Christopher Kenn[6]
- 1576: Thomas Malett of Enmore and Currypool[6]
- 1577: George Sydenham[6]
- 1578: John Colles of Barton Grange[6]
- 1579: John Brett[6]
- 1580: Maurice Rodney[6]
- 1581: Henry Newton[6]
- 1582: John Buller of Wood in Knowle St. Giles and Lillesdon[6]
- 1583: Arthur Hopton of Witham Friary[6]
- 1584: Gabriel Hawley[6] (d.1603) of Buckland Priory, Somerset[25]
- 1585: Nicholas Wadham (1531-1609)[6] of Merryfield, Somerset and Edge, Devon.
- 1586: John Clifton[6]
- 1587: Henry Berkeley of Norwood Park, Stoke and Bruton[6]
- 1588: Edward St Barbe[6]
- 1589: Samuel Norton[6]
- 1590: Hugh Portman of Orchard Portman[6]
- 1591: Sir John Harrington[6]
- 1592: George Speke[6]
- 1593: George Luttrell of Dunster Castle[6]
- 1594: Henry Walrond[6]
- 1595: John Faunceys[6]
- 1596: John Stawell[6]
- 1597: John Colles of Barton Grange[6]
- 1598: John Jennings[6]
- 1599: George Rodney[6]
- 1600: Sir Hugh Portman of Orchard Portman[6]
- 1601: John Malet[6]
- 1602: John May[26] or Mayo[6]
- 1603: Edward Rogers of Cannington[6]
- 1604: John Wyndham[6]
- 1606: Thomas Horner[6]
- 1607: Edward Hext of Low Ham (Netherham)[6]
- 1608: Edward Gorges[6]
- 1609: George Luttrell of Dunster Castle[6]
- 1610: Francis Baber[6]
- 1611: Sir John Rodney of Pilton and Stoke Rodney[6]
- 1612: Robert Henley[6]
- 1613: Natahniel Still[6]
- 1614: Sir John Horner of Mells[6]
- 1615: Bartholomew Michell[6]
- 1616: John Colles[6]
- 1616: John Poulett of Hinton St George[27]
- 1617: Robert Hopton of Ditcheat[6]
- 1618: Theodore Newton[6]
- 1619: John Trevelyan[6]
- 1620: Henry Henley[6]
- 1621: Marmaduke Jennings[6]
- 1622: Edward Popham of Huntworth[6]
- 1623: William Faunceys[6]
- 1624: Thomas Wyndham[6]
- 1625: Robert Phelips[6][28]
- 1626: John Clark Symes of Poundisford Park, Pitminster[6][29]
- 1627: Sir John Latch of Over Langford Manor[6][30][31]
- 1628: Sir John Stawell of Cothelstone[6][32]
- 1629: Thomas Thyne[6]
- 1630: Francis Dodington[6]
- 1631: Thomas Luttrell of Dunster Castle[6]
- 1632: William Walrond[6]
- 1633: John Carew[6]
- 1634: Henry Hodges[6]
- 1635: John Malet of Enmore Castle[6]
- 1636: William Bassett[6]
- 1637: William Portman[6]
- 1638: William Every[6]
- 1639: Thomas Wroth of Petherton Park[6]
- 1640: John Hippisley[6]
- 1641: Martin Sanford of Nynehead Court[6]
- 1642: Edward Wyndham of Kentsford and Cathanger[6]
- 1642: Thomas Brydges[6]
- 1644: Sir John Horner of Mells Manor[6]
- 1646: Richard Cole[6]
- 1648: John Preston[33]
- 1648: John Buckland[6]
- 1649: Henry Bonner[6]
- 1650: Alexander Pym[6]
- 1651: Edward Ceely[6]
- 1652: George Luttrell[6]
- 1653: William Cole[6][34]
- 1654: Robert Hunt of Speckington, Yeovilton[6]
- 1656: William Hillyard[6]
- 1659: William Lacey[6]
- 1660: William Helyar[6]
- 1661: George Speke of Whitelackington[6]
- 1662: John Warre of Hestercombe House, Kingston[6]
- 1663: George Newton[6]
- 1664: George Trevelyan[6]
- 12 November 1665: Sir Hugh Smith, 1st Baronet,[35] of Ashton Court
- 7 November 1666: George Stowell[6][36]
- 6 November 1667: Sir George Horner,[37] of Cloford[6]
- 6 November 1668: Henry Rogers[6][38]
- 11 November 1669: Roger Bourne[6][39]
- 4 November 1670: Sir Thomas Gore[6][40]
- 9 November 1671: William Strode[6][41]
- 11 November 1672: Sir Francis Rolle,[42] of Shapwick[6]
- 12 November 1673: John Carew[6][43]
- 5 November 1674: Sir Halswell Tynte, 1st Baronet,[44] of Halswell, Goathurst[6]
- 15 November 1675: John Prowse, of Axbridge[45][6]
- 10 November 1676: Ralph Stawell,[46] of Low Ham[6]
- 22 November 1676: Richard Landsdowne[47]
- 15 November 1677: Sir Gregory Heekmore[6][48][49]
- 14 November 1678: John Carew, of Cumerton[50][6]
- 13 November 1679: Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet,[51] of Orchard Wyndham, St. Decuman's[6]
- 4 November 1680: Maurice Berkeley[52][6]
- 1681: George Horner of Mells[6]
- 1682: John Pigott of Brockley[6]
- 1683: Henry Bull of Shapwick[6]
- 1684: Edward Hobbs[6]
- 1685: Edward Baber[6]
- 1686: James Prowse[6]
- 1687: Edward Strode[6]
- 1688: Sir John Smith, Bt of Long Ashton[6]
- 1689: Richard Morgan[6]
- 1689: John Smythe[6]
- 1690: William Whitchurch of Frome Selwood[6]
- 1691: William Lacy of Hartrow, Stogumber[6]
- 1692: Warwick Bampfield[6]
- 1693: Robert Siderfin[6]
- 1694: John Champneys[6]
- 1695: Thomas Langton[6]
- 1696: Thomas Dyke[6]
- 1697: Joseph Langton[6]
- 1698: Henry Mompesson of Corston, Wiltshire (1633–1715)[53]
- 1699: Smart Goodenough[6]
18th century
- 1700: Francis Holles Newman[6]
- 1701: William Helyar of East Coker[6] (son of William, HS 1660)
- 1702: John Mogg[6]
- 1703: Samuel Pitt[6]
- 1704: Sir John Trevelyan, Bt of Nettlecombe[6]
- 1705: Thomas Warre[6]
- 1706: William Fraunceis[6]
- 1707: Robert Smith[6]
- 1708: Sir Thomas Wroth of Petherton Park[6]
- 1709: Isaac Welman[6]
- 1710: William Blackford[6]
- 1711: Thomas Horner of Mells[6]
- 1712: Harry Brydges[6]
- 1713: William Strode[6]
- 1714: John Trevillian[6]
- 1715: Henry Walters[6]
- 1716: Joseph Brown[6]
- 1717: Thomas Archer[6]
- 1718: Robert Everard[6]
- 1720: Jepp Clarke[6]
- 1721: William Applin[6]
- 1721: Henry Strode[6]
- 1722: Richard Comes[6]
- 1723: Walter Robinson[6]
- 1724: Christopher Baker[6]
- 1724: John Gatchell[6]
- 1725: Andrew Moore of Newton[6][54]
- 1726: David Yea[6]
- 1727: Edward Dyke[6][55]
- 1727: Edward Dyke (the younger)[6]
- 1728: Richard Champneys[6]
- 1729: Gregory Gardiner[6][56]
- 1730: John Pigott of Brockley[6] (died in office March 1730)[57]
- 1731: William Fraunceis of Comslory[6][58]
- 1732: John Proctor[6]
- 1733: John Smyth[6]
- 1734: William Provis of Shepton Mallett[6][59]
- 1734: Thomas Welman[6]
- 1735: John Bricklade[6][60]
- 1735: Joseph Langton[6]
- 1736: Orlando Johnson[6][61]
- 1737: John Periam[6][62]
- 1738: James Chaffey Cowper[6][63]
- 1739: John Smith of Stoney Littleton[6][64]
- 1740: John Brickdale[6][65]
- 1740: John Freke Brickdale[6][66]
- 1741: John Provest of Shepton Mallett[6][67] replaced by William Madox[6][68]
- 1741: Edward Hallett[6]
- 1742: Sir William Pynsent, Bt of Burton, Curry Rivell[6][69]
- 1742: ?John Smith[6]
- 1743: James Smyth of St. Audries[70]
- 1743: William Sanford of Nynehead Court[6]
- 1744: Edward Clarke[6]
- 1745: Francis Newman[6]
- 1746: John Halliday of Yard House, Taunton[6]
- 1747: Thomas Coles[6]
- 1748: James Jeanes[6]
- 1749: Matthew Spencer[6]
- 1750: Henry William Portman[6]
- 1751: Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt of Killerton[71]
- 1752: John Harding[6][72]
- 1753: John Macie[6]
- 1754: Henry Fownes Luttrell[6]
- 1755: Roger Lyde[6]
- 1756: James Perry[6]
- 1757: John Collins[6]
- 1758: Philip Stevens[6]
- 1759: Henry Powell[6]
- 1760: Sir William Yea, 1st Baronet of Pyrling, Taunton[6]
- 1761: John Adams[6]
- 1762: Thomas Gunston[6]
- 1763: Samuel Dodington[6]
- 1764: William Helyar of East Coker[6][73]
- 1765: Robert Paris Taylor of Burcott[6]
- 1766: James Tooker[6]
- 1767: William Provis, of Shepton Mallet[6][74]
- 1768: John Helliar[6]
- 1769: William Rodbard of Evercreech[6]
- 1770: Nathaniel Webb[6]
- 1771: Thomas Coward[6]
- 1772: Henry Rodbard[6]
- 1773: John Hugh Smyth[6]
- 1774; John Old Goodford[6]
- 1775: Thomas Champneys 1st Bt.[6]
- 1776: Thomas Wilkins Morgan[6]
- 1777: Sir John Trevelyan, Bt of Nettlecombe[6]
- 1778: Thomas Horner[6]
- 1779: Samuel Baker[6]
- 1780: Edward Elton, of Winford Manor, Bristol[6]
- 1781: John Ford[6]
- 1782: James Ireland[6]
- 1783: Peter Sherston[6]
- 1784: Andrew Guy[6]
- 1785: Richard Cross (? Crosse) of Broomfield[75]
- 1786: James Stephens of Camerton[76]
- 1787: Nathaniel Dalton of Shanks House[77]
- 1788: John Lethbridge (after 1804 1st Baronet) of Sandhill Park, Bishops Lydeard[6]
- 1789: Henry Hippisley Coxe of Downside[6][78]
- 1790: John Stephenson[6]
- 1791: Abraham Elton of Whitestanton[79]
- 1792: Thomas Samuel Jolliffe of Trotton Place, Sussex[6]
- 1793: Samuel Bailward[6]
- 1794: Charles Knatchbull[6]
- 1795: Edward Lyne[6]
- 1796: John Tyndale Warre[6]
- 1797: Samuel Day[6]
- 1798: Samuel Rodbard[6]
- 1798: John Hurle of Brislington Hill House
- 1799: James Bennett[6]
19th century
- 5 February 1800: Thomas Swymmer Champneys, of Orchard Leigh[80]
- 11 February 1801: John Band, of Wookey[81]
- 3 February 1802: Benjamin Greenhill, of Ston Easton[82]
- 3 February 1803: Sir Hugh Smyth, 3rd Baronet, of Wraxhall[83]
- 1 February 1804: John Rogers, of Yarlington[84]
- 6 February 1805: John Perring, of Combe Florey[85]
- 1 February 1806: Clifton Wheate, of Corse[86]
- 4 February 1807: Sir John Caesar Hawkins, 3rd Baronet, of Kelston[87]
- 3 February 1808: Charles Kemeys-Tynte, of Halsewell[88]
- 6 February 1809: John Nurton, of Milverton[89]
- 31 January 1810: Thomas Strangways Horner, of Mells Park[90]
- 8 February 1811: John Leigh, of Combe Hay[91]
- 24 January 1812: William Vaughan, of Monkton Combe[92]
- 10 February 1813: Peregrine Palmer Acland, of Fairfield[93][94]
- 4 February 1814: George Edward Allen, of Bathampton[95]
- 13 February 1815: John Phelips, of Montacute[96]
- 1816: John Goddard[6]
- 1817: Philip John Miles of Wraxall[97]
- 1818: John Evered of Hill[98]
- 1819: William Speke of Ashill[6]
- 1820: Gerard Martin Berkeley Napier of East Pennard, who died and was replaced by Sir Charles Bampfylde, 5th Baronet[99]
- 1821: William Hanning, of Dillington[100]
- 1822: Vincent Stuckey[6]
- 1823: John Frederick Pinney[6]
- 1824: Edward Jefferies Esdaile[6]
- 1825: John Quantock[6]
- 1826: William Helyar[6]
- 1827: Henry Powell Collins of Hatch Court, near Taunton[6]
- 1828: John Hugh Smyth Pygott of Brockley[6][101]
- 1829: Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Bt of Wootton[6]
- 1830: James Adam Gordon of Portbury[102]
- 1831: Thomas Shewell Bailward, of Horsington[103]
- 1832: Sir Henry Strachey, 2nd Baronet, of Sutton Court[104]
- 1833: George Henry Carew, of Crowcombe Court[105]
- 1834: Francis Popham, of West Bagborough[106]
- 1835: William Manning Dodington, of Horsington[107]
- 1836: James Bennett, of North Cadbury[108]
- 1837: Alexander Adair, of Heatherton Park[109]
- 1838: Robert Phippen, of Badgworth Court[110]
- 1839: Sir William Medlycott, 2nd Baronet, of Milborne Port[111]
- 1840: John Jarrett, of Camerton[112]
- 1841: William Francis Knatchbull, of Babington[113]
- 1842: Robert Charles Tudway, of the city of Wells[114]
- 1843: Hon. Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, of Brymore[115]
- 1844: John Fownes Luttrell, of Dunster Castle[116][117]
- 1845: John Lee Lee, of Dillington House[118]
- 1846: Richard Meade King, of Pyrland Hall[119]
- 1847: John Matthew Quantock, of Norton-sub-Hamdon[120]
- 1848: Edward Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead Court[121]
- 1849: George William Blathwayt, of Porlock[122]
- 1850: Langley St Albyn, of Alfoxton[123]
- 1851: Thomas Tutton Knyfton, of Uphill[124]
- 1852: Montague Gore, of Barrow Court[125]
- 1853: Francis Henry Dickinson, of Kingweston[126]
- 1854: James Curtis Somerville, of Dinder[127]
- 1855: George Barons Northcote, of Somerset Court[128]
- 1856: John Hippisley, of Ston Easton Park[129]
- 1857: Sir Arthur Elton, 7th Baronet, of Clevedon Court[130]
- 1858: Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, 3rd Baronet, of St Audries[131]
- 1859: Edward Berkeley Napier, of East Pennard[132]
- 1860: Robert James Elton, of Whitestaunton[133]
- 1861: Francis Wheat Newton, of Barton Grange[134]
- 1862: Ralph Neville-Grenville, of Butleigh Court[135]
- 1863: George Treweeke Scobell, of Kingwell[136]
- 1864: Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet, of Sutton Court[137]
- 1865: Sir John Henry Greville Smyth, 1st Baronet, of Ashton Court[138]
- 1866: George Bullock[139]
- 1867: Richard Thomas Combe[6]
- 1868: Inigo William Jones[6]
- 1869: William Blake[6]
- 1870: Robert Guy Evered[6]
- 1871: Henry Cornish Henley[140][141]
- 1872: Mordaunt Fenwick-Bisset, of Bagborough, Taunton[142]
- 1873: Richard King Meade-King, of Walford, Taunton[143]
- 1874: George Fownes Luttrell, of Dunster Castle, Dunster[144]
- 1875: Henry Gorges Moysey, of Batheaston Court, Wiveliscombe, Wellington[145]
- 1876: Henry Duncan Skrine, of Warleigh, Bathford, Bath[146]
- 1877: William Pinney, of Somerton Erleigh, Somerton[147]
- 1878: Philip Pleydell Bouverie, of Brymore, Bridgwater[148]
- 1879: Edward Charles Chetbam Strode, of South Hill, Shepton Mallet[149]
- 1880: Edward James Stanley, of Quantock Lodge, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater[150]
- 1881: Henry Acland Fownes Luttrell, of Badgworth Court, Axbridge[151]
- 1882: Thomas Palfrey Broadmead[152][153]
- 1883: Vincent Stuckey, of Hill House, Langport[154]
- 1884: Charles Jefferys Watson Allen, of Lyngford House, Taunton[155]
- 1885: John Francis Fortescue Horner, of Mells Park, Frome[156]
- 1886: Alexander William Adair, of Heatherton Park, Wellington[157]
- 1887: Thomas Marriott-Dodington, of Horsington House, Wincanton[158]
- 1888: Antony Gibbs, of Charlton House, Wraxall, Nailsea[159]
- 1889: Charles Edward Jeffries Esdaile, of Cothelstone, Taunton[160]
- 1890: Edward Talbot Day Foxcroft, of Hinton Charterhouse, Bath[161]
- 1891: William Wildman Kettlewell[6]
- 1892: William Barrett[6]
- 1893: Henry Ernst[6]
- 1894: William Speke[6]
- 1895: Sir Edmund Harry Elton, Bt., of Clevedon Court, Clevedon[162]
- 1896: Robert Pooll Henry Batten-Pooll, of Road Manor,Road, Bath[163]
- 1897: Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Gurney[164]
- 1898: Hon. Edward William-Berkeley Portman of Hestercombe, Taunton.[165]
- 1899: William Long of Woodlands, Congresbury, Bristol[166]
20th century
- 1900: Robert Neville-Grenville of Butleigh Court, Butleigh[167][168]
- 1901: William Robert Phelips, of Montacute House, Montacute[169]
- 1902: Edwin Brooke Cely Trevilian, of Midelney Manor, Curry Rivell, Taunton[170]
- 1903: Frederick Spencer[6]
- 1904: Henry Hales Pleydell-Bouverie[6]
- 1905: William Henry Wills[6]
- 1906: Francis James Fry[6]
- 1907: Richard John Baynton Hippisley[6]
- 1908: Colonel Edward Charles Ayshford Sanford of Chipley Park[171]
- 1909: Arthur Fownes Somerville, of Dinder, Wells[172]
- 1910: Henry Herbert Wills, of Barley Wood, Wrington, Bristol[173]
- 1911: Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey, Bt
- 1912: William Bucknell Broadmead[6]
- 1913: Henry William Paget Hoskins[6]
- 1914: Joseph Cooke Hurle[6]
- 1915: Gerard Martin Berkeley Napier[6]
- 1916: Francis Henry Cheetham[6]
- 1917: Gerard Stuart Lysaght[6]
- 1918: Henry Thomas Daniel[6]
- 1918: Arthur Vaughan Hanning Vaugahn-Lee[6]
- 1920: Henry Matthew Ridley[6]
- 1921: Arthur Capel[6]
- 1922: Roger Marriott Dodington[6]
- 1923: Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles, Bt.[174]
- 1824: Arthur Campbell Duckworth[6]
- 1925: Maurice Fearing Cely-Trevillian[6]
- 1926: Sir Frank Beauchamp[6]
- 1927: Walter Hanning-Speke[6]
- 1928: Sir William Mason, Bt[175]
- 1929: Harold Hamilton Broadmead[6]
- 1930: Huntley Gordon Spencer[6]
- 1931: William Oliver Evelyn Meade-King[6]
- 1932: Reginald arthur Hobhouse[6]
- 1933: William Hartley Maud[6]
- 1934: Matthew Nathan[6]
- 1935: Geoffrey Fownes Luttrell[6]
- 1936: William Otter Gibbs[176]
- 1937: James Archibald Garton[6]
- 1938: Archibald Lawrence Langman[6]
- 1939: Frederick Henry Berryman[6]
- 1940: Arthur Hamilton Yeatman[6]
- 1941: Edward Phillip Thursfield[6]
- 1942: Charles Edward Burnell[6]
- 1943; Arthur Westall Vivian-Neal[6]
- 1944: Frederick Willoughby Hancock[6]
- 1945: Edmund Fletcher Rees-Mogg[177]
- 1946: Walter Douglas Melville Wills[6]
- 1947: Edmund Page[6]
- 1948: Hubert Stanley Radcliffe[6]
- 1949: Henry Cave Daniel[6]
- 1950: Henry William Whitby Hoskins[6]
- 1951: Sir Robert John Sinclair of Cleeve Court, near Bristol.[178]
- 1952: Arthur John Capel[6]
- 1953: Wilfrid Leighton[6]
- 1954: Major Walter Frank Quantock Shuldham, of East Stoke House, Stoke-under-Ham.[179]
- 1955: Major General Roger Evans[6]
- 1956: John Kenric La Touche Mardon[6]
- 1957: John Goodenough Newton[6]
- 1958: Wilfred Anson[6]
- 1959: Nicholas Brabazon Clive-Ponsonby-Fane[6]
- 1960: Sir Walter Luttrell[6]
- 1961: Richard Cely-Trevilian[6]
- 1962: Gilbert Poole[6]
- 1963: Cecil Mitford-Slade[6]
- 1964: Richard Hill[6]
- 1965: Marshal of the RAF Sir John Slessor[6]
- 1966: Sir Edward Malet[6]
- 1967: Sir Ian Lyle[6]
- 1968: Sir John Wills[6]
- 1969: Hugh Webb Faulkner[6]
- 1969: William Quincy Roberts[6]
- 1970: John Anthony Clark[6]
- 1971: Henry William Furse Hoskyns[6]
- 1972: Colin John Clifford Trotter[6]
- 1973: Gerald Hignett[6]
High Sheriff of Somerset
20th century
- 1974: David Tudway-Quilter[6]
- 1975: Matthew Waley-Cohen[6]
- 1976: John Stephen Lloyd of Langford Budville[6]
- 1977: Patrick Henry Daniel[6]
- 1978: William Rees-Mogg[180]
- 1979: William Kenneth Bingham Crawford[6]
- 1980: John A. Lindley[6]
- 1981: Arthur John Greswell[6]
- 1982: Peter Gerald Hanning Speke of Rowlands, Ilminster[181]
- 1983: Charles John de Salis[6]
- 1984: Charles Edward Brabazon Clive-Ponsonby-Fane[182]
- 1985: John Samuel Byard White[183]
- 1986: Ewan James Hanning Cameron of Whitelackington Manor, Ilminster.[184]
- 1987: Michael James F. Carter[185]
- 1988: William Alexander Charles Theed of Combe Sydenham Hall, Taunton[186]
- 1989: Ralph William Vivian-Neal of Poundisford Park, Poundisford, Taunton[187]
- 1990: Malcolm Henry Alistair Fraser
- 1991: Ian Crawford MacDonald
- 1992: William Sanford
- 1993: John Jolliffe
- 1994: Elizabeth Gass, Lady Gass
- 1995: Roy Scrymgeour Graham Hewett
- 1996: Christopher Phillip Thomas-Everard
- 1997: Richard Stanton Roy Sheldon
- 1998: Micaela Elizabeth Benedicta Beckett
- 1999: Thomas Andrew Heath Yandle
21st century
- 2000: Angela Betty Yeoman
- 2001: Thomas Hugh Ruscombe Poole
- 2002: Robert Ian Hoddell
- 2003: Brian Michael Tanner
- 2004: Sandy Evans
- 2005: Fiona Densham
- 2006: Alastair Ian Hayward Fyfe[188]
- 2007: David John Medlock[189]
- 2008: Anne Caroline Maw of Pilton[190]
- 2009: John Alvis of Winford[191][192]
- 2010: Pat A Hunt of Taunton[193]
- 2011: John Cullum of Bath[194]
- 2012: Sylvana Margery Glazebrook Chandler of Orchard Wyndham[195]
- 2013: Maureen E Whitmore of Butcombe[196]
- 2014: Richard D A Lloyd of Langford Budville, Wellington[197]
- 2015: Lucy Nelson of Pen Selwood, Wincanton[198]
- 2016: Edward Bayntun-Coward of Midford, Bath[199]
- 2017: Richard Saladin Hickmet of Bridgwater <[200]
- 2018: Denis Andrew Southerden Burn of Cleeve, Bristol[201]
- 2019: Jonathan Alexander Newton Halliday of Corfe, Taunton[202]
- 2020: Mary-Clare Helene Rodwell of Shepton Mallett[203]
- 2021:
- 2022: Jennifer Margaret Duke[204]
- 2023: Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett[205]
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