High Sheriff of Kent

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The office of the High Sheriff of Kent is the oldest public office of the English monarchy and was first occupied in 1067 by Alain de Buckland (1045-1108), who held it until 1070. While the high sheriff's task was originally to speak for the king in Kent , most of the tasks have been transferred to other offices over the centuries, so that today it is almost only a ceremonial office. The office of High Sheriff of Kent is determined by the Queen after an official nomination of persons for the next three years and is filled every year in March or April.

11./12. century

  • 1067-1070: Alain de Buckland (1045-1108)
  • 1077-1100: Haimo

13th Century

14th Century

  • c. 1350: Reginald de Dyke, of the Dykes family
  • 1366: Jeffrey Culpeper of Preston Hall, Aylesford
  • 1370: John Culpeper of Bayhill, Pembury
  • 1374: Jeffrey Culpeper of Preston Hall, Aylesford
  • 1395: Sir Thomas Culpeper of Bayhill, Pembury

15th century

  • 1420: William Haut of Bourne Place, Hautsbourne, Bishopsbourne
  • 1427: Sir William Culpeper of Oxenheath
  • 1428: William Scott of Brabourne
  • 1439: Sir Gervase Clifton of Bradbourne
  • 1444: William Cromer of Tunstall.
  • 1449: Henry Cromer of Tunstall
  • 1450: Sir Gervase Clifton of Bradbourne
  • 1458: Sir Gervase Clifton of Bradbourne
  • 1460: Sir John Scott of Scot's Hall
  • 1465: Sir William Haut of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne
  • 1474: Sir William Haut of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne
  • 1477: Richard Haut of Ightham Mote
  • 1481 and 1482: Richard Haut of Ightham Mote
  • 1483: Sir William Haut of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne
  • 1489: Sir William Boleyn of Hever Castle
  • 1490: Sir William Scott of Brabourne
  • 1496: Sir James Walsingham of Scadbury Manor, at Chislehurst
  • 1498: Robert Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe .
  • 1499: Sir Alexander Colepepper of Bedgbury

16th Century

  • 1500: Thomas Iden of Westwell
  • 1501: Sir William Scott of Brabourne
  • 1502: Ralph St Leger of Ulcombe
  • 1503: William Cromer of Tunstall
  • 1504: John Langley of Knolton
  • 1505: Sir Thomas Kempe KB of Ollantigh
  • 1506: Sir Alexander Colepepper of Bedgbury
  • 1507: Henry Vane of Tunbridge
  • 1508: Reginald Peckham of Yaldham
  • 1509: Sir William Cromer of Tunstall
  • 1510: James Digge of Digge's Court, Barham
  • 1511: Sir Thomas Boleyn of Hever Castle (later Earl of Wiltshire in 1529)
  • 1516: Sir William Scott of Brabourne
  • 1517: Sir Thomas Boleyn of Hever Castle (later Earl of Wiltshire in 1529)
  • 1524: Sir William Haut of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne
  • 1527: Sir John Scott
  • 1529: Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe
  • 1535: Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe
  • 1537: Sir William Haut of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne
  • 1541: Sir Reginald Scott of Scot's Hall
  • 1546: William Sidley of Scadbury, Southfleet
  • 1547: Sir George Harpur of Sutton Valence
  • 1548: Thomas Culpeper of Bedgbury
  • 1549: Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington Castle
  • 1550: Sir Henry Isley of Sundridge
  • 1551: Sir John Guideford of Hemsted
  • 1557-8: Thomas Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe
  • 1561: Richard Baker of Sissinghurst Castle
  • 1562: Sir Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury Manor, at Chislehurst
  • 1565: John Sedley of Southfleet
  • 1566: Willam Cromer of Tunstall
  • 1576: Sir Thomas Scott of Scot's Hall
  • 1578: Thomas Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe
  • 1582: Sir Richard Baker of Sissinghurst Castle
  • 1585: Willam Cromer of Tunstall
  • 1589: William Sedley of Southfleet
  • 1594: Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe , ( Baron Wotton of 1603)
  • 1599: Roger Twysden of Roydon Hall, East Peckham

17th century

18th century

  • 1704: Sir Thomas Culpeper Bt of Preston Hall, Aylesford
  • 1705: Sir Edward Betenson Bt of Scadbury Manor, at Chislehurst
  • 1709: Sir Comport Fytche Bt of Mount Markfall, Eltham
  • 1710: Sir Thomas Style Bt of Wateringbury
  • 1724: Sir Robert Austen Bt of Hall Place, Bexley
  • 1733: Sir Brook Bridges Bt of Goodneston Park at Sandwich , died in office, followed by Sir Wyndham Knatchbull Bt of Mersham Hatch
  • 1753: Sir John Shaw Bt of Eltham Lodge, Eltham
  • 1761: William Jumper, esq. of Leed's-abbey.
  • 1762: Sir George Kelly of Speldhurst, made Knight in office
  • 1763: William Gorden, esq. of Rochester.
  • 1764: Henry Goodwin, esq. of Deptford.
  • 1765: Sir Richard Betenson, beard. of Bradbourn, in Sevenoke.
  • 1766: William Wilson, esq.
  • 1767: James Whatman, esq. of Boxley.
  • 1768: Richard Hulse, esq. of Baldwin's, near Dartford, second son of Sir Edward Hulse.
  • 1769: William Wheatley, esq. of Erith.
  • 1770: John Toke, esq. of Goddington, in Great Chart.
  • 1771: William Daniel Master, esq. of Yotes, in Mereworth.
  • 1772: James Flint, esq. of Judde-house, in Ospringe.
  • 1773: Josiah Fuller Farrer, esq. of Cleve-court, in Thanet.
  • 1774: Willshire Emmett, esq. of Wiarton, in Boughton Monchelsea.
  • 1775: Granville Wheeler, esq. of Otterden-place.
  • 1776: William Perrin, esq. of Smith's-hall, in West Farleigh.
  • 1777: Benjamin Harenc, esq. of Footscray-place.
  • 1778: John Ward, esq. of Westerham.
  • 1779: William Slade, esq. of Lewisham.
  • 1780: Robert Burrow, esq. of Holwood-hill.
  • 1781: John Cator, esq. of Beckenham-place.
  • 1782: Samuel Boys, esq. of Hawkhurst.
  • 1783: Henry Hawley, esq. of the Grange, in Leyborne, since then baronet .
  • 1784: Charles Booth, esq. of Harrietsham-place, ennobled during his tenure
  • 1785: Edward Knatchbull esq. of Provenders, in Norton, eldest son of Sir Edward Knatchbull, Baronet.
  • 1786: Thomas Hallet Hodges, esq. of Hemsted, in Benenden.
  • 1787: John Cottin, esq. of Hill-park, in Westerham.
  • 1788: James Bond, esq. of Hayes, partly also in 1789.
  • 1789: John Cartier , esq. of Bedgbury, in Goudhurst , office towards the end of the year
  • 1790: Leonard Bartholemew, esq. of Addington-place.
  • 1791: William James Drake Brockman, esq. of Bitchborough, at Newington, at Hythe.
  • 1792: Henry Streatfield, esq. of Highstreet-house, in Chiddingstone.
  • 1793: George Norman, esq. of Bromley.
  • 1794: Richard Carew, esq. of Orpington.
  • 1795: Gabriel Harpur, esq. of Gore-court, in Tunstall; Samuel Chambers, esq. was appointed deputy and exercised this office for him.
  • 1796: John Mumford, esq. of Sutton at Hone.

19th century

  • 1830: Edward Rice, of Dane Court
  • 1831: Baden Powell, of Speldhurst
  • 1832: George Douglas, of Chilston Park
  • 1833: Demetrius Grevis James, of Ightham
  • 1834: George Stone, of Chislehurst
  • 1835: John Ward, of Holwood
  • 1836: Sir Edward Dering, 8th Baronet , of Surrenden
  • 1837: Francis Bradley, of Gore Court
  • 1838: Thomas Turner Alkin, of Hunton Court
  • 1839: David Salomons, of Broom Hill, Tunbridge
  • 1840: Arthur Pott, of Bentham Hill
  • 1841: De La Mark Banks, of Sheppy Court
  • 1842: Henry Hoare, of Staplehurst
  • 1843: Frederick Perkins, of Chipstead Place
  • 1844: Sir Joseph Hawley, 3rd Baronet , of Leybourne Grange
  • 1845: Sir Moses Montefiore , of East Cliff, Saint Lawrence
  • 1846: William Osmun Hammond, of Saint Alban's
  • 1847: John Pelly Atkins, of Halsted
  • 1848: John Ashley Warre, of Westcliffe, Saint Lawrence
  • 1849: William Masters Smith, of Camer, Meopham
  • 1850: Matthew Bell, of Bourne House, Bishopsbourne
  • 1852: Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet
  • 1855: Sir Walter Charles James, 2nd Baronet , of Betteshanger , at Sandwich
  • 1856: Richard Paterson, of Leesons, Chislehurst
  • 1857: John Savage, of St Leonards
  • 1858: Edward Ladd Betts, of Preston Hall, Aylesford
  • 1859: Sir Richard Tufton, 1st Baronet , of Hothfield Place, at Maidstone
  • 1860: Sir Courtenay Honywood, 7th Baronet , of Evington, Elmstead, near Canterbury
  • 1861: Alexander Randall, of Foley House, Maidstone
  • 1862: Henry Bannerman, of Hunton Court, at Maidstone
  • 1863: Samuel Long, of Bromley Hill
  • 1864: George Field, of Ashurst Park, at Tonbridge Wells
  • 1865: Robert Rodger, of Hadlow Castle, near Tonbridge
  • 1891: Charles Wheler Wheler , of Otterden Place, Faversham

20th century

21st century

Web links

  • [1] The official website for the High Sheriff and the Shrievalty in the County of Kent

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette 59966 of November 14, 2011. Nomination for the next three years.
  2. ^ Keats-Rohan, KSB : Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Domesday Book . Boydell Press, Ipswich, UK 1999, ISBN 0-85115-722-x , p. 242.
  3. ^ Bernard Burke: A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland . Hurst and Blackett, 1855.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland Burke and Burke (1838) pp 143-44
  5. ↑ a b c d e f The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Vol 9 (1800) Edward Halsted pp 328-37 from British History on line.
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h Dictionary of National Biography (under Sir William Scott, d. 1350)
  7. ^ A b c d e The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Vol 6 (1798) Edward Halsted from British History on line
  8. ^ A b c The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Vol 2 (1797) Edward Halsted pp 2-22 from British History on line.
  9. ↑ a b c d e f The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Vol 5 (1798) Edward Halsted pp397-415 from British History on line
  10. ↑ a b c d e f g The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Vol 1 (1797) Edward Halsted pp 177-213 from British History on line. List of Sheriffs to 1796 accessed 17 November 2007
  11. ↑ a b c d The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Vol 2 (1797) Edward Halsted pp421-40 from British History on line.
  12. ^ Sheriffs for the Year 1844 in The Annual Register for 1844, p. 160, online at books.google.com (accessed 9 September 2008)
  13. ↑ History of the Office of High Sheriff in Kent ( Memento of the original dated August 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The High Sheriff and the Shrievalty in the County of Kent. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kent-uk-high-sheriff.co.uk