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High Sheriffs of Cornwall: a chronological list:
Note: the Duchy of Cornwall - has the right to choose High Sheriffs each year,[1] rather than the Privy Council, chaired by the Sovereign which chooses the Sheriffs of all other English counties, other than the those in the Duchy of Lancaster.
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High Sheriffs before the fourteenth century
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Fourteenth century High Sheriffs
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Fifteenth century High Sheriffs
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Sixteenth century High Sheriffs
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Seventeenth century High Sheriffs
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Eighteenth century
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Nineteenth century
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Twentieth century
The first two decades
- 1901: Arthur Francis Basset [142]
- 1905: Richard Carlyon Coode[147]
- 1906: Sir Walter John Trevelyan, baronet [148]
- 1907: Sir Charles Augustin Hanson[142]
- 1910: F. B. Howell[149]
- 1911: Henry Harcourt Williams (1869 - 1927) [150]
- 1912: Edward Hain [151]
- 1915: Charles Hawkins Hext (1851 - 1917), of Trebah[152]
- 1916: Col. Charles Robert Prideaux-Brune[142]
Nineteen twenties and thirties
- 1920: Robert Barclay Fox[153]
- 1921: John De Cressy Treffry[154]
- 1922: Hugh Molesworth-St.Aubyn][142]
- 1923: Hon. Henry Walter Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes Trefusis [142]
- 1928: Col Edward Treffrey [142]
- 1929: Camborne Haweis Paynter [142]
- 1931: Sir Edward Hoblyn Warren Bolitho[142]
- 1934: Edward Neynoe Willyams [142]
- 1937: Charles Henry Le Grice [142]
- 1938: Alfred Martyn Williams, CBE [142]
- 1939: Sir Charles Edwin Bourne Hanson [142]
Nineteen forties and fifties
- 1940: Norman Robert Colville [142]
- 1941: William Reginald Rendell[142]
- 1942: Arthur Treve Holman[142]
- 1947: Sir John Carew Pole [142]
- 1950: Sir Bernard Rawlings[155]
- 1954: Sir John Tremayne Tremayne.[156]
- 1955: Charles Edward Edward-Collins of Trewardale in Blisland.[142]
- 1956: Major Simon Edward Bolitho [142]
- 1957: Maurice Petherick [142]
- 1958: Eric George William Warde Harrison [142]
Nineteen sixties and seventies
- 1974: John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, Baron St. Levan [142]
- 1975: Sir Arscott Molesworth-St.Aubyn [142]
- 1978-1979: Sir Richard Carew Pole[157]
Nineteen eighties
- 1980-1981: Gerald Strachan Pawle [158] [159]
- 1981: Major Walter Magor [142]
- 1983:Elizabeth Alison Johnstone[149]
- 1985: Maj.-Gen. Edward Michael Hall [142]
- 1986: Major Nathaniel Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton[160]
- 1987–1988: Alice Lennox-Boyd, Viscountess Boyd of Merton[161]
- 1988–1989]: Diana Colville
Nineteen nineties
- 1991: David Treffry OBE (1926–2000) [162]
- 1994: Michael Galsworthy[142]
- 1996–1997: Jill Trench Fox[163]
- 1998: Piers Reginald Thompson[164]
- 1999: Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Trefusis
Twenty-first century
- 2000: Lady Frances Barbara Molyneux Banham
- 2001: John Michael Williams
- 2002: Mrs Judith Ann Coode appointed from 16 February 2002[165]
- 2003: Christopher Leslie Perkins appointed 7 March 2003[166][167]
- 2004: James Piers Southwell St Aubyn of Tredrea Manor, appointed 12 March 2004[168][169]
- 2005– 2006: Peter John Dixon Hodgson CBE appointed 11 March 2005[170][171]
- 2006–2007: Mrs Louella Hanbury-Tenison appointed 14 March 2006[172]
- 2007–2008: The Hon Evelyn Arthur Hugh Boscawen of Tregothnan[173]
- 2008: Sir Ralph Ferrers Alexander Vyvyan Bt of Trelowarren, Helston[174]
- 2009: Iain Anthony Mackie[175]
References
- ^ The Duchy of Cornwall
- ^ a b c d Joseph Polsue (ed), A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, Vol IV, 1872, p119.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Joseph Polsue (ed), A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, Vol IV, 1872, p120.
- ^ Given as John de Lainford as witness to a notification of quitclaim to the advowson of Poundstock (though this could possibly refer to John de Linford) - Royal Institution of Cornwall: HZ/5/2
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AR/3/1
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AR/22/1
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AR/1/961
- ^ Calendar of Charter Rolls 1300-26, p.479, 13 July 1269
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AR/3/25 and Joseph Polsue (ed), A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, Vol IV, 1872, p120.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Joseph Polsue (ed), A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, Vol IV, 1872, p121.
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AR/42/4 and Joseph Polsue (ed), A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, Vol IV, 1872, p121.
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AR/37/9
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AR/41/1 and Joseph Polsue (ed), A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, Vol IV, 1872, p121.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Joseph Polsue (ed), A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, Vol IV, 1872, p122.
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AD408/6
- ^ National Archives: SC 8/38/1868 - served 1 Oct 1375 to 26 Oct 1376
- ^ PRO - Patent Rolls of 11 Richard II, part II, membrane 5 - first appointed 12 June 1388 and Joseph Polsue (ed), A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, Vol IV, 1872, p122.
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: CF/2/596 - spelt Greynevill
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx Richard Polwhele, The Civil and Military History of Cornwall, volume 1 (London: Cadell and Davies, 1806), pp 106-9 [1]
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AD408/17
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HB/4/8
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain 1863, p.1535: Tremayne descent.
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HK/7/16
- ^ Richard Polwhele, The Civil and Military History of Cornwall, volume 1 (London: Cadell and Davies, 1806), pp 107 [2]; The ODNBArticle by Peter Sherlock, ‘Skewys, John (d. 1544)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [3] accessed 18 Oct 2007, gives Skewys' year of office as 1520.
- ^ Collins' Peerage of England (London, 1768) [4]
- ^ Collins' Peerage of England (London, 1768) [5]
- ^ Collins' Peerage of England (London, 1768) [6]
- ^ S T Bindoff, The House of Commons 1509-1547 (London, Secker & Warburg, 1982)
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ S T Bindoff, The House of Commons 1509-1547 (London, Secker & Warburg, 1982)
- ^ RECORDS RELATING TO RIGHT OF WRECK ref.AR/15/23-date: 1571, 8th Jul (Note by Cornwall Record Office on Scope and Content) "Hugh Trevanyon, high sheriff of Cornwall, Sir John Arundell knight, Robert Trencreke (and) Bevile (blank), esquires, her majesty's justices of peace in Cornwall", found on A2A website
- ^ The Parochial History of Cornwall p.463 - available on GoogleBooks
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: BLIS/263
- ^ Richard Carew and the Dictionary of National Biography give Carew as Sheriff in 1586. Richard Polwhele, The Civil and Military History of Cornwall, volume 1 (London: Cadell and Davies, 1806), p 107 [7] lists Roscarrock, and gives Carew's year of office as 1583. Other sources state Carew was joint Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall in 1586, which may be the cause of the confusion.
- ^ According to Polwhele [8]. Royal Institution of Cornwall: HA/16/1a gives St Aubyn as Sheriff in 1588
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HI/1/17
- ^ a b c Cornwall Record Office: BU/394
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HI/1/35
- ^ Appointed 12 Nov 1621. Royal Institution of Cornwall: HB/16/78
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HH/13/2
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HB/20/73, 74 & 76
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HC/26/7
- ^ Davies Gilbert, The Parochial History of Cornwall (London: J b nicholls, 1838), volume 1, p 123
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HB/17/6
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HA/15/20
- ^ 'House of Commons Journal Volume 6: 28 January 1650', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 6: 1648-1651 (1802), pp. 350-51. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=25829. Date accessed: 11 September 2006.: The Question being propounded, That John Elyott Esquire be discharged from being High Sheriff for the County of Cornwall; and that the House do proceed to nominate another, in his room; The Question being put, That that Question be now put; It passed with the Affirmative. And so the main Question being put; It was Resolved, That John Elyott Esquire be discharged from being High Sheriff of the County of Cornwall: And that the House do proceed to nominate another, in his room. Resolved, That John Lampen, of Linkenhorne, Esquire, be constituted and appointed to be High Sheriff of the County of Cornwall for this present Year: And that the Lords Commissioners for the Great Seal do issue a Commission to him to be High Sheriff of the said County accordingly.
- ^ Richard L. Greaves, ‘Lobb, Stephen (d. 1699)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 11 Sept 2006
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AD310
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HM/2/24
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HB/16/50
- ^ Found on search of A2A website:PUBLIC OFFICE-Shrievalty-Cornwall - ref. ME/2864 (n.d.)(Note by Cornwall Record Office on Scope and Content)" Pearse Edgcumbe, esq., high sheriff of Cornwall, from Wm. Scawen, Easter Mon., 15 April 1661" and - ref. ME/2865 - date: 18 April 1661(from Scope and Content)" To Pearse Edgcumbe, esq., high sheriff of Cornwall, from Wm. Scawen", .
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HF/19/18
- ^ History of St Blazey Parish
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HI/11/33
- ^ Parochial history of Cornwall by Davies Gilbert, page 244 Google Books (Accessed 20 March 2008). Note: a different "Francis Gregor" was Sheriff in 1788.
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: PL/46/4
- ^ a b Royal Institution of Cornwall: HA/14/25
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: BLAUS/87/1
- ^ a b http://www.trewan-hall.co.uk/history.html Trewan History
- ^ [9]
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: DCELO/39
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: PL/141, PL/142 and PL/9/1
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: PL/106
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: X793/262
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: Tremayne family of St Heligan, St Ewe T/1757
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HM/2/107
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: Rodd of Trebartha RD/1494
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: Gregor family of Trewarthenick, Cornelly G/1889, G/1890
- ^ Appointed 28 Feb 1724. Royal Institution of Cornwall: HG/7/29
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: Croft Andrew CA/841/42
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HU/8/1
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AD103/124/41
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- ^ Cornwall Record Office: Tremayne family of St Heligan, St Ewe T/1786
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: Tremayne family of St Heligan, St Ewe T/1860
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: MEN/4/2
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: BLAUS/449
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: RH/8/1/4/5/7
- ^ Philip Enouf: Source -The Falmouth Packets, Tony Pawlyn, Truran, Truro 2003, ISBN 1-85022-175-8 page 38. Note: This was the third of five ships named Hanover in the Packet Service.
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AD103/230
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HB/23/5
- ^ D. L. Prior, ‘Call, Sir John, first baronet (1732–1801)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 11 Sept 2006
- ^ Cornwall frecord Office: Rogers of Penrose RP/3/50
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HA/14/66
- ^ Royal Institution of Cornwall: HA/14/67
- ^ >Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry 1847. on Googlebooks, (Accessed 20 March 2008)
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AD122/5
- ^ David Philip Miller, ‘Gilbert [Giddy], Davies (1767–1839)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 11 Sept 2006
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: A/1/83
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: Gregor family of Trewarthenick, Cornelly G/1280
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: BU/1210
- ^ Holmes à Court: GLYNN Family
- ^ Cornwall CRO [11]
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=oZULAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA459&dq=%22samuel+stephens
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: X1147/4/1150
- ^ Some History From The Morrab Library Archive
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: BRA833/209
- ^ http://www.marjon.ac.uk/cornish-history/penhallowpeters/penhallow.pdf#search=%22%22high%20sheriff%22%20cornwall%22
- ^ Edwin Jaggard Cornwall politics in the age of reform 1790-1855, Royal Historical Society/Boydell Press, (1999), ISBN 0-86193-243-9, p.41.
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry(1862)
- ^ London Gazette: no. 18652, pp. 257–258, 2 February 1830. Retrieved on 2008-09-21.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 18772, pp. 194–195, 1 February 1831. Retrieved on 2008-09-21.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 18900, pp. 254–255, 6 February 1832. Retrieved on 2008-09-21.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19019, p. 246, 5 February 1833. Retrieved on 2008-09-21.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19125, p. 206, 4 February 1834. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19134, p. 403, 7 March 1834. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19238, pp. 235–236, 9 February 1835. Retrieved on 2008-09-21.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19353, pp. 223–224, 5 February 1836. Retrieved on 2008-09-21.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19462, pp. 232–233, 31 January 1837. Retrieved on 2008-09-21.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19586, p. 232, 1 February 1838. Retrieved on 2008-09-21.
- ^ Jack Simmons, ‘Treffry, Joseph Thomas (bap. 1782, d. 1850)’, rev. Edmund Newell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 11 Sept 2006
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19704, p. 214, 9 February 1839. Retrieved on 2008-09-21.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19712, p. 460, 1 March 1839. Retrieved on 2008-09-29.
- ^ W. P. Courtney, ‘Vyvyan, Sir Richard Rawlinson, eighth baronet (1800–1879)’, rev. Rita M. Gibbs, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 11 Sept 2006; also RIC, MEN/154, order for the execution of William and James Lightfoot for murder
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19819, p. 197, 31 January 1840. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 19956, p. 515, 26 February 1841. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.
- ^ Cornwall Record Office: AD201/13/4
- ^ London Gazette: no. 20081, p. 727, 15 March 1842. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 20198, p. 593, 21 February 1843. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.
- ^ Sheriffs for the Year 1844 in The Annual Register for 1844, p. 160, online at books.google.com (accessed 26 January 2008)
- ^ London Gazette: no. 20312, p. 351, 2 February 1844. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 20440, p. 358, 7 February 1845. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 20568, p. 409, 6 February 1846. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.
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- ^ London Gazette: no. 20826, p. 554, 15 February 1848. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 20942, p. 351, 6 February 1849. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 21069, p. 463, 19 February 1850. Retrieved on 2008-09-19.
- ^ http://thepeerage.com/p3704.htm#i37034 Sir William Williams, First Baronet Williams of Tregulow (August 3, 1791 - March 24, 1870) and http://www.page-net.com/swansea.localhistory/llansamlet/pages/worklist.htm. He is not to be confused with another Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet of Gray's Inn
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- ^ Robert Barclay Fox: see WP entry on his Grandfather, Barclay Fox.
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