This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March. From 1068 until 1567, the position existed as

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift to ...

. From 1568 separate appointments were made for the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and for the

High Sheriff of Derbyshire High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift to ...

16th century

* For Sheriffs prior to 1568 see

* 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 Sir William Holles (or Hollis) (1471?– 20 October 1542) rose from apprenticeship to a mercer to become master warden of his company and Lord Mayor of London in 1539. Life He was admitted to the freedom of the Worshipful Company of Mercers on ...

of Haughton * 1574:

Sir Thomas Stanhope Sir Thomas Stanhope (1540 – 3 August 1596) was the son and heir of Sir Michael Stanhope, and a Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire. Family Thomas Stanhope was the eldest son of Sir Michael Stanhope and Anne Rawson (c.1515 – 20 Febru ...

of Shelford * 1575: Henry Pierrepont of

Holme Pierrepont Holme Pierrepont is a hamlet and civil parish located south-east of the city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is in the Gamston ward of the Rushcliffe local authority in the East Midlands region. The population of the civil parish ...

* 1576: George Chaworth of Wiverton * 1577: Thomas Markham of Ollerton * 1578: John Biron of

Newstead Abbey Newstead Abbey, in Nottinghamshire, England, was formerly an Augustinian priory. Converted to a domestic home following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it is now best known as the ancestral home of Lord Byron. Monastic foundation The prio ...

* 1579: Sir Francis Willoughby of

Wollaton Hall Wollaton Hall is an Elizabethan country house of the 1580s standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton Park, Nottingham, England. The house is now Nottingham Natural History Museum, with Nottingham Industrial Museum in the outbuilding ...

(1st term) * 1580: George Nevill * 1581: William Sutton of Arundel * 1582: Francis Molyneux of

Teversal Manor Teversal Manor is a small Grade II listed 17th-century country house in Teversal, Nottinghamshire, some 5 km (3 miles) west of Mansfield. The building is constructed of coursed and dressed rubble stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. It ...

''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland'' 2nd Edition (1844) John and John Bernard Burke.p360 Google Books * 1583: Robert Markham * 1584: Brian Lassels * 1585: John Sydenham * 1586: George Chaworth * 1587:

of Shelford * 1588: Sir Francis Willoughby of

(2nd term) * 1589: John Byron * 1590: Thomas Thornhough * 1591:

John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare (May 1564 – 4 October 1637) was an English nobleman. He was the son of Denzil Holles of Irby upon Humber and Eleanor Sheffield (daughter of Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield of Butterwick). His great-grandfa ...

of Haughton * 1592: John Basset * 1593: Sir Francis Willoughby of

(3rd term) * 1594: William Sutton * 1595: Richard Whalley of Kirton and Screveton * 1596: John Biron of

* 1597: John Thorold * 1598: Henry Chaworth * 1599: Brian Lassels

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{{High Shrievalties Local government in Nottinghamshire

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Nottinghamshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuri ...